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Thanks for the effort you put into giving us such a detailed overview of you experiences with 5:2. It is interesting to observe your approach to find what works best for you. I have had a go at most IF variations being curious to experience them and se which is most suitable. I liked how you said you fast in accordance with how you feel. It is amazing such flexibility exists in the one concept.
Like your spirit with this and how supportive you are in your posts to others. All the best
Like your spirit with this and how supportive you are in your posts to others. All the best
One Hundred Days Later.......
by rawkaren on 29 Nov 2013, 08:47
I started this for health reasons. I won't know the full results of that until I have my medical next week. However my BP is back in the normal range and my BMI is now healthy rather than overweight.
The different ways of fasting are a good set of tools to have depending on what is going on in your life. It keeps it fresh and novel to keep mixing it up.
For me at 51, I do have to monitor my TDEE calories as well on non fast days. I know for example this week, I will not have created enough of a deficit to have lost any weight as I have over-eaten twice and one of those days, quite considerably. So I believe only a very few people can get away with being totally relaxed on non fast days and if you are serious about weight loss, you should monitor.
I have lost 11.6lbs in three months and over three inches off my waist as well as 3% of body fat. Sometimes I think that is great and then sometimes the fact that it's going to be February before I shift the next 10lb's and get to my interim goal is a bit of a depressing thought. But then I suppose by February I might think differently
I'm back in love with food again. I'm a pretty decent cook and I really enjoy my time in the kitchen, but I had shunned cooking for years for weight reasons. At least once a week I'm in the kitchen doing something interesting, despite the fact that I'm spending far less money on food. However I do buy better quality ingredients eg grass fed beef and butter, almond flour, coconut flour and oil and I'm still better off.
My carbs are not that high, (between 100g and 150g per day) but having revisited the low carb (below 50g) way of eating to support fasting, I don't think it's for me. I don't like the low energy, not able to work out properly feeling, nor the constipation that goes with it.
I do love paleo eating. Cutting right back on grains makes me feel so much better. When I have eaten grains, it has sucked the life out of me for a few days and has affected my mood. Even rice feels heavy these days. I have decided though that I'm not going to be freaky over it. If there is some nice sourdough around, then I'm going to eat it! Paleo's shun dairy too. I do eat grass fed butter and occasionally cream. Cheese is a very rare treat as it makes me feel absolutely dreadful afterward even though I love it and my digestive nightmare is cheese and crackers/bread. I have always eaten masses of veggies and this has continued.
This makes my 'ideal' diet primal friendly. Fish, organic (preferably grass fed) meats, nuts lots of veggies (preferably raw) and some fruit and plenty of fat. I also really really enjoy it.
Giving up sugar (when I started this WOE) has been the best thing I have done. There are no cravings and I doubt I would have come so far if I had kept it in my diet. I have reduced my fruit consumption and ditched the high fruit smoothies, but I still eat sweet fruits from time to time, but in moderation.
Coconut oil and butter have been lifesavers on this WOE. I have bulletproof coffee most days. My skin is great (even my feet!), and it's a good way of getting energy in order to work out. When out and about, dropping into Cafe Nero for an expresso with whipped cream is another way of getting a boost and it feels like a treat.
I have not been able to give up alcohol. I have mixed views on this. On the one hand, it's nice to be able to enjoy a glass of wine and not feel guilty about it. On the other, I sometimes feel I actually drink more in one sitting (and then that can trigger the munchies). i think this might be my next 'project'.
I didn't exercise to start with yet I have exercised all of my life. So I picked it up again about 6 weeks ago and I'm doing well so far. It has not helped with my weight loss whatsoever, but I do feel better and my bodyfat is reducing. Now I have bought my Jawbone UP, I'm now working on increasing my daily step count too.
Weighing is a game. I have always hated it because I used to be in denial about the reading. I started weighing monthly, then went to weekly. I tried daily weighing for a week because of the research about results of daily weighers. Totally and utterly depressing and futile to watch the same pounds come and go over and over. It dictated my mood for the day. Life is too short to get upset over a few ounces. I feel better weighing weekly. That is plenty enough for me. I do see the attraction though of daily weighing as a maintainer, so I might revisit it when I get to my goal.
I fell off the fasting wagon this week for the first time and had two failed fasts. Neither of these were for hunger or social reasons, purely emotional as I have alot on my mind right now and I just need to work through it. Having said that I did fast yesterday for the first time this week and I'm fasting today too. So my first back to back fast in a hundred days. I also didn't train yesterday so I'm doing double duty in the gym which will be interesting. I'm thinking I'm not going to weigh myself tomorrow as I feel sure I will not have lost any weight. I might have even gained, so I might wait until 1 December when Juliana does her 'stocktake', and that works for me too.
Yesterday's calories were 486:
Carbs 12% (14g)
Fat 55% (29g)
Protein 33% (39g)
Breakfast was a bulletproof coffee. Lunch was zero pasta, prawns and a spicy tomato sauce. Snacks were a marigold bouillon and 100g of low fat greek yogurt. I have no calorie count for the previous day as despite me fasting all day, I blew it again in the evening.
Right I feel I have given myself enough of a talking to to pick myself up and press on. I have more than , so that must mean it's worth it!!
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