var title = 'The FastDay Forum Blogs Feed'; var url = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/view/random_blogs_sid-ef5443f60ca419c51a720fbd8094539f.html'; var site_url = 'https://forum.fastday.com'; var site_desc = 'A forum for the 5:2 Diet and Intermittent Fasting'; var time = 'Fri, 29 Mar 2024 14:18:24 +0000'; var data = new Array(); data[0] = new Array(); data[0]['title'] = 'Bit of a challenge today'; data[0]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/ARJ52/bit_of_a_challenge_today_b-804_sid-ef5443f60ca419c51a720fbd8094539f.html'; data[0]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/ARJ52/bit_of_a_challenge_today_b-804_sid-ef5443f60ca419c51a720fbd8094539f.html'; data[0]['username'] = 'ARJ52'; data[0]['blog_id'] = '804'; data[0]['blog_message'] = 'I was working at a craft market today and because I'm going out tomorrow, decided to try today as my first time fasting away from home.

Of course, as it was at the local CWA hall I was tempted all day by the home made cakes and pies that the ladies had made, but I managed to say to myself "tomorrow you can eat what you want". I bought four little cup cakes on the strength of that promise and they're sitting in the fridge with beautiful icing waiting to be eaten and shared with my friend tomorrow. :grin:

I did have a flat white coffee in a cup and a couple pieces of fruit, plus a home made garden salad with just lime juice on it, but I have used a fair amount of my calories on all of that.

So tonight as I'm writing this, I'm just about to sit down to home made celery soup with a couple slices of Aldi ham sliced up in it, which brings me to my total 500 calories.

My family's eating home...

Continued '; data[0]['blog_time'] = 'Sat, 04 May 2013 08:42:01 +0000'; data[1] = new Array(); data[1]['title'] = 'Now I'm only overweight!'; data[1]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/AiriR/now_i%CA%B9m_only_overweight%C7%83_b-753_sid-ef5443f60ca419c51a720fbd8094539f.html'; data[1]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/AiriR/now_i%CA%B9m_only_overweight%C7%83_b-753_sid-ef5443f60ca419c51a720fbd8094539f.html'; data[1]['username'] = 'AiriR'; data[1]['blog_id'] = '753'; data[1]['blog_message'] = 'At my weekly weigh-in this morning I dropped into the 'overweight' category with my BMI, and I am so pleased! After seven weeks of 5:2 I have shed 7.5 kg and I still feel it is effortless. My next small target is 2.5 kg away, then another 10 kg to a BMI of 25 which is my target for now. I have lost 10 cm off my waist so far and can now fit comfortably into a pair of jeans I last wore about a year ago, yay!

I had a real feast day on Sunday where I absolutely ate (and drank!) anything I fancied (those new Magnum ice creams are divine!), then fasted as usual on Monday and reined myself in a bit on Tuesday to get the weekly calorie average to around my TDEE, and it worked. I think I've said it before but this is the best diet ever!'; data[1]['blog_time'] = 'Wed, 01 May 2013 06:01:37 +0000'; data[2] = new Array(); data[2]['title'] = 'moo's blog'; data[2]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/moo/moo%CA%B9s_blog_b-2809_sid-ef5443f60ca419c51a720fbd8094539f.html'; data[2]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/moo/moo%CA%B9s_blog_b-2809_sid-ef5443f60ca419c51a720fbd8094539f.html'; data[2]['username'] = 'moo'; data[2]['blog_id'] = '2809'; data[2]['blog_message'] = 'I used 5/2 before and successfully lost weight on it. Then lost a bit more by juicing and then being unwell for 9 days! Got to 9 St 13 and stayed there for a good 8 months without 5/2. However over past couple months have gained a few pounds, maybe only 4 at most but its creeping. I still have BMI of 21.5 so no biggy but I want to be back where I was and maybe a few pounds less for good measure. I have therefore restarted 5/2. I think it gives great regulation and I hope to lose the few pounds plus, then maintain with it. So that's my story so far. Last time I did not think to seek advice and help but now I have found the forum I think its brilliant.

So I restarted this Monday (bank holiday I might add) and my first fast was absolutey fine. Really pleased as was nervous, a little. Normal day today (Tuesday) and fasting again tomorrow. Going to a friends for dinner this weekend so might do a further semi fast on Friday (maybe 1000 cals ish). Not sure about this yet though, day at a time....

Continued '; data[2]['blog_time'] = 'Tue, 27 May 2014 21:48:09 +0000'; data[3] = new Array(); data[3]['title'] = 'food for fasting days - choc cookie + 2 brazil nuts or salad?'; data[3]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/Lucy+Saunders/food_for_fasting_days_choc_cookie_%2B_2_brazil_nuts_or_salad%CA%94_b-421_sid-ef5443f60ca419c51a720fbd8094539f.html'; data[3]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/Lucy+Saunders/food_for_fasting_days_choc_cookie_%2B_2_brazil_nuts_or_salad%CA%94_b-421_sid-ef5443f60ca419c51a720fbd8094539f.html'; data[3]['username'] = 'Lucy Saunders'; data[3]['blog_id'] = '421'; data[3]['blog_message'] = 'delighted to discover that a single Sainsburys triple chocolate cookie has 386 calories in it - so the fasting day when i ate one cookie + 2 brazil nuts was probably still within the 500 calorie range. phew. not that that's a healthy diet ...

planning to dig out my exercise bike and add some daily exercise. or rather more than my daily walk, tho' given the duff knee at the moment, that has been rather limited for the last week and a half. am impatient for my size 22 knickers to get really loose and ideally fall off. you know how it is. tho' duff knee may make bicycling hard as well. hmm.

fasting on Friday - ate one blood orange (delicious), half a carton of Covent Garden spicy corn chowder, and a salad of leaves, 2 x quite slim raw carrots, 1 marmande tomato and two slices of cucumber, with prawns, dressed with a tablespoon and a half of viniagrette dressing made with balsamic vinegar. given that it was my own dressing & i can't know how many calories there are in it, i...

Continued '; data[3]['blog_time'] = 'Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:00:46 +0000'; data[4] = new Array(); data[4]['title'] = 'Day 54 Fast day and freaking out'; data[4]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/jmousey/day_54_fast_day_and_freaking_out_b-1926_sid-ef5443f60ca419c51a720fbd8094539f.html'; data[4]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/jmousey/day_54_fast_day_and_freaking_out_b-1926_sid-ef5443f60ca419c51a720fbd8094539f.html'; data[4]['username'] = 'jmousey'; data[4]['blog_id'] = '1926'; data[4]['blog_message'] = 'Weight: 118lbs

I am freaking out and its not to do with weight. I can explain the gain in that I am unbelievably bloated - my stomach just seems to be full of gas and my TOTM is due this week and I feel shoddy. However, the thing freaking me out is the stomach ulcer. Its a dull sensation right under my sternum slightly burny. It's no worse than that. I started my meds for it on Tuesday but I ate normally with it (including fried rashers and sausages yeswterday). It's no better. I had this ulcer before and the meds worked almost straight away and I made no other changes. This time it is more persistent. Now it didn't wake me up during the night but I have taken my medication this morning in the last hour, I have had a teaspoon of manuka honey and a cup of hot water with manuka. I'm not hungry because I've no appetite but I read that you shouldn't have an empty stomach. Therefore the manuka should help. I'm going to buy some natural yogurt and stick to that and vegetables today. I won't...

Continued '; data[4]['blog_time'] = 'Thu, 14 Nov 2013 08:58:43 +0000';