var title = 'The FastDay Forum Blogs Feed'; var url = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/view/random_blogs_sid-46f7656a39ee5a9c87e0734742d100e1.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 12:53:28 +0000'; var data = new Array(); data[0] = new Array(); data[0]['title'] = 'How did that happen?'; data[0]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/Monty/how_did_that_happen%CA%94_b-289_sid-46f7656a39ee5a9c87e0734742d100e1.html'; data[0]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/Monty/how_did_that_happen%CA%94_b-289_sid-46f7656a39ee5a9c87e0734742d100e1.html'; data[0]['username'] = 'Monty'; data[0]['blog_id'] = '289'; data[0]['blog_message'] = 'For any of you who have followed this blog you will know that this month hasn't been easy. For various reasons.

Anyway, I have struggled, but stuck with it determined to get over the crisis point I was having, and I have! I LOST 5LB. How did that happen?

Moral of the story - on 5:2 you can have your cake and eat it :victory:'; data[0]['blog_time'] = 'Sat, 06 Apr 2013 06:24:26 +0000'; data[1] = new Array(); data[1]['title'] = '1st week'; data[1]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/sarah293/1st_week_b-2162_sid-46f7656a39ee5a9c87e0734742d100e1.html'; data[1]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/sarah293/1st_week_b-2162_sid-46f7656a39ee5a9c87e0734742d100e1.html'; data[1]['username'] = 'sarah293'; data[1]['blog_id'] = '2162'; data[1]['blog_message'] = 'Ok so that's the first week done and I have to say it was surprisingly painless :grin:

So after much deliberation I have decided to hold off on the scales until tomorrow. Reason well I have decided to keep my fasting days to Monday's but to keep Wednesdays and Thursday's flexible to go with the flow of my life.

So I'm out to lunch today so had my fast day yesterday, that however would have meant I would have done 4:3 this past week and then next week it would have looked as if I had only had 1 fast day! Ok so I know this would average out but psychologically I don't think it would lay well with me as I want to see how 5:2 works for me.

So until tomorrow with the results of my first week fingers crossed for a half decent result. :crossed:

Also the January Cancer Research Dryathlon...

Continued '; data[1]['blog_time'] = 'Thu, 09 Jan 2014 10:53:18 +0000'; data[2] = new Array(); data[2]['title'] = 'had to miss two fasts'; data[2]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/emm/had_to_miss_two_fasts_b-419_sid-46f7656a39ee5a9c87e0734742d100e1.html'; data[2]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/emm/had_to_miss_two_fasts_b-419_sid-46f7656a39ee5a9c87e0734742d100e1.html'; data[2]['username'] = 'emm'; data[2]['blog_id'] = '419'; data[2]['blog_message'] = 'Missed two fasts last week due to camping in sub-zero temperatures and attending exhausting classes all day, which was enough! But eating only what one can be bothered to cook in a small tent keeps intake pretty minimal!

Back on track this week with two fasting days. It's weird how much the hunger feelings have diminished to almost nothing during the day.'; data[2]['blog_time'] = 'Sat, 13 Apr 2013 22:51:05 +0000'; data[3] = new Array(); data[3]['title'] = 'painfully slow but still going down'; data[3]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/rabbitlover/painfully_slow_but_still_going_down_b-736_sid-46f7656a39ee5a9c87e0734742d100e1.html'; data[3]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/rabbitlover/painfully_slow_but_still_going_down_b-736_sid-46f7656a39ee5a9c87e0734742d100e1.html'; data[3]['username'] = 'rabbitlover'; data[3]['blog_id'] = '736'; data[3]['blog_message'] = 'I am now on week 16 and it is painfully slow with the weight loss. I feel very good and having lost 1 st 3lbs am happy but I find it very difficult to eat normally as the weight goes back on. still 3 fasts a week, but now going to cut down more mon to Friday. to see if this speeds things up. I will be so happy when I am 10 1/2 stone.
the weight loss seems to drop unexpectedly in one week, so I would love to understand what is happening in my body. is there fluid retention and then it goes off?
Till only walking every day for 45 mins at fast rate. Not the sort of person to exercise in a prescriptive way, so no point doing gym or swimming. tried this all through my life even when I was slim. just not me or my body.'; data[3]['blog_time'] = 'Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:41:26 +0000'; data[4] = new Array(); data[4]['title'] = 'As the sun starts to set....'; data[4]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/Bobshouse/as_the_sun_starts_to_set...._b-2864_sid-46f7656a39ee5a9c87e0734742d100e1.html'; data[4]['url'] = 'https://forum.fastday.com/blog/Bobshouse/as_the_sun_starts_to_set...._b-2864_sid-46f7656a39ee5a9c87e0734742d100e1.html'; data[4]['username'] = 'Bobshouse'; data[4]['blog_id'] = '2864'; data[4]['blog_message'] = 'Thought I should write something as I do not want any of you to think I have given up! It has been a very low day again. Was meant to be out this evening but cancelled as cannot cope with people.
Had a pleasant morning. We went to a local village to see a photo exhibition. We knew they were on display but had trouble finding them. Went into the mayors office to enquire and it was the usual grumpy, unhelpful receptionist you find the world over. Are they trained to be that way? All she said was 'sur le batiment en face' which means ' on the building opposite' . Failing to find them we stopped at a cafe for a coffee.....wrong again, the coffee machine was carried out as we sat down. So it was water. Someone we knew came in who lives in this village so we asked him about the photos. He said to go to the tourist office and ask for a route map. A very helpful young man gave us the map and showed us the sign that marks where each picture is. They were up high on the buildings. It would have helped...

Continued '; data[4]['blog_time'] = 'Tue, 24 Jun 2014 19:23:49 +0000';