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Difficult ten days with Mum rushed into hospital with gastric bleed. Hospital visiting and family members descending has made 5:2 fasting a bit erratic. Have changed days depending on what's been going on. Did last Monday and am fasting today. Will try to get back on track next week and do Monday and Thursday again.
One good thing is that I have been doing lots of walking, mainly to get my sisters out of the house in between hospital visits. I did weigh myself on Wednesday and hadn't lost anything but that's ok because I had done two long hard walks and I always retain fluid for a couple of days after hill walking. I'm fasting today and Monday and so hopefully will see a bit of a drop next week.
Regardless of weight loss the biggest positive of fasting for me has been to instantly cure me of my fear of being hungry. On non-fasting days I don't feel the urge, panic even, to eat and eat or even snack. And fasting days seem really easy because I know it's only for the day and that I will...

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I know its after a fast day but I am now 11st 12.6 lb! Down from 12st 7lb on November 11th. I am very happy with that and am much better with my eating between fast days. I hope that this continues. I was busy yesterday and that helped greatly. :smile:
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Today's weigh in shows a 25 lb. loss in 3 months of fasting to lose weight. I am very happy with this weight loss even though I sometimes get anxious for it to drop faster. At -20 lbs. I cut my hair to a very short style. I love it and it reminds me to keep my focus on the prize.

I am trying to blog about fasting to help me remember all the hard work I put into this. I don't want to lose all the weight just to put it back on and then more. I have done that in the past and it is so depressing.
Fasting has given me my health back little by little. My mental attitude toward exercise is getting better as I lose weight. I have found fasting all day is easier than snacking or small meals. I eat one meal in the evening and it satisfies me. When I leave for my travels I know I have to fast 2 or three days in a row before the trip in order to keep the weight off.

I eat salads with some protein every Mon, Wed, and Friday. I drink a lot of tea, coffee, and water on my fasting...


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I've got another half a pound to go and I'll have lost a stone. A stone! Previously I hadn't been able to lose weight at all, maybe an odd pound would go, to be replaced with more a bit later!

I'm in the routine now of fasting on Mondays and Fridays, I keep busy and apart from a groaning belly late morning I'm coping pretty well. I don't go mad on non-fasting days, but I'm never hungry.

I bang the 5:2 drum to everyone I see who says, wow you've lost weight! I'm going to need new clothes as all my work trousers are falling off now, but what a lovely sacrifice to make :wink: A new set of clothes for my birthday in 5 weeks time :victory:
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Ok my 5th fast has gone ok. Despite not having had anything since lunch on Wednesday, because of some stomach bug that made me sick, I went through my 5th fast yesterday just eating around 700 cals in total. Today I weighted myself as usual and the weight dropped incredibly to an 76.5Kg, which is 2.9kg less than when I started. Today is my last day of the first 2 weeks on 5:2 and even if I will gain somehting I am pretty happy so far. Fast days are going always better and I am getting used to them, even if hunger or better the thought of eating something is always there, but then I just need to think that is it just few hours away to a normal eating day and that makes me going again. Have noticed that as soon as I am a bit hungry or think about food I just need to involve myself in something (no, not reading the forum, incredibly it makes me hungrier :starving: ) and another hour passes...

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