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I started the Level One section on Monday August 05th - it was very difficult I'm not going to lie. After about ten minutes I felt like I was going to throw up and every inch of my body burned. Jillian pulls no punches, she wants you to succeed and I found her very encouraging. The workouts are broken up into mini sections with focus on cardio and strength. And every muscle in your body is worked hard. I recommend watching the DVD first just to get an idea of the exercises and to make sure you do them properly, you don't get much time to check your form and it could cause a nasty injury. I finished the workout gasping for breath, sweaty and jelly-like legs, but with a sense of achievement.

The next day - Tuesday August 6th. Well what can I say...oh dear lord THE PAIN!!! I felt it in my shoulders, back, calves, bottom, thighs and....oh who am I kidding, I felt it EVERYWHERE! But I still decided to persevere with it only to discover the wifi was playing up so I couldn't play it on youtube....

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So, I'm laying here supposed to be napping pre night shift and all I can think about is the 5:2 diet. Just downloaded the book to the iPad, so will read that over my next 4 night shifts. :geek: Aiming Monday to be my first fast day. It'll be pay day when I sit on do the online shop and they'll be next to nothing in the house except eggs! Plus Mondays are very busy. Just need to get my meal plan for that day sorted and can then repeat that on my 2nd fasting day. :grin:
In principle it seems simple. May even watch the horizon Program again via you tube on my break. Plan A.......get a plan! :bugeyes:
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I fasted yesterday as I want to do a 4:3 week this week and I have a busy week ahead, so wanted to get one under my belt. I was also feeling a little under the weather.

Fast Day calories 508
Carbs 21% (25g)
Fat 35% (20g)
Protein 43% (53g)

No breakfast. Lunch was a flank steak, a cup of cherry tomatoes cooked in balsamic, and a small portion of fresh raspberries.
Supper was a tbspn of miso paste boiled up with some frozen thai herbs (waitrose), fish sauce, lime juice and soy sauce with slim pasta added. The strong taste of the broth works well with the konjac. Must have this again as it was under 50 cals total.

I started feeling unwell on Friday afternoon. I had eaten too much kale in my smoothie and the bloating was really bad. I gather its caused by a sugar called raffinose and by Saturday morning I felt dreadful. Not the day to record waist measurement (up one inch in the month). I didn't count calories on Saturday as the combination of me flat lining weight wise in the month...

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but am so pleased with the diet that I feel I want to chat about it.

I started in May 2013, and was pleased with the steady progress at the the progress I had without really feeling the deprivation. I have also had to do some travelling and been away from home for 1-2 months in August September, and December January, and so only tried to maintain the weight loss while I was away by doing 6:1.

It has all worked and overall have lost 11.2 kilos... maybe not a major loss by some peoples standards but at my age I don't want to lose much more as the wrinkles may kick in. So when I get down to under 10 stone 62.8! I'll go onto 6:1.

I cant say I really enjoy my fast days tho... I have to keep saying "its only 1 day.... " I do however feel the benefit of the weight loss, was starting to get breathless when I walked and am sure the knees now appreciate carrying less around.... I have also notice that my ankles no longer swell on long haul flights.... and as I've always had that problem...

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The GDA for a woman is 2000kcals per day. Pah. Mine is <1300kcals on an active day. When are these going to be formally revised enough to be useful and relevant enough to guide individuals?

I've just had a rude wake-up about my BMR. It was last formally calculated when I had my Dexa scan and estimated using my measured amount of skeletal muscle mass (rather than an estimate) and the Miffin St Jeor formula. At that time it was <1100kcals for the BMR with a proposed TDEE multiplier of 1.5 for days on which I kayak, and 1.2 otherwise.

I've just re-run the calculations for my present weight (assuming no loss of lean body mass).

BMR is now <900kcals because of my low levels of muscle mass.

Projected TDEE is approx. 1000kcals on a sedentary day and 1275kcals on an active day (such as one when I kayak).

Now, my TDEE tends to be slightly higher than that because I reverse dieted for several months but I'm horrified at these levels. The more so as I'm trying to plan for my time post-surgery...

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