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Couldn't resist jumping on the scales yesterday even though it was not my weigh in day. Was very please to see another 1 kg down. Not recording it until I weight again on Friday just in case it's gone! :victory:
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Oh my goodness - I have no idea what has hit me this week.

Yesterday - achieved the 16:8, and around 500 calories.

Snack - 4pm apple
Tea - 530pm salad and chicken
Snack - 9pm yogurt and banana

Slightly different approach this week - ate later, and miss a "proper" meal. This was mainly driven by work rather than intention.

It was OK - no headaches, coped but busy.

Today - soooooooo hungry. Managed the 16:8 and around 500 calories.

Snack - 2pm apple
Tea -330pm veg and chicken
Snack - 8pm toast

Tired, bit fed up and grumpy, and too much time on my hands. Not sure whether the hunger is being driven by that, or by eating less in general.

Seriously re-considering whether I do another two fast days this week as planned. May just leave it as 5:2 this week and see what happens. Not happy with eating later for the last two days - must keep an eye on that and plan better.

Have decided that...

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Ok, so just back from a week in the west of Ireland where we ate out and stopped at lots of little coffee shops as the weather was pretty woeful. Stepped on the scales this morning and things are as I expected (you know what that means). Anyway, today is a new day and the start of a new week and so...onwards and upwards (or downwards I hope). In a way it is a bit of a relief, life felt a little out of control last week.
This serves as a bit of a pep talk for myself, so if any of you have any advice...I could do with the encouragement. :bugeyes:
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Had my 2nd fast day & feel a bit odd. A bit headachey, more a fuzzy head than an ache & I am so very tired. At about 3pm I could have closed my eyes & nodded off. Early night tonight. Perhaps I need to look this up.

I have found today quite easy again drinking plenty of water & black coffee but I did have some miso at lunchtime. I really needed something savoury. The girl I sit next to at work noticed I was on the black coffee instead of my usual Costa lattes so I told her what I was doing. She seemed quite interested.

I have my 1st gym session of 2014 at 7am so I think I'll pop off to bed now.

Geri
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I prefer doing my walks fasted, before my window opens. Over the last week or so I have done 2 more stretches of the Settle Carlisle way; from Horton in Ribblesdale to Ribblehead last Tuesday, and from Ribblehead to Garsdale station on Saturday. I keep these walks for special days when the weather is splendid, to justify the train fare and to enjoy the train ride as much as the walk. As I have to set a brisk pace to try and catch the mid-afternoon train it reminds me of my early days in the Lakes - no car, no money, able to afford the bus fare but not a restaurant if I had to wait for an evening bus, balancing the urge to bag an extra Wainwright or two with the need to have enough energy to make the bus stop. It is such a relief to see the little 2-car multiple unit grumbling along to the remote train station to take me home.

On other days when it is reasonably fit I am doing walks from the Penrith Ramblers book, in sequence. Today I decided not to go up Place Fell as it was blotted...

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