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Was gonna go for 4:3, but fast day went horribly wrong, so treating as a feast day worked well really. Now lost 4 lbs after 4 fast days and 2 weeks on the diet. Feeling good, only getting 6 hours sleep a night and feeling pretty good overall. Like the way of eating, working for me.
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Had a steep but short walk in the country today, but later I'll walk to the furthest away shop (45 min round trip) for milk. Funny how walking can become addictive. My legs feel restless when they're not heavy with tiredness.

Anyway, I also realised that I've slipped into fasting too much. It seems to be easy for me to go three days in a row with just a 500 cal evening meal. Any mid-day hunger pangs fade after ten minutes or so and my energy levels are not noticeably depleted - I'm still walking a brisk 5-6 miles per day. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday have all been fast days and today (Wed), although the intention was NOT to fast, has turned into the same. I went out for lunch with a friend but lunch was chicken caesar salad (no dressing), a starter size portion of lean chicken breast, lettuce and two anchovies and two croutons. I don't think I've quite hit 500 calories in that meal but the chunk of protein has kept me feeling full (we ate at 2pm) and I don't see the point of eating an evening...

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I started the 5:2 fast diet about 2 weeks before we left on holidays, desperately hoping it would allow me to wear all my summer clothes again. It worked but I wondered how it would go once we were actually on holiday particularly as I wasn’t sure whether or not my husband JM would join me.

We left on a Monday which was a fast day for me. JM had a regular breakfast whereas I decided to skip mine. We both had the same lunch with an extra 100 calories for Jean Michel because men are entitled to 600 calories and women to 500, and the same dinner. By then we were in Germany and with the long twilight, we were able to cycle for 2 hours (29 kilometers) afterwards. I was surprised to feel neither tired nor hungry.

After that, we both fasted twice a week throughout our month’s holiday, with the exception of one day when it proved to be impossible for logistic reasons. When we could, we tried to make our fast day coincide with moving from one place to another, but even on those days, we still cyc...

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People did warn me before starting 5:2, that the lack of food on one day will make your mind go crazy about food the next, and how right they were!

My first fast was SO difficult, I had a small lunch and small dinner, and went to bed absolutely starving. They next morning I woke up and because it was my day off, I raided the cupboards and picked at all the wrong foods pretty much all day.

Three out of the five fasts ended with the next morning following the same pattern,
and it leaves me feeling worse than ever. Bloated, sick, and lethargic, and I wonder whether it is worth continuing with 5:2, if i'm just going to feel fatter and worse than normal.

BUT

I have finally realised where I am going wrong! All I need to do, is plan my fasting days 2 days before a day off work. This way I have definite days to fast, and hopefully not quite so many opportunities to be binging!

Lets give this method 5 fasts and see how we get on!

Fingers crossed for me!
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Well hello!

Thought I'd better bring you up to date with where I am.

Whatever my last blog said, my resolve didn't last all that long - weeks maybe. The last 10 months or so have been difficult for me, both physically and emotionally. Health issues, coupled with the anguish of having to find a suitable residential home for my beloved 23 year old son, Adam, who is autistic, caused me to nosedive into depression....and comfort eat for England. Honestly, I could go to Rio....if I wasn't so scared of flying!

I seem to go in cycles. Autumn & Winter are often pretty awful, mood wise - and then it's all change for Spring and Summer. When I am depressed, I eat totally mindlessly and to hell with the consequences.....until I finally come to my senses and realise I am out of control and have let myself go ridiculously.

I came to that realisation towards the end of April, Was going away for a short annual break with some girlfriends at the beginning of May - so I resolved to do something about...

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