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That's annoying I can't edit my blog and the pic link didn't copy so have a link to dress sizes instead lol....

I will try again.
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Somehow missed that one but will look at it at Amazon. I have read "The Willpower Instinct" by Kelly McGonigal several times. Highly recommended with enough practical psychology behind it to learn how to use it to practical advantage.

In my experience choosing what to eat ahead of time quickly divides the refrigerator's (or pantry) contents into what fits as an ingredient for the chosen meal and what doesn't. To open the fridge before deciding virtually guarantees that everything looks good. A nibble here, a taste there - just to be sure - and the best of intentions go right out the window.

John
I sure hope so, SSure!
I can only hope that in the period when 5:2 wasn't altering your weight it was, nonetheless, priming your metabolic state in a healthy way so that when matters aligned to support your weight loss, then your metabolism would be ready to support you, not oppose you (IYSWIM).
SSure wrote: Excellent news about the dose reduction and the non-fast days. Good Luck for next week.


Thanks — yes, it's good that I can include dairy and gluten back in — there were a few months there when I could only eat about 25 different foods :/

Over 2 weeks in to the lower dose of mirtazapine now. I'm not sleeping as well (waking for the day between 5-6 am, sigh) — I am taking the med for sleep, after all. But my weight is still on the downward trend, averaging about 0.5 kg/week — which is better than I've managed for ages. And my appetite is definitely less. So that's worth the early morning waking! It's so great to see 5:2 starting to do for me what it does for most people, at last (after being on it for 2 years!)

Still want to see how things are going in another month or so, if this trend is continuing. I'm wary of making any pronouncements about anything working nowadays ...
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