The FastDay Forum

Good luck with your new plan @Debs I think your probably right about the sugar thing because I'm still sugar free in my drinks but I've had bad cravings since last Fri so I'm hoping a true fast today will get me back on track.

au revoir @jools7 have a safe journey buddie what an exciting time ahead for you good luck

Great to see you back ADFing @Debs! I can't imagine eating any other way now. Bean doing this all year...so far and still not buckling. I think my up-coming holiday may interfere but I hope I get back on track as soon as poss!

Are you guys fasting today or am I out of sync with you...as per the norm?!

Quite relieved that I only out in 2 pounds after yesterday, I was convinced I'd put in at least 4!

Bean

[Debs]

Thanks @Sue.Q and @nursebean!! Still trying as usual! Well done bean on not going completely over the top!
Sue.Q I hear you over the sugar carvings, they can be very bad can't they? I have had a small amount today and hope that tomorrow I can have a successful full fast.

Hmm, how to stop sugar cravings. What about crunching on a stick of celery...with cream cheese of course Would that help?

D'you know it's weird but on fast days I'm never really tempted by anything, come the feast day and I can eat anything...and usually do! Weird

Bean

[Debs]

I will try nuts bean but it is really hard when I get the cravings. That's why I am so impressed that you gave up choccy for a while. It is anything sugary though, not just choc. I am hoping by having small amounts of oats etc., it will curb them slightly. Sugar really dangerous. I try not to eat much with hidden sugar but it is sweet things that are the problem.
Unfortunately I don't have access to those things beany, but I am sure there is a suitable alternative.

Oh dear, sorry I don't really think that you don't have access to the same food! I'm allergic to nuts so I guess I miss out in their sugar-craving squashing powers (blimey, try saying that when you've had a few!)

Does a cup of coffee help? Actually, that always makes me want to eat a Digestive. I struggle drinking black coffee too. I don't know why I drink it really. I don't like it! Some fast days, I do add some milk...just to be a devil!

Bean

I hope to start another ADF run tomorrow, could be tricky though as am out and about. Do better when I am just hanging around home. Be glad to have a good fast, ADF has a nice rhythm to it don't you think

[Debs]

Definitely gillymary, I find. I get out of the routine too quickly on 5:2, I find the discipline easier

Oh yes @gillymary there's now a I could go back to 5:2. Too much temptation for me! ADF is just perfect...but each day you look forward to tomorrow

[Debs]

How are we all in here today? I have had a low carb day today and managed to avoid sugar cravings, that should be tomorrow if all goes as expected!
Just having a fetta salad for dinner and maybe an Atkins bar later. I am also daily weighing again which I am not totally happy with as it has the capacity to ruin my day!
Going to try and get a VERY early night as I had a shocker of a night last night, lots of dreams of work

Debs, good luck with your plan

Bean, I see you have a shiny new number

Gillymary, enjoy your 'run'


As for me, well I'm Struggling tbh. I'm so worried about hubby and the whole family/work thing - which is so complex and traumatic as to fill pages so I won't even start

Then, to pile on the misery, I've been bitten a few time and have found some fleas, despite me regularly using flea drops from from the vet on my cats I am one of those people who are a big magnet; nobody else in the house has been attacked! I've only found a few critters but of course now I am deep cleaning from top to bottom and washing everything that isn't nailed down. In a ten room (not counting bathrooms) house spread over three stories, with four people's 'stuff' to shift so I can get to every nook and cranny as critters like skirting boards... To make matters worse, hubby can't really help because of his sciatica I am so tired (neither of us is sleeping well) and thoroughly miserable. I've failed two fasts in the last few days.

[Debs]

Oh no winsome, huge hugs to you. Really sorry to hear you are having a tough time of it at the moment. I'm not surprised if you can't manage to fast at the moment, maybe just 16:8 or whatever you find easiest but don't stress. That is one thing you don't need with everything going on.
We are all here to lend a helping ear and shoulder if you need it

Sorry to hear you're having a rough time @Winsome and horrible dreams @Debs. You two sound as though you're both rather stressed at the moment. Wish I could help you both. Here's a hug anyway to let you know I'm thinking of you.

Bean xx

[carieoates]

Dear. I don't like seeing all this sadness gals.
@Winsome my sympathy is with you as I'm always the insect magnet in my house. Fleas, mozzies and midgies. I regularly spray the whole house just to be sure.
And @Debs I'm doing a little experiment. Testing my wee every two hours to see how long it takes to hit ketosis. 12.30 saw a mild positive. Whereas 10am was a definite negative.
Watch this space.
If all goes well it will be full on purple before bedtime.

I've just been given a buttery shortbread. It keeps looking at me.

Oh I meant to say, @Winsome. When we had Mr Boo (our lovely black cat) we had a session of fleas. We were advised to place bowls of water near warmth, I think. That way it draws the fleas to the water. I think it worked quite well for us...but I do sympathise. On top of everything else, the last thing you want is fleas!

Bean