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Our Frequently Asked Questions topic will answer many of your fasting & weight loss questions!
If you're new and have a question or need some advice, please give us as much information as you can about your situation in order for us to be able to help you as best we can. For example, it's helpful to know your BMI/weight, how much you want to lose, any medical conditions which might affect your weight and (if you've started fasting already) how you do your fasts in terms of splitting up your calories, what you eat etc. Thanks!
I'm a returner too and there's quite a few of us on this forum.
Tell us a bit more about yourself so we can get to know and support you. How much do you want to lose...and so on....?
I've returned as well. I had a lot of success at first with 5:2 but then the weight loss slowed to a crawl and stopped. Right now I'm doing a combination of Weight Watchers and 5:2. Plain old 5:2, without watching what you eat on normal days, doesn't seem to work as well as people hope, sadly. But I find that combining 5:2 and weight watchers, I'm having fantastic results. I've lost 23.6 pounds since mid April doing this
Tracieknits wrote: Welcome back! Yeah, I can't imagine sticking to Paleo. While it is smart to switch to simply lower carb eating and less processed food, there's a lot of fluff about Paleo that I find rather silly.
I've returned as well. I had a lot of success at first with 5:2 but then the weight loss slowed to a crawl and stopped. Right now I'm doing a combination of Weight Watchers and 5:2. Plain old 5:2, without watching what you eat on normal days, doesn't seem to work as well as people hope, sadly. But I find that combining 5:2 and weight watchers, I'm having fantastic results. I've lost 23.6 pounds since mid April doing this
That's wonderful I was going to ask a question I have a problem if I eat on my fast day to me is not fasting and I'll just go ahead and eat so when I fast I just do water and I have A cup of coffee in the morning and that's all I did yesterday because if I start eating I know me I will keep on eating so I know this won't last you know forever but that's how I'm doing it right now. I can't do the 500 calorie thing for me it's all or nothing
(Note that I have been doing 5.2 without a break for over 2 years; have lost 30+ pounds, and while I have plateaued, I've also kept that weight off, something I'd been unable to do in the past.)
However, I do understand the trouble stopping once you start, I sometimes have to watch that as well. My usual pattern:
Get up 8am
Black coffee (and I mean dead plain, no sugar, no sweetener, no creamer)
Pot of green tea (10-11am), PLAIN
Water, of course
4pm: cup of veggie broth with tiny blob of coconut oil (see, I agree it helps with satiety!)
After work (6pmish): Small meal--may be a quickie omelet (2 eggs cooked in nonstick pan, maybe with green onions or mustard), OR greek yogurt with low cal fruit (peaches or berries), OR cup of low cal soup (such as Amy's split pea).
Dinner (9pm or so): Typical is Beyond Meat strips (I am vegetarian), with blanched broccoli; sometimes a saute, sometimes in a salad with LOTS of low cal veggies. I eat late because I usually do, and I have enough trouble sleeping without making it worse by trying to sleep on an empty stomach.
Although I don't limit carbs on normal days, by default I do on light days; I go for "bang for my buck" then. So I emphasize protein, a judicious amount of (healthy) fat, and low cal vegetables/ fruit. I know that any intake of carb-heavy food would stimulate my appetite, so that's enough reason to avoid. What helps me most through those later hours is telling myself, "Oh, you've gotten this far, don't ruin the whole day pigging out now." In other words, not invalidating all those hours of hunger.
Here's a pdf I put together for a friend of mine...
ferretgal wrote: Hello, @Song of the Bride, welcome! Not to be nitpicky, but bulletproof coffee (coconut oil) is far from calorie free; so you really aren't "totally fasting." (Just checked; typical bulletproof coffee is 441 calories.)
(Note that I have been doing 5.2 without a break for over 2 years; have lost 30+ pounds, and while I have plateaued, I've also kept that weight off, something I'd been unable to do in the past.)
However, I do understand the trouble stopping once you start, I sometimes have to watch that as well. My usual pattern:
Get up 8am
Black coffee (and I mean dead plain, no sugar, no sweetener, no creamer)
Pot of green tea (10-11am), PLAIN
Water, of course
4pm: cup of veggie broth with tiny blob of coconut oil (see, I agree it helps with satiety!)
After work (6pmish): Small meal--may be a quickie omelet (2 eggs cooked in nonstick pan, maybe with green onions or mustard), OR greek yogurt with low cal fruit (peaches or berries), OR cup of low cal soup (such as Amy's split pea).
Dinner (9pm or so): Typical is Beyond Meat strips (I am vegetarian), with blanched broccoli; sometimes a saute, sometimes in a salad with LOTS of low cal veggies. I eat late because I usually do, and I have enough trouble sleeping without making it worse by trying to sleep on an empty stomach.
Although I don't limit carbs on normal days, by default I do on light days; I go for "bang for my buck" then. So I emphasize protein, a judicious amount of (healthy) fat, and low cal vegetables/ fruit. I know that any intake of carb-heavy food would stimulate my appetite, so that's enough reason to avoid. What helps me most through those later hours is telling myself, "Oh, you've gotten this far, don't ruin the whole day pigging out now." In other words, not invalidating all those hours of hunger.
Here's a pdf I put together for a friend of mine...
Yes I know that's not fasting but what I meant is if I eat food then I keep on eating I do realize it's Bulletproof Coffee is definitely full of calories and that's fine with me as long as I'm not eating solid food
Newgirl wrote: Ok thanks for verifying that ferretgal,that's a lot of calories best spent on real food,but if it works for you bride that's a great thing
Yep it works. I'm fasting today but this morning I put a spoonful of coconut oil and teaspoonful of butter instead of my normal tablespoon. it's still good for me today so that works for me that's what's so unique about fasting everyone is different
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