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Thank you very much for welcoming me here, @carieoates and @Lizbean.
I'm from Czech republic, it's a small country in the heart of Europe

Thats interesting. I just gave a friend advice about 5:2/4:3. She's an American living in Czech Republic. It's a beautiful country!

That's funny, @MaryAnn, the world is really small I hope she enjoys it here.

13.8. Non-fast day
I started to eat really early, I felt very hungry (combination of TOM, lack of sleep and heavy workload). I drank lot of water and one coffee.
gluten-free crackers - small sample bag
watermelon - around 2 kg
salad - cucumber, red pepper, tomatoes, rucola, smoked salmon, radishes, yogurt
20 g dark chocolate
greek yogurt with honey
plantain chips - small bag
pork-beef dried sausage, cashews, tomatoes, cucumber, grapes

total ca 2450 cals (my TDEE)

weight training went very well, some new records

14.8. Non-fast day
Horrible work week finally over.

Watermelon - around 2 kg
Salad - cucumber, red pepper, tomatoes, rucola, smoked salmon, radishes, yogurt
80 g dark chocolate
Small popsicle
Banana
Scrambled eggs with ham, grapes, gin with tonic (I don't drink much alcohol, this was very special occasion)

Total ca 2300 cals

Weightlifting training - another record, wooow, happy!

15.8. Fast day
Green tea, water, coffee
Greek yogurt with a dollop of jam
Frozen strawberries

Total 400-450 cals

Tomorrow: weigh-in, then free day - brunch with my friends and food festival, I'm looking forward to taste some interesting stuff.

Weight: 95,7 kg

Woooooow I know it won't happen again, such a huge loss. It was combination of unusually heavy workload, water retention and the first 4:3 week fully and correctly done . But I'm very happy

Hey, nice one Callanthe - pleased to hear the week was a success, great foundation for moving forward.

Thank you, @Lizbean, this boost is definitely welcomed

16.8. Free day
Brunch with friends - scrambled eggs with toast bread and butter, three half-slices of sourdough bread with different spreads, cold cocoa, cappuccino
Gazpacho
Toffee-pecan meringue roulade (half of the package, I managed to put the other half into the freezer for the next Sunday - never happened before )
Grapes
Vegetable chips with greek yogurt and garlic

I counted cals roughly now and it's little over 3000. Good.

17.8. Fast day
Water, green tea, coffee
Fried eggs, frozen strawberries

400 cal

18.8. Non-fast day

Pork sausage
Veal, baked potatoes
Cappuccino
Tahini with honey and cocoa, grapes
Homemade popsicle, small chocolate bar
Soup (pork feet, broth, rice noodles, vegetable)

Total 2300-2400 cals

Weight training (very good performance)

19.8. Fast day
Water, tea, coffee
Eggplants with tomato sauce and balkan cheese
Piece of dark chocolate

480 cals

20.8. Non-fast day

Water, tea, coffee
Toffee-pecan meringue roulade - 1/4, piece od dark chocolate
Tomato soup with small piece of bread, baked chicken leg, potato mash
20 g of crisps
Veggie salad, one egg, two small sausages
Chocolate bar
Soup (pork feet, rice noodles, broth, veggies)
Homemade popsicle

2400 cals

Weight training, 1 hour

21.8. Non-fast day
Today was/is a hard day, I'm quite hungry/i have cravings and think all day about food.

Balkan cheese, grapes
Toffee-pecan meringue roulade 1/4 (last one), piece of dark chocolate
Chicken wings slow baked with potatoes
Piece of dark chocolate, cappuccino, 20 g bag of crisps
Chicken wings, potatoes, red pepper
Piece of dark chocolate

2400-2500 cals

Weight training, third this week, it's like someone changed the weights overnight for heavier

Hi @Callanthe craving food. Have you thought about lowering your carbs slightly (as they do bring on the hungry monster) and increasing veggies and salads? That worked for me.

Oh, @Lizbean, I know I should, but the carbs are so yummy! but I will definitely address this issue in next few non-fast days, thank you