The FastDay Forum

by nursebean

07 Jul 2016, 10:14

 

Forum: Progress Diaries & Journals

Topic: Hazelnut's 8 week Blood Sugar Diet musings...

Replies: 713

Views: 29174

Thanks for the welcome Shelley johns I very much appreciate it! Well, Candy candicemarie informed me that I've bean doing the BSD wrongly - doh! Since Sunday I have bean on just 800 calories a day (skipping breakfast and starting with lunch!) which I must say has bean much easier than I thought it w...

by Moogie

21 Jun 2016, 10:01

 

Forum: General 5:2 and Fasting Chat

Topic: Problems accessing the Fastday site

Replies: 42

Views: 2104

Some more tweaks done on the server, do let us know if you're still having problems.

by nursebean

31 May 2016, 06:35

 

Forum: Group Challenges

Topic: May Challenge... volunteers welcome

Replies: 126

Views: 5596

Oh Hazlenut20 that is an AMAZING loss - well done you!! xx Ally5 ? I usually weigh myself once a week (at Slimming World these days) and that's after a fast day. I used to fast every other day and weigh myself daily. The idea behind a daily weigh is that it encourages you not to overeat on your non ...

by bordergirl

20 Sep 2015, 22:12

 

Forum: General 5:2 and Fasting Chat

Topic: Over 3 years since Dr. MM's Horizons ep.. where are you at

Replies: 11

Views: 752

After seeing something on the internet and a link to a radio interview with Dr. Mosely, I was able to track down a link to his BBC program, and I just started the next day. Over the previous 2.5 years, I had reduced my weight from 178 or so to 158. It was slow, torturous, and I was afraid I was not ...

by Moogie

02 Jul 2015, 17:23

 

Forum: Non-diet Chat

Topic: Does anyone else have trouble with this site loading?

Replies: 23

Views: 1241

Just tried doing a couple of tweaks myself which may or may not help...

by carorees

24 May 2015, 15:52

 

Forum: Fastonbury Glamping Grounds

Topic: The really rather wobbly, needs-a-bit-of-support tent

Replies: 163

Views: 12231

I'm sure this has been posted elsewhere but worth repeating: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/05/04/why-diets-dont-actually-work-according-to-a-researcher-who-has-studied-them-for-decades/?postshare=5121431148135491 There are some really important insights in the article, such as...

by O'Dell

13 May 2015, 22:43

 

Forum: Introduce Yourself!

Topic: Advice please!

Replies: 3

Views: 304

Did you take your waist measurement before you began 5:2? If so, have you lost inches? Many of us didn't lose weight for the first few weeks but did lose inches. Silly me, I took my waist and hip measurements and promptly forgot them and hadn't written them down. However, I noticed my clothes fittin...

by Azureblue

12 May 2015, 19:24

 

Forum: Fastonbury Glamping Grounds

Topic: The 'Do you remember that?' tent

Replies: 98

Views: 6607

Many thanks for that CR, making sense of it all for us :0) I thought I'd try the 35g carb a day for a week or so as it's pretty low and I have been on about 80g for a while, my weight is 900g down in 24 hours so far (yippee). Probably up it to 50g carbs then and see how it goes...this is where the m...

by Tracieknits

07 Feb 2015, 16:50

 

Forum: General 5:2 and Fasting Chat

Topic: Diet Fatigue???

Replies: 114

Views: 6524

Well done Wildmissus and Peebles ! I really love the books by Dr. Amanda Sainsbury Salis. I actually like the second one even better than the first. She refines and in some ways slightly tweaks the methods in the first book. I'm glad to hear you're both doing so much better! I clip my fitbit into my...

by Azureblue

30 Jan 2015, 16:24

 

Forum: Delighted or Disappointed?

Topic: Coming to terms with the whole thing

Replies: 18

Views: 1495

Hugs Lori and all shall be well! Have you tried not eating after 6.30pm until after 10.30am the next day? This would bring you into 16:8 eating window land and give you some extra fasting time for your 5 days. We've all tried tweaks and found different bits work for different people, so keep going a...

by Tracieknits

29 Jan 2015, 03:35

 

Forum: General 5:2 and Fasting Chat

Topic: Anyone in the US?

Replies: 702

Views: 33031

My husband figured out a long time ago that at our TDEEs, we could do three fast days at 1000 calories or two fast days at 500 calories and it would result in the same calorie reduction for the week. We have certainly done it before, but it can be hard for him to fit three fast days in to the work w...

by Lizbean

24 Jan 2015, 18:50

 

Forum: Benefits & Side Effects

Topic: Does prolonged fasting change us in ways that lead to regain

Replies: 96

Views: 10018

Thanks peebles grr, hunger pangs are the worst so my thoughts are with you and I understand you want to find the solution to eradicate them. I've been fortunate as I've not experienced prolonged periods that you are describing. My cals for fasting now say '335 to 500'. I have always opted for 500. I...

by peebles

24 Jan 2015, 17:01

 

Forum: Benefits & Side Effects

Topic: Does prolonged fasting change us in ways that lead to regain

Replies: 96

Views: 10018

Lizbean , I am in maintenance mode, and have been pretty much since the end of October when I regained a couple pounds after my conference and found it impossible to get them completely off by returning to my usual 2 times a week 435 calorie fasts. I realized that further weight loss would be impos...

by Moogie

01 Jan 2015, 12:14

 

Forum: Forum News & Announcements

Topic: Extra help for new fasters & re-starters!

Replies: 24

Views: 6442

Hi everyone, and a happy new year to you all! With a new year comes new years resolutions and for some of us that will mean a fresh commitment to continue with 5:2 and reach our goals while for others it marks the beginning of a 5:2 journey. You may recall we trialled an online fasting program in No...

by debsie

10 Nov 2014, 21:10

 

Forum: Not losing weight?

Topic: still disheartened debs :(

Replies: 24

Views: 3425

debsie - I know this isn't what you want to hear but I would strongly recommend you count cals on non-fast days - otherwise, how can you know what your overall calorie deficit is? And why should logging calories lead to self-sabotage? You might find it helpful to buddy up with someone on MyFitnessP...