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  • greenbirdsings
    greenbirdsings Posts: 15 Member
    Hello Everyone,

    My name is Crystal and today is my first fast day! I think that next week I will start making them Mondays and Thursdays but I just found out about this diet and I wanted to jump on the bandwagon as soon as possible. I'm still a little unsure about this whole fasting thing (I hate being hungry) but I figured that it was worth a try. Anyway my goal is to lose at least 10 pounds, though I secretly hope for 17. I'm curious as to whether most people work out on fast days? At the moment I feel like just hanging in will be hard enough on those days. Also do you “load up” the day before?
    I think I will continue to count on my regular days and leave my weekends as “free” days, this is mostly because I don’t want to lose the habit of healthy eating I’ve worked so hard into forming and also because I’m not sure if this diet will stick (I know that sounds extremely negative on my first day but maybe after today my attitude will change).

    Okay wish me luck!
  • lizz2013
    lizz2013 Posts: 331 Member
    Hello Everyone,

    My name is Crystal and today is my first fast day! I think that next week I will start making them Mondays and Thursdays but I just found out about this diet and I wanted to jump on the bandwagon as soon as possible. I'm still a little unsure about this whole fasting thing (I hate being hungry) but I figured that it was worth a try. Anyway my goal is to lose at least 10 pounds, though I secretly hope for 17. I'm curious as to whether most people work out on fast days? At the moment I feel like just hanging in will be hard enough on those days. Also do you “load up” the day before?
    I think I will continue to count on my regular days and leave my weekends as “free” days, this is mostly because I don’t want to lose the habit of healthy eating I’ve worked so hard into forming and also because I’m not sure if this diet will stick (I know that sounds extremely negative on my first day but maybe after today my attitude will change).

    Okay wish me luck!

    Hi Crystal! Great that you've jumped on the bandwagon. the fasting doesn't really feel like fasting and if you eat lots of veg you don't feel hungry. Also after time you'll find your energy levels up and you'll actually look forward to fast days. No need to load up before exercise or a fast day. Just eat normally 5 days a week. The idea is to net around 1200 calories per day throughout the week. Eat too little on non-fast days and you're body will go into starvation and you won't be able to lose anything. Eat too much and the scale won't move :) Best of luck :) x

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