Good fast day yesterday! I got on the scale today (love getting on after my fasts) and I was 171 Monday morning, and 168.8 today! This is the lowest I've been since my daughter was born in June!!! Seriously so happy with 5:2. It's been a savior.

Today is my first fast day that I've done with my husband home. It's gonna be a tricky one.

thecarbmonster wrote: »

Thanks for the suggestion @snaps @jknight! Such a "duh" for me because I haven't been doing it at all lately! I feel so good lately that I forget to do those kind of basics and still work on things so they don't start creeping back (like they are lately!!!).

You have always been one to wrestle with things until you figure them out. I have confidence you will figure this out as well.

bburg86 wrote: »

I have to fast when I'm at work!! LOL it's too hard when I'm home for the day.

I hear ya. I normally do them at work too. But I've been off for the last week and still have another week to go. Plus he's home for yet another week with his knee.
I don't want to skip it so I'll just have to try and see how it goes

I've not fasted since last wed and feel a little out of control , hhave been visiting my mum and have a rotten cold so not swum for a week either, but feel a bit more human now and going to fast tonight (on night shifts) and swim after work. If it's anything like last night it'll be a doddle to fast as it is very busy at the moment. But trying to keep perspective, this is the flexibility of 5:2, real life still goes on! Happy fasting xx

I was going to roll my omlett around some sardines, then I looked at the calories on the tin, they went back into the cupboard. 800+ for a quick snack that I used to eat between meals.

Karen- Congrats on getting through the home fast day!!

@thecarbmonster we must both be in the northeast! We have the same snow alert for tonight/tomorrow. Sigh.. I just want warmer weather.

Today is a feast day for me, but with doing AIP, it's so limited. Basically meet, veggies, some fruit, and fats! I'm down 8.2 lbs and I'm only 0.2lbs from my goal I set for this month! (to lose 5 lbs). I am so excited! We also found out we got a new apartment that we applied for last week, so we will be moving at the end of march. We will have a fantastic kitchen and it'll be a lot easier to cook because we will actually have counter space!!

Still not losing but not gaining. I have found my loss target calories to be too low. Can't seem to break the barrier. Work travel has not been helpful. Trying trying trying. Every week. Hanging tough. Looked at last year and March is when I was able to achieve a major loss. I am thinking the weather broke and I was able to get outside. Looking forward to that. 15 pounds from goal. That is all. 15 pounds.

Karen - that's brilliant and Janette hang in there - it'll happen!

Weighed in this AM. Have lost 2.6 lbs this week. Am close to goal. 5:2 really works...have lost 20 lbs since October 10th, when I first stumbled on this illustrious group. Keys for me: Stay close to FD thresholds and don't go nuts on non FD's. Thanks

mwhite - Awesome job!!! and great job Karen on the nice loss, as well!!
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Fast day #2 for me. Aiming to fast all day and eat all my calories at dinner time. I'd love to get to 10lbs lost! That means I'd have to lose 1.8lbs tomorrow when I log in. That would take me down to 166.6 which would the lowest I've been IN over a year. I was 157 when I got pregnant, and I just REALLY want to see that number again, and then go from there.

@bburg! Yep! I'm in Southern Maryland (hour below DC). Just got 2 hours late. I thought about taking the whole day (so I didn't bust my booty on the ice), but once I heard the sidewalk was cleared at work I made it in before lunch. Luckily I didn't have to go this one building that is like a 1/4 mile away from the parking lot. Imagine doing the penguin walk that far on ice haha.

@lulu1066 wow! That's great! It's really working for you! I cannot wait until I can officially get into the next pants size down! I was a 10 before baby, now I'm a 14. UGH! So discouraging, only because I have no clothes that fit and don't have tons of money to buy all new clothes!

@thecarbmonster yep! I am about 30 minutes above Frederick, MD. We just got flurries today, thank goodness! I am so tired of snow!!!

bburg - you say you 'don't have tons of money to buy new clothes' so can I suggest a way around it? when i was at my heaviest, my wardrobe consisted of voluminous skirts and t shirts in weird colours, grabbed off a sale rail without trying on as I felt so hopeless about the way I looked.

- i lost the first ten and bought some new clothes, but my intention was to keep losing so I felt guilty about wasting money. Then I discovered a really great local goodwill shop (with some seriously stylish donors), and I started going in my lunch break every Friday to buy new work and home clothes for tiny amounts. Then as I gradually got smaller, I'd wash or dryclean the stuff and donate it back before walking out with another armful of dresses and skirts and jackets. This meant that I was cheered up by new ( to me ) clothes, and it also meant that stuff fit all the time. I could experiment with styles and colours that were new to me, as fashion had moved on during my 'big years'. The ladies in the shop joke that they are my 'lending library'. My all time score was a silk Ralph Lauren evening dress with tags still on for eight bucks.

karen - I'm in a warm place too, but so jealous of people who can go for walks in the lovely snow!