Hi Gang! I'm going back to basics, starting with my old schedule of fasting on Tuesdays and Fridays to coincide with my dance class. I had a strange week with food last week where I found myself "accidently" fasting on several days. I haven't stepped on the scale to see if it made a dent as I'm feeling slightly puffy from a weekend getaway (eating out) and my impending TOM. I'll wait until the end of my cycle to see if the accumulation of my FD and low calorie days paid off. Fingers crossed!! We bought a bike trainer a few weeks ago, so in addition to walking this morning, I decided to give that a go and wound up on it for 20 minutes. Now that it looks like I may be substitute teaching more frequently, I'll need to become a much better planner to insure I stay focused on exercise and meals. Have a great week, aeveryone and fingers crossed, Flumi!!

I don't believe you, friend!! Perhaps you call it something different!! It's those times when you get carried away in the day or the days gets away from you, which is what happened to me last week. I strategically planned my FD, but had circumstances beyond my control (uh, like, Friday L.A. traffic) derail my efforts to eat. I know it seems like some bizarro alternate universe, but it happened. Not something that happens often.

Ah your day went better than mine Flumi.... The dog got messy poop on her paw and tracked it all over the carpet and after trying to clean it with my carpet cleaner I realized my husband poured a bleach solution into the bottle when it was empty making me think it was carpet cleaner!!!! Needless to say I was not impressed! Worked out for an hour on our home gym with weights and completed almost 5mile walk made me feel a little better!! Chicken & coleslaw for dinner but I cannot guarantee I'll refrain from wine tonight!!!!

I had a solid fast day yesterday. In addition to dance, I managed to log in about 14,000 steps. I walk most mornings, but lately have been doing double walks as my son has been asking to walk with me. I can never turn him down. Needless to say, I was really tired last night.

@luciewhitefield25 I fast on days when I have my dance class, which is over the lunch hour. I have found that I still need something to give me energy so I can do my best. I eat an energy gel about a half hour before class and this gets me through without any problems. They run about 100 cals and while I do log it, I still eat about 500 cals at dinner. I've lost over 40 lbs doing it this way, so I don't think 15 cals over will do much.

Hi All
I started my 5:2 diet on Monday 28th March.
I'm fasting Monday's and Thursday's and find it more easy than feared to limit myself at approx 600kcal.

Went on scale today and I was amazed to see that I had lost 4,5kg in just 11 days, so I am now 88,5kg.

I think it has gone too fast and will try to balance it better. I have been fanatic in logging everything I have eaten or drinken, including exercise done.

On my non fasting days, I have been focused to get the right balance of carb, protein and fat and eaten healthy. I have allowed myself alcohol whenever I wanted on non fasting days but limited it to a few glasses only. In average I have on non fasting days taken 2000cal. I would say that I have never felt starved or suffer but by logging the calories it just kind supported me in not overeating. It actually could be that I am under eating a bit since I lost so much in that short time.

I have done exercises every day (average 400-500 cal per day), only had a resting day yesterday and will take another one today.

Overall I'm happy with where things are going.

Wish you all the best in reaching your goals

Namlakhorn

Was on track for a very good FD yesterday...until the time struck wine o'clock. Ugh...such a waste. I always feel like that after I blow it. Fasting is a bit of a stressor for me. It's not in the sense that I don't have to think about what to eat until dinner. But it does put stress on the body a bit, so when I overindulge after fasting, I feel like I completely wasted my efforts. Will try again Monday.

Mama, I'm so glad you are active in this thread. Of course, you are right. I get so locked into what is good or bad. As I've gotten older, I tend to be less black and white, but it still happens when it comes to my diet and my goals. Last night's "overindulgence" was simply life happening. It wasn't failure...BOOM! That just happened. I'm so glad you pointed that out to me. I have to remember not to judge the journey with one step forwards, backwards, or sideways...I need to judge it by the total number of steps taken. Thanks, friend!

Thanks Flumi! can you see those gorgeous mountains from your balcony? Life throws plenty at us at times so I'm glad to hear you took the time to enjoy your evening relaxing!!! Some days we're all hard on ourselves and other days/weeks life is a breeze..... It's all good, I figure if I'm still looking in the mirror each morning that's a good thing, I'll try again to stay on the right path. Maintenance is always better than gaining so that's a victory for sure! I have had a couple of people comment now about losing too much weight, so that's been a bit of a mind game for me. I am trying to firm up but that's proving more difficult than losing weight!! Also I am starting to read the forum on maintaining weight to prepare myself soon. The one thing that I can recommend for body & mind, besides the 5:2 way of eating for weight loss is walking 10k steps, or close to it, each day! It clears the head and works off that extra glass of wine, or in my case last week, that bag of milk chocolate chips I was suppose to use for baking cookies that didn't happen!!!

Would like to hear how the newcomers are doing that joined recently? How are your FD going?? What are your favourite meals? Any obstacles?

Tomorrow starts a new week everyone!!

@flossyruby1

Today's weigh in wasn't what I had hoped it would be, but it was still lower than last week, so I call it a win! My fast days were good, I just have to tighten up NFDs. But, only 29 more school days and summer will be here! So, I have something to work for. I think of and pray for you all. I know we can do this!

@klmcneil1 Wow! You're very lucky to have your husband join you on this way of eating I'm truly jealous! Your dinner sounds good too! I have done the same except add a ton of lettuce on top so it's sort of a hot burrito salad - ha! Keep up the great job you're doing fantastic!!

@KateNkognito you are doing so well especially since you have school work to focus on!!! & yes the NDFs are where I get in trouble too.... Sometimes I'm over sometimes I'm not. Getting to bed earlier everyday helps!! Don't forget water gains throughout your week can change so try not to rely on the scales. For fun, measure your waist and re-measure in one month okay maybe I need to find more fun things to do!

Congratulations on your first month @GraetLifeIfYouDontWeaken you sound very excited about the changes you're making! I have to agree about the support here (best forum on MFP) I also find encouragement just by reading the success stories forum with photos! Just reading how much people have been through and how much weight they've lost is very inspiring!

Well done friends!

This is my third proper week and I am feeling much better within my self already! I did have a bit of a cheat day on Saturday but hoping with all my exercise and doing 3 fasts a week might even itself out a little?! I am not sure on results as in numbers yet as I only weighed for the first time on Friday, but I will be weighing again this Friday to see if there is any loss. I am not going to totally rely on those scales though as I do exercise a lot.. I might even take measurements this week and start tracking that as well!

I am excited for Friday to see my results, as I said I feel tons better in myself already!!! Also loving this group, find it so encouraging to read everyone's post, it makes me want to just keep going!