Halfway through my first low cal day in ages and it's going great- no issues with hunger or energy (I even got in a brisk 1 mile walk earlier).

Hope everyone else is having a great day so far!

The book is The Diet Trap by Judith Beck. It looks interesting and isn't a diet book per se but training our brains to lose weight. Will let you know how I get on

Fast Day #1 easily done. Found a new low calorie protein - Ahi tuna. Was on sale for $6.99/lb and 8 oz was more than enough to fill me. Added a big veggie salad w/ low calorie dressing and under 400 calories total.

Great fast today! Had an awesome ballet class and a great 500 cal meal of a chickpea salad with avocado ranch dressing (all vegan). I've been grilling veggies on the BBQ as a preemptive strike for lunches. Having them on hand for a veggie panini with some melted daiya cheez (when you see cheese spelled as cheez, you know it's vegan ;-) is pretty tasty. Looking ahead to Friday, which can be tricky. I do like pizza and beer, which, unfortunately is NOT 5:2 friendly. Have a great rest of the week, friends!

Well it's mid week hope everyone is doing well! I had s pretty good fd yesterday and today I'm going out for lunch with the parents, so I'll just be smart about my choice but not too strict. Flossy, what the heck is in cheez if it's vegan ??? Is it still a protein? All I can think of is maybe it's soy based. My daughter is lactose intolerant but still has cheese at times anyway. Although , she's the type to not try something because of the goofy spelling!

Cheers!

BTW, some cheez is soy based, some are nut based.

Sounds like it was a good day then Mama. I remember those days I am sure that is why I am overweight as we had to clear our plates. My least favourite was stuffed marrow I didn't mind the mincemeat ( which I ate first) but then all that was left was the sloppy marrow still can't eat it to this day.

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I haven't had a successful FD in a while but today I am determined to have one, I intend to have more next week.

All 5:2 weeks start with the first FD - best part here is you can come and go from the diet and do it in spurts of good times and then cruise along in the more difficult times

Congrats, Flumi! What a wonderful way to spend the day!! Julie, it is sooo frustrating to not be able to exercise when you want to. I wish a painless surgery and a speedy recovery. On another note, I don't know about my friends from outside of the United States, but has anyone else been paying attention to the buzz about the study done on Season 8 Biggest Loser contestants? The fallout of this study is downright depressing and has such far-reaching implications. For those of you who aren't aware of what's been going on, here's the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/02/health/biggest-loser-weight-loss.html?_r=0

@flossyruby1 I've been really interested in that study, too, and it jives very much with the reading I've been doing lately (The Obesity Code, books about intermittent fasting). I know that MFP is kinda built around it, but I think it's safe to say that the whole Calorie In - Calorie Out theory of weight loss has been completely debunked. Because your resting metabolism is set by your body and is not a "constant" that the MFP calculators would have you think. And your hunger and satiety is controlled largely by your hormones.

@Juliemoo1960 Unfortunately I don't think it's a result of 'too fast' weight loss. They've done studies comparing groups who were made to lose weight fast and those who were made to lose weight slowly, and there was no difference in success rates. Most people in both groups regained the weight. I think calorie-restriction diets just don't work in the long term for the vast majority of people.

Luckily for us, I think fasting is part of the answer. I don't think it works because it lowers your totally calories for the week, but because it regulates your insulin levels. There's still a lot of research that needs to be done (I'm not aware of any long-term studies that have looked at weight loss maintenance in people who lost weight through fasting), but I think the science that's there is pretty convincing.

But I originally came here to brag. I've had a couple of 'muh' weeks, with only one fast day and one workout each (and a fair amount of overeating the rest of the time), so I obviously haven't lost more weight. But, I'm on my second fast day for this week, and I just figured out what I'm having for dinner tonight. Because I can eat like half a pound of it on some salad for 250 calories. And because I live in Rhode Island and it's on sale for $5.88/lb today.