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Back on the wagon after a holiday in London... then deciding give myself an extended break after returning lol only gained 4lbs in about 3 weeks of not REALLY watching what I eat (still logging everything though) and not IFing. Back at it!

I have to be careful with green tea as I find it gets me really hungry sometimes! I try to avoid it on fast days actually.

To echo what has been already said, it's definitely easier after a while to work out normally on fast days. I used to work around my schedule for fast days but now I can just go about normally without having to think about whether it's a fast day or not! Just yesterday I did a fast day and a spinning class! Although it was…

I haven't been doing it too long. I've done it for the last two weeks and in the past I've tried it as a one off week. This will be my 3rd week and I find the results are coming a bit faster - before my rate of loss was about 1lb/week and the last few weeks it's been closer to 1.5lbs/week. I've been doing Monday + Tuesday…

Good luck! You can do it!! I'm doing 4:3 right now as well, and smooth sailing so far. We've got this! :)

Sounds like you had an amazing weekend flumi! Going to try and do 4:3 for the next two weeks in prep for a mini-vacation in London in February. Happy Fast Day!

I use this site: https://trendweight.com

I weigh myself daily and use the site TrendWeight to see the overall trend. It actually keeps me motivated to weigh daily, but I know it doesn't work for everyone.

Ah that makes a lot of sense! Thanks everyone. I think I may start taking a multi-vitamin...

Did two consecutive fast days and survived! It wasn't too bad. I'm seeing great results and it's really motivating me to tough it out on fast days, so much so it doesn't even feel like "toughing it out"

Yes! I'm a bit more than a month in and it's the first type of diet I've stuck to as well. It's great, isn't it? Happy fast day tomorrow.

@Emma - ah! Sounds terrifying!

Does anyone fast for two consecutive days? When I skimmed through the book, I think it said not to - but is it generally alright to do every once in a while?

Looks like lots of people are fasting today. Good luck and happy fast day! :) My fast day was yesterday and had a great big whoosh of 2.2lbs down, or my scale could've just been cranky yesterday. Either way, I'll take it!

This thread has been a huge inspiration for me and I couldn't wait to contribute when I first started. I'm not at my goal weight yet, but I figure this could be a bump for the thread and I wanted to throw in my success! SW: 152.5 at the beginning of November (my heaviest) CW: 141.8 pic taken today! My goal is to get to…

bump - interested if anyone finds anything. I have a few individual packets and there is no nutritional value on it. I wouldn't be surprised if it was 0 calories though.

It's definitely easier to handle after a few fasts! Good luck and this is an amazing support group :smiley:

Hi faz! That's exactly what I did - I was eating 1200 calories/day for about 3 weeks, with minimal results and not feeling very happy about it (perhaps 3 weeks wasn't a great indicator though). I switched to 5:2 and so happy I did - it works really well for my lifestyle, and not only did I start seeing steady results, I've…

Hope everyone is having a great week! I am definitely having an awesome week - I've officially hit 10lbs lost since I started tracking my diet and actively trying to drop the weight two months ago. And I'm feeling so good about myself/my body - probably the best I've felt in a really long time!! All thanks for 5:2!

Do you weigh everyday? I do, and I'm using this site called http://TrendWeight.com and there's some scientific mumbo jumbo (from Hacker's Diet) that I won't get into, but it gives you trends and even if you have an up day on the scale, it's just a blip kind of thing. But love your positive thinking!

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Welcome to the group! What I do on fast days is "quick add" the remaining calories, just to keep it even. Good luck with the fasting! It gets easier as the weeks go by. The group is very supportive too :)

At least snow is pretty to look at :)

Woo boo, way to go flumi! Speaking of scales, I'm the same scale number for the last two days (yesterday was after a fast day, today was not) and I was pleasantly surprised! Used to a small spike after a non fast day. Does anyone use the app TrendWeight?

Thanks for the input everyone! I'm going to try for a 4:3 week and see how that goes.

Merry Christmas all!

congrats @thecarbmonster!!! Good luck with fasting this week everyone, I know I'm going to need some. Fasting tomorrow but no idea how I will manage another one for the rest of the week, with all the family time etc.

welcome to the group! :)

it takes getting used to, doesn't it? being allowed to eat more than you think! I eat a bit less than my TDEE because I can manage eating at 1500-1600 - I feel like it's a good amount for me to stay full but with plenty of energy.

@snaps27 & @uptightightoutasight love both of your positive outlooks on things!! I know this is said everywhere in this group but... this group is the best! fasting today and I'm so happy that the fast days have been getting much easier. and I've noticed on non-fast days that I can push through hunger pangs (before getting…