sanjoparolas Member

Welcome to the newcomers! I am fasting today and I am hungry-ish too. And that's okay. It took practicing this lifestyle for me to realize that it is totally okay to be hungry for a while. Dinner will taste terrific and tomorrow will be here soon! But yes, the other folks in the household might want to be nice to me…

I enjoyed the article, thank you!

I targeted 500 calories on my MWF fasting days.

I haven't experienced any sleep problems but I remember it being mentioned from time to time in this group. Maybe a search through older messages will turn up some remedies?

Welcome Aunty Mofo, glad to have you join us! I hope you had a great fast day chiccam. :)

Coming in at 590. I ate a toasted frozen waffle that I made for my son but he didn't eat. I can't just throw it away, right? The waffle was 82 calories so that put me over. Flumi, I like your attitude - don't settle for less than wonderful, you deserve some wonderful! Good job Kate, you came in less than I did today and we…

I love miso soup too! And my kids like the smoothies I make even though I put spinach in them, but mine are not low calorie so we have them on non fast days.

Gorgeous photos! Wonderful memories for sure. The kids and I (but not my husband) have next week off from school. We are staying close to home and trying to keep spending to a minimum so we can enjoy a vacation this summer. I do hope to get out on the bike a lot since the weather has been so beautiful.

Ha Mama! I do the tight jeans thing to keep myself from overindulging when I'm at home :)

Funny coincidence on the 1111 appearing in two places. Have a great time in Iceland! I did some batch cooking on the last few weekends to have home made food to bring for lunches on my longer work days. So far it's working out pretty well and my husband appreciates it too. We're having a taco potluck on Tuesday and I'm…

Agreed, KateNCognito. 'Bad' week, vacation, holiday, weird schedule - no big deal, back at it the next week!

That is an awesome report CollieFit! Likewise to Elaine. Yay for 5:2. :)

I have to bump this up to the top so others can get the same laugh I did at the hilarious response to a well-meaning but mistaken use of a new thread. What is the source of that clip?

Thanks Flossyruby1, and it's good to know you are on a similar path. I like eating plant-based because I get to eat a lot. Today I had leftover chili from a Thug Kitchen recipe that incorporated squash and it was yummy! http://www.popsugar.com/food/Pumpkin-Chili-Recipe-35890481 I don't post a lot of recipes but those two…

http://itdoesnttastelikechicken.com/2015/07/17/tofu-bolognese/ recipe for the tofu but I made it in a skillet, not the oven. The marinara recipe is http://www.vegancoach.com/vegan-dips.html#anchor-moms-marinara

I did it! I made my spaghetti squash plus a yummy tofu bolongnese sauce.

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The broth suggestion works for me as well. I enjoy miso mixed in with hot water when I feel the need. I eat way more than 1500 calories on non-fast days . . . I try to stick with minimally-processed vegetarian whole foods and I do a short (10 minutes) strength or aerobic exercise session 5 days a week. As has been stated…

I am a big fan of water with fresh squeezed lemon too. I don't know about any particular benefits other than whatever the juice of half a lemon provides but it really quenches my thirst when I am teaching all morning. The rest of the day it is green or black tea for me and then I eat all my calories at dinner time.

Great restart! Keep it up and keep checking in. :smiley:

Okay, because I read this thread I wanted to try spaghetti squash so I bought one today. I have homemade pesto in the refrigerator . . . :)

I do push ups and squats three times a week. Your plan is an ambitious one Flumi, but that is how breakthroughs are made. I could only do ten push ups until I did a push up challenge. Now I regularly do a set of twenty conventional push ups. But then I went to an Insanity Workout fundraiser and I could only walk with…

Well done - great work!

Another clementine fan here!

Nice achievement and you have a lovely voice!

Great job mrsfitzyv8 - you are back at it!

Bravo! I fasted today as well but not while feeling under the weather. Glad you are feeling better. :)

I just fasted through a sinus headache that almost led to vomiting yesterday. I didn't feel like eating and took a nap to feel better. I ate a small dinner of less than 400 calories. I feel much better today. I can in no way attribute this to fasting or not though since it was a single incident, but clearly it did me no…

Count me in as one who feels colder on fast days. I'm also someone who had a lot of initial success but am more than five lbs over my lowest despite regularly fasting twice a week. I was fasting three times a week when I was at my lowest though. I'm basically pleased overall though since I have maintained the size that my…

I love the Costco pumpkin pie, huge and only $5.99. I'm glad it is only featured at this time of year - makes it special. I prefer it completely plain. The over sugary sticky stuff can go to everyone else.