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Sorry to hear about the cake attraction. There is a lot of great and inspiring instances in this string. For me, I tend to start stress eating when my life feels stressed. There are the comfort foods that really call out to me like peanut butter cups, calorie loaded ice creams, and kettle potato chips. I use meditation to…

Looks great, just wish it had more fresh ingredients in it.

Please post more Peruvian recipes.

Other than reheating what are your objectives? Are you looking for low-carb, high protein? Do you have gluten concerns? How many calories per serving? Do you have a high-fiber preference? What about spice/ heat? Finally, what type of cuisine is your favorite?

Jetlag, I totally agree. Shhh, but be careful you might anger the great scholarly one, who will site articles and make up inferences that are not there. Shhh, please. Peace out :flowerforyou:

Oh great Scholarly one, thank you for gracing this thread with your obviously knowledgeable presence. We are not worthy! Actually, oh great scholarly one, the "Optimistic women live longer" article is so obviously not related to stress so much that the word "stress" is not mentioned once in the article. But we know you…

Friendly and groovy.:wink:

You only think it is not a crock is because it supports your cynical point of view. Also, I really don't know what you mean about "proper citatinos" It links one article to another and then finally to an article of the AJCN written about a clinical study. The fact is that you can find an article that links to a study that…

I agree. Pinkraynedrop- I agree with you as B. Clinton said, "I feel your pain" and try not to blow a gasket over some sadly misguided critics. Take a short break from this thread. I did and I feel much better.:bigsmile:

Last night I dropped 5.4 Lbs. I still can't believe it. I guess I am a big fat woosher. I am on the 5:2 and yesterday, Thursday, was my second (low-cal day) fast day. I weighed at night...went to bed late. I let the digital scale reset and I moved it and weighed again to confirm. I was 189.4 Lbs. I did the same procedure…

Kudos! I also second your opinions. :happy:

Yes, but this would entail counting calories every meal and every day. I think that would suck for me. It is time consuming and honestly, to me it feels a bit obsessive/compulsive. With the 5:2, I only have to focus on 2 days and now that I have reached my goal, I may go to a 6:1 and have only 1 day to micromanage.

I agree, and would add that these forums are supposed to be for support in actively engaging to create healthier living. These all seeing, all knowing skeptics simply support people in INACTION for those that might be considering giving 5:2 a try. The opposite of what these forums are meant for. On behalf of those that…

I'm not the one comparing, please see above, "as with all things in fitness"

Weight training, Running, cycling, swimming are all examples of things in fitness that have not faded. Sorry Coach :frown:

Wrong! A fad would denote that it's popularity fades. 5:2 popularity is increasing like wildfire! You can not call it a fad until it fades in popularity. Examples of fad diets are: Atkins diet, cabbage soup diet, and tapeworm diet. They got some notoriety and now they are footnotes. By definition you guys calling it that…

Pinkraynedrop, your weight loss is pretty amazing and inspiring. Do you have any before and after pics? You have lost just about the equivalent of my wife's weight, amazing! I know you don't pay attention to the meanies and the cynics.

Ditto, Ditto, and Ditto in a big way! I could not agree more and I just got through my goal today for the first time! :bigsmile:

My diet, as you call it, is in fact a hypo-caloric diet. I have already said that 2 times. The method of employment makes it easy for people to use.

The 5:2 plan is a subset of Hypo-caloric diets. Hypo-caloric diets mean any diet that regulates the intake of calories. It is as if I said to you, "BFD, I can get the benefits you claim from your Hypocrite diet by simply Dieting." Your attempt at a distinction does not prove or disprove anything.

Wow, you're really forging new ground there! Hypo-caloric diets is nothing more than a general nomenclature. Just like hypo-caloric diets are a subset of all Diets. Just like all Diets are a subset of Human Physiology. But you are wrong, actually Fasting has at least 2 benefits that I can think of that can not be derived…

Each of those articles clearly site the studies. Don't be intellectually dishonest. They are there if you bothered to really look. Just because you say your Hypocrite Diet works, doesn't make it so. Sorry, who's the one without sources now?

The benefits other than weight loss that I am referring to are: -Reduced Cholesterol -Reduced fat content in blood cells and in the body -Improved Insulin resistance -Blood markers of inflammation, including C-reactive protein, also decreased -Improving and curing of diseases like diabetes and asthma -boost the production…

I appreciate tigersword and chrisdavey's extensive knowledge on the subject. But are you both suggesting that utilizing Mosley's 5:2 method people won't get any of the fasting benefits other than weight loss? I get that his intention of adding the 500 or 600 calories on the fast days( Lo-cal days) is to facilitate…

You guys ought to try to relax the ol' brain muscle once in a while. You got that baby shut down so hard you might make an industrial diamond out of the thing. Open your minds up a little and you just might just get rid of that last bit of stubborn fat. :wink: Fasted training is very effective for many professionals:…

No, the flex actually has a sleep mode. If you keep tapping it repeatedly it will flash twin lights indicating that it is in sleep mode. To get it out of sleep mode you keep tapping it repeatedly until you get all the tracking lights to light up. You are supposed to put into sleep mode so it can track your restlessness…

From my lil blog: Why would you get Queasy or get Migranes during your fast day? (Edit Post) Posted on 08/22/2013 by LibertyChamp Hi yawl, I can think of 4 possibilities of why your queasy or get Migranes toward the end of a fast, and they are in the order of likelihood: 1. Did you drink your 1/2 gallon for the day? You…

From my lil Blog::happy: WHAT DOUBTERS DON'T GET ABOUT THE 5:2 LIFESTYLE Skeptics and cynics abound. Many times it seems that they are people that don't believe that dieting works. Perhaps in some cases because they have tried various diets themselves and did not achieve a wanted outcome. Some will say, “show me scientific…

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Yes, I am finding issues with the fitbit when I am hammering or if I am riding my motorcycle. It goes into sleep mode all the time. I just have to remember to take it off for these instances. I am going to look for the tracker app and fidget with that a bit also. I think it is a good tool. If I start slacking on my…