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Weekly Post - 25.06.18 - 01.07.18
Hi All! Kicking off the week after a looong absence. My life got pretty full so I took a break. Going to attempt a fast today. Hope you all are doing well. :)
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Weekly Post - 14.05.18 - 20.05.18
Another brand new week, 5:2ers! We got this! Let your light shine.
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Weekly Post - 30.04.18 - 06.05.18
Kicking off a new week. May is upon us! Gained a bit again this week. :# Still overdoing it on the weekends. It is a new week with new possibilities, right? Have a great week everyone. Let us know how you are doing.
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Weekly Post - 23.04.18 - 29.04.18
Welcome to a new week 5:2ers! Let's make it our best one yet.
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Weekly Post - 16.04.18 - 22.04.18
Kicking us off for the week. Hoping the weekend was good for you all. Will post more later!
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Weekly Post - 09.04.18 - 15.04.18
Hi Everybody! Happy Monday. Spring Break is over for me as well as my break from 5:2, logging and, unfortunately due to my bronchitis, exercise. :cry: Fast day for me. Just going to focus on making it through today. My next goal is my Annual Physical appointment with my doctor on May 16th. Looking for a much better report…
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Weekly Post - 02.04.18 - 08.04.18
Thought I would kick the week off since it is Monday already in some parts of the world. For those who celebrated Easter, hope you had a great day. Taking the week off from 5:2 because 1) we all need breaks from our work (my personal philosophy) and 2) my son is out of school this week for Spring Break. No fasting, no…
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Weekly Post - 19.03.18 - 25.03.18
Kicking off the new week. Work hard at health. You will never regret it.
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Weekly Post - 12.03.18 - 18.03.18
Thought I would get us kicked off this week. Hope you all are doing well. Love to hear from you all if you have a chance. I am struggling to get over a cold so I am not doing my fast day today, just my normal calorie level. Trying to give my body what it needs to fight the cold. Not sure this will be a great week on the…
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The Truth About Weight Loss
This is an interesting article from Time magazine back in June of this year. One of the interesting points they make is showing that the contestants from The Biggest Loser show a slowing of metabolism that never recovers. And I believe the point of the article is that many weight loss plans can work for as many different…
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Logging the unloggable
One point of frustration in this process is how to log meals that are not made at my home, such as meals at a friend's house. I would like to have a way to be able to do a good rough estimate on how many calories I have eaten even though I don't know all the ingredients of the meal. Has anyone come up with some helpful…
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Clean Eating Recipe Websites
Would love to start making more meals in line with the Clean Eating guidelines. Looking for some suggestions for good Clean Eating recipe websites. Any favorites sites out there?
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Hi everybody!
Just wanted to say hi and let you know I am back for 5:2 fasting round 2. :) Loved 5:2 fasting when I did it a few years back so I am here to try again. Also was wondering how you all set up your calorie goals for 5:2? I have set up mine so that my TDEE is the total number of calories for the day. Had to fake MFP out by…
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Got Fitness Tracker?
My birthday is coming up and I am thinking about asking for a fitness tracker, something that can tell me relatively accurately how many calories I have burned and post my work outs on MFP. If you like your fitness tracker, I would so appreciate hearing about it. I am just beginning to look into this so any recommendations…
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Best way to breaking a fast
I was sitting at my table eating the first meal after my FD - bran flakes, milk and banana with peanut butter. I wondered, was this the best way to power myself up after a fast day? I wondered what you all eat after a fast day and if, after that first meal, you feel energized?
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Mice and 16 hour fasts.
Thought all of you IF wonks out there, ahem @Orlcam, would be interested in this article I saw in the LA Times today about fasting timing in mice. Enjoy!
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Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of my 5:2 pals. So thankful that I found you. Getting to know you all has been a highlight of my year. I couldn't imagine a better group to make this journey with. You are funny and caring with a touch of push. You each add your own unique flavor to our discussions. And I love that you are from…
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Thanksgiving Challenge
This coming week the US will celebrate Thanksgiving (aka Eat Until Your Stomach Bursts Day). I thought I would be fun to throw out a challenge for this week. Since we 5:2ers are big on doing what works for us I will suggest that each person come up with their own challenge that fits their situation. And even if you are not…
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Nutrition Tips
Came across this article on the 10 Best Nutrition Tips on Yahoo! Health. It is Yahoo! so, well you know. But I thought some of them were pretty clever ways to eat better or less, such as drinking more water increases one's metabolism. Feel free to leave your views on the article, good or bad. If at first you don't see the…
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Tips on resisting cravings
I have a couple of tips that help if I am experiencing food cravings:* Brush my teeth - I don't want to have to brush them again after I eat and most food doesn't go with the mint flavoring found in toothpaste so this one generally works * Listen to my favorite music or podcast - Once I am into the music or podcast I…
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Has anyone expermented with breaking up the fast over the week?
I find sometimes it is hard to get a whole 2 days to fast if I have various social commitments sprinkled through out the week. So I am wondering if anyone has tried, for example, fasting dinner one night to dinner the next night, or breaking up the fast by eating four 250 cal meals through out the week and nothing for two…
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Are artificial sweetners worse than plain white sugar?
I have been baking with crystallized fructose but it looks like that is not very good for us so I am trying to decide what I can switch to next for baking? I am wondering, since I don't bake all that often, if I should just use white sugar since it would be better than an artificial sweeter or are there better options out…
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Desserts
I am looking for some clean food ideas to satisfy my sweet tooth. I do eat a lot of fruit but sometimes I just want something else. Would love to hear any suggestions you all might have.
