Fasting

[Speicher]

I only managed one "fasting day" last week, but I think I have lost two pounds. I think this is because I am now more conscious of what I am eating. Yesterday evening's toast and tea at 10pm was just one slice of toast instead of two (wholemeal bread, thinly spread with butter). Thursday this week might be my next fasting day.

As I expected I am getting off to a slow start with fasting days. The success that others (on this thread) have had, will no doubt encourage me to incorporate two fasting days each week.

 

[ColinJ]

As I expected I am getting off to a slow start with fasting days. The success that others (on this thread) have had, will no doubt encourage me to incorporate two fasting days each week.

Keep it up - you will soon settle into the new eating pattern.

I moved my most recent fasting day from Sunday to yesterday because my stepdaughter was up at the weekend to see her mum and gran for Mother's Day so we had a gathering - a healthy meal, but followed by chocolate cake and banoffee pie! (Er, and a Snickers and caramel bar when I got home! )

Still - back to normal yesterday - yoghurt/banana/honey for brunch, a salad in the evening (with kidney beans rather than tuna or eggs this time).

(I confirmed my new 14 st 4 lbs weight this morning. I reckon I'll hit 14 st 3 lbs next week. I'm happy with a gentle loss of a pound or so a week while I am not cycling.)

 

[Speicher]

Yes, Colin, that is what I thought. Starting with one fast day a week, would be better than not starting at all. Some days I can easily skip lunch or have considerably less than I would normally have. I am also having smaller portions of my meals in the evenings.

I too would be happy with losing a pound or so per week.

 

[Scoosh]

Don't put off fasting for 2 days for too long.

It's not nearly as difficult as you (probably) imagine it is going to be, so JUST DO IT !

You'll be fine (and healthy and maybe even slim, trim etc in no time !)

 

[PK99]

I only managed one "fasting day" last week, but I think I have lost two pounds. I think this is because I am now more conscious of what I am eating..

As i said earlier in the thread, my mantra has changed "All diets work in the same way : Eat less. Move more. Think more."

....
Now consistently below 100kg for the first time in 15+years.

 

[Garz]

I'd actually like to get down to about 175 lbs but am still at about 200. Still - I've lost 31 lbs so far so I am well over half way there. As soon as I can start cycling again, I'll really start to shift the flab.

good job keep at it!

 

[beatlejuice]

I've been on this diet since January and have lost 15lbs. I find the fasting days okay. I've got into a routine, every Monday and Friday. Occasionally I will swop a day for a special event. My problem is the day after fasting. Come the afternoon I tend to eat loads. Yesterday (a day after my fast day) I had sweet & sour pork followed by various small bar of chocolate. When returning home at 9:00 I had two slices of whole meal bread and two bananas. Have ours had the same experience?

 

[Paul99]

I've been on this diet since January and have lost 15lbs. I find the fasting days okay. I've got into a routine, every Monday and Friday. Occasionally I will swop a day for a special event. My problem is the day after fasting. Come the afternoon I tend to eat loads. Yesterday (a day after my fast day) I had sweet & sour pork followed by various small bar of chocolate. When returning home at 9:00 I had two slices of whole meal bread and two bananas. Have ours had the same experience?

If you have still lost 15lbs despite eating a lot the day after a fast, I can't see the problem!
However you seem to be consuming all carbs by the looks of it and that is probably why you keep eating. Carbs make me eat more aswell because they don't 'satisfy' my hunger they just seem to stimulate it. Try eating less of them and a little more protein.

 

[The Jogger]

I've been on this diet since January and have lost 15lbs. I find the fasting days okay. I've got into a routine, every Monday and Friday. Occasionally I will swop a day for a special event. My problem is the day after fasting. Come the afternoon I tend to eat loads. Yesterday (a day after my fast day) I had sweet & sour pork followed by various small bar of chocolate. When returning home at 9:00 I had two slices of whole meal bread and two bananas. Have ours had the same experience?

Yes I seem to go on a food bender and then get out of control if you get my drift. The last one eI was on antibiotics with food and then nights etc etc So I have to apply tools I have learnt elsewhere but it is the restarting that is my problem.........BJ you have donebrilliantly all the same.

 

[ColinJ]

My scales need replacing! I weighed myself and they displayed 14-2. I went and had a pee (so my weight should have stayed roughly the same or dropped a pound), reweighed myself and the scales then showed 14-4!

 

[PK99]

I've been on this diet since January and have lost 15lbs. I find the fasting days okay. I've got into a routine, every Monday and Friday. Occasionally I will swop a day for a special event. My problem is the day after fasting. Come the afternoon I tend to eat loads. Yesterday (a day after my fast day) I had sweet & sour pork followed by various small bar of chocolate. When returning home at 9:00 I had two slices of whole meal bread and two bananas. Have ours had the same experience?

That is the beauty of the diet. A diet day = calorie deficit of 1800-2000 calories. It is difficult to make that up by exess eating on the following day

 

[paulw1969]

I've been on this diet since January and have lost 15lbs. I find the fasting days okay. I've got into a routine, every Monday and Friday. Occasionally I will swop a day for a special event. My problem is the day after fasting. Come the afternoon I tend to eat loads. Yesterday (a day after my fast day) I had sweet & sour pork followed by various small bar of chocolate. When returning home at 9:00 I had two slices of whole meal bread and two bananas. Have ours had the same experience?

I have been averaging a 1 pound loss a week fasting Mondays and Thursdays....on non fast days i can tend to eat the same as i used to before starting the fast route depending on what i am doing but at least i am conscious of what i am doing now......some days i overeat.....i think this is due to my body wanting more fuel after rides...so yes what you have said does happen to me occasionally...at the end of the day i have lost a pound a week which is 100% more than i was losing before. As has been said its hard to make up the calories not embibed on the 2 days on the 5 days which makes it work.......had the odd day off this last week or so due to being unwell....but i will resume once back on my feet......thats what is so good about this lifestyle change (i use this rather than the word diet)......i'm losing weight so i'm not overthinking this one
One thing i have noticed.......i perform better on the bike on my commute of 30 minutes on fast days............go figure

 

[Garz]

One thing i have noticed.......i perform better on the bike on my commute of 30 minutes on fast days............go figure

Less weight - head over to weight weenies!

 

[Garz]

My scales need replacing! I weighed myself and they displayed 14-2. I went and had a pee (so my weight should have stayed roughly the same or dropped a pound), reweighed myself and the scales then showed 14-4!

WTF? I suppose bathroom scales are not meant to compete with the ones at boots or the local pharmacy!

I often think taking a dump or offloading before weigh-in can be misleading as when you forget or cannot at the next weigh-in you feel disappointed.

 

[SonicRob]

theres also a thing called set point theory were if your bodys been a way for a long time then you try and change it unless the change is for equal time then your body will just revert back to its previous state , hence why people who join clubs to lose weight tend to then pile it all back on as they don't do it for long enough