Fasting

[Herzog]

... nor by being an expert on the smell of Bolivian unicyclists' jockstraps!

Bookends, West Germany and pumice stone...?

 

[uclown2002]

You guys train on your fasting days?

How do you find it?

I mentioned earlier I always ride fasted, and can't say I've noticed any adverse effect. I seem to recall when I first started doing this I had 1 or 2 uncomfortable days in the saddle but those are now a distant memory.

 

[Iain M Norman]

I'd like to give this fasting thing a go. It's worked out real well for my big brother. Since the Horizon in August he's gone from 115kg down to 87kg yesterday. I get regular jealousy inducing reports due to his tweeting scales!

Should I really read all 19 pages or can I dive in straight away for some discussion and support?

 

[ColinJ]

You guys train on your fasting days?

How do you find it?

I mentioned earlier I always ride fasted, and can't say I've noticed any adverse effect. I seem to recall when I first started doing this I had 1 or 2 uncomfortable days in the saddle but those are now a distant memory.

I'm still off the bike due to illness, but I'd be okay with a 60-90 minute ride while fasting. I'd start to struggle a bit beyond that unless the effort level were so low that I wouldn't call it a 'training ride'.

 

[Iain M Norman]

I'm still off the bike due to illness, but I'd be okay with a 60-90 minute ride while fasting. I'd start to struggle a bit beyond that unless the effort level was so low that I wouldn't call it a 'training ride'.

I'd say the same for the days I've been sampling the fasting thang.

 

[Paul99]

I'd like to give this fasting thing a go. It's worked out real well for my big brother. Since the Horizon in August he's gone from 115kg down to 87kg yesterday. I get regular jealousy inducing reports due to his tweeting scales!

Should I really read all 19 pages or can I dive in straight away for some discussion and support?

Just dive right in. What are you thinking of doing 5:2? I'm sure your brother has given you the info you need to get started, but post here if there is anything you need to know.

 

[Iain M Norman]

He's been doing an 800 calorie 5:2. Frankly I mostly get stuck on what to eat on a fast day. Doesn't help when he just took me on a bakery course for a birthday present! What a tempter!

 

[Iain M Norman]

I think I suffer from a lack of planning. I sometimes decide today is going to be a fast day when I get to lunch time and haven't had breakfast. I usually cock things up in the evening when I get hungry. Not helped by staying up late. I need to find some motivation and will power.

I gave up smoking 14 years ago with absolutely no going back, and I consider that a doddle, an absolute cinch, a walk in the [insert deity of choice]-damn park, compared to losing weight.

Smoking or not smoking is so black and white, do or do not, there's no middle ground, you either smoke or you don't. Can't do that with eating!

 

[Paul99]

Cakes are for the 5 days.

I eat soup on fast days, both for lunch and dinner, with some fruit and/or veg. You get more for your money so to speak with a lot of veg's, so are good if you like to eat a lot.

Glorious skinny soups are pretty darn good, but I eat a lot of Heinz big soups too.

i'm not very varied on my fast days because i'm lazy and don't want to think too much about what to eat so the soups allow me to concentrate on what goodies I can eat tomorrow.

 

[eck]

Mrs eck and I have been doing the 5:2 thing for a couple of months. (I need to lose weight, she just thinks she does.) I admit fast days are a bit of a drag: we've been able to stick mostly to the Monday/Thursday routine,shifting it by a day if needed. I think it's better to know when you wake up that it is or isn't a fast day. I'm finding that porridge, made 50/50 with water/soya milk, supplemented with a few nuts and a little dried fruit gets me through the day relatively pain-free. For our evening meal, we have either home-made veggie soup, or some fish or chicken with salad and veg. I've never eaten so much broccoli in my life!
Anyway, as a former professional smoker, I can relate to IMN's comments that you smoke or you don't. But I do find that the 5:2 regime works in much the same way: you eat what you're allowed on the fast days, nothing more. I find that this simple structure is much easier to sustain than a vague "must eat more healthily" good intention. I've lost just over 4 kilos.
Right, ramble over. Only seven hours now to tea-time!

 

[uclown2002]

First ever 4 hr ride today, and again done fasted. The last 90 mins was particularly tough but more to do with the headwind and not lack of food.
On the plus side I have another 3100 kcals to eat

 

[Garz]

He's been doing an 800 calorie 5:2. Frankly I mostly get stuck on what to eat on a fast day. Doesn't help when he just took me on a bakery course for a birthday present! What a tempter!

800 would be a piece of cake (pun intended) - 600 is okay but would hate to be female only on 500!

 

[The Jogger]

Right here we go again. First day, I'll eat this evening at work and that'll be it. Desperate times, as the scales keep going in the wrong direction. I was nearly going to hit the Atkins again but then I remembered my kidney stones I seemed to get everytime I attempted that. So hopefully this time around it will be sustainable and consistent 5:2

 

[Garz]

Right here we go again. First day, I'll eat this evening at work and that'll be it. Desperate times, as the scales keep going in the wrong direction. I was nearly going to hit the Atkins again but then I remembered my kidney stones I seemed to get everytime I attempted that. So hopefully this time around it will be sustainable and consistent 5:2

I tried it years ago and only for a few days - give you horrendous bad breath!!

 

[The Jogger]

Done 600cals for the day, didn't eat until 6pm wasn't as hard as I expected but glad I've broken the ice.