MauiKai I totally understand that feeling. I still think about it all the time. It's kind of an obsession. But I'm okay with that LOL I hope you'll give it a shot or at least consider it! Good luck with whatever you end up doing! There's tons of other health benefits too. My skin has cleared up and IBS went away. Love it!

Sum, how was your fast yesterday?

I have been struggling a bit. Somehow I can not complete my fast days successfully. I did really well yesterday until dinner and then I blew my calories. I had chili, which itself was fine, but added way too much cheese to it. I think I ended at 1000 calories for the day.

I made this chili that was hotter than h3ll...lol We grow peppers and I make my own chilibase. This was made out of habanero and ghost peppers....it was HOT! We can eat really hot stuff but this was unedible. So I made another batch without any spice to dilute it...it is still HOT. -- My stomach hurts today :lol:

I won't fast today because I will attempt to fast again tomorrow.

Plan for today
B - Eggs
L - Salad w/grilled chicken
D - ?? -- Son is graduating, will eat late, maybe left over chili
S - apple w/PB, popsicle

Weight :o 142.4
Down 1.6 lbs

Is there a book you recommend? I tried looking it up on Amazon but about 15 books come up!

Today I woke up ravenously hungry. I ended up eating scrambled eggs (2 whole eggs, 2 egg whites) and a piece of dry toast. I'm still hungry but now I feel sane again, haha, not like I have to eat my way through the kitchen.

The original book is The Fast Diet by Mike Mosley. I've never read it but if you're gonna get a book I'd start with that one since he's the one that "invented" 5:2!

Also, here's a video if you prefer videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Aj6hRYg4A

Today is a "normal" day. I'm quite hungry right now but trying to wait until noon to have my smoothie for lunch. Had an iced coffee and a hot coffee this morning. Then dinner tonight is crab cakes with asparagus and wild rice. I need to look up a crabcake recipe. I've never made them aside from when I had leftover stuffing from stuffed mushrooms lol! Need to get to the gym tonight too for some cardio and leg day!

Sum, I have that issue when I make chili, too. I like it spicy but the chili powder I got from the farmer's market is WHOA spicy and I always forget I need to halve the amount! A spoonful of greek yogurt or sour cream helps a lot. Hope your son's graduation goes well and I'm sure you'll look stunning in your Size 6 dress :D

I made the pineapple chili that was posted up thread for dinner. Very good!

Oh and also, I wanted to share what I ate today to get opinions on it, please?

Breakfast was 4 scrambled eggs (2 whole, 2 whites) with one dry piece of toast.

Lunch was a tuna sandwhich (tuna with 1.5 tblspn light MW) on an english muffin and a banana.

I had a snack of an individual container of chobani greek yogurt.

Dinner was 1 cup of the pineapple chili referenced above.


I know I was a bit poor on the veg today, though the chili does have tomato, bean, onion and pepper in it.
I'm not really sure what that all works out to calorie wise, but does it seem okish to you all? Like, what normal people would eat vs someone who can usually eat 3x what normal people eat?

I think it seems reasonable. I usually have a two cup serving of soups or stews though so that actually seems a bit small to me.

I had an iced coffee and regular coffee this morning, a fruit and veg smoothie for lunch, two pan fried crab cakes with asparagus and wild rice for dinner, and splurge! I got a chocolate frozen custard from Ritas.

It felt pretty silly going to Ritas after the gym but I was actually still feeling hungry before I got to the gym and looked up the nutritional information before I decided if I really wanted it. I still wanted it after reading the calories so I enjoyed it. Its so hot out today ugh!

Oh and we went on a very short bike ride today, maybe ten minutes, and then I did 30 min of cardio at the gym.

I kind of like writing out exactly what I ate and my exercise. Hope you guys don't mind. Fast day tomorrow. Gonna make my usual chicken cesar salad for dinner.

One last thing! I decided to start tracking my water. I did the calculations and I need to be drinking at least 4 liters a day (plus about half a liter when I exercise). I always felt like I drink a LOT of water, but in hindsight I'm probably only getting about 3 liters.

I ended up eating half a cucumber last night too since I couldn't sleep and wanted it badly. (I love cucumbers)

Breakfast today was a smoothie, blueberries, strawberries, banana, apple, 1.5 cups of compressed spinach and some water. Lunch is planned to be similar. Dinner will be left over chili most likely. Tonight I'll have 1.5 cups of the chili.

ETA: And that was what it was mostly, except I added half a cucumber to breakfast, and after dinner I ate 1/4 of one of those personal sized round watermelons.

ETAA: About 7pm I was hungry again so I finished the other quarter of the watermelon. I guess the up side is that it's fruit, not candy or junk.

MauiKai I am assuming you make a smoothie with the fruits and veggies? Sounds similar to my lunch on non-fast days. Your meal plans sound good. I can't remember, did you decide if you were going to try 5:2?

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Yesterday was my second fast day of the week and it was ROUGH. I had 2 cups of coffee and then nothing until my chicken cesar salad for dinner. I also managed to drink almost the entire gallon of water! For exercise, just a 10 minute bike ride.

Weigh-in was this morning - down 2 pounds this week!

For lunch today I'm having half of my usual smoothie of berries, spinach and greek yogurt, plus two turkey veggie meatballs.

Dinner will be a turkey mushroom burger, 1 small crabcake (leftovers! yum) and some sort of veggie on the side.

Need to get to the gym tonight for a half hour of cardio and leg day.

Yes it's a smoothie, and I am trying the 5:2, but I can't (yet) not eat until dinner time. I get too much gnawing stomach pain to ignore. I've been having a big smoothie split in two, half for breakfast and half for lunch, then a reasonable dinner like the chili or salmon patties etc.

MauiKai Sounds like a yummy plan; something I would eat. -- I had chili for dinner last night :drool:

nonameslob :yay: Congrats on your 2 pounds!!! WooHoo!

Rennie where are you?

MauiKai you don't have to save it all for dinner, you can try splitting 500 calories up over the day (or is that what you're already doing? I haven't done the math).

Hi Sum! How's your week going?

I fasted (semi) successfully yesterday. I think I added too much cheese to my chili, it was soooo spicy that the cheese and sour cream took the edge off.

Tomorrow is my weigh-in day; I am down 2 pounds from last Friday; 3.4 pounds since Monday. I can't believe that a week ago on Wednesday I was 135.6; 5 pounds lighter than I am today. My weight is all over the place. I really did go overboard there starting last Thursday and all weekend. I don't think I gained 5 pounds though, but I think I did gain 3 pounds :mad: Why do I do this to myself?? Aren't I too old to know better?? :lol: -- On my fast day, I did not lose any weight, kinda disappointing. Could be because TOM is due any minute (already late) and I am retaining a few pounds of water. I usually get a few pound whoosh after TOM arrives.

But I think I did cut the bad eating cycle. I will attempt fasting again on Sunday; weekends are kinda hard though.

Son graduated from High School on Tuesday. We took pictures. At first I was very disappointed how thick I looked but then I went and compared pictures from New year's eve and there is a huge difference. -- A long way to go, but making progress :yay:

Pictures can be so motivating.

Plan for today

Meals
B - Eggs
L - Salad w/grilled chicken
D - Porkloin w/roasted veggies
S - Popsicle
Cals 1000-1200

Exercise
4.9 mile treadmill walk
4.7 mile puppy walk
Weights 45 min

Weight
140.6
No change

Originally Posted by nonameslob:
MauiKai you don't have to save it all for dinner, you can try splitting 500 calories up over the day (or is that what you're already doing? I haven't done the math).

Hi Sum! How's your week going?

Sort of. I'm a bit over the 500 mark but I'm working on baby steps.

Originally Posted by Sum38:
Son graduated from High School on Tuesday. We took pictures. At first I was very disappointed how thick I looked but then I went and compared pictures from New year's eve and there is a huge difference. -- A long way to go, but making progress :yay:

Pictures can be so motivating.

Pictures were what slapped me awake. It was a couple of years ago, we took a trip and when I looked at myself in the pictures I almost didn't recognize me. I was appalled by how fat I was looking. So then I lost the weight, and slowly put it right back on. Now I'm doing it again and hoping it's the last time I have to lose weight and can instead stay where I want to be and maintain.