Why is nighttime your problem? Do you plan what you will have for dinner and then end up eating more? I'm sure you can find a way to prevent that from happening. Working out at night may be a good idea. I know it's an appetite suppressant for me (and a time-filler in the evening where I may otherwise be home snacking!).

I personally would give yourself a day between a "failed" fast and trying again. You likely still ate at a deficit yesterday, and that can make it harder to do a 500 cal fast. Good luck Sum! You can get back on it with a little :dust:

I think it is boredom for me. Kids are so old and hubby out of town, I sit here alone and eat. -- I either need to find an evening hobby or continue my evening workouts to keep myself busy.

My days are quite full, and I am busy.

I don't mind working out at night; I can walk my doggie in the morning and get a nice "rest" before the gym.

I am "so close"; I would be really happy with 10 pound weight loss before my trip to Finland. That would make me solid 6 in size. -- I of course would like to purchase a few (read many) new clothing items for the trip :D -- But I will also leave some room in the luggage for a nice shopping trip in Finland :lol:

Sounds like you know what you need to do then :D 10 pounds before your trip is a great goal and should keep you motivated!!!

Also, Sum, I LOVE DENVER so much! I cannot wait to move there! I am so jealous that you are making your move before me (unless somehow I found a job sooner than I had planned hehe). What an amazing place to live. I feel like I would get fat again though! There's so much good food and beer, but then again there's also so many opportunities to be active.

I hope you don't mind if I post my plan for meals this week. I'm not back to 5:2, but it will help me to write this out.

Smoothies for lunch today through Friday. No breakfast except on the weekend (eggs with some kind of meat most likely). Probably salads for lunch over the weekend (we got a really awesome pomegranate balsamic in Denver, I can't wait to make dressing with it!). Will also make some roasted chick peas to snack on. That leaves dinner:

Tonight: Asian salmon with snow peas and noodles
Wednesday: Zucchini turkey burgers with sweet potato fries and salad
Thursday: Lemony basil shrimp with Israeli couscous
Friday: Ground turkey strogranoff
Saturday: Chicken curry with naan bread and creamed spinach
Sunday: TBD or leftovers

I did throw a few things onto the menu that I don't make often, to get the cravings out of my system during my break :) Like bread, oh man...cannot wait to make that naan bread!

This thread is quiet...Sum, Rennie, how are you doing?

I must say, I don't miss fasting at all. I've been kind of doing 16:8 this week to maintain, and I really enjoy it. When I actually reach maintenance, I think that may end up being my plan rather than a 6:1 fast. I certainly look forward to going back to 5:2 in order to lose more weight, but it's not like I love fasting...haha! Some people love the effects of it so much that they don't mind, but I don't think I'm one of them :) It's just a means to an end.

Sum where are you? :hug:

noname, I'm here. I just have really not been doing well with eating so it wasn't 5:2 or anything, it was just eating. I had my first OP day yesterday in a long time calories were only 770 but compared to the days prior I surely don't feel bad and I wasn't hungry though I did want to eat later in the evening, so I just went to bed which is what I should have been doing in the first place instead of staying up till 1am some nights. noname what does 16:8 entail? BTW I love the sound of your dinners :drool: I would love to eat new dishes.

I got up to 166.2 so not good. My 6/1 weigh in I was 160, with a low this month of 158.2 so I'm not pleased with myself. TOM is in the building and should be gone tomorrow, thank goodness. I ate what I input for a change on MFP yesterday and it paid off. I am down 3.2lbs of bloat. I didn't get all of my water in though thanks to my throat. I've done better today though and I'm sipping some green tea also. Still hoping that I can make 160 by 6/30. :)

I'm still around and working on breaking my plateau.

Rennie I hope you're feeling better! Are you sick? You mentioned your throat :( I'm glad to hear you had a good day yesterday. I'm sure the end of TOM should help, too. Bet you'll lose another couple pounds of water weight from that. Do you find that logging in MFP daily helps you to stay accountable?

16:8 just means fast for 16 hours and eat within an 8 hour window (I eat between noon and 8PM). I had been combining that with 5:2 before my break. Just another form of intermittent fasting.

We had bison burgers instead of turkey burgers last night. Such a treat. The meat was on sale and I couldn't resist. I think I'll use the ground turkey to make some turkey burgers and turkey meatballs to freeze. I don't know what I'm doing tonight. I have a late work meeting (which usually involves pizza that I'd like to avoid) and then the bf will be out. Maybe I'll make the couscous anyway.

If you see anything you want a recipe for just let me know. I have links to most of them! Though this week's recipes aren't incredibly healthy.

Does anyone think that 2 fasting days in a row (hard to do) might prompt some weight to come off and get things rolling again?

MauiKai, I did two in a row in the beginning and it wasn't bad. When I tried the following week it set off a binge. I eat low calorie when I eat healthy it seems anyway. I guess I still haven't quite learned how to make great menus without carbs. And like Sum and noname said my fast days are never 500 calories, they are more like 700-800 then I feel bad because I couldn't control my mouth at the end of the day. My suggestion would be to give it a shot, if it turns out to be a tummy ache then have a good dinner and fast the next day. Hope you break free of your plateau soon. I found that calorie cycling helps that, but that is almost what we do now. So I guess that didn't help, idk.

noname, I don't think I'm sick because it comes and goes. Two other post-ers on another thread said I may have allergies, so I just took a Zyrtec. I'll see what that does :)

I'd like to try the Asian salmon, lemony basil shrimp, and the zucchini turkey burgers. I saw on Dr. Oz yesterday lasagna with half zucchini and half pasta (I'd have to do half and half because my family would never eat it with just zucchini and spinach) yum :)

MauiKai It's worth a shot. I only did a back to back once (wasn't a walk in the park, but it wasn't the hardest thing either), and I don't think it made my loss any different, but I wasn't experiencing a plateau. Good luck breaking through!

Rennie, I think allergies are really bad right now, at least where I am, so hopefully that's all it is for you and Zyrtec helps!

Asian Salmon and Noodles Low-cal swap - use zoodles instead of noodles (I've eaten this on a fast day, actually)

Chili, Lemon, and Basil Shrimp with Israeli Couscous

Jessica Alba's Turkey Meatballs I added some spinach in addition to the zucchini and carrots. Also, I baked these instead of pan frying them.

That lasagna sounds good! I'd have to do the same in my house :P Let me know if you make it!

Thanks noname I am making the Asian Salmon tonight with chicken instead. We don't have any salmon and I have all of the ingredients to make it. I'll let you know how it turns out. I don't have the zucchini either so I'll make the pasta for the family and I'll just have a bite of chicken :) I can do this. I'll let you know about the lasagna when I make it :)

ETA: dinner came out great, I added a little too much Sriracha but everyone ate it ;). My oldest son and I like spicy so we were fine :)

Well yesterday was probably my best fast day yet. I managed to make due with just a small veggie (spinach) and fruit (Frozen mix of strawberries, pineapple, peach, banana and blueberries.) smoothie for breakfast (about 200 calories) and then for dinner 2 salmon patties and some green beans (about 350) and about 50 cal worth of watermelon. So I made it into a 600 calorie day which is as good as I've managed thus far.

Today I had scrambled eggs (with about a teaspoon of natural ketchup...I love eggs that way) for breakfast w/1 dry toast. Lunch was one corn tortilla with chicken & peppers and a chobani greek yogurt. Dinner is planned to be either baked fish or maybe salmon patties again as they were really good. I'll either have salad or green beans again too.

Rennie, I'm glad you liked it! I'll have to try the glaze on chicken sometime.

MauiKai...woohoo! Yay for a successful fast :) Your plan for today sounds great, too. I hope it helps you kick this plateau in the butt :D

Ugh, I definitely overindulged yesterday! I think it was my first true binge in a long, long time. I stuck to my plan but I ate an entire bag of chips (somewhere between individual and family sized) and had a bit much to drink. Oh well. Today is a new day and I am READY to fast on Monday. Like, really ready. Oh man, I miss it. Possible TMI, but my BMs have not been very friendly since I stopped fasting. :(

MauiKai, I'm glad you had a successful day yesterday, way to go :high: Do you make your own salmon patties or do you purchase them pre-made? I make my own and just recently figured out that I don't need to add the bread crumbs in them or in my meatloaf ... so much better for me :) Your meals are OP for today also, way to go :high:

noname are they hard/lumpy? What do you think makes them better with the fasting? I have a hard time in that area on a norm so any help/advice is useful to me. I did great with the recipe but found a outrageous chocolate chip recipe on there that was a :nono: for me. They were delicious :drool:

I'm starting all over today. I blew my day with the cookies and the little pasta that I ate, smh. Today I had two Activia yogurts and a cheese stick for breakfast, Lunch was green beans and a cup of bran cereal no milk, Dinner will be the rest of the chicken from last night. My daughter finished off the pasta for lunch thank goodness ;) Weight is up 1.4 to 164.4 so now I have 4.4 to lose by Monday. I can do it if I open my mouth to only good things and possibly get a few walks in :crossed:

Personals later...

Sorry that I have been MIA. Had a baseball tournament out of town. Son's team won 2 games and lost two games. Really should have been 3 wins out of 4... They had fun regardless. And as did the adults. Two more tournaments this summer and then maybe fall ball.... I love watching him play.

Needless to say I have not been OP in nearly a week now. -- My trip is getting closer by the day.... I feel like I am wasting time.

So after a weekend of heavy eating (and drinking :o) I will change my fast days; today will be one and then again on Wednesday. Two of my volunteer days.

On Wednesday I am also getting my second treatment of microneedling done; it is working wonders for my skin!! I will look all gross for the holiday weekend though...lol It makes me look sun burned. I am a little afraid to go back because it is kinda painful, but like I said it is making my skin look really youthful.

Plan is to get below 140 by Friday. 143.2 this morning...UGH!! I am sure lots of it is just bloat.

Today;

Meals
B - green tea
L - Fast
D - Ahi tuna, big salad and quinoa
S - Fast
Cals 500

Exercise
4.7 mile pup walk 75 min
4.9 mile treadmill torture 65 min
Weights 45 min

Weight
143.2
UP!!!