Fast day 1 went well but I was glad of the break on Tuesday. I decided to keep tracking my calories to see how many I'd consume on a normal or what they call on the diet "feast day". Tuesday clocked in at 1334 calories, not bad. Also not the 1200 calories the app I'm using recommends I have a day to lose 1lb a week.
All looking good so far. I felt really hungry this day. I think mainly because I didn't enjoy my lunch, I thought egg salad made with only egg whites would be nice, it works for omelettes. It does not work for egg salad. Yuck. I ate it anyway but that's where my motivation waned.
(Lunch: approx 3/4 pro points)
Wednesday arrived and I wasn't as motivated to fast as I was on Monday.
(Breakfast: approx 2 pro points)
(Lunch: approx 3 pro points)
By late afternoon I was feeling hungry and grumpy when my husband called and suggested a BBQ and a few drinks. It didn't take much to cave!
So I abandoned fast day and ate 2 cheeseburgers, 1 turkey kebab and sipped on a few ciders. Mmm I have to say it was worth it! Although the alcohol may have made me extra bold and I ate a lot of chocolate before bed too.
Terrible calorie day - 1824 calories, way over what I should have normally never mind to lose weight!
The next morning I decided not to abandon the diet and try fast day 2.
So here's fast day 2, take 2!
Thursday - Day 2 fasting
(Breakfast: 0 pro points)
So far, so good. I felt I needed something filling for dinner so I decided to make my own soup. Recipe to follow.
Research shows that soups can help you lose weight: in one study, published in the journal Physiology & Behavior, people consumed the fewest calories on days when they ate soup rather than the same ingredients in solid form.
This information and some good soup recipes can be found on the eating well site:
http://www.eatingwell.com/blogs/food_blog
/the_ultimate_satisfying_weight_loss_soup
The rest of the day went well and looked like this:
(Dinner: approx 2 pro points)
With my tomato soup I had mushrooms stir fried. When cooked I stirred in 1/2 tbs of light cream cheese and piled this on a Ryvita Crackerbread. I had another 2 buttered to dunk in the soup.
(approx 4 pro points)
Total daily calories = 508
I went over by 8 calories.
You'll see I use a fair portion of my daily calories for snacking. I feel like I really need these to get me through the day. Some 5:2 dieters would disagree with this, think that it's cheating to snack at all and feel weight loss will only occur when 2 meals only are consumed on fasting days. I'll have to wait and see if I lose weight this week. Although with a lot of eating and drinking in my weekend I'm not confident!
One of the more well known fasters that feels that snacking is cheating is English chef and Hugh Fearnly Whittingstall. (If you don't know him read this article with a ridiculously posh, accent in your head.)
http://m.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/jan
/18/hugh-fearnley-whittingstall-fast-diet
Right I'm heading out now to feast!
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