So today has been brilliant x
I have managed to stick to the fasting kals x
I used the lighterlife products and can honestly say they aren't nice and I won't be using them again x
I have decided that with a lot of planning I can do this with oit fast fixes x
Looking forward to breakfast but so pleased I started!
Well done for staying strong on your fast day!
When I started my 5:2 diet, I struggled with feeling hungry on fast days in the first few weeks. I have since learnt the foods that keep me feeling full and have discovered that soups are really good on these days. I also found that boiled eggs are filling and reasonably low in calories.
Luckily you can motivate yourself by remembering that you can eat properly the next day....
Another thing that motivated me was that I could see results and really feel that fat was coming off, especially around my belly.....
Good Luck and hope you continue to loose the inches.
I must say waking up after the fast day it was in my mind of how good I had been so I didn't gorge on toast butter and chocolate spread I had fruit x
It's only early days but i do feel good about it x
Well done, week two ,and planning my fasting day of meals, was planning on going gym but decided against it will do it wednesday when im full of energy , hopefully.
Pleased to read you are dropping the lighterlife products! Good luck with the diet.
So glad you're ditching the Lighter Life rubbish - they just jumped on the bandwagon and they're so expensive. I saved so much money doing 5:2 which I needed for my new clothes when I dropped three dress sizes!
Thanks for the little clip! Was good to watch x
I use Cambridge taste is good
With regards to your question on excercise, the advice I've heard from Michael Moseley (who presented the original BBC Horizon documentary on the 5:2 diet) is that it is good to do for other 'health' benefits but not very effective for loosing weight.
Fat is very dense store of calories (7000 calories per Kg). So you need to run over 40 miles to loose 1 Kg of fat (If running intensely at 160 calories per mile) . In practice, most people 'reward' themselves when they do so much excercise, so the benefit for weight loss is very questionable....
The best way to loose weight is to reduce the overall calories you consume. For me the 5:2 diet was effective as the fast days helped reduce the size of my stomach and appetite. I have found it easier for me to focus on fasting two days a week (you can usually reduce this to one day a week when you've reached your target weight) and then not to have to worry too much about what I eat over the rest of the week. Although in practice, you naturally tend to eat more healthily the rest of the week as you put so much effort into your fast days.
Oops - Sorry for posting this on the wrong post! I mean't to post it in response to someone who asked about "the-gym-hasnt-worked"
healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...
Hey,
No worries, it's actually very helpful x
I actually am that person that goes crazy try's to exercise to the extreme and then the little cheats begin x
I'm considoring introducing walking 2 times a week and increase slowly x
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Just remember not to eat back your exercise calories - they're a bonus. 
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