jackieblack
New Member
I joined the site a couple of days ago and having spent time reading the forums, have decided this is the one for me 
Hello all *waves*
I'd heard about 5:2 before (who hasn't right?) but initially started with 18/6. So I only eat between 12 and 6 during the day. It's funny how quickly your body gets used to something that we've all been told is 'bad' for us. I mean, how many times are we told that we MUST have breakfast??? We forget that there are plenty of places round the world where people don't eat 3 meals a day.... the human body is very adaptable.
Like many of you I've been dieting on and off since I was 15, I've tried them all. And where has it got me? Fatter than ever. But when I really thought about it, I realised that I wasn't really overweight when I was younger and the only times I've really stuck to a diet is when I didn't eat at all (VCLD anyone?).
But I don't want a 'diet' any more, I want to enjoy food not binge, I want to be healthy. My problem with food isn't that I don't eat healthily, I do, I just add lots of junk on top. I eat junk because I've had the 'good' food so I can. I eat when I'm full up just so I can have rubbish, how daft is that?
So over the last few months I've gradually moved my eating time from breakfast when I wake up to 12pm, sometimes if I'm busy not till later. I haven't ever passed out, I'm not hungry till I start eating. Then I don't eat after dinner about 6pm. My body has adapted, I'm fine, my weight has stabilised. What I still do though is eat my 'proper' food and then stuff as much 'junk' as possible, even to the point of being very uncomfortable. This is what I now need to work towards changing in order to lose weight.
I'm going to continue to do 18/6 approximately but also 5:2. I think the combination will work well for me, and the health benefits will be a welcome bonus.
So, I started yesterday with a 'fast' day. I overate because my calories came out at 800 but I figure over time I'll gradually adjust. I'm using leftover Exante packs on fast days for now so I don't waste them but had 2, a couple of calorific drinks and a bit of food yesterday.
Today I've had 'breakfast' at 12 and a bag of crisps. Breakfast was a nutri drink with spinach, 1/3 of an avocado, flax and chai seeds, 1/2 an apple, frozen raspberries and blueberries and ground oats. Lovely. The crisps were entirely unnecessary but much appreciated. I'm not going to count calories on my non fast days, I'll just be mindful of cutting down the 'junk'.
Wish me luck
Hello all *waves*
I'd heard about 5:2 before (who hasn't right?) but initially started with 18/6. So I only eat between 12 and 6 during the day. It's funny how quickly your body gets used to something that we've all been told is 'bad' for us. I mean, how many times are we told that we MUST have breakfast??? We forget that there are plenty of places round the world where people don't eat 3 meals a day.... the human body is very adaptable.
Like many of you I've been dieting on and off since I was 15, I've tried them all. And where has it got me? Fatter than ever. But when I really thought about it, I realised that I wasn't really overweight when I was younger and the only times I've really stuck to a diet is when I didn't eat at all (VCLD anyone?).
But I don't want a 'diet' any more, I want to enjoy food not binge, I want to be healthy. My problem with food isn't that I don't eat healthily, I do, I just add lots of junk on top. I eat junk because I've had the 'good' food so I can. I eat when I'm full up just so I can have rubbish, how daft is that?
So over the last few months I've gradually moved my eating time from breakfast when I wake up to 12pm, sometimes if I'm busy not till later. I haven't ever passed out, I'm not hungry till I start eating. Then I don't eat after dinner about 6pm. My body has adapted, I'm fine, my weight has stabilised. What I still do though is eat my 'proper' food and then stuff as much 'junk' as possible, even to the point of being very uncomfortable. This is what I now need to work towards changing in order to lose weight.
I'm going to continue to do 18/6 approximately but also 5:2. I think the combination will work well for me, and the health benefits will be a welcome bonus.
So, I started yesterday with a 'fast' day. I overate because my calories came out at 800 but I figure over time I'll gradually adjust. I'm using leftover Exante packs on fast days for now so I don't waste them but had 2, a couple of calorific drinks and a bit of food yesterday.
Today I've had 'breakfast' at 12 and a bag of crisps. Breakfast was a nutri drink with spinach, 1/3 of an avocado, flax and chai seeds, 1/2 an apple, frozen raspberries and blueberries and ground oats. Lovely. The crisps were entirely unnecessary but much appreciated. I'm not going to count calories on my non fast days, I'll just be mindful of cutting down the 'junk'.
Wish me luck
