I last weighed on Saturday morning of week 1, so by the time Tuesday morning of week 2 came round, I wasn't hopeful that I would be anything like 11 stone 13 still. I was wrong....
Tuesday morning (the morning of the first fast day, week 2)
11 stone 13 / 75.8kg
Excellent - despite eating normally over the 4 consecutive feeding days, I'd managed to not put the weight back on!
Wednesday morning
11 stone 11 / 74.8kg
Lost another 2 pounds!
Friday morning (the morning after the second fast day, week 2)
11 stone 10 / 74.4kg
This means that I've lost 7 pounds in total, half a stone after 4 fast days!
I am still struggling to see how this diet will work long term, and whether the weight will stay off, but at the moment I think it's amazing! I feel slimmer, and I'm enjoying the fact that I can have a sausage sandwich in the morning, or go out for dinner, and not have to feel guilty that I've messed up my diet.
Sophie
Friday, 30 November 2012
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Must have APP for all 5:2 followers
My Fitness Pal
go here and join up for free - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/ then simply download the app onto your smart phone..
go here and join up for free - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/ then simply download the app onto your smart phone..
Melody and Sophie
Why I don't weigh myself..
In the past I have suffered from a condition I would call "weighing scale - obsession". This condition resulted in my husband taking a hammer to the house scales in frustration once I announced I weighed myself 4 times a day. I would even weigh myself after I had been to the toilet.
I now have no idea how much I weigh, although at a guess I would say a touch over 10 stone 7 pounds (possible 10.9) - therefore unlike Sophie I cannot update my actual progress. My alternative is to measure my waist which I am planning to do this evening....
I am finding this whole diet very easy, although I am struggling with the fact I am not seeing results like Sophie - I can only hope the diet is having the same effect. Only time will tell. If I am honest today I feel bigger but that could just be down to feeling a bit bloated...
I am excited at the prospect of losing the weight I know I have put on. Before my wedding this year in April I know I was a comfortable size 10, I have let this creep up to a 12-14. I am naturally an apple shape - all my weight goes on my tummy (and face), therefore it is paramount I lose the extra tyre for health reasons too.
Melody
I now have no idea how much I weigh, although at a guess I would say a touch over 10 stone 7 pounds (possible 10.9) - therefore unlike Sophie I cannot update my actual progress. My alternative is to measure my waist which I am planning to do this evening....
I am finding this whole diet very easy, although I am struggling with the fact I am not seeing results like Sophie - I can only hope the diet is having the same effect. Only time will tell. If I am honest today I feel bigger but that could just be down to feeling a bit bloated...
I am excited at the prospect of losing the weight I know I have put on. Before my wedding this year in April I know I was a comfortable size 10, I have let this creep up to a 12-14. I am naturally an apple shape - all my weight goes on my tummy (and face), therefore it is paramount I lose the extra tyre for health reasons too.
Melody
Week 2 begins....
Tuesday 27th November, the first diet day of the second week, came round very quickly after 4 days of eating normally. My sceptical side has been put to rest after the morning weigh in - still 11 stone 13 / 75.8kg, and that's after a pub trip with a LOT of alcohol, a takeaway burger, copious amounts of chocolate, etc. Can't believe how well it worked!
So after another day of fasting yesterday, I got on the scales this morning with some anticipation....
11 stone 11 / 74.8 kg - another 2lbs gone bringing my total weight loss to 6lbs in 8 days. Which equates to 2lbs every fasting day so far.
A healthy BMI (Body Mass Index) is between 18.5 and 25. I did my BMI at the beginning of the diet, back at 12 st 3, and it was 25.25 - falling into the overweight category. As of today, my BMI is 24.34 - made it to the healthy category!
Sophie
So after another day of fasting yesterday, I got on the scales this morning with some anticipation....
11 stone 11 / 74.8 kg - another 2lbs gone bringing my total weight loss to 6lbs in 8 days. Which equates to 2lbs every fasting day so far.
A healthy BMI (Body Mass Index) is between 18.5 and 25. I did my BMI at the beginning of the diet, back at 12 st 3, and it was 25.25 - falling into the overweight category. As of today, my BMI is 24.34 - made it to the healthy category!
Sophie
Saturday, 24 November 2012
The Weigh-in...
So while I very much don't want to be sharing my weight on here, I suppose it somewhat defeats the object of the diet if there's no figures to show our findings... Please keep in mind that I am 5 foot 9 with size 9 feet!
Tuesday morning (the morning of the first fast day)
12 stone 3 / 77.6kg
Wednesday morning
12 stone 1 / 76.7kg
Friday morning (the morning after the second fast day)
11 stone 13 / 75.8kg
Saturday morning
This morning will be the last time I weigh before the next fasting day. I was still 11 stone 13, which I think is pretty good as I was out for Pizza Hut last night and had a cookie dough, yum!
I'm feeling a little sceptical by what the chances are of the weight not going right back up in the next few days, but we will see! Losing 4 pounds / nearly 2kgs in the space of 2 fast days seems like a pretty good start! Also very promising that on the morning after a fast day, both of us found we weren't feeling at all hungry and neither of us needed to eat as much as we normally do.
Sophie
Tuesday morning (the morning of the first fast day)
12 stone 3 / 77.6kg
Wednesday morning
12 stone 1 / 76.7kg
Friday morning (the morning after the second fast day)
11 stone 13 / 75.8kg
Saturday morning
This morning will be the last time I weigh before the next fasting day. I was still 11 stone 13, which I think is pretty good as I was out for Pizza Hut last night and had a cookie dough, yum!
I'm feeling a little sceptical by what the chances are of the weight not going right back up in the next few days, but we will see! Losing 4 pounds / nearly 2kgs in the space of 2 fast days seems like a pretty good start! Also very promising that on the morning after a fast day, both of us found we weren't feeling at all hungry and neither of us needed to eat as much as we normally do.
Sophie
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Stolen from Wikipedia
The diet
The diet involves very low calorie restriction for two days a week and allows normal eating for the other five days.[1] Although the number of calories consumed on the two days a week is restricted it is up to the particular dieter how they divide it throughout the day, men can consume 600 calories and women 500 calories.[2] A typical fasting day may be a breakfast of 300 calories such as two scrambled eggs with ham, water, green tea or black coffee and a lunch or dinner of grilled fish or meat with vegetables amounting to 300 calories.[1] The Daily Mail said of the diet, "Gorging yourself on as many burgers, chips and cakes as you like one day then eating fewer calories than you find in a cheese sandwich the next might sound like a worrying eating disorder. But this regime of chomping away to your heart’s content one day, and virtually starving yourself the next is the latest diet craze. It’s known as ‘intermittent fasting’ or ‘alternate-day dieting’,and devotees insist the pounds just drop off."[3]
[edit]Research
Studies conducted by the Baltimore National Institute on Aging reveal that fasting once or twice a week lowers IGF-1 levels, which encourages fat burning, and can protect the brain against diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.[2] Test conducted on mice have revealed that controlling the levels of IGF-1 through fasting can promote longevity; high levels of IGF -1 in later life promote ageing, although is needed in youth for growth.[1] However, the general medical consensus is that fasting has not been researched extensively enough to conclude its benefits.[1] Villagers in Ecuador suffering from the extremely rare Laron syndrome in which they can't produce IGF-1 have showed an immunity to diseases such as cancer and diabetes and exceptional longevity.[1] But they exhibit extremely short stature and typically stand less than 4ft, due to them being restricted the hormone in their childhood development.[1]
Continue Reading here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5:2_diet
Anger Scale - Week 1
One of the things discussed previously is that fasting can cause irritability and moodiness or 'HANGER' (hungry/anger). We will complete the following Anger Scale once a week after both Fast Days to show the mental/psychological effects of the diet.
Anger Scale After Two Fast Days
Melody 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Notes: I have been angry, more so than Sophie - I have found it's best when I am on my own, when dealing with people directly I am short tempered and aggressive. I find I have sworn more than usual - Kirsty Alsopp offends me, I found the Vintage Homes program especially annoying this evening .
Sophie 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Notes: I have found that I am more grumpy as a person anyway compared to Melody so it's been harder to detect the effect, if any. I feel tired, looking forward to tomorrow and eating some ordinary portions. My wee smells from the asparagus.
First two Fast Days..What we ate.
Sophie and I are already through our two fast days for the week. Meaning we have four consecutive feed days, yey!
What we have eaten this week...
First Fast Tuesday
Melody
Breakfast - Coffee with a little milk (15 cals)
Lunch - Wholewheat Pasta and Chilli Pesto (279 cals) & Coffee and milk (15 cals)
Dinner - Soda Bread Toast and Pate (100 cals)
Snack - Apple (70 cals)
Fail - Two marshmallow - whoops (50 cals) / Stars Jelly (35 cals)
TOTAL = 564 cals Not great but it was my first day!
Sophie
Breakfast - None
Lunch - Two small Poached Eggs & 1 Slice crustless Bread (270 cals)
Dinner - Small Chicken Fillet & Steamed Veg (240 cals)
Drinks - Two Blackcurrant Squash (18 cals)
TOTAL = 528 cals That's more like it!
Second Fast Thursday
Melody
Breakfast - Coffee with a little milk (15 cals)
Lunch - Wholewheat Wrap, Wholewheat Couscous Salad and Yoghurt (245 cals) & Coffee with a little milk (15 cals)
Dinner - Half a Pea and Bacon Risotto (270 cals)
Fail - One marshmallow (25 cals) / Stars Jelly (20 cals - 1/2 eaten)
TOTAL = 590 Worse!
Sophie
Breakfast - 1 Slice Wholemeal Toast & Pate (125 cals) & Pear (46 cals)
Lunch - 11 Steamed Asparagus Spears (55 cals)
Dinner - Half a Pea and Bacon Risotto (270 cals)
Fail - One marshmallow (25 cals) / Stars Jelly (35 cals)
TOTAL = 556 cals
Monday, 19 November 2012
This is us.
SOPHIE
MELODY
This is us. We work together in an Architects office in Wimbledon.
We are always discussing eating, weight, calories, healthy food, naughty food.
Today we decided to venture on a trip together.. THE 5:2 DIET. Having extensively searched the internet for some information we decided that there just wasn't enough, so we have created this brilliant blog! In the hope that writing about our experience will motivate us to stick with it and others to comment and get involved.
We will update weekly on our progress with pictures and information.
5:2 Diet Rules
1) For 5 days of the week we will eat normally.
2) For 2 days we will eat 500 calories.
3) Drink lots of water.
4) Not get angry or abusive towards each other - or the general public.
5) Take Nurofen to battle headaches.
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