Oregondaisy

I am so happy I learned about the 5:2 plan from this thread. I used to post on this thread all the time because I was so frustrated that I could not lose my 15 lb regain. Honestly, if you feel like you're stuck, read up on the FAST diet , or 5:2 or intermitant fasting. I don't know why it works, but it does!

I don't know why it works but it does. I am telling you , for a solid year, all I did was go up and down , AND freak out. I think it's because I know if I eat something at night, I have to wait to eat the next day even longer, because I have to have so many hours of no food. It cured me of evening snacking.

I didn't eat any garbage today and tomorrow I can work out. I am starting out my fast tomorrow with the attitude that the 130's are coming back. I am really going to try hard to make it to the gym every day this week. Yay Laura! You're going to be in the 140's soon! We have the same goal weight.

I totally feel bad for anyone trying to do the 5 day pouch test. That involves going to strictly liquids which is not necessary. If you cut out all white foods like rice bread noodles and eat dense Protein and the only carbs you're getting are from veggies, you will achieve the same results as the 5 day pouch test. Plus you won't be hungry. In the search box at the left put in the Boot Camp Diet.

I hope my new low stays. I am bummed. I don't feel like I ate anything yesterday that would cause me to gain weight . I am back up to 141 this morning and my low since starting 5:2 was 139. I want to see that back but i am afraid i am going to have to eat like a fast day every day in order for it to stick.

That's just crazy. People with bands can't even eat right. I have not seen people not be successful with the sleeve who were banded first. Quite the opposite. I've seen people become successful sleeved who tried their best with the band but had nothing but problems with it, so they ate sliders and gained weight. Once they had their bands removed, and knew what it felt like to get full on small portions of a variety of foods, they lost weight and wished they had heard about the sleeve first.

Yay Laura! I was 140 this am and I was bummed bc yesterday was a fast day. I'm hoping it's salt because I did have a handful of sunflower seeds that I had to shell. Yesterday was a fast day but I had a really hard time. I really wanted to graze yesterday. Today seems to be the same way too. I made myself a cyrstal light hoping drinking will take away my cravings to snack.

it's just so hard. Sugar is everywhere. People are always offering snacky-sugar treats to me. It's hard to say no. I know that if I have one of anything though, I'll be craving it all day and night. The only thing that gets rid of the cravings for me is stick to a low carb diet.

Welcome! We don't have any magic though. I don't know how people do it with families. At least I don't have to cook much for other people. I honestly was giving up hope that I would ever get back down to my goal weight again. Now I am only 4 lbs away after losing most of my regain. For some reason, 5:2 works better than low carb or low calorie diets.

It's hard. Life just gets in the way. It takes so much willpower and control sometimes for me to even go out of the house if it's a fast day. There's so many temptations.

Those of us that have re-gained are having good luck with the 5:2 diet. It's also known as intermitant fasting. There is a book. I believe it's called the fast diet. If you look under groups, there are several links to read about how the 5:2 plan works. I ;ve lost 14 of my regain, since July.

I've lost 14 lbs. I am beyond excited. I had lost all hope of losing my regain. I was losing and regaining the same 2 lbs for a year. Yay 5:2!

What is a magic pop? very curious! I hit 139 this morning. I am thrilled. I just hope I can make it stick over the weekend. Tomorrow is a fast day so I just hope that's enough to keep me headed in the right direction. I know it's going to be a real struggle from here on out to get to 135. I 'm headed off to the gym, so that should help! I wish globe would check in.

I rarely go 18 hours. I usually have a snack of 100 calorie cocoa dusted almonds around 9 pm and I usually try to eat at 11 am . I feel very deprived if I don't get my evening snack even on fast days.

No, I sent her a PM because I want to mail her package and I don't have her address. Was she going into the hospital and would be gone awile? I am excited that I've lost the 3 lbs I gained while Phil was here. I am doing really well today even though it's not a fast day. I want to see that number below 140 so badly. It's been a long time sime I've seen 130-anything.

Wow! It's on here on Netflix. I wouldn't have been able to watch it otherwise.

On fast days I have a protein drink for breakfast 120 calories 2 carbs (Matrix by Sytrax) another one for lunch, then I play with the rest of the calories because I like to have a 100 calorie pack of almonds for an evening snack. I usually have a small portion of some sort of chicken breast with either green beans, broccoli, or asperagus.

Welcome! We are glad to have you. Some find this way of eating really easy and some find it rather difficult. I love the structure it has given me, and it stopped me from grazing at night.I think it's a great way to eat. It is hard for me sometimes to do my cardio on fast days , but that seems to be a very minor problem that I can work around.

Where is Globetrotter? I have her box of stuff she asked me to get but I don't have an address for her. I am excited to send off her care package. I didn't do too badly today considering it's Saturday and I went to a food festival. I did have a choc. covered banana for lunch which is a lot of carbs but my only carbs of the day. I'm anxious to get the weight off I gained while entertaining my brother. Plus I am sad that he's gone and now I want to eat out of depression but I'm managing to fight it off. My bf whose name is Allen is going to be gone a lot next week so that will also help me stay on track. i decided to quit calling him bf bc he's 62 almost 63 and that's a little old to be a boy.

I would hate to have to pay for a certain amount of seasons. I never buy anything. I am lucky I get it on Netflix. My brother came and stayed with me from Chicago and he stayed up several nights all night to watch and is now current with season 5. crazy. If you don't mind paying money for tv shows, this is one I would actually pay for if there was no other way for me to see it. There are no words to describe how good it is. No wonder they say the critics are all saying it's the best tv show ever written to date.

It's really not similar to anything I've ever seen before. Did you watch Weeds? That would be the closest thing I could compare it too, but it's much more intense.

So how does everyone answer everyone when they post? I read the posts and want to comment on them, but I forget what people said when I go to post. Do you open 2 windows, and read from one and type your post in another window? Fasting today. I hope the scale goes down fast. I don't like this new number on the scale AT ALL!

So happy to see more people getting on the 5:2 bandwagon. It's like magic I tell ya! I was going up and down for a year and could not lose my regain, but I lost it eating the 5:2 way. I love it. It's given me back control.

How do you ladies remember what everyone says so you can answer everyone? Do you open 2 windows and refer back? I took my brother to the airport today and hung out with friends in the city. I am afraid to get on the scale tomorrow. I am officially fasting tomorrow, and I know it's going to be hard.

You have to watch the whole entire 5 seasons to understand the whole hype.