I'm slowly losing weight on the fast diet. So far I've lost 7 pounds

[applegrove]

and I can see the changes in my body already. I sleep better. Eat better. And have fewer aches and pains. I find it hard after dinner on my fast days. I get a little hungry. But so far my willpower holds out till the next day. I'm not good at diets. I'm not disciplined enough for a full on diet. But this one works and will be a permanent lifestyle change. That way I know I can keep the weight off when I reach my weight loss goal 93 pounds from now.

[oldtime dfl_er]

1. what is it

the fast diet? you're not fasting, are you?

[applegrove]

6. Called the Fast Diet. You can look it up online. You eat 500

calories two days a week, separated by a few days, and eat normally the rest of the time. You only have to have the willpower to get through one diet day at a time. For me it is a lifestyle change. My stomach is smaller. I pay more attention to what I eat. I feel really good being healthier. I no longer drink so that not something I had to give up. If you did drink you still could on normal eating days. Really the big thing is that you do not feel you are depriving yourself because there is always tomorrow. I'm pretty happy with it.

[villager]

2. Congrats!

Are you giving up any particular food group (meat, desserts, booze, etc.,) or generally having less of everything?

[applegrove]

7. You only fast 500 calories two days a week. so the regular days in between you eat normally.

I guess that means a bit of dessert or booze. But only on the 5 days you are not fasting 500 calories.

[Warpy]

9. That actually does make a great deal of sense, especially if there are no dietary restrictions

like giving up whole swaths of a balanced diet. You'll just naturally start to choose foods with the most nutrition for the caloric buck on those 500 calorie days.

I do suggest soups. Drinking water before a meal does nothing, the water goes right through. Soup triggers all those receptors in your stomach, keeping you full and delaying gastric emptying long enough to be satisfied on less food.

[villager]

10. Hmm... interesting. So how do you stick to the 500 calories on the two days?

n/t

[applegrove]

15. I eat dinner with my dad at his nursing home. I eat the soup if it is clear,

part of the protein and the veggies. Then I have coffee with dinner. Then lots of liquids that evening to keep my stomach fooled. I'm hungry but happy about it when I go to bed. And I daydream about the full meals I will have the next day.

[villager]

21. I assume the fast days are spread out? 3 - 4 days apart?

n/t

[applegrove]

22. Yup - three days apart then two days apart. I fast the same days every week so it is easy to plan.

[CentralMass]

3. Awesome.

[marym625]

4. congratulations!

[Warpy]

5. I lost 25 pounds on the Broken Leg Diet

last April-May. It's a bit extreme but not any more extreme than starving yourself long term on one of the really silly deficiency diets out there.

Back in the bad old days when treatments for rheumatoid arthritis were almost worse than the disease, I discovered that fasting for a couple of days would lessen the symptoms sharply during a flareup and that the symptoms would be decreased even when I started to eat again. I couldn't do it when I was a nurse, passing out on the job was frowned on, so I had to start taking the by then better drugs.

[safeinOhio]

8. Been thinking of trying it.

One or two days a week, 300 cal. allowed.

[Trajan]

11. I have had huge success with the 5:2 Fast Diet

I will be an intermittent faster for life ...

Down as much as 96 pounds ... I've been stuck at about -92 to -94 pounds for a few months now ...

Dr. Moseley practically saved my life :

http://thefastdiet.co.uk

This documentary changed my life :

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvdbtt_eat-fast-live-longer-hd_shortfilms

2.5 years in - Best shape of my adult life (except for my cigarette damaged lungs)

I may switch to Intermittent Feeding for maintenance, as well as doing one or two fast days a week ... or, when I glutton during holidays, for instance ...

My motto ? ... " I can always eat that tomorrow ... "

Congratulations applegrove ... Keep going .. dont stop .. it takes years to gain heavy weight, and it may take years to get it back off ...

[Trajan]

13. As a bonus - a new documentary from Dr. Moseley - The Truth about Exercise

I haven't seen this yet ... looks interesting ...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz2fwb_the-truth-about-exercise_lifestyle

[TreasonousBastard]

14. First I've heard of this, but it looks interesting...

and there's no reason it shouldn't work.

Simple enough-- fast for a day, eat normally for two or three. I'll see if it helps my blood sugar.

[applegrove]

16. Look it up online before you start if blood sugar is an issue for

you.

[applegrove]

17. I knew a Muslim man in Canada who fasted once a week to make up for not

doing so in Ramadan. He was in perfect shape for a 60 year old. I'm pretty sure I can keep this up forever.

[SwissTony]

18. Thank you, applegrove and Trajan.

applegrove, I believe you posted about this a couple of months ago. I thought "That's interesting" and promptly forgot about it. I'll be 65 this year and could lose (fortunately only) a few pounds. But, I'm aware I'm not 25 any more. Thank you for your update which also served as a reminder.

Trajan, thanks for the links to the UK site and to Dr Moseley's videos. I live in Holland and can watch BBC, but don't watch much TV. That means I miss the rubbish, but it also means I miss a few pearls now and then.

[A HERETIC I AM]

19. There they are! Right over there!!!!

"So far I've lost 7 pounds"



Oops...that's only 4. Sorry.



(Congrats)

[oldandhappy]

20. Thank you all for this discussion.

I appreciate the idea. Seems reasonable. Good luck to you, applegrove.