halfangelhalftart
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I gave Juddding a go last year (March/April 2011 - I have an old diary in here somewhere). I had some success but just couldn't stick to it. I couldn't handle having a shake when I'd had to cook then watch everyone else eat a lush Sunday dinner. Also, the sweeteners in the shakes were putting me off. I swapped to cup o soups but I felt like not eating with the kids was setting a bad example. Eventually, everyday became an Up Day. I guess it just wasn't my time.
I returned to work on Sept 11 after a year off and thought I'd give dieting another go. I tried the gym diet, the protein water diet and Eat Stop Eat. Again, the protein water involved sweetners so I gave that up quickly. The gym/high protein/low carb was just too expensive and not family friendly. Eat stop eat, another IF diet was ok but my willpower is crap. This is 24 hr fasting with no limit in you meal at end of fast. I'd come home and cheat before 24 hrs was up and shovel down jam and bread.
Anyhoo, after the Horizon programme, the hubby seemed interested in the health benefits of fasting. So this time round I have an ally. I've downloaded the BBC Healthy Food app which has lots of recipes under 500 cals that my kids would also eat. Hubby is going to do 5:2 like the guy in the programme. I'm going to try ADF for two weeks - altho I'm probably setting myself up to fail there - and then M, W, F as down days. Maybe if I'd done that last time around I'd have stuck to it but I was determined to stick to ADF - my ultimate undoing.
I was going to wait til end of school hols when back at work but I was on an on call day yesterday so thought, what the hell. Had first DD yesterday. Had couple cups of black coffee at work. As evening meal for tea had already been planned I had a tiny portion of that for tea. It was just a slow cooker sausage thing: sausages, potatoes, tin of baked beans, carton of pasatta, handful of mushrooms. I had one sausage and a cup full of the rest of the mixture. No idea of calories.
I was up loads last night for a wee. I was sooo tired this morning.
Breakfast was half a banana inbetween 2 fruit Ryvitas and a cup of black coffee.
So let's see how we go.
Starting weight yesterday morning was 13st. (eek)
Need to get a tape measure for those nwv's. (was that the right acronym??)
Let's rock.
I returned to work on Sept 11 after a year off and thought I'd give dieting another go. I tried the gym diet, the protein water diet and Eat Stop Eat. Again, the protein water involved sweetners so I gave that up quickly. The gym/high protein/low carb was just too expensive and not family friendly. Eat stop eat, another IF diet was ok but my willpower is crap. This is 24 hr fasting with no limit in you meal at end of fast. I'd come home and cheat before 24 hrs was up and shovel down jam and bread.
Anyhoo, after the Horizon programme, the hubby seemed interested in the health benefits of fasting. So this time round I have an ally. I've downloaded the BBC Healthy Food app which has lots of recipes under 500 cals that my kids would also eat. Hubby is going to do 5:2 like the guy in the programme. I'm going to try ADF for two weeks - altho I'm probably setting myself up to fail there - and then M, W, F as down days. Maybe if I'd done that last time around I'd have stuck to it but I was determined to stick to ADF - my ultimate undoing.
I was going to wait til end of school hols when back at work but I was on an on call day yesterday so thought, what the hell. Had first DD yesterday. Had couple cups of black coffee at work. As evening meal for tea had already been planned I had a tiny portion of that for tea. It was just a slow cooker sausage thing: sausages, potatoes, tin of baked beans, carton of pasatta, handful of mushrooms. I had one sausage and a cup full of the rest of the mixture. No idea of calories.
I was up loads last night for a wee. I was sooo tired this morning.
Breakfast was half a banana inbetween 2 fruit Ryvitas and a cup of black coffee.
So let's see how we go.
Starting weight yesterday morning was 13st. (eek)
Need to get a tape measure for those nwv's. (was that the right acronym??)
Let's rock.
