First fast days

First fast days!

Today is Thursday and my two fast days this week were Monday and Wednesday.  I had originally planned to do today but yesterday I was so busy I forgot to have my breaktime snack and thought why not just do it, so I did.



May not look it but it really was quite yummy!

I had two scrambled eggs as breakfast on Monday which filled me up quite well.  Hunger didn't hit until around 2pm but I kept busy and drank a couple of mugs of fruit tea to fill me up.  By 4pm I had to indulge in a highlights hot chocolate (40 cals) which I savoured, slowly.  This put the hunger pangs at bay for a while.  In the evening I was eager to have my dinner, broccoli and mushroom lasagne, straight away but I took the book's advice and busied myself with a tidy up and delayed my meal until about 7pm.  I ate it very very slowly.  It was lovely but it didn't come close to filling me up to be honest.  Afterwards I was left looking at my plate depressed by the thought of that being all that I would have that day.  My mood over the whole day wasn't too bad but I did find it difficult and I have begun to keep a note of what I eat, my mood and how easy it was on a spread sheet for future reference.



The book was right, breakfast the next day was lovely and at lunch I wasn't as hungry as I thought I would be.  Enjoying a glass or two of red wine in the evening was a refreshing change to other diets I've been on.

So, yesterday was my 2nd fast day.  I had 3 belvita breakfast biscuits (food diary coming soon) which clock up about 160 cals.  I love these and often have them for breakfast if I'm on the go.  They filled me up really effectively and at lunch, despite my colleague eating in front of me, I wasn't overly hungry.  It was so much easier than my first fast day.  In the evening I delayed my dinner again and drank a big glass of water before eating.  I had bean chili (214) with a small tomato, cucumber, broccoli and onion salad (balsamic vinegar only) coming in at 60 cals. 

I've really enjoyed the recipes from the calorie-counting website this week and am really pleased I made them in advance.  They weren't too small either which was quite surprising. 

I'm so pleased to have 2 fast days under my belt, I was nervous about starting it but it felt really good waking up on Tuesday knowing that I'd done it and it was ok, I'd survived!  I weighed myself on Monday morning and again this morning after my second fast day.  The book explains that a lot of initial weight loss is loss of water but I feel leaner already and the scales say I've already lost 4 pounds!  What a motivator!  I'm looking forward to trying out some new recipes this weekend and hearing from anyone who is out there having a go themselves.  Sharing recipes etc seems like a good way to support each other. 

I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend and I'll keep you posted with new recipes and my next fast day soon.  Take care, Emily.

PS - Please see below my fast diary so far:

Day	Date	Breakfast	Cals	Dinner	Cals	Drinks	Other	Cals	Total	Mood	Difficulty
M	25/02/2013	2 eggs	144	Broc and mush lasagne	294	C T T	Options, 1/2 tsp marmite, tom onion salad	75	513	J	Hard
W	27/02/2013	3 Belvita	174	Bean Chili	214	C T T	4 sweets, salad, yoghurt	120	508	J	Easy