Sally’s Simple Coleslaw
Calories per serve: 60
Serve: 1
Recipe Challenge: Week 3 / Recipe 1 (total recipes 5)
Sally’s Simple Coleslaw
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Sally’s Simple Cauliflower Rice
How to Make Cauliflower Rice
Calories per serve: 68
Serve: 2
Recipe Challenge: Week 2 / Recipe 2 (total recipes 4)
My third week
categories: Sally's 5:2 Journal
My third week has been the best so far. I have slept better, not needing to eat until late afternoon and think I am starting to find what pattern works for me.
I feel so much better for it, and I am finding myself more and more in love with this way of life. I have never been on a diet before where I was proud to tell people that I was on a new diet. I have tried many different diets in the past, and it is always a well kept secret from all my friends and family as I don’t like knowing as I always fail. “not this time – so sir”
This week was the week that my husband registered this web address for me to start my blog, and it was not until the weekend that I started playing around trying to navigate my way through this unfamiliar world of blogging.
I also weighed in and to my surprise I had actually put back on the 500g that I lost last week. So I am back to the 3kg loss that I had in my first week.
Can I eat 1200 calories on non-fast days?
categories: FAQ
The choice is yours – you choose how you would like to eat. So if you can manage to only eat 1200 calories on your non fast days then you can, however this would not be considered a 5:2 diet, it is more like an extreme 7 day a week calorie restrictions diet of only 1000 calories a day.
How? – I hear you ask. I have tried to break it down for you below, by showing it to you in a mathematical equation. (more…)
My second week
categories: Sally's 5:2 Journal
Now that this blog is up and running I will try to get posts done to catch up for the last few weeks for my Journal entries.
So my second week was definitely better than my first. I have started to listen to my body signals more and I am actually understanding that hunger passes and is not something that comes on and stays with you all day. Just having a drink and waiting around 10-15mins and it subsides.
This weeks weigh in at the end of the week was a loss of 500g.
Zucchini Noodles (Zoodles)
How to Make Zoodles
Calories per serve: 33
Serve: 4
Recipe Challenge: Week 2 / Recipe 1 (total recipes 3)
How to start on The 5:2 Fast Diet?
After watching Michael Mosley’s inspirational documentary Eat, Fast and Live Longer way back in 2012, it sat in the back of my mind as something that I would consider attempting. I loved the fact that it was all based around scientific research and there was mounting evidence of its health benefits. I also saw it as something that I thought could be able to sustain long-term.
Now over 2 years later and a bit of a push from my husband as he wanted to lose weight, I decided that this year was the year. So I began my fasting lifestyle on the 5th Jan 2015. I had not planned to start, I just decided on the Sunday night and began on the Monday morning.
Here are a few things I hope will help you with starting this new way of life.
Keep It Simple
Try not to get too bogged down in the numbers on your non fast days. Just count your fast days calories and keep them under 500 for women or 600 for men. (more…)
Sally’s Asian Style Pulled Pork
Sally’s Asian Style Pulled Pork (Slow Cooker)
Calories per serve: 226
Serve: 12
Recipe Challenge: Week 1 / Recipe 2
Asian Style Pulled Pork with Zoodles and Vegetables
Sally’s Asian Style Pulled Pork with Zucchini Spaghetti and Vegetables
Calories per serve: 311
Serve: 6
Recipe Challenge: Week 1 / Recipe 1
My first week
categories: Sally's 5:2 Journal
After watching Michael Mosley’s inspirational documentary Eat, Fast and Live Longer way back in 2012, it sat in the back of my mind as something that I would consider attempting.
Now over 2 years later and a bit of a push from my husband as he wanted to lose weight, I decided that this year was the year. So I began my fasting lifestyle on the 5th Jan 2015. I had not planned to start, I just decided on the Sunday night and began on the Monday morning. I weighed in at 86.6kg, by the end of my first week I was 83.6kg (most I would say is water, not fat)
On my first day I had not made any plans, I just ate what I had in the cupboard and used My Fitness Pal (MFP) to count the calories. It was a challenge.
Fast Day 1:
Monday 5th Jan 15
Breakfast – I had black coffee, (more…)