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Jan 2013
8:28pm, 9 Jan 2013
10 posts
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garlic buddha
Mosley book arrived this evening! Lot of discussion at work about this approach. I have read several articles and it does seem to make a lot of sense. One thing though, someone earlier in the thread said the diet was about restricting two days and then you can eat ANYTHING on the other days. This is, of course, not the case, you still have to eat sensibly, no more than the required daily calories. I started this week and I am hoping that the experience of the fast days will knock on to my other days and help reduce snacking and choosing appropriate portions sizes. After a lot of research into the subject I have come to the conclusion that I put on weight because I eat too much. I know... You 'd a thought it? 
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Jan 2013
8:51pm, 9 Jan 2013
74 posts
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suzeedee
I'm on my 3rd fast day today and it has been by far the easiest. Worst part has been cooking kids tea... temptation. I've been having a cuppa soup at lunch and then a Glorious skinny soup and salad for my evening meal. I have felt really good in myself generally although I have had difficulty sleeping on my fast days. I'm hoping that will improve with time- I'd be interested to know if anyone who has been doing this a while has had this problem too and if it does get better.
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Jan 2013
9:59pm, 9 Jan 2013
6 posts
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Oranj
Been doing it since September - my personal experience is that the sleeping problem doesn't get a lot better. I'm a naturally very light sleeper (I'll wake up if so much as a cat farts in the street outside) and have a real problem getting even half a night's sleep at the end of a fast day. It's better when it's warmer overnight, but in that cold snap before xmas I hardly slept at all 2 nights a week.
Strangely though, the fasting seems to impart some sort of extra alertness, such that I don't feel at all tired the next day. I remember from my couriering days that the best way to stay alert at the wheel on long trips was to "keep a hunger on".
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Jan 2013
10:56am, 10 Jan 2013
2,975 posts
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sallykate
garlic buddha, my OH has lost his 17kg without giving up the things that arguably contributed to being overweight in the first place (curries, beer, steaks with creamy sauce...) so to some extent you're right - though of course the caveat is that "eating anything" does NOT mean overeating, and he doesn't have that kind of food every day, more like a Friday or Saturday night treat.
I'd say it's definitely made him more aware of portion size and food in general. There seem to be fewer biscuits and less chocolate being consumed!
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Jan 2013
10:57am, 10 Jan 2013
2,976 posts
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sallykate
Sorry, I phrased that wrongly - meant to say, to some extent you can eat anything on the other days.
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Jan 2013
10:25pm, 10 Jan 2013
11 posts
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garlic buddha
Sallykate - agreed. You can still have treats - onion bhajis anyone? - but still have to watch your total calories for the week are not excessive.
New book reads well.
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Jan 2013
8:49am, 11 Jan 2013
4,141 posts
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bigleggy
First Fast day today
Starting Weight - 14St 1lb
Plan is to skip brekkie, sandwiches for lunch (from tesco lighter range) then use what calorie allowance I have left for a bit of soup later on if I need it (lol - if ?????)
Black tea was a bit of a shock this morning. That's going to take some getting used to
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Jan 2013
10:27am, 11 Jan 2013
212 posts
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kaiser
Garlic Buddha is the book your reading available on kindle
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Jan 2013
10:35am, 11 Jan 2013
23,384 posts
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Velociraptor
I think if I did this, I'd use the "fast" days as an opportunity to eat 100g of  and nothing else
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Jan 2013
10:55am, 11 Jan 2013
6,320 posts
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GlennR
My OH has done very well with this approach. An odd one but it seems to work.
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