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Graham

Wait a moment - "owned this one for 2 to 3 years": have you tried checking the batteries? I suppose you already thought of that, but I thought I'd say as it's such a waste to buy a new scale without checking!

Graham

11stone 0 1/2lbs Waist 38 5/8" BMI 24.2, WHtR 57.6% Body Fat 31.8% Only 2 meals and a small snack while digging on the allotment yesterday but the macadamia chocolate did for me! Fasting today. 5:17pm Here is something NOT to do while fasting: read the "my favourite recipe" thread. How I suffer, ho...

Graham

If you feel you must measure something, get a tape measure and measure your waist. Your Waist-to-height ratio should ideally be below 50%. It is a more useful guide to health risks than weight or BMI. My personal experience with a very good digital scale is that though normally very reliable, it onc...

Graham

11 stone 0 lbs Waist 38 5/16" BMI 24.2 WHtR 57.2% Body Fat 31.1% Blood pressure: wrist: 98/73 pulse 44 or biceps 108/65 pulse 50 So! 11stone 0lbs - and, for all the senseless variability of what the scales may say, this is a milestone for me. The fact my waist is also just a shade over 38 1/4" tell...

Graham

DaveMc, I agree with your reservations about the body fat % estimates here. As it happens, the body fat % inaccuracy isn't too important, as there is a far more useful measure to pay attention to: the waist-to-height ratio. Waist to Height ratio in excess of 50% is a better predictor of all the majo...

Graham

11stone 0 3/4lbs waist 38 1/2" BMI 24.3 WHtR 57.5% Body Fat 31.4% That was a tough fasting day. Now, back, roughly, to where I was a week ago, before I threw so much hard-won progress away when confronted with FREE FOOD. It was good stuff, I can't identify any key behaviour to change apart from hop...

Graham

11 stone 1 1/2lbs waist 38 3/4" Fasting today. Yesterday's food intake was modest - I wasn't expecting to see my weight up, but I guess 1/4lb this way or that isn't that significant. 9:14am Tracking more and more things with HabitCal. It is very helpful. I am now tracking No S, Isometrics, meditati...

Graham

11stone 1 1/4lb waist 38 3/4" I got caught up once again in the multi-plate meals environment at SO's. Not only her, its the plate size, a meal cooked by someone from Pakistan doesn't fit the one-plate model easily, it would have felt boorish to try to select a large plate and fill it when others w...

Graham

I'd agree with everything oolala53 says. All I wondered was who, apart from people who work in advertising, would call any processed cereal "a healthy meal". As for the dessert it supplanted, without knowing what the dessert consisted of, I wouldn't know whether it was any worse in nutritional terms...

Graham

Hi Cricket - I identify with your "dieting takes over my life" thing. It seems hard to avoid - either diet takes over your mind, or, if you ignore it, it takes over your body. Just now it's too much on my mind, but I'm preferring that to having too much fat round my middle. It seems at times an immo...

Graham

So, I decided that a bowl of cheerios would be okay Normally, I would have had a dessert so I'm happy that I at least had a healthy 'meal' I am doing No S for better habits and to free myself from the diet/good/bad food mentality that has plagued me all my life!! ! I'm just a little curious here - ...

Graham

11stone 0 1/4lbs Waist 38 3/4" BMI 24.2, WHtR 57.8%, Body Fat 32.2% Yesterday's energy level was good, breakfast was almost OTT but lunch wasn't possible, evening meal moderate after dance class - then @ 1/3pint milk before bed-time. Life calls, must move on to being able to diet without devoting s...

Graham

11stone 2 1/4lbs Waist 38 7/8" My energy level was good yesterday, and I feel ok so far today too. (woke early, but I went back to bed and I'm glad of it)

Graham

11stone 3 1/2lbs waist 39 1/4" Attended a conference yesterday, free food, tasty sandwiches, crisps, I know I had more than one plate but. I'd breakfasted modestly (apple & banana). Then I ate well in the evening, (grapefruit, orange juice, sausage, onion, carrots, broccoli, mashed potatoes) I didn...

Graham

11stone 0 3/4lbs Waist 38 1/4" BMI 24.3 WHtR 57.1% Fat 30.8% 7:18pm I am on track, I am succeeding, yet I have so far to go. I am a bit fed up with this journey, it is a tedious business, it requires my attention yet it isn't very interesting. I see the figures today, I see how, for a moment at lea...

Graham

11stone 1 3/4lbs Waist 38 3/4" Seemingly pointless fast. What would I weigh now if i hadn't done it? My only comfort. Can't weigh less if I'd skipped it, surely, though my evening meal was substantial it was on one plate, a sip of milk later on, but I wouldn't say I'd been gorging.

Graham

Terrific article! Thanks so much for posting it. I don't think I/we can be reminded too often about how external factors overwhelm our capacity to judge portion size and exercise restraint. Interesting how almost everyone denies being influenced by the serving size factor, no matter how thoroughly i...

Graham

11stone 1lb Waist 39" Fasting. A slight slip last night - I had a sip of milk before going to bed because I "forgot" I was fasting! How much does it matter? It delays the "rest phase" when the stomach, liver, pancreas stop having to work to process food. Fasting does 2 separately useful things: 1. ...

Graham

11stone 0 1/2lbs Waist 38 3/4" Not fasting today, I was conscious of choosing to have a little less food than I could have yesterday. Partly obliged by dental work, but even in the evening, restraint (and salad, and beans and naan) BMI 24.2, WHtR 57.8%, Fat 32.2% And, according to my wrist BP monit...

Graham

11stone 0 3/4lbs Waist 39" So, after a day of No S compliance and moderate eating, with one day's delay, the weight-loss I might have expected to see on Tuesday - but with waist regain. Funny business. And two whole pounds dropped! Goodness! BMI 24.3, WHtR 58.2%, Body Fat 32.8% 1:37pm About yesterd...

Graham

To me the key to understanding the stress/cortisol issue is to bear in mind that our system is designed to prepare us to react physically to stress. Modern life usually frustrates that process and there the problems begin. Further, we are designed to cope with the alternation of lean years and fat y...

Graham

11stone 2 3/4lbs Waist 38 3/4" Yes, another strange-ish fasting result: I haven't lost an ounce but shed half an inch off my waist! I can say that the fast was easy, that I ate moderately when I broke the fast, I had about half a pint of milk in the hour before bed-time, but I was pretty restrained...

Graham

11stone 2 3/4lb Waist 39 1/4" Waist measurement was tricky today. I try to keep consistent about it, but there is an element of variability, perhaps postural. I measure after visiting the bathroom but before eating or drinking, yet, I can measure ten minutes later and find my waist has increased by...

Graham

This I find interesting: none of these tools help with annoying little details like where the weight will come off. I have this annoying metabolism that hangs on to belly fat while my face grows thin, causing friends to comment how I might be overdoing it. I don't want to have to keep removing my sh...

Graham

11stone 3lbs (approx) Waist 39" The weight is by subtraction: at home after breakfast and coffee I weighed 11 stone 3 3/4lbs, I think 3/4lbs might be roughly the weight of the coffee, bread, egg and grapefruit I had. The waist measurement is exact. It is very hot, I had a meal out again last night,...

Graham

I would imiagine that many here, just eating three plates of food a day at the breakfast, lunch ad dinner hour, are gtting some of the benefits of this approach. Yes, assuming a standard plate size and nutrient density, larger/more active/younger people would be getting a lower % of their caloric n...

Graham

11stone 2 1/2lbs, Waist 39" BMI 24.6 WHtR 58.2% BF 32.3% (W)95/68/48 (B)108/77/53 Is this good or bad? I weigh same as yesterday, which is OK, but still 1/2lb heavier than last Saturday. That week was a little strange, I had one of those "unearned weight drops" that seems to happen sometimes, inexp...

Graham

Hmm - If I'm correct in assuming you are in the US somewhere, would it reassure your husband if, when you walk alone, you carried a revolver? Just a thought...

Graham

11stone 2 1/2lbs Waist 39" Not bad, but compared to earlier in the week, it's not exactly progress either. Strange, this fast just seemed to not quite recapture ground gained earlier in the week. The best to say, I don't feel depleted today, I feel in better shape. I'm thinking there must be reason...

Graham

11stone 4lb, waist 39 1/8" Seems like I'm going backwards or running on the spot. Fasting feels tiring at times and I've thought of interrupting it for a while - yet I so want to get the fat off. Now, today (and it is just one day) I feel like I'm toiling in vain. I'm fasting, but that too was sort...

Graham

My mods - so far, just one - 2 days a week I fast for @24 hours. After my first month of No S, seeing my weight was not coming down, despite near 100% compliance, I looked to IF to provide the weight-loss I needed to see. On average I now lose about 1lb a week, so that works OK. My proposed mod, tha...

Graham

11stone 2 1/2lbs, Waist 38 3/4" BMI 24.6, WHtR 57.8% Body fat 31.7% Resting BP/pulse: either 102/68/47 (wrist) or 115/76/52 (biceps cuff) Both BP monitors are supposed to be accurate - what to think? Measurement is interesting but not to be taken too seriously. Finally - waist back to January 3rd m...

Graham

11stone 1 1/2lbs Waist 39 1/8" BMI 24.4 WHtR 58.4% Body Fat 32.9% Despite a No S fail - (someone left some very high quality chocolates for me to eat... Then, having blown it, I had a late night snack of 2 ham sandwiches... But the fast-breaking meal had been pretty light, so it didn't do too much ...

Graham

Also of interest to those of you who are only overweight and not obese--you might not want to lose any weight. Apparently maintaining a stable weight is healthier than losing weight if you are overweight but not obese. This is such a tricky issue! I was on the borderline of obese when I first had a...

Graham

11stone 4lb Waist 39 3/8" Fasting, but with less enthusiasm than usual. It all started to go wrong yesterday: I had to deal with visitors, the evening meal was late and I nearly snacked at midnight - just saved myself from that with a sliver of remaining consciousness and purpose. Yes, it was the u...

Graham

11stone 4lb waist 39 3/8" I think I may have been a bit dehydrated yesterday owing to the heat, and it flattered my progress. I am also, for the second day in a row, using my SO's bathroom scales, which are much harder to read accurately than mine at home. I can't focus well on them and they aren't...

Graham

11stone 2lb Waist 39 1/4" LIGHTEST WEIGHT OF THE WHOLE YEAR! 1:58pm After the Thursday night fail/cheese on toast snack, I felt less hungry on Friday, ended up not having breakfast, but a large (yet 1-plate compliant) late lunch and solid evening meal - and look! Today I get my reward!. (and Hollan...

Graham

Hi all. I know, not so busy over here, but this is a little off No S topic so I thought I'd post it here. I found this really useful website which has such a great set of ways to measure yourself - not just BMI but waist to height ratio, body fat percentage, basal metabolic rate, and your "ideal" wa...

Graham

11stone 3 3/4lb Waist 39 3/8" I might have weighed and measured a little less if I hadn't given in to SO's offer of something to eat - and then a follow-up at home of cheese on toast. I had a feeling of need, and the food was sound/wholesome - yet, it clashes with my goal of weight/waist loss and i...

Graham

11stone 4lb W 39 1/4" Fasting today, but unusual timing. Decision to go to a milonga tonight meant trying to avoid post-fast-breaking fatigue by eating earlier, so i started yesterday at 3pm (time of my late lunch). Sleep was very fitful. I have exercised OK but I don't feel so strong, I'm preoccup...

Graham

11stone 5lb Waist 39 3/8" (weight estimated - it was 11st 5 3/4 lb after breakfast beans on toast, a mug of coffee before and a mug of tea after, then a bike ride) Another day of failure - though I may have eaten less than on many compliant days - the vegetarian/piecemeal servings problem yet again...

Graham

11stone 6 3/4lb waist 39 1/2" Don't want to say stuff now. I had a big fast-breaking meal - only it wasn't satisfying and I ended up snacking later, but I assumed I'd still eaten less than maintenance needs and was disappointed by what the scales said, though the waist came down a bit. I have thing...

Graham

Hi there, I'm returning your visit - champagne truffles are the work of the devil in my opinion! I think even for an S day they are too much for me at the moment - save them for Christmas perhaps? This weekend was my worst ever - I gained 3lbs from Saturday to Sunday and the ten truffles were defini...

Graham

In all the countries cited, the diets described are affordable - they are basically peasant diets. The misfortune for obese populations is the ingenuity of food manufacturers producing compellingly appetising poor food, designed to be eaten to excess.

Graham

I keep thinking about this - and wondering, if No S isn't causing the desired weight-loss for some people, how effective might it be for them to actually add salt to the list of things not to have on N days? Salt is one of a number of ingredients that stimulate appetite - reducing it might be a very...

Graham

Saturday 11stone 4lb Waist 39 1/4" Sunday 11 stone 7lb Waist 39 7/8" Monday 11 stone 6 1/2lb Waist 39 13/16" I don't feel upset, particularly, by this set-back. I had unusual circumstances to contend with, a meal out with friends - I think the beer encourages me to over-eat - seems to trigger a fal...

Graham

11stone 4 3/4lb Waist 39 1/4" Measurement is tricky - if I wait a few minutes my waist increases slightly to 39 3/8" I guess there is a postural element involved when I've just got out of bed. If it weren't for the waist measurement I'd think I was just running on the spot - I think I weighed the s...

Graham

11st 5 3/4 lbs 39 5/8" What difficult days - I can't see the way ahead. Here, check-in pared down to headline numbers - and it looks like the plan is going to fail. I can eat enough between fasts, even with No S compliance, to virtually erase all effects of fasting as I now do it. Well, I will let ...

Graham

11stone 5lbs, waist 39 3/4" Waist gain disappointing. Too much wrong with my life, lots of emotional stress yesterday though I stuck to No S rules.

Graham

Strange-seeming idea - I agree with about half of it - eating a lot of carbs can certainly make me want a siesta - but a high protein meal tends to be energising, in my experience. The big breakfast thing - I've had exactly opposite experience to Spudd - grapefruit, bacon, egg, mushrooms and toast a...

Graham

11st 4 3/4lbs 39 9/16" That was a slightly strange fasting day - i just didn't feel like it was doing anything. i thought I would't lose any weight at all! In fact I did, but very little waist loss - virtually imperceptible. I ate a very substantial post-fast meal - it was less calorific than the o...

Graham

Yes, definitely happens to me, pretty well a certainty so far. I am fairly new to No S, and I have noticed an evolution in my S day behaviour, my reactions to some things I rather went to town on initially are changing. I think I detect the beginning of spontaneous moderation - which is a relief. I ...

Graham

Very stimulating thread. .. so, along this same line of thinking, is it possible to go the rest of your life without consuming sugar or processed carbs ? i know NO ONE who has done this long term, including myself- i have been sugar free/flour free for as long as 90 days at a time, and then i just H...

Graham

11stone 6lb waist 39 5/8" Fasting. I gained 3/4lb a day over the weekend, this is quite typical. I have been more moderate - I had no sweets binge - nor any biscuits at all I now realise! I see a trend over the last 4 weeks, despite ups and downs, losing 1lb and nearly 1/4" off my waist per week. D...

Graham

11stone 5 1/4lb W 39 9/16" Life's been hectic. I haven't had a silly weekend, yet I am far from harmony with myself and the world. I long for my next fast, and wish there were some way to make it more effective without any unhealthy consequence. I am having to be patient and just now I want change ...

Graham

11stone 4 1/2lbs Waist 39 1/2" Yes, it's the day after a fast and I weigh MORE..... Apart from fluctuations driven by unaccountable phenomena (I think I have lost or gained at least 2lbs in a day without any discernible cause, perhaps weather-related?) I can only suppose that my fast-ending meal wa...

Graham

Tuesday: 11st 5 1/4lbs W 39 7/16" Wednesday 11st 4lbs W 39 7/8" Today 11st 3 3/4lbs W 39 1/2" And I'm fasting again. Second time I've seen this pattern of weight loss carrying on for at least a day after a fast, probably to do with being very strict with No S, so the deficit state actually goes on ...

Graham

11st 7lb w 39 7/8" not good

Graham

I really liked that article - great humour. Thanks for stopping by my check-in and the encouraging words Lori, regards, graham

Graham

11stone 6lbs waist 39 3/4" Is this good or bad? same as Tuesday - but 2lbs lighter than last Sunday. Woken too early by noise, went for a long-ish bike ride - 1 1/2hours, my stamina was excellent!

That was very encouraging, and so too your words, Lori, thanks for that.

Graham

Bikes are great, however,I got a little discouraged the other night. I had a chat to a cyclist with permanent brain-impairement since a hit and run driver left her lying in the the road 2 years ago. Like the sergeant in "Hill Street Blues" used to say: "Let's be careful out there"

Graham

11 stone 5 1/4 lbs Waist 39 1/2" BP 95/72 pulse 48 bpm So, a No S success and a fasting success - however, I was tired last night. By the time I had the chance to sleep, it came but wasn't prolonged. I have had a sensible breakfast, the sense of some sort of desperation receding, compliance should ...

Graham

late weigh/waist (after some water and coffee and short bike ride) 11stone 6 1/4lb waist 39 3/4" I felt slimmer. And I'm fasting. I am hoping this time will be better than the last, my new theory is that the SWEETS I ate so many of on Saturday and Sunday (and Monday night :oops: ) were what made tha...

Graham

11 stone 6 1/4lbs W 39 3/4"

Graham

11 stone 6lbs 39 5/8" Thanks for the sympathetic thoughts idontknow. My PC is messed up, have to use someone else's pc to actually post anything here now, keyboard support is going, must go to repair shop I suppose. Yesterday's fast was really hard in hunger terms, though I thought I was ok with it...

Graham

I think it's hilarious how the government is trying to regulate salt, fat, sodas - Hello, NONE of it is working! How about giving more subsidies to fruits and vegetables instead of milk and meat, for starters... And have the food pyramid say NO SNACKING. I don't know how much regulation your govern...

Graham

GUS DIED Sad news: one of my favourite cats, Gus, died this morning. He had a large growth in his abdomen, only detected when I took him to the vet for an eye problem about a week ago. He was a somewhat difficult cat - jealous and prone to costly maladies - but he was a lovable bugger and I'll miss...

Graham

11stone 8lbs 39 3/4"

Graham

2 rounds of 24 hour fasting and nearly a month of NoS (admittedly, with many reds, but also many greens) has done nothign to shake my weight - sigh. I was careful not to binge in my post-fast period. Paprad, this sounds very unfortunate: I'm very intrigued by what you say. Did you lose weight follo...

Graham

I travel by bike whenever I can. Total journey times are usually shorter than public transport or cars here in London, certainly over journeys up to 10 miles, depending on time of day. Added bonuses as you say - frugal, ecologically sound, healthful. I'd say "nicer" too but the truth is, some cyclis...

Graham

11stone 6lb Waist 39 3/4" and my seated resting BP: 109/75 pulse 53 I feel a little lethargic. No big deal on a Saturday, but I wonder sometimes if it's a sign I'm not eating the right things. What my mouth wants, or my stomach wants, might not be what my muscles or brain need to feel energetic. Th...

Graham

I wonder if this might be yet another of those male/female differences? Not according to my ex-husband's behavior. He was even less likely to eat breakfast than I was. Black coffee only for him. OK, one good example to negate my theory. I wonder - was your husband a smoker, and are you? I ask as sm...

Graham

Bunny88 I do sympathise with your frustration and the hint of self-loathing. I was in a similar mood when I decided to give IF (intermittent fasting) a go. I have to say it works, and I feel a lot better about myself now I've found a doable way to lose weight. It can be easily combined with No S, it...

Graham

I made a nice beverage discovery yesterday: Perrier water with added lemon juice. It is the best-tasting next-to-zero-calorie drink I've come across and the bubbles help distract me from any feeling of hunger - you might like to try that as an alternative to diet soda

Graham

11stone 6lbs Waist 39 3/8" So, for the first time, two fasts in a week. Again it was a little shorter than the ESE norm: about 22 1/2 hours, or, if you count my milky coffee, only 20 hours - anyway, I broke the fast with a biggish meal - with seconds, and though I never had the chocolate icecream I...

Graham

I did fast, then had a No s fail = seconds, then. later, sweets.

Graham

What I have learnt from intermittent fasting is that hunger means absolutely nothing-it's a very primitive instinct and you can't use it as a guide to tell you when and how much you should eat. You daily calorie needs are determined by your BMR and activity levels-so if you need 2000 calories a day...

Graham

but what about the "brekker is important" principle? is that also a myth then? I've never found breakfast to be an important meal. It's considered the least important meal in some other areas of the world (throughout the Mediterranean, for example). I've found that the more substantial my breakfast...

Graham

Hi Brent: not clear here, are you asking about how to follow the No S diet? If so, I guess having a snack with your beer on an N day outside of a meal would be against the No S rules.

Was that what you were wanting to know?

Regards, Graham

Graham

11stone 5 1/4lb Waist 39 7/8" Lightest I've been since mid January, when I watched holiday laissez-faire destroy 9 months of weight-loss effort in a matter of weeks. Last week I made the mistake of slackening my efforts, intimidated by apparently shedding weight "too quickly" only to see nearly eve...

Graham

11stone 7 3/4lb Waist 40 3/16" Well - I've been here before! - last Tuesday, same weight as today. Differences? Yesterday's fast was shorter: only 19 hours. Tricky - I had visitors in the evening so I ate earlier than 24 hours. I then felt very tired - but I had some voluntary work to do from 11 to...

Graham

11stone 9lb 40 1/2" I fast today. I wish I had fasted a day or two ago. I feel a little depressed just now, a little sad, like I've got out of that mood of really looking forward to the next fast which would have made it very easy. I could do some gardening but SO is worried that I should attempt i...

Graham

11stone 10 1/4 lb Waist 40 1/4" Yesterday was an S day, no biscuits - but seconds and snacks - and work - gardening. And I felt very fatigued - and now? I don't want to get upset. I can say I have an ambition for myself which is contradicted by my behaviour. I have one method that seems to work to ...

Graham

11 stone 9lbs 40 1/8" So what was the "weight loss" then? Hot weather? I worked so hard yesterday, had to eat big meal but compliant anyway - and look where I am today! Pity I didn't go for the 2nd fasting day. Now I'll have to wait till Monday.

Graham

Hi MarieDe - I sympathise with your struggle - I did 5 weeks of No S and only lost 2lbs - that happened in the first 6 days, after that it actually started to gently climb again. I'm in a very different position to you - I'm male, taller, more muscle and more activity by the sound of things (I cycle...

Graham

Weight 11stone 5 3/4lbs Waist 40 1/16" Some nausea yesterday. Slept early, now up early. Hope today goes well. I won't do a second fast this week probably - I'm having to do so much extra physically demanding stuff I don't think it would be appropriate - and probably uncomfortable. Oh, and it was a...

Graham

I wondered if you, like me could be hypoglycemic? With all the dizziness and almost fainting. Thats exactly what I go through and one reason why I felt sure I'd never be able to do no s. I'm only my 3rd day in so can't toot my horn yet but I found giving up sugar and taking chromium helps. Hello Sh...

Graham

This 2 part article begins discussing benefits of IF enthusiastically and then flipflops and concludes that Itâ€™s looking like the intermittent fast is another of those ideas in science that looks good in animal studies then not so good in human studies, proving once again that rats and mice arenâ...

Graham

Weight 11stone 6 3/4lbs ! Waist 40" ! And the day was a No S Failure (sort of) - so who cares? I do. I want to be good. I want to be right. I want to belong. I want everyone to like me. The weight loss? Small breakfast, small lunch and small supper but supper was salad and then veg, couscous and qu...

Graham

I've read a lot of Brad Pilon's work on the net. he does say that research shows that people don't slow their metabolisms and all that from fasting. My question is why are there so many heavy people who try to diet that way, skipping breakfast, maybe having a yogurt for lunch and then end up scarfi...

Graham

Weight 11 stone 8 1/2lb Waist 40 1/8" Yesterday was a failure: I had the old salad/soup/not enough to fill my tummy problem - I needed more than the one plate rule would allow. And of course there was the post-fast need for a few extra calories. So, later on I had the rest of the pancake mix from t...

Graham

Dare I imply that some of the failures and greater hunger and such are actually somehow connected to the fasting? In my own case I'm sure that's right, I wanted more than usual on the day after my fast. I assumed my body was not only maintaining itself but re-stocking the depleted glycogen stores a...

Graham

I think there's something here that is from human nature and is recognized by the world's religions but completely missed by science. Great thread Kathleen - but I'm intrigued, you've made this remark twice about science missing it - yet as Paprad shows, for example, from her illuminating research ...

Graham

Weight: 11 stone 7 3/4lb (161.75lb) Waist 40 1/8" This was an easier fast, from late meal Sunday to a late meal on Monday. I had no problems with my bike riding either, though I had to do 2 fast rides and one more leisurely, none were longer than 15 minutes. I wasn't hungry at the start this time, ...

Graham

Weight 11stone 10lbs Waist 40 1/2" Didn't feel like I was eating so crazily. I was around H and the allotment which meant snacks and late eating, but look at the weight gain! No surprise, then, that I am fasting again today. I could hardly not, but I have this horrible suspicion that I'm working ag...

Graham

Weight 11stone 9 1/4 lb, Waist 40 1/2" Sunday's an S day as was Saturday - but S day or not, Saturday was not nice for me. I had a lot of biscuits, and I put on 1 1/4lb in that one day. I didn't feel like I was binging, and I would have eaten a little better if my shopping had been better planned, ...

Graham

I have just this week done one fasting day. It is really too soon to give an overview - but after 5 weeks of near 100% No S compliance and my weight having been roughly static for the past 3 weeks I seemed to need more than No S. On my fast I lost 3 1/2 lbs in 21 hours. I re-gained 1 3/4lbs in the f...

Graham

I kept to the rules. Difficult discussions with SO, also fatigued - is it her, the hot weather, the fast sequel? Whatever. 5th Week of No S draws to a close. Thinking of doing fast No.2 starting Sunday night after my evening meal. Would that be ok? Does the start and stopping time have any effect on...

Graham

Yesterday was exempt as I was going to what I thought would be a party - in the end it wasn't but it would have been very awkward to make it a straight N day, so I had cake, and strawberries and some rice with sweetcorn and onions. Hardly a blowout but not all on one plate, and with a feeling that I...

Graham

9 am Woke very early - before 5, slept again till @ 5:30, had to get up. I weighed 11 stone 7 1/2 lbs! (minus 3 1/2lbs in 21 hours!) Waist 40 1/4" - lost 1/2" around my waist in that time. By 12 hours I was feeling tired and, after I woke and weighed myself at 6am I did think maybe I should end the ...

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