Farfelu's Journal, 08 October 2013

How are you doing on your "fast" days? I recently switched over to the 5:2 diet, and I find that I feel a little shaky on the fast days, like my blood sugar is super low or something. Do you eat your 500 calories usually in one meal, or do you like to spread them out throughout the day? Tomorrow is a fast day for me as well, hopefully we both do good! 

I HATE hunger. That being said, Every day is different. Usually I eat my "breakfast" around noon, my "lunch" at dinner time and make sure I have saved enough calories for a diet hot chocolate before bed so I can sleep. Last night I even saved enough to pour in a shot of Jameson Irish Whiskey. Slept like a baby. Yesterday I went with lots of vegetables but on other days chicken tenderloin got me through because I needed a protein fix for the blood sugar feeling. Excellent bang-for-the-buck protein item. Put it with warm fresh spinach (I like a little vinegar on it) and got can get pretty full. 

I hate hunger, too, that's one of the main reasons I stopped recording my food intake on here. I find, for me, it's really counter-productive, it makes me super-ultra aware of what I'm (NOT) eating, which for me is a bad thing because I end up feeling starved and deprived. I'm a creature of comfort, I could (and do) eat the same things day in and day out, as long as I love what I'm eating, I can eat pretty much the same thing constantly and not get tired of it. Hey...how do you make diet hot chocolate?? I could use a break from diet hot and cold tea, I love hot chocolate so much! Chicken tenderloin with spinach sounds sooo good too... 

Bebe - For the first 70% or so of weight loss I was on the Lindora plan. I think there are many similar plans out there, but they taught me some neat tricks on staying full and bang-for-your-buck foods. They have a hot chocolate that has 15 grams of protein (important to get full) and only 70 calories. But in a pinch I have used the diet cocoa from stores (Swiss Miss 25 calorie, Nestle Fat Free 20 calorie) which have no protein but I will use 2 packs of it. The hotness seems to calm the angry tummy best; cold foods not so much. The other high protein brands you can get online are just as good as Lindora and usually cheaper. I like the web site for "Nashua Nutrition"  

Glen - I know what you mean! And lately I have exercised less because I had a knee injury. POOP!!! Do you have a Facebook, Glen? I would love to share pictures (I posted quite a few)and I never could figure out how to use this site. :-)