My biggest dilemma is that I have to take medicine in the morning. I don't want to eat until around 11 am because I like to have a late night snack of 100 calorie pack of cocoa dusted almonds. I've been putting off taking my medicine but the one I can't put off is an anti biotic.

I guess I can share this ,lol. I have to take an antibiotic before have sex or I will get a UTI.I have to take it with food.

I guess half of a Greek Yogurt would be 50 calories. I need to look up string cheese and baby bell light.

How about you? Is the 5:2 plan working with your life? I also don't like working out with my trainer on an empty stomach.

Will this not work if you have 11 hours in between instead of 12? There must be some reason you have to have 12 hours off.

I'm fasting today too. Mon and Ths. ESA carb control in my iced decaf until dinner tonight.

I am dreaming of cookies today. Devil be gone!!!!

OMG, went into the office and there was cake, and the secretary makes this popcorn with coconut oil and honey... she made TWO bowls full today. I ran out of there fast.

OMG, went into the office and there was cake, and the secretary makes this popcorn with coconut oil and honey... she made TWO bowls full today. I ran out of there fast.

That is so wrong! But damn that popcorn sounds good!

Yes run, run fast.

Fasting today. It is 6.35pm here and so far I have had raspberries' date=' Greek yoghurt, oats and cinnamon (one of my favourite meals). - I usually have this on a non fast day for breakfast. dinner tonight is butternut squash soup that I am going to add some chicken to in order to up the Protein. No extra exercise today, just walking the dog, as I had a heavy session with my trainer yesterday. If I keep busy I should come in around 500 calories.[/quote']

Ill take the butternut squash soup recipe please.

OMG' date=' went into the office and there was cake, and the secretary makes this popcorn with coconut oil and honey... she made TWO bowls full today. I ran out of there fast.[/quote']

Cake. CAke. CAAAAKKKKKEEE!!!!

Let me just say, I admire ANYONE who spins!!! .

And today, I beez HUNGRY! I was going to fast til noon completely giving me a 16 hour beginning window but gave in at 11 and ate A mini baby bel! . And it really didn't end the I tense desire to EAT but I'm drinking and will eat another 100 or so in a little while. Lol!

Okay made it through spin. Reg. instructor was missing tho and it was a sub. She was good but I missed the reg. one. Had a moment or two of dizzy, shakiness, but that happens on a normal day too. YAY survival!

OMG, went into the office and there was cake, and the secretary makes this popcorn with coconut oil and honey... she made TWO bowls full today. I ran out of there fast.

Oooh, popcorn on a fast day is just EVIL, pure EVIL I tell ya!

Sorry Georgia is was a cheat recipe. I was in the store today and in the fresh section they had this packet of chopped up butternut squash saying it was a soup mix. It was called spicy butternut soup with coconut, ginger and lemongrass. I just added the mix to some veg stock, cook and blend. They said it made 4 portions but I am having 2 as they are small. Each portion is 68 calories with 3.4 g of protein. As I said I will add some cooked chicken to bring protein up. It smells lovely and I will report back on taste. Husband and son just got in from work so I am fixing dinner.

sounds divine!

Sorry Georgia is was a cheat recipe. I was in the store today and in the fresh section they had this packet of chopped up butternut squash saying it was a soup mix. It was called spicy butternut soup with coconut' date=' ginger and lemongrass. I just added the mix to some veg stock, cook and blend. They said it made 4 portions but I am having 2 as they are small. Each portion is 68 calories with 3.4 g of Protein. As I said I will add some cooked chicken to bring protein up. It smells lovely and I will report back on taste. Husband and son just got in from work so I am fixing dinner.[/quote']

That sounds awesome. I'm going to surf my better supermarkets and see if they might have something similar. Yum

Finished for the day...except my SF strawberry tea. Went OK, a little over, around 570. I had some cravings, but came out pretty clean.

Me too! Wound up somewhere right around 500. Maybe 510 or so. Done. Really want to snack tonight. Peaches never looked so good and my calories were all gone. Ha! Tomorrow is another day!!!!

Ha! Tomorrow is another day!!!!

I've been saying that all day!

I was a little high on my fast day but did okay. Like you gals I just felt hungry. So was 600 by the end of the day...but it was a Roadside Lemonade Protein Shake that took me from 500-600, so I'm hardly calling it cheating.

Down again on the scale, WTF? Seriously - I am not complaining. I'm just not used to losing weight several days in a row. I am used to seeing the same pound go up and down. Maybe I hit a certain point and my body's like, "oh YEAH, I forgot I'm supposed to stay at this weight." I imagine that if I try to go lower than 135 I'll hit a wall again, like I did coming out of the 140s. Well, if it happens slowly but surely I can't complain. Well, I can complain. I probably will complain. But you know what I mean. I'll log an official weight on Sunday and record it in the weight thread.

Today is Friday; tonight's Shabbat. That means challah is rising on the counter. It means far less to me than before - I usually skip having a slice at all and only eat the bite I need to eat after the blessing! Crazy...bread used to be a food that made me crazy. I love that I can absolutely take it or leave it now.

I can't say the same for salt and vinegar potato chips, but hey. I'm a work in progress.

I'm far more excited about the roasted chicken and the yummy chicken salad the leftovers will make tomorrow. Oh, and the stock the carcass (+ a few wings and a quarter I saved in the fridge) makes will be yummy, too! Homemade matzo ball soup next week.

My husband turns 41 next week so there shall be cake. Instead of trashing half a cake later in the week because there's no way we can eat a whole cake, I'm making cupcakes, keeping a few here and sending the rest into work with him. I started to cut back on what I was sending in but his coworkers panicked. Baked goods are in demand, so I choose not to feel guilty about fattening up his office!

I hope everyone is doing well. Laura, how's your son doing? We're almost at the end of the first week - has he adjusted a bit?

~Cheri

P.S. That soup sounds lovely! Now I'm wondering if I should make soup tonight. I usually do, but we didn't invite guests this week (we usually have a few people over) and I didn't want to make too much food for our family. We might be five but the baby eats purees, the twins and I together make one person with a normal appetite and my poor husband winds up feeling like he needs to eat the food until it's gone. Or until I stop him. He's getting better about it. Anyone else find their LOs eating up their portions, too? I'm always shoving food off on my husband and I'm not entirely sure he appreciates it anymore.

Wow, I hope nobody's fasting. Clearly I have food on the brain. I should start my own food discussion/food porn thread and keep the naughty stuff there.

Yesterday was suppose to be fast day for me and I crashed and burned. I was doing good until I went to meet with my daughter's new daycare to drop off my schedule. She asked me if I wanted anything to drink, and I said no, but they ended up bringing me a glass of orange Tang, I think anyways. I didn't want to be rude, so I drank it, and it all went down hill.

I have been feeling very overwhelmed lately. My husband has be gone for 2 weeks out of the last 3 (which I am not used to at all, watching my children by myself) and I am going back to work in just over a week after being at home for almost 7 years with my kiddos. I just feel very down and feel like crying. I have struggled with depression in the past (this weight gain that I am dealing with was from switching medications). I have been doing well not being on anything, its just been as of late. I started taking St. John's Wort, but only recently. And my eating habits are still very tied to my emotions. So as of late, I have not been doing well. I have been sticking to the fasting twice a week, but on days when I don't, I feel out of control. I know I have to get my head back in the game, but I am really struggling. I was happy where I was maintaining and I am frustrated that I feel like I have to diet to get these pounds back off. Ugh

Sorry for my rambling. I am just feeling lonely and frustrated and, and, and. I am going to try and fast today to make up for the day yesterday. But right now it is only 8:20am, so I have a long day ahead of me!