I am starting the 5:2 intermittent fast today (Mondays and Thursdays 500 calories, other days normal healthy food choices). I am also not weighing myself until Sunday.

The first thing I noticed this morning was relief about not fearing whether the scale went up or down a pound this morning.

My plan is to rely on Protein shakes today because they are easy to control and satisfy me.

I'm going to post my experiences in this thread. All are welcome to join me.

Hello my peeps. Today I entered Onederland.

That is all.

Yay! Way to go!

@@JustWatchMe I bet you are extatic as I know you were hoping for that goal I am happy & smiling for you , have a wonderful day keep it up((down on the scales) yeah you did it!!!!.

Congratulations. Remember, you are worth IT!

Just an update. I've been more conscious of my band being tighter during and after fasting days. That first bite needs to be well chewed and eaten very slowly or my meal can be ruined easily. This green zone is tricky. I'm definitely there and I'm not too tight, but at times I am too tight for the type of eating I fall into. So the biggest change for me this month has been slowing down and chewing well. It works! I had pork not long ago doing that and I wasn't able to eat pork before. I can still eat a whole salad or many pieces of bread at a restaurant. I choose not to. I had a julienne salad last me two meals this week. One of the nice parts about being banded is that since I eat so much less, I can have "real" salad dressing, etc. In other words, my small meal is much more satisfying than a huge diet meal with sugar free or fat free crappy dressing. I love my band!!!

I went to a WLS support group at another hospital (not mine) last night and the facilitator reminded the group that this process is not a straight line. We will have ups and downs, and it's okay. Enjoy the ride, as he said. Wise words.

Checking this idea out. So let me see if I have it right. On sun and wed nights stop eating at a certain time and nothing to eat until the following day at 2. And then only consume protein and veggies totaling 500 calories. On the other days. Healthy foods @2000 calories. Is this right??

Kinda what I'm doing. I stop eating Sundays and Wednesdays by 7pm. I eat nothing until the next day around 1pm. That fast day meal is 500 calories and high protein. Then nothing until breakfast the next day, around 7am. Regular days I try for 1000 calories, whatever I want, three meals, protein first, healthy -- I'm still losing so that's my calories goal. But truly most days I'm closer to 1500. Good luck! DISCLAIMER: I'm no expert!!!!! Just tried it this way and it works for me.

Fasting day today. I brought some crockpot chicken and laughing cow cheese and a tomato to work for lunch. Small bites for the chicken for sure.

198.6 today. Lost less than I expected. Just 0.2 pounds. That's okay. My body changed a lot this week so I kind of expected a 2-3 pound loss.

I shared a popcorn with a friend at the movies Friday. This small theater uses Orville Redenbacher and it wasn't bad. I didn't feel guilty about it. But I realized how hard it is for me to share food. Eye opener. It brought back memories of binging as a teen and buying two bags of everything. One for my family and one for me. That way they would stay out of my stash and leave me alone in my room.

I'm in a good space and dropped a size this week. The only pair of jeans that fit me are now a size 16 and all of the plus size jeans 18w are too big. Fitting into my 1x shirts and giving away my 2x shirts. Headed back to Goodwill this afternoon for more clothes for work.

Cooking a roast beef for tonight.

Happy Sunday, everyone.

Went jeans shopping Sunday and size 16 is where I am but now it's hard to find a good fit. Lots of belly skin and belly fat to squeeze into these designer (!) jeans. I didn't purchase any. Maybe next week. I'll take that problem over the problem of weighing 103 pounds more.

Fasting day today. I'll bring some cheese to work for lunch and combine that with a Quest bar and some almonds. Although leftover roast beef sounds good, I know it can be too difficult to get past my band on a fasting day.

I know about the almonds as they fill me up on the days that I don't eat much.

When, when, when am I going to learn that I should not eat after emotional stress?????

Major stuck episode tonight. I've been stuck for the last hour and a half on dry roast beef. Stupid choice after a stressful conversation but it was dinner time and I was hungry. I thought I chewed my small bites enough but it didn't get past my band. I suffered for ten minutes then PB'd. Ugh. I thought it was over. Half an hour later I sipped warm coffee. Nope. Not over. Half an hour after that I sipped again. Nope. Not over.

I apparently now have trouble with roast beef. This is new. It was very dry, so I should have been prepared for a problem, but sheesh. What a miserable evening. The band is still blocked apparently. It doesn't hurt but I'm not attempting to drink anything else tonight. This just has to work its way down.

Tomorrow is a fasting day. At least that's the schedule. But if I wake up hungry because of this missed dinner, I'll just have a protein shake for breakfast and then my lunch. I don't want to be ravenous at my one meal tomorrow.

Flexibility, right?

What a miserable day. It's four pm and I'm still only able to sip (not drink) liquids. I had two protein shakes today and had to drink them very slowly. Misery. I really irritated my band. I think the blockage may have finally moved sometime today but I'm not taking any chances. Liquids today and tomorrow. I didn't even eat that roast beef quickly. But I just knew it was going to be a problem as soon as I started chewing and boy, was it ever. Decaf coffee is going down okay now. Medium sips. What a long, miserable day.

Edited November 13, 201411 yr by JustWatchMe

Feeling better this morning. That was rough. Let's hope for an uneventful day. I'm starting with liquids and we'll see how it goes.

Lentil soup for breakfast. Easy and no issues. Whew!