FastDay Friends Weekly: We'll be back in the New Year!

View this email in your browser Season's greetings, errantbehavior! What a year it's been, not just for me personally but for our community. We've moved to our fancy new server, changed name, changed our look, gone mobile, started a newsletter... and none of this would have been possible, without YOU, our dedicated FastDay Friends! Thank you for your ongoing support this year and congratulations for all you have achieved - maintaining, losing or simply perservering! The FastDay Christmas Challenge - a fantastic success! This week I'd like to say a special thank you to FastDay member Juliana.Rivers for her great work in running the Christmas Challenge. Thanks to her efforts with a group of over 100 members, almost a dozen of them have reported in so far as reaching their goal. What a fantastic result! Don't forget if you joined the challenge, it finishes at midnight on December 22nd, so be sure to report in with your results! View the Christmas Challenge topic Congratulations to... Debs mas54321, judithn Panda_Po Kelly25-tr WarriorPrincess bofa45 MaryAnn Madcatlady Tammae Brand-ie Did you know...?   Dealing with cynicism and pessimism about fasting If you're fasting over the holidays you may find some of your friends and family don't understand or may even be critical. Here are some tips for how to respond to them. What's the buzz?   You can eat whatever you want if it's homemade   This great little video was shared with me and seems really apt for this time of year when we're so prone to over indulge. Remember to eat fresh, homemade food whenever possible! Kale & Cheddar Bubble and Squeak 190 calories per serving If I'm being completely honest, it's not the Christmas day roast dinner which I get most excited about, but using up the leftovers for days after to make Bubble & Squeak. I usually serve mine with leftover meat or a fried egg. This recipe courtesy of Tinned Tomatoes can be made with leftovers but is good enough to make from scratch! Enjoy it on a fast day or have a bigger portion on a feed day! We'd also love to see pictures of how YOU use up your healthy leftovers to feature in the New Year! Get the full recipe now Vegetables win! Last week we asked which foods you eat most of on your fast days. The top 3 foods for fast days came out as Vegetables (32%), Meat (19%) and Eggs (17%). It looks like the official Fast Diet mantra of "mostly plants and protein" really is what most of us stick with, especially as in fourth place we have Fish (11%). No other food group got more than 6% of the vote, it seems that sugary carbs and fatty foods are less popular on fast days - which is no bad thing! Find out more about when and what you should eat when intermittent fasting.   We're taking a little break from our polls over the festive period but they will return in the New Year! Watch this space :)   Happy Holidays! Well, that's all from us for 2014, but we'll be back in your inbox come the New Year with lots of news and developments from the FastDay team. Happy holidays everyone! See you at the forum!   Follow us on: Copyright © 2014 FastDay Ltd, All rights reserved. You joined the 52fastdiet.co.uk forum Our mailing address is: FastDay Ltd 8-10 New North Place London, EC2A 4JA United Kingdom Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

FastDay Friends Weekly: A handy guide to festive fasting...

View this email in your browser Ho ho ho errantbehavior, are you ready for the holidays? It's very nearly that time of year again! If you want to avoid gaining extra pounds over the holiday season check out our handy tips for festive fasting, below. On top of that 2015 is rapidly drawing closer and I expect many of you are now approaching your Fastiversary - watch this space if so, as we've got something special planned for you... It's time I shared my own fasting success story with you! "Years ago in my twenties I managed to lose a large amount of weight – through daily calorie restriction and some pretty bad eating habits as a result of a controlling and unpleasant relationship. When the relationship broke down and I found a new man I was happy again and felt free to eat as I wanted to. I kept the weight down to a reasonable – albeit still slightly overweight – level until we got married..." Read my 5:2 success story! Could your fasting story inspire your fellow fasters? Get in touch, we'd love to share it! Did you know...?   Successful weight maintenance strategies Whether or not you've reached your goal weight yet, with the holidays approaching, aiming to maintain weight over the festive period may be more realistic than losing! What's the buzz?   10 tips for festive fasting   It's the season to "eat, drink and be merry" as many call it, but if you've been losing weight you probably don't want to undo all that hard work. Did you know the average Briton gains around 6lb over the holiday season? Healthy Fish and Chips 375 calories per serving Whether it's a cold winter or warm summer where you are, there's nothing so comforting as a tasty helping of fish and chips! This recipe transforms an old favourite into something fast day friendly - with enough calories to spare for some mushy peas and ketchup! Get the full recipe now Stand up and be counted! Last week we asked if you vary your fasting methods to fit around your life. The result show just how flexible intermittent fasting can be, with around half of you sticking to your preferred method (which obviously fits around your life well enough on its own!) and the other half of you mixing and matching or combining multiple methods on a regular basis. A number of you also commented that you'll skip meals from time to time if you can't fast, which is one of my tips for festive fasting!   This week we're asking: Which foods do you eat most of on your fast days?   FastDay wants YOU! As we approach our second anniversary and almost a year of being known as FastDay, we're looking to give the site a bit of a face lift, something a bit easier on your eyes than the current yellow! If you've got an opinion, now's the time to speak up in the discussion at the forum.   See you at the forum!   Follow us on: Copyright © 2014 FastDay Ltd, All rights reserved. You joined the 52fastdiet.co.uk forum Our mailing address is: FastDay Ltd 8-10 New North Place London, EC2A 4JA United Kingdom Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences