FastDay Friends Weekly: More tales of 5:2 fast diet success!

View this email in your browser Howdy, errantbehavior! How is your fasting journey progressing? I hope you're steadily working your way towards your goals for health and weight loss! If you've hit a plateau and your weight seems to be stuck, you might our Fasters Troubleshooting Guide helpful.   Room for two! Julie lost 70lbs with 5:2  "I class myself as a work in progress and 5:2 will be a lifelong commitment for me."   Find out how she did it!  Could your fasting story inspire your fellow fasters? Get in touch, we'd love to share it! Real tips from real fasters If there's one thing fasters love doing, it's sharing their tips with one another! We've all got our own favourite ways to get through a fast day, whether it's ways to keep busy, favourite filling foods, sensible snacks or ideas of what not to do on a fast day! If you've got a top tip you think other fasters could benefit from, email it to us and we might feature it in the next newsletter as well as on the FastDay site! Om nom nom! Curried Leek & Apple Soup 100 calories   What's the buzz? The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Part 2 10 unexpected surprises when you start the 5:2 diet. Did you know...? What are the side effects when you lose weight? Find out about the potential side-effects from your success and how to deal with them. You're an active lot! Last week we asked if you exercise. I must admit to being quite surprised at the result, with almost two thirds of you saying you do, and that you started it before you started fasting. I suppose being someone who has always abhorred exercise this seems strange to me! It seems this way of eating attracts people who are already on the path to a healthier life as well as those who want to lose weight. A further 17% of you say you've started exercise since fasting, it's great to see you're trying to tone up and improve your overall health through fitness as well as food. I'm among the 9% who say they want to start some kind of exercise soon, though until recently I've been unable to due to ill health, along with another 8% of you.     What do you find most useful? The FastDay site is divided into key areas, the main ones being the Fasting Library, Food, Buzz, Forum and Progress Tracker. We want to be able to give you more of the content you find the most useful and interesting, so please take a moment to tell us which areas of the site are your favourites!   ...and finally, just for a giggle :) 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: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly...

View this email in your browser Hi there, errantbehavior? How has your week been? I hope it's been a good one, whether you've been fasting or not - and that the scales have been kind to you. Even if you're now maintaining it's important to keep an eye on your weight, as you'll see from our poll results! With the holiday season approaching it's time to start thinking about your wish lists! Are you hoping to receive anything health or weight loss related? We'd love to hear your gift ideas for fasters! What's on your list this year?   Kerrie's amazing 5:2 diet transformation!  "Health, happiness, control and lack of fear around food!"   Find out how she did it!  Could your fasting story inspire your fellow fasters? Get in touch, we'd love to share it! Are you trying to get in shape? While diet may help us lose weight and improve our health, exercise can help us to tone our bodies and improve our shape as well as our health. If fasting has inspired you to try to get in shape as well as losing weight, why not join in the Fitbit Chat topic at the forum and get support from other fasters trying to improve their fitness?   Om nom nom! Goat's Cheese Toasts with Baked Beetroot and Spiced Walnuts 245 calories   What's the buzz? The Good, the Bad & The Ugly of intermittent fasting 10 unexpected surprises when you start the 5:2 diet. Did you know...? How can I improve my sleep on a fast day? Fasting can make you more alert which can be a problem when you want to sleep. One in four fasters doesn't fast on holiday Last week we asked about your habits when it comes to tracking your weight loss progress. It's great to see that about half of you track you loss on a weekly or even daily basis. Well done! As is evident from the comments in response to the topic, those who stop tracking when they reach maintenance often allow the weight to creep back on. Keeping track of your weight once you've reached goal is certainly as important as tracking while you lose weight! It's also been fantastic to see that about half of you use the tracker at FastDay and to see your suggestions for handy tracking apps. Thanks to everyone who took part in the poll! We'll bear your feedback in mind when it comes to future developments on the tracker.   Do you excerise? It's interesting to see how many fasters have started trying to improve their health through exercise as well as fasting. Have you started excerising since losing weight? Have you always exercised? Do you love it or hate it? Let us know by voting in this week's poll! Your favourite fasting websites We think it's really helpful for fasters to be able to find all the fasting info and recipes they need in one convenient place, the FastDay website. Did you know we have a list of our favourite Fasting Food Websites? We're always looking for more great content we can help share with our fellow fasters, so if you know a great 5:2 recipe site or other fasting sites you think we should know about - maybe even your own? - then please drop us an email with the link. Who knows, your site might feature in the next newsletter! 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