Something new

I decided to try something new. I hate to think of it as failing and more along the lines of shuffling. Doing 5:2 for over 2 months was hard. I lost 6 lbs but I feel it is time to move on. Last week I started feeling woozy, like I was going to pass out. So I had something to eat and felt immensely better. Then I contemplated what 5:2 really is about. It is restricting calories for 2 days. So at that point I decided that 5:2 had been very good to me but I wanted something more.. to be less hungry/woozy feeling but still gain the weight loss benefits. 

I looked into calorie cycling (also called zig-zagging). My format is this: 1,000 calories for 3 days and 1500 for the other 4 days. This gives me 9,000 cal a week which should still result in fat loss. Doing 5:2 I noticed I was averaging about the same, 9,000. Anyway so far so good. I don't feel horrid anymore and I am still exercising as much as time permits and using my fitbit. I'm optimistic at this point and feeling healthier. Maybe it will be a matter of going back and forth.. doing 5;2 or zig zagging. We will see..  

Whoo!

I weighed in today and I finally lost that pesky pound! I am thrilled. Tom said it would happen and that I needed to just stick it out. Fast day yesterday was pretty hard though. I was SO hungry after my chicken and broccoli dinner. I find that it is easier to stay on 5:2 if I do a lot of repeat meals. So I'm still doing the following on fast days: coffee & hard boiled egg for breakfast, soup (light Progresso kind) for lunch and dinner is either chicken or tilapia with veggies or turkey sausage sautéed in chicken broth with bell peppers and onions. I'm not bored of these meals yet and Tom hasn't complained yet haha. 

It's been about 2 months on the fast (I started on 1/11/2016). So 6 lbs down in 2 months is not bad. I wish it were falling off faster but I am learning I need to be patient because this is my long term goal. I think I will be pretty happy with another 11 lbs lost. But I have 1 more pound to lose and I won't be in the 'overweight' category (according to the BMI chart, which I think is BS). 

Ugh

I have forgotten to make my progress updates. I think I am more annoyed at not having lost anything in almost 2 weeks. But at least I am maintaining my 5 lb loss so far. So that's good. The 5:2 is still going well. Fast days are hard but I keep on going knowing the next day I can eat normally again. I stopped tracking calories on my fitness pal because I hated feeling obsessed over it. I refuse to go through my life tracking every bite I put into my mouth. So now I'm just counting calories on paper on fast days only, nothing more. I hope it's just a weird hormone thing keeping the weight loss from happening. We'll see.