Horizon and Dr Michael Mosley's 5:2 Fast Diet ... starting week 3.

So ... today is my 5th fasting day since I started Dr Michael Mosley's Fast Diet 2 and a bit weeks ago. I am determined to follow his programme, not only to lose weight, but to benefit from the amazing differences it appears to make to a person's chances of developing heart disease, cancer, diabetes and Alzheimers.

I have read his book and then re-read parts of it, but until last night I had not watched the Horizon documentary in which he first put forward his thoughts. My old blog friend Urban Cynic suggested I watch to get a fuller understanding of his ideas and I am grateful for the advice as I found the programme very interesting and it has made me even more determined to continue.

It is an hour long documentary, but it is well worth watching. The results of fasting seem really quite startling and the effect on the human body quite remarkable.

I am still experimenting with a way of fasting that suits me. I have had days where I felt fine, days where I felt ravenously hungry. Today I have had a glass of water and a mug of chai black tea. I don't feel at all hungry and plan to wait until I do feel that I need something and maybe have a couple of poached eggs, possibly some nice crunchy raw carrots or a tuna salad. I don't want to spend my day obsessed with food!!

It is interesting to see how many hits my posts on this subject have received and also how many people I know are actually following the plan. I have not heard a single bad review. Everyone I know who has started it has felt the benefits. I think its a case of being flexible, listening to your body and experimenting to find what suits you.

I definitely feel more alert, less sluggish and really don't feel the need or desire to fill myself with rubbish food! I will measure and weigh myself tomorrow and see if I have lost any weight, but, to be honest, having watched Horizon last night the weight loss side of this is the least important thing. As I head towards 50 I want to be as healthy as I can be both physically and mentally. I will check back here soon!!

Losing weight - day 1.

I am absolutely starving. This is a good thing as my dinner will be ready shortly and I am trying to be healthy.

not what I look like ...

I went to the gym today for my session with the friendly personal trainer and I took advantage of the high tech weighing machine there. I discover that I have put on 2 stone ... 28 pounds. Groan!! Here I go again, trying to eat healthily, do lots of exercise and generally pull myself together in an attempt to be healthy, fit and be able to sit down without my belly hanging between my legs.

ok ... I know I'm not vast, but I'm vaster than I want to be. Matronly I would say. Grrr

The last bit about my belly is an exaggeration ... but it seems that my whole life has been a fight against being overweight. Its bloody boring.

Still ... I am hardly huge. I have 28 pounds to lose and if I aim for a pound a week and start to eat the way I should then I will be fit and slim by February. Easy eh?? I think I have let myself go this year - not helped by a rubbish year at work, illness in the family and a general tendency to be a greedy mare. Comfort food and a liking for a glass of Merlot do not lend to healthy lifestyle.

The gym was great and I am looking forward to getting stuck into my routine. I just have to make the time for me and it will become a part of my life. Let's hope so anyway. Right now I would kill for a peanut butter sandwich!!