The past three days have been Feast days. As before, I did not feel an urge to actually "feast" -- probably because I didn't want to undo the good I'd done on my Fasting days.
The main ways I've indulged is in drinking a bit more alcohol (including 2 social engagements) and in dessert (more Ben and Jerry's fro-yo). But I do find myself taking more time to make my food choices: trying to make them healthy and filling, not just eating mindlessly.
Today I baked bread so of course I ate some of that (mmm, freshly-baked bread). If you've never tried James Lahey of NYC's Sullivan Street Bakery's famous "No-Knead Bread" technique, don't walk, run to this site for more info! Actually, I used a variation of that recipe, the Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day version. Both are divine -- and really work!
Just try to eat the bread (or give it away) before your next Fasting day!
Tomorrow: Week 2
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Sunday, January 13, 2013
Day 2: Feast
Day 2
(still transcribing from journal...)
This was a "feast" day (as opposed to "fast"). Interesting. I'd read elsewhere (such as the very helpful and informative listserve for 5:2 dieters on MumsNet) that some 5:2'ers felt they ate less on Feast days even though they *could* eat whatever they wanted. Well, we all know it would be easy to undo the good deeds of the Fasting day by gorging the next, but like the others, I felt I didn't want to stuff myself the next day. For one thing, I woke up absolutely NOT hungry. I'd experienced this before: if I eat a big meal late at night, I wake up the next day starving.
So today I ate normally: my 2 cups of coffee with lowfat milk in the morning, then around 10-11 I got hungry. I decided to make one of my favorite smoothies: a Green Smoothie with bananas, spinach, almond milk, flaxseed oil, almond butter, cinnamon, and ice. I got the recipe (and other great recipes) from the charming website, Marin Mama Cooks. It's filling, healthy, and delicious. A great way to get your greens.
Later I ate a handful of roasted unsalted almonds (I buy them raw and roast them myself) and a couple clementines.
For dinner I had delicious Thai Curry Soup with tofu (from a restaurant). Delicious! Love that coconut milk.
I treated myself for dessert with a scoop of Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia frozen yogurt - I like the frozen yogurt version better than the ice cream!
Also: I decided not to weigh myself until I was a week in. So no scale for me! But I did run 3 miles at my usual slow-as-molasses pace (about 10-11 mi/hr) -- which is how I like it.
(still transcribing from journal...)
This was a "feast" day (as opposed to "fast"). Interesting. I'd read elsewhere (such as the very helpful and informative listserve for 5:2 dieters on MumsNet) that some 5:2'ers felt they ate less on Feast days even though they *could* eat whatever they wanted. Well, we all know it would be easy to undo the good deeds of the Fasting day by gorging the next, but like the others, I felt I didn't want to stuff myself the next day. For one thing, I woke up absolutely NOT hungry. I'd experienced this before: if I eat a big meal late at night, I wake up the next day starving.
So today I ate normally: my 2 cups of coffee with lowfat milk in the morning, then around 10-11 I got hungry. I decided to make one of my favorite smoothies: a Green Smoothie with bananas, spinach, almond milk, flaxseed oil, almond butter, cinnamon, and ice. I got the recipe (and other great recipes) from the charming website, Marin Mama Cooks. It's filling, healthy, and delicious. A great way to get your greens.
Later I ate a handful of roasted unsalted almonds (I buy them raw and roast them myself) and a couple clementines.
For dinner I had delicious Thai Curry Soup with tofu (from a restaurant). Delicious! Love that coconut milk.
I treated myself for dessert with a scoop of Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia frozen yogurt - I like the frozen yogurt version better than the ice cream!
Also: I decided not to weigh myself until I was a week in. So no scale for me! But I did run 3 miles at my usual slow-as-molasses pace (about 10-11 mi/hr) -- which is how I like it.
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