The 5:2 eating plan has been around for a few years now so maybe not so new. Has it been in the media again to bring it back into people's minds?
One of the ladies in the office has been following this diet. She's lost a lot of weight. The biggest problem though is maintaining the weight loss once going back to old habits.
The idea is that it is an eating regime not really a diet so that the idea of eating less on some days becomes the norm and there are no 'old habits' to go back to.
which is why I don't believe in diets. Change your eating habits to what you will eat life long and lose weight by portion control and exercise. Once you are at your desired weight there is no going back to old habits - you are already eating the way you need to and can slowly increase portions to a maintenance level. Of course different things work for different people, but this is the way that works for me. 65 and I can still fit into clothes I wore in my 20s (why I still have them is of course another issue - note to self I am supposed to be getting rid of all excess things in the house - that includes my jeans with braid on them that I wore in my hippy days
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It's so easy to lose control. I was dieting for 6 months and lost ~15kgs then my daughter was born and I had 7 trips back and forth to Thailand in 3 months and it's very hard to maintain a diet on the run.
Fasting doesn't work for me . Eat small, eat often is much better for my diabetes. Also need to avoid too many cooked meals where possible.
Many years ago. my wife had terrible problems with a tooth after getting a root canal.Went to see my doctor today to get a refill of my blood pressure medication and had a heart to heart with her about teeth pain (after talking about African safaris and showing her Ms FM's wedding photos - I love my GP
I thought this was interesting enouh to share here. My teeth have been driving me bonkers. I think I mentioned earlier that my root canal wasn't totally successful and I have been contemplating pulling it out and getting an implant. A lower tooth has been giving me issues over the last few months and I made my dentist pull the filling out and redo it even though he said he didn't believe there was any issue. Tooth was great for awhile, but has been giving me issues again - dull ache with occasional flashes of pain. OK today, but the upper tooth where the root canal was done quite achy.
Anyway she said it sounded like trigeminal neuralgia to her and suggested I go off and read up on it, which I have now done and it really feels like an Eureka moment. You can get pre- Trigeminal neuralgia and it can be triggered by dental treatment damaging a peripheral nerve. In fact an injection can be enough to damage a peripheral nerve if you are unlucky. So not much that can be done about it and the various aches are not enough to warrant drug use with side effects, but it does feel great knowing what might be happening and I don't need to keep hassling my dentist to fix things! Hopefully it will never move to full blown Trigeminal Neuralgia which sounds much more painful. My doctor did suggest acupuncture might be useful as well.
yes that was the original theory. Had an OPG done to see if there was another root and nothing showed up, but the Endodontist still went back in and had a good look to try and find another root but without success. This has been going on for nearly two years now! When the lower tooth started giving me problems, I made my dentist pull out the filling and redo it. He said afterwards there was absolutely nothing wrong with the filling or tooth. I was starting to feel like a total hypochondriac, so this gives me hope there is actually some reason!
Unless I have supper or snack in the middle of the night
