Monday and Thursday are fast days for my
husband and I. I don’t mean that we do things in a super speedy manner. Rather
that in a bid to try and rectify the results of years of unchecked eating,
scoffing and gorging, we are following the Fast Diet as devised by Dr Michael Mosley
and Mimi Spencer. What I like about it is that you don’t have to turn your back
on a food group; you don’t have to count calories every day for now until
eternity and no food are forbidden. For
five days out of seven you can feast and for the other two days you have to
limit your calories to 500 for a woman and 600 for a man. This does actually
prove to be quite hard. Especially for someone who is as greedy as me and
always looking for something to snack on. I have to confess to being foul on a
Monday and Thursday, my chosen fast days. I get headaches that I know are the
result of dehydration. Cooking the children’s dinner is torture. I really am
the worst faster in the world. But I am persevering. From reading the Fast
Diet, health benefits are explained and while the weight loss is slow I have
managed to comfortably fit into a pair of trousers I had resigned myself from
ever being able to wear again. So even though the children, Michael and the dog
give me a wide berth on Monday and Thursdays and I feel myself turning into a
bear with a sore head and a grumbly tummy I will not quit. I try and find low
calories meals with some taste and texture. A rice cake will not suffice. Today
for lunch I picked some asparagus from the garden and boiled an egg. The fresh
green soldiers dipped into the soft yolk were scrumptious. And it comes in at around 100 calories. Now that does bring a very rare fast day
smile to my face.
GCSEs are taking place now
and son had his first today. Daughter is also busy revising for end of year 8
exams so to try and cheer them up I served up chocolate pots with strawberries.
I can’t begin to stress how hard I had to fight the urge to lick the wooden
spoon. I managed to resist by thinking of all the yummy stuff I can eat
tomorrow.
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