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Ok so I have neglected this blog for a couple of months now... initially from a sense of euphoria that I didn't have to lose quite as much as I thought- cue my 360 health assessment at Nuffield health who said I only need to lose about 22kgs-  but then subsequently because I have been injured as a result of over training, I have had to take over a month's rest. I developed tendonitis over the top of my foot and it's been a very long and slow recovery...so, inevitably between the lack of exercise and the lack of focus and motivation my weight has steadily been creeping up. Back to where I started. Again.

But as many of you tell me, this is a journey, not just a means to an end and in the spirit of that philosophy I have decided to pick my self up and get back on that pony now that my foot has started to mend.

Quite by chance I stumbled upon the fast diet or 5:2 diet.... 5 days feast 2 days famine. I'm going to give it a try. I've not been bought by the science but there seems to be quite a lot of anecdotal evidence to suggest that there may be more to the theory that we aren't designed for grazing 16 hours a day, every day of our lives. A few people I know have mentioned that they have lost significant amounts of weight on this diet, and you certainly can tell that they are a lot smaller. The thing is I didn't think that they needed to lose weight to begin with so clearly the diet works by finding that "hidden fat" and eviscerating it!

The basic concept of the diet is that you fast by limiting your calorie intake to no more than 600 calories for men, 500 for women on your fast days and you can chose to either eat them all in one go or divide them over 2 meals. I've opted for the latter. Today is my first day of fasting and all things considered it's been alright so far. I had 145g smoked salmon for breakfast and have only drunk herbal teas, water and a coke zero all day. Later this evening I had a small supper and will now fast until breakfast tomorrow. And that's it, until day two - Wednesday- and then no more until next week. Let's see how this goes.

My intake today:
145 g smoked salmon: 170 calories
150g pork tenderloin: 204 calories
1 medium onion: 45 calories
80g broccoli : 30 calories
100g Cauliflower: 25calories
7 g butter: 50 calories
200ml stock: 20 calories

Total calories: 544