Intermittent Fasting - 5:2 - Part One

Continuing from my previous post about diet here

I started lowering our calorie intake Friday after our visit to the doctor.
On Sunday, however, I started the prep for the fast. During the week I had bought a humongous watermelon.
Hack it to pieces is what I did.  What better way to brighten up your day than a lovely fresh and colourful fruit salad, eh ?
A very ripe and juicy mango was next, and a few of halved grapes.

Fruit salad for Monday and Tuesday

Made 4 portions. Mine 85 cals, Bert's 135 cals

85 calories

• 100 gr watermelon (36 cal)
• 1/4 mango  (16 cal)
• 33 gr grapes  (50 cal)

135 calories

• 150 gr watermelon
• 1/4 mango
• 66 gr grapes

I squeezed some lemon juice (which didn't have calories - wink wink) over the portions and stored them in separate containers in the fridge.

Sushi rolls for Monday

Made 2 rolls for each of us.  With salmon for Bert, prawns for me.
I cooked 250 gr of sushi rice. Whoops ! Mistake number one. Too many calories.
Oh well, never mind.

519 calories

• 125  grs sushi rice (429 cals)
• 100 grs of cooked and shelled prawns (90 cals)
• 2 sheets of nori
• a few strips of spring onion, cucumber, red pepper
• a dash of rice vinegar

674 calories

• 125 grs sushi rice (429 cals)
• 120 grs cooked salmon (245 cal)
• 2 sheets of nori
• a few strips of spring onion, cucumber, red pepper
• a dash of rice vinegar

Note I didn't do a calorie count for the nori, veg, etc.  I didn't see the point after going way over with the other ingredients.
We both had a cup of miso soup and our fruit salad, which made our first day not perfect. Bert 837 calories and I had 631.

I made soup on Monday to eat the next day.

Carrot and celeriac soup



650 calories in total

• 550 gr carrots, chopped (250 cal)
• 300 gr celeriac, chopped (110 cal)
• 170 gr onions, chopped (75 cal)
• 1 clove of garlic (15 cal)
• 2 tbsp sunflower oil (200 cal -whoops, again)
• 1 tbsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tbsp ground coriander seeds
• cayenne pepper, to taste
• seasoning
• water

In hindsight I didn't really need oil for the soup, so I could have saved some calories for something else. You live and learn.
The yield of soup was 1 liter each, which gave us 325 cals each.

My total for Tuesday was 500 calories. I added an extra 90 to my fruit salad with watermelon.
Bert's total was 583 calories as he had some cereal in the morning with milk (123 cals) - and I think he has been picking on some grapes when passing the fruit bowl.

OMG I am becoming a calorie bore !

Next fasting starts Monday the 20th
What to keep in mind :

1.  Don't use carbs such as rice on the fasting days. It doesn't leave room for anything else to eat.
2. One mug of soup should suffice, plus solid foods.  It was wrong (for me) to eat nothing but soup and fruits.  My bowels didn't like it, at all, at all. As a result I am not feeling too dapper this Wednesday morning.

Off to browse t'internet for interesting recipes and to start planning our dinner (salivate).

Patricia xxx...x