Rank......Name...........Start.........Goal.........Current.......lbs to go
1...........MsA.............224.............219...........220........... .2.0
2...........SheilaQ........174.0.........169.0.........172.0..........3. 0
3...........nihold..........178.2.........173.2..........176.4.........3 .2
3...........CityGirl........207.8.........202.8..........206.0.........3 .2
4...........Auggie.........236.6..........231.6.........235.4.........3. 8
5...........Redz............268.0.........263.0..........268.0.........5 .0
5...........Luckyk26......211.8.........206.8..........211.8.........5.0
5...........Jschwab.......227.5........222.5...........227.5.........5.0

Ms. A, I was getting my best results in the Spring when I was fasting regularly. I started out with some occasional one day fasts, like you're doing, then worked my way up to pretty regular two-day fasts. I even did one three-day. It wasn't as hard as it might seem, but I decided I like food too much to intentionally skip it for that long. When I was doing two days, I'd alternate with two "feast" days.

I mentioned a couple days ago that I was also doing better when I was working out regularly. For several months, I was really committed to doing something every day, just 15 or 20 minutes. I've worked out the last two mornings and I'm already feeling better mentally. I don't enjoy it and I had started making excuses like "well, I worked out the last couple of days and I don't really need to do it every day." It was a slippery slope and I knew it, and I ended up at maybe once a week.