Hi guys and gals,
So I’m a 52 year old guy who turned into a progressively fatter guy around my middle 30’s onwards and have yoyo’d a bit.
I love any of the Michael Mosley programmes and love the science behind the 5-2 and the changes it does inside as well as outside, looks phenomenal.

So started at 17st 9lbs (I’m 6 foot tall) which is about 247lbs…not good and felt rubbish. Chocolate and bread my favourites plus stopped playing football about 3 years ago due to a knee injury.

So I actually look forward to my fasting days (Monday and Thursday), I skip breakfast and eat one of those porridge pots you just add water to around 12.30pm, think they’re about 185 cals. I’m still having non sugared tea and coffee with some milk and I’m not checking calories of things particularly. Dinner on a fasting day is usually something like some chicken breast and piles of veg or salad and that’s me done.

So 3 weeks in and I’m now 235lbs so 12 pounds lighter and my knees are rejoicing!! I’m very conscious that the initial surge can be dramatic and that from here on in it’ll be gradual probably, just 3 pounds last week for example.

So question, did I read that the calorie intake for men was raised to 800 on fasting days? Can’t find that written anywhere but I’m sure I read an online article by Michael speaking of that?

Good luck all… 🙂