Another newbie here.

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Big Pete

10:38 am
19 Jan 14
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I’m a 56 year old male from Australia. My doctor recommended this diet to me as I’ve had trouble losing weight. At 118kg (say 18 stone roughly) and 175cm (5’10”) I am decidedly obese. Exercise hasn’t worked, as I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and can’t exercise enough to make much of a difference. Also I have a sweet tooth and just love chocolate. I’m trying to rein that right in too!
I’ve just started the diet last week, and am looking forward to results. My wife and daughter are behind me 100%, as they’re losing weight too, so encouragement won’t be a problem. They’ll be clamping down on what I eat other days too – not to make me fast all the time, just to make sure I don’t undo the fast days’ good work.

Big Pete

Ozbug

1:01 pm
19 Jan 14
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I’m new to this too…infact I’ve yet to commece. I’ve purchased the recipe book and read the science and going to start on Thursday of this week. Thursday being the first ‘fast day’.
I’m nervous as hell. There aren’t many guidelines about the ‘non fast days’, which I’m worried about. But I’m hoping to maintain a sensible diet …why couldn’t I do that before?
Anyways Big Pete…wishing you all the best on this journey. I’m Irish living on the GC, Qld.
May the odds be ever in your favour….(ok..my kids made me say that lol)

toms mantis

2:56 pm
19 Jan 14
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Welcome both of you. If you haven’t already done it, you can click on ‘in depth’ , top right hand corner, it will show you a link to TDEE calculator, which will work out how many calories you can eat on non fast days without gaining weight. Good luck to you both, and happy fasting.

sylvestra

3:09 pm
19 Jan 14
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@ozbug Don’t be nervous, there’s no need. You already know to stay within 500 calorie on your fast days so that’s a good start.

have you calculated your TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure)? If not there is a link at the top of the page called ‘how’ and a further link to BMR/TDEE calculator. have a look it tells you what it is, why you need to know and you can calculate it there.

Once you know the 2 figures, ideally you should eat somewhere between them – i.e. MORE than your BMR but NO MORE than your TDEE – on non fast days. You may need to experiment with amounts to find what works best for you. Remember you can eat WHAT you want on non fast days but not HOW MUCH you want so you can fit in a piece of cake or chocolate or a glass of wine, just be mindful of the calories they contain.

Some people find that using an app like My Fitness Pal or Lose It helps for the first few weeks to help track calorie intake and portion sizes – it’s only too easy to under-guesstimate calorie values.

After the first few weeks you’ll wonder why you worried. The beauty of 5:2 is that you do what works for you.. there is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way.

there is plenty help and support on these forums and in the faq link at the top of the page.

Good luck – tell us how you get on x

Angie090465

3:34 pm
19 Jan 14
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hi Big Pete and weclome to the forums!!
well done on starting 5.2, and its lovely to have your family behind you…

good luck on your journey, happy fasting 🙂

audrich

3:49 pm
19 Jan 14
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Hi Big Pete and Ozbug, all the best on your journey!

Aud x

K8Fa

5:23 pm
19 Jan 14
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Hi! I’m starting tomorrow and I’m super excited, I’ve been reading the forums all day and really looking forward to getting going. I’m a 36 year old (37 next week) training manager in London who has not really taken her health very seriously of late 🙁 That is all about to change! I don’t really have much weight to lose but looking forward to shaping up the wibbly bits!