Hi everyone 🙂

I am going to be starting the 5:2 diet as of tomorrow. I have a few meal plans mapped out for my fast days- good, healthy food with a calorie total of 500-600.

I have been unhappy with my weight for the past few years. As you can read on my profile, I used to be able to eat what I wanted without putting in too much hard work at the gym and I still had a small waist and a toned stomach. I then started on anti-depressants which I was on for 2 and a half years (been off these for three weeks now – yay!). I believe these played a big role in my weight gain as it has just crept up on me and my metabolism has seemingly slowed down – all of a sudden I’m nearly 11 stone instead of 8 and a half. For someone that’s never struggled with weight, this is really hard and has hit my confidence massively.

I dislike the gym but still try to go twice a week and eat reasonably well. I can’t seem to shift any weight as I can be a bit of an emotional eater plus I get bored of dieting very quickly. I’m really hoping 5:2 is the answer I’ve been looking for; I go on holiday in 5 weeks and I’m dreading wearing a bikini so I’m praying it can help even a tiny bit before then!

I’d really appreciate any help and tips and will post in here how I’m getting on 🙂