Hi everyone. Live in Lincolnshire, UK and I only started the 5:2 diet last week.

In January 2013 I weighed 19st 4lbs and decided enough was enough. At 63 I had to finally sort myself out before I got too old to care!

So I joined an online club which is part of an allotment forum I belong to. In the past year, I have lost nearly 5stone, and at Christmas, for the first time, I didn’t put on any weight, but we still had a few little treats.

I lost well the first 2 weeks of this year, then put on a pound, so when a couple of people on the forum mentioned they were doing the 5:2, I thought I’d try it to see if I could do it and give my weight loss a boost!

Don’t know if it works that quickly, but my restrictive days are Tuesday and Thursday, and when I weighed in on Friday I’d lost 4lb 4 ozs!

Really pleased, and looking forward to learning more from you all!

Thanks Ali, yes I treated myself to new scales when I started last year. They weigh in lbs, stones and kilos. So last week, it was a loss of exactly 2kgs! Eager to see what this week’s weigh in brings!

I only have a glass of wine or vodka and sf lemonade on a Friday and Saturday!

I keep myself busy and was surprised I could keep to 500calls on Tuesday, but Thursday was 596! But still less than usual!

Hi Angie, thank you for the welcome. Yes, I am pleased with my progress so far, but still have over 2stone to go, which is why I thought I’d have a go at the 5:2!

So far I have dropped from size 26/28 to 2 a size 20. Would like to get back to a 16 which will do me, as I am tall.