Hi, have I read this right you are waiting until you come back from your holidays, why not now? You can skip the fast for holiday but you could get a couple of one fastings in before you go. No time like the present and you could lose ( No you will lose before you go) I only want to lose about 8lb and I started Friday 4th April and yesterday Sunday was the second, my WW week starts on a Tuesday because I also do Weight Watchers for the other 5 days and my first WI following my start of 5-2 good luck. have a good holiday.

Haha – I love that people wait for books & holidays & all sorts of weird reasons. One woman once posted that she was going to start as soon as she’d finished off all the naughty stuff in her cupboards 😀

Anyway, there are loads of success threads you can check out for specifics on losing weight. The main thing is not to freak out about the weight loss aspect to start with and just concentrate on getting comfy with the lifestyle and finding what works for you. Please don’t weigh yourself EVERY BLOODY DAY, like some do. SOOOOOOOOO depressing that people do that.

– I was about 15stone when I started on 5:2 (the day after the documentary aired)
– 2 months later (the first time I noticed a difference in my waist line & thought I ought to check my weight) I was around 14-18lb lighter.

Some people lose weight first (me) others lose inches but not necessarily weight right away, and some are a combo. There are no set goals. Your individual and you need to find what works for you.

I’m over 18 months in now and 11stone 5lb last time I weighed. The last stone has taken almost a year, the first took 2 months. The next stone can take 2 years for all I care, it’s weight that was going nowhere until I started 5:2

Happy holidays & good luck when you get back 😉