Hi,

I’m an “old lady” from Finland (65 in August). In April 2013 I started a process to lose 15 kg. In August 2013 I’d lost 6 kg and started 5:2. In April this year I’d lost totally 10 kg and both me and my doctor were very satisfied. But and this is a big but: for years I’ve eaten medicin both for cholesterol (not statin) and diminished ability to resist suger. A week before my latest blood test I stopped to take those medicine, because I wanted to find out how the diet had worked and I was really surprised. I’ll quote here the results of blood test six months earlier and this latest one, so you can see how they were:

glucose 6.0 –> 6.1 mmol/L
total cholesterol 5.3 –> 6.3 mmol/L
HDL 1.69 –> 1.95 mmol/L
LDL 3.3 –> 4.0 mmol/L
triglyceride 1.32 –> 1.53 mmol/L

Although they all are within the limits (except LDL), all the results have gone worse and even my ALAT (liver test) had risen from 20 to 36!

I’ve eaten a bit more calories during the fasting days (about 600-800) and in the normal days I’ve stayed in 1900-2000 calories. My BMI is over 40, but I don’t have high blood pressure and I’m exercising three times during a week. In otherwise 5:2 has suited me well, but have you noticed some differents between men and women? For instance, I’ve read that Atkin’s diet works better for men than women.

I’m going on with 5:2 and hoping the results will get better. Anyway, I’m slowly loosing weight so at least that’s pleasing!

Hi franfit,

Thanks for your answere. Yes, you are correct about my medication. Well, I’ll just have to be patient. I’m a bit sceptic wether I’ll ever been able to go off the medication, but at least i’m going on my 5:2 diet and the next goal is -5 kg till October, when I’ll have my next medical examination. And my doctor told me to take my medication 😉