Hi everyone,

I’m a 38 year old Australian woman who has very recently done a ten week stint of The Fast Diet with my husband.

We both lost 5kg in the official time, but since then, have found that we’ve lost another kilo each.

I started at 69kg, but am now a very comfortable 63kg.

I did all measurements before and after the diet. I lost girth everywhere.
The most noticeable place where I’ve lost weight is my waist and my face. I have curves and a jaw again.

My husband and I are now doing maintenance Sundays, which is today.

We found the diet to be difficult at first, but got used to it very quickly. We fasted on Sundays and Tuesdays. We chose Tuesday as our second fast day, as it is the lightest day of work for us, and we felt that we could handle the ‘hunger grumps’ on those days.

Since doing the diet, I can now resist food for longer than I used to. Often my stomach grumbles before I realise that I’m hungry. Portion sizes have been reduced, as we no longer feel the need to eat as much. Snacking is less often, and of course, of a smaller size.

I found that I no longer am ruled by food. Food is last on my list of things to worry about for the day.

My productivity shot through the roof on my fast days, as I needed something to keep my mind off being hungry.

My creativity does diminish, and so I find that I cannot learn something new, write a poem, or do anything extremely meaningful.

I’ve recommended the program to many friends, but all have declared that they couldn’t possibly do this thing called ‘fasting’. I used to be of the same mind, but of course, I changed.

I did exercise during the diet, and started what is called the C25K program, where you go through a 9 week program to eventually jog for 30 minutes non-stop, or jog for 5km (whichever comes first).

The program can be found here: http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

As I was unwell for two weeks of the diet (but still fasted) I didn’t exercise, so I’m doing week 9 of the C25K program this coming week.

Exercising with The Fast Diet is fine. In fact, exercise is a hunger supressant, and I found that while fasting, I didn’t want to eat breakfast straight away.

Results of the diet are; weight loss, loss of girth, greater energy, feeling fit, looking great (people have remarked on a “glow”), and having a higher self esteem.

I got into The Fast Diet from watching the BBC program ‘Eat, Fast, and Live Longer’. I then purchased the ebook, which I read in two hours, and talked the possibility of doing the program with my husband.

I used the guide for foods at the back of the book, and made up some meals for my husband and I. We didn’t buy any special diet foods. I used what was available in the cupboard and freezer. Once I had put our planned meals down, it was easy to follow the diet.