Good for you Dragon fly and busy_mummy.

I’ll join you both and my weigh in on a Monday, starting on 2nd.

Hi all

just joined the site and planning a fast day tomorrow!

Will join you with a weigh in on Monday xx

I always weigh in on a Monday so I will join you too. I have done 3 fasts this week, one of which was liquids only….. BUT…. I had kebab and chips with a couple of glasses of wine last night so it will be interesting to see what the scales say tomorrow.
I live in Spain and pool weather is just around the corner, it is roasting today! I need to look better in swimwear. This fat has to go.
We can do this!

Hi guys! This is the first time I’ve ever posted in the forum…Have tried 5:2 before but never seem to make it past the first week. I would like to lose about 20lbs before August (which is when I go on holiday) so will keep up with this thread and weigh in tomorrow. Planning on doing a Monday and Thursday, although it will be Monday and Wednesday this week because of social commitments – don’t want to be that boring person on a ‘diet’ when I’m out with friends!

Does everyone eat normally on the non-fast days? I know you’re supposed to but I don’t know if I’ll have enough of a calorie deficit to lose if I don’t restrict myself on non fast days… Not sure though – any advice appreciated!

Hi Gianna M – I’m planning 3 healthy meals per day, with the occasional treat and glass of wine, previously when I have followed this structure I lost around 1 pound per week, even on those weeks I was sure I had eaten too much…it does work. Good luck.

Hi, joining you here for March. Messaged yesterday but it disappeared into the never never.

So weigh in day today 73.7 kgs. Fast days Monday and Thursday and I do my weigh in the hard way i.e. On the morning of the 1st fast day of the week. I’ve lost 7.5 kgs (16 1/2 lbs) since mid November.

On non- fast days I eat 3 meals, occasionally only2, lunch and dinner. I stay under my TDEE. For the 1st month I recorded everything I ate and drank on non-fast days as well as fast days. Doing 5:2 has changed some of my ‘normal’ eating and I now have a new ‘normal’.
No grain foods at all even GF ones . I’m intolerant to just about all grains but any grain food seems to stop the weight loss for me. So only birthday cake, and a few rice crackers about monthly is where I’m at,
Lots of water.
9/10 days or so I eat from 11am to 7pm
Replaced flat white with tea or black coffee with milk on the side.
Not a drinker of alcohol, soft drinks or fruit juice and I’m sure it’s helped not having those calories adding in.

Merry

Morning! I’ve started at 18stone 3lbs and feeling very positive that I will be under 18stone soon. I lost 5 lbs before I found this forum but the last two weeks were more difficult and I was searching for some online support when I found this thread. I know I’m the kind of person who will do better being accountable to others!

Gosh! so many of us so quickly, thanks for starting this thread Dragonfly. First fast day going ok. Had quite a bit of celery which I love but miss the big dollop of mayonnaise I usually apply. My tummy was growling at me a lot today so I was trying to make it my friend and I think it worked cos it has shut up now. I too will be having soup for my dinner Jolind, it’s a great filler upper. Good luck everyone.

Thanks for the responses above answering my questions!

Today is my first fast day, weighed in this morning at 142lbs.

Planning on weighing myself every Monday. For each pound lost I am going to reward myself with a mini beauty treat as a sort of incentive to keep going as I never stick to diets!

The post dinner fullness has worn off…Someone please tell me that it gets easier?!

Tues 3rd checkin- Good morning all . Well done to the newbies who’ve finished their 1st fast day. And yes it does get easier. 🙂

I prefer to weigh every morning after I wake up and have been to the loo, and record it and graph my weekly weight on Mondays.
Merry

Hi Merryme, waving back from east coast of Spain, the gorgeous Costa Blanca. It’s 7.15am on the 3rd.
I did a 350 calorie fast yesterday and today is a liquid only fast. Just enjoying a black coffee. Feeling a little bit hungry but I know it will pass.
Onwards and downwards.

Hi magicarp, waving, 🙂
Do you know Ashton Under Lyne? we moved here from near there 🙂
My liquids only day consists of black coffee in the morning. Lots of water, with a generous squeeze of fresh lemon (we have a lemon tree! I still can’t get over it, haha) or with a splash of fruit juice, from a carton. A cup of fruit tea in the afternoon. Then a very luxurious cup of bovril for tea. More lemon water watching TV. Early night. Jobs a good’un as we Mancunians say.
I started at 10.12, similar to you, on 5.1.15. I am now 9.11. I am amazed at myself. Me, under 10 stone, unbelievable. And loving my new way of life.
Good luck everyone!

Hi Applepie, you’ve done great losing more than a stone, wow! Bikinis for you in your sunny climes, so jealous of the lemon tree, we once stayed at a villa in Majorca and had one with loads of fruit, me and my sister-in-law couldn’t leave it alone, in every drink and on every salad. Not sure I could do the liquid fast but good on you. I know where Aston-under-lyne is, just across the pennines from me, I’m in Chesterfield so a big wave to Dragonfly, also just over the pennines.My walk today Dragonfly will be round sainsburys but I have just started having a go at the HIIT, high intensity exercise, 3 minutes a day. I have just done 60 seconds of skipping and it nearly killed me, can’t believe how unfit I am! Anyway, must get back to work. TTFN

Wed check in and hello Scotland, England, Spain and SE Qld! 2nd non-fast day and up 300gms. Now I’m 3 months into 5:2, I’m really wanting the scales not to climb too much on my nonfast days. Often I eat in an 8 hr window from 11am to 7pm. I read somewhere on the forum that that helps. Continuing to take in the waist on trousers and starting to take in under the arms a bit on sleeveless tops. Beginning of autumn here, so still quite hot.
Merry

Great big smile on my face this morning after stepping on the scales 🙂 That liquid only day really does the trick, and it’s easy! But I only “officially” weigh in on Mondays (I am hard on myself) so we will have to see if I lose overall in the week.

Hi Taz9 you will enjoy this new way of life, and you will enjoy even more the fact that it works! Welcome 🙂

Onwards and downwards

I’m new here smile Just started today. I just turned 24 and weigh 166.6 lbs. I want to try losing at least 20 lbs to get started, but I’m really interested in just getting fit enough to join activities without getting exhausted right away. I’ve been trying diet and exercise off and on, but can never stick to it. I’m also follow http://wp.me/p5NIsT-14. It seems wonderful! I’m hoping this will help with motivation to keep it up.

Losing weight is freaking hard as can be, especially with so much information out there on the right way or wrong way to lose fat. Foods we can’t eat, exercises we gotta do, it’s enough to drive somebody crazy.

Hello, I’m waving from Staffordshire

I started last Wednesday, so almost March
Second fast day today (Monday my first)and so far so good, I do virtually no exercise at all……..which is embarrassing waiting for the warmer weather so I can get out into the garden. Would love to do some skipping but fear I may scare the neighbours.

I shall weigh in tomorrow morning and get back to you all

good luck

Morning all. Today is my second fast day. Have to try hard not to eat in the evening as evenings are very bad for me, can’t resist to eat. Please give some tips for this. Thanks

Thanks magicarp, I will try Pukka tea. And brush trick is also good.

I’ve read your posts and feel the community you have fostered. I want to contribute as I’ve already benefitted. Thank you.
Just turned 60 two weeks ago. It’s time to take the lead and stop feeling twice my soul size. I never had to think about what I ate for the first 50 years of my life. I was always the slender one, fit into anything. Now, ten years into this WOACA thing, I’ve had to buy all new clothes, can’t manage the cute little vintage calf-length pencil skirts any more, but I want to. Took the grown daughters, who I see twice a year, on a family vacation. One said I looked so much different than I used to that she felt she didn’t know me. To be fair, I did let my hair go silver/gray, and for the most part, I like it. But along with the sagging chin, I don’t recognize myself in photos. This has to change. I intend to keep the hair but loose the chin. I’m no good at diets, but I think I can do this one. Three days in, one fast day under my belt, I’m jumping in whole-heartedly and hope to loose 30 lbs in six months, faster if possible.
Your posts are all so motivating. Thank you.