I’ve never even heard of the 8 hour diet! I’m just starting the 5:2 diet (one fast day yesterday so I’m on a ‘normal’ day today) but I know it does work as long as you don’t go too wild on non-fasting days.

I’m not very experienced with forums either so, in more ways than one – you are not alone.

I’ve just joined too but from what I’ve seen so far there is a lot of friendly support to help you through, answer questions etc so you’ve come to the right place.

Good luck!

I did what was essentially the 8 hr diet for a couple of years, but it was ad hoc and not very rigorous and I also dramatically reduced my fat intake at the same time. I didn’t weigh myself very regularly either as this was mostly about improving blood numbers, but when I did weigh in, I found I’d been losing about 2 pounds per month (and since I’ve been weighing more frequently, I find that my weight varies by ~3 pounds per day so a month for me would be hard to measure on that diet). Weight loss was something I’d given up on years ago, but I lost ~35 pounds before plateauing and my blood numbers all improved very much, so I’m high on fasting.

Then I heard about this and since I started in late May, Ive lost an additional ~18 pounds. I’m mostly still doing the 8 hr diet too if it’s convenient, and I still try to stay low fat and low glycemic index. I still need to lose at least 10 pounds and I keep expecting to plateau again, but so far so good. My doctor can hardly believe it.