5:2 last hope

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lp84

3:15 am
9 Apr 14
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its hard to be positive when this is the thousandth time you have started trying to lose weight. im awake its 4am my bed is surrounded by diet books my kindle is packed w/them and yet I lie here bloated and breathing heavily feeling any ounce of health leak from my body. it is quite infuriating to have the knowledge yet so little willpower or energy to put that knowledge into practice. if I put into practice the amount I read on dieting I would be slim and healthy 10 years over. I will be 30 in 3 months, one year ago I set a target to lose 5 stone by then…nothing not even a gram or cm has been shed. so slight change of plan by 30 I would like to be on the road to a healthy slim 30s so here I am. the 5:2 has interested me for a while now yet ive never managed to get going. it makes sense to my life style so here goes, sorry for the mini ranty intro but thought someone out there might feel the same wish me luck and look forward to reading the forum.

JIPWGP

7:11 am
9 Apr 14
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I am twice your age and I want to tell you to do it NOW please, in my twenty’s I wanted to lose a stone to get get to 9 stone, in my thirty’s it was a stone and and a half etc etc, I got to goal in 1995 losing 3 and half stone but I did not keep it off and like you I have read every diet book on the market. I did it with weight watchers then and I am back with WW now, I lost 56 lb in 17 months in 2010/2011 but it was hard going because I am now taking steroids and I have under active thyroid but I walked everywhere. It’s just as hard to keep the weight off but I have kept 50 or so of it off since 2011. I wanted to lose another 8 lb so I get back to goal because I still go to WW class every week and I do not want to pay. I had heard about 5-2 everywhere but not really read the science behind it. I urge you to get the book Dr Morsely and mimi from the library and read it cover to cover and back again no skipping pages. I have only been on it for 4 days because I weigh on a Tuesday morning and I have lost 3 lb I did every other day because I only had 4 days to weigh. I have been stuck for weeks and weeks, so please do give this your best shot, make it your last big effort (because your are going to get there this time) good luck keep us all informed.

MelbourneMum

7:24 am
9 Apr 14
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Hi lp84,
I really hope this lifestyle is for you, and that you can fill your kindle with reading that is much more fun!
Just take it day by day, week by week, celebrate each loss and don’t beat yourself up if you feast too much here and there. The fast days are like a reset button.

monkeyslim

7:56 am
9 Apr 14
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Hi ip84,

Like you I was a long term WW weekly weigh in girl. From age 11 I was going on and off for periods of time, convinced it would eventually work for me the WW way. At 31 I came to the realisation it was never going to work long term. 5:2 is so much easier please do it, just make the decision and do it. I have lost 22lbs now over 6 months, still been enjoying myself takeaways, going out etc . Its such a flexible way of life, and can be enjoyable too. Go for it! Good luck keep us posted 🙂

TracyJ

11:43 am
9 Apr 14
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Don’t think of it as a diet, think of it as a lifestyle. Impose your own rules on yourself and tweak them as needed. Be strong and restrictive on your fastdays and be much more generous but aware and prepared on your non-fastdays. Trust the numbers and try to stick to them but allow yourself one or two ‘failures’ along the way.

This lifestyle IS flexible, it IS easy once you find a way that works for you and it IS simplicity itself – any complexity comes from the rules you give yourself in order to make it yours.

Best of luck – now get on with it.

Linds

12:11 pm
9 Apr 14
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Hi IP84 – It’s worth a try, what have you got to lose (pardon the pun)?

I’ve lost 20 or so pounds in 6 months and am the lightest I have been in years. I still have a way to go and, although I don’t think I will ever be able to say “no” to “just one”, I am finding this lifestyle works for me.

At the end of the day the logic behind any weight loss is to eat less and move more (if you can) but, as TracyJ says this plan is very flexible. It has taught me that I won’t die if I don’t eat and to try and eat sensibly on the other days – – smaller portion sizes and less snacking.

Good luck, I’m sure you can do it. Linda

lp84

5:37 pm
9 Apr 14
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thanks all, ive read the books just doing a bit of planning now

x

simcoeluv

5:50 pm
9 Apr 14
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Hi and welcome:

Here are some tips for those just starting 5:2: http://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/warnings-to-newbies/

As with any diet, patience is a virtue!

Good Luck!