Hi this is my 3rd day and had 850 calories walked 2km and 1lt water Last night slept like a Log! I apppreciate your posts it gives me hope. Its rather difficult with making food and cakes and savoury pies for the other half and not eat any! But I am desperate to lose this weight, so I shall persevere! Good luck to you all.

Hi TracyS I am on day 4 today. I started with fast day 1 was easy and I has 2 cups of Tea no milk no sugar 1 slice of dark full wheat bread small egg for breakfast. Walked 2km drank 2 07:41:37 water 1 cup coffee no milk no sugar. Usually I have 2 sugars but as I am so bloated I want to cut out sugar for a while. Then evening I had 2 home made pies (small) and 270gm steamed cabbage (which I love) I was so ful I could not eat nothing else and all together it was 398 calories. Strongs to you !

Hi Mrs Pepperpot!
You have all my sympathy, as I had some years that. I am so glad that you are working on your body as I know that you are going to feel like a million dollars when you’ve reached your goal.

5’2″ on a good day. More like 5’1 3/4″ ha ha. Weighing in at 127lbs – should be around 115! Going to try to lose about 5 before Christmas. Will be a major challenge considering we are moving 5 states a week before Christmas. Ack!!
Probably won’t be posting much between now and then – but will def be a lurker.

Officially fasting today for the first time in a while. Was doing “modified” fasts the past few weeks – trying to keep it to 2 meals a day for a few days/week with minimal snacking. Lost a few that way, but feel like I do better with “official” fast days.

FWIW – I did this about year and half ago and lost about 10 lbs. But we moved and I quit fasting – and gradually put it back on.

I think we need to quit moving…. Sorry to ramble.

Good luck to all!

Just completed my first fast day. Weighed myself this morning at 56kg. I must confess I´m starving and my boyfriend was eating chocolate next to me and I resisted the temptation. Chocolate is what got me in this position! LOL
Now if I could just get to sleep without raiding the kitchen….

Ha ha yes pennylane, you are right, its like do i accept i’m in my 40’s so should I be happy at 10 stone, but no cos of height you know you’ll end up looking dumpy! Sorry to hear you found the first fast day hard, maybe look at what you had and try something different next time. And remember its only a day and enjoy tomorrow ☺

Good Morning Day 5 and tomorrow is a fast day. I shall attempt Sunday as a fast day as well. Sunday is also my weigh in days so please keep your fingers crossed for me. I feel a bit less bloated allready. You all are shorties but believe me its just as hard for us tallies to shed weight and we feel just the Same when overweight. Good luck to you all and remember to drink water!

Hi MrsPepperpot and everyone, I know how you feel, had a really good first week, lost 3lbs ☺ but 4 days of normal eating now and don’t want to just pile it back on, so going to try to stick to my daily limit and hope it all works out, enjoy your show and dinner, the joy of this diet is you should be able to enjoy it pretty much guilt free. I guess we all have to remember not to go overboard though!
Have a great weekend everyone. Don’t know about the rest of you but the weather is dreadful, wet and windy, where I am, and I find that seems to make me want to eat more!

Hi everybody, reading that you all are happy and full of courage will get me through this weekend. Today is my 7th day and a Fast Day. I started 1 Nov with a fast day. Through the week I stayed under the amount of calories allowed for normal eating. Monday to friday used 978, 865, 1102, 867 and 1276 dayly. Today and tomorrow I shall stay under 500. I drink 1-2 iter water every day and walk 2kilometers.
Tomorrow is weigh day.
I feel a bit less bloated but it does not feel as though I have lost anything and If anybody can give some advise, I shall appreciate very much. Good luck to all.

HinPenny
Ane – im 5ft 8 and any weight i put on goes straight to my butt! If that makes you feel any better? 🙂

Hi Pennylane.
Please do not give up. Keep at it for another 8 days. Its only a week and maybe you will have a nice surprise at the end of it.

I incorporate a lot of broccoli, cabbage, salad, green beans, cauliflower and onion through the week as a nutritionist told me that they are fat burners and Very low in Calories. Steamed or stirfried.

Today is my 8th and weight day. I am 2Kg down and assume that’s mostly water. But I am quite hungry and will attempt another fast day today.

I feel very good about the 2Kg but as its the first week I can just Hope to at least be the same weight next Sunday!

Courage to you all!!

Hi everyone,
This seems to be the group for shorties 🙂

Can I please join? I am 5 foot 1 and want to lose 13-14lbs. I did the 5:2 in April but stopped in July and yes, you guessed it, have put all the weight back on (and a couple more pounds to add insult to injury).

Because I have done this before, I can tell you that it really does work. I lost 10lbs with what I would say is relative ease. I started to feel amazing and was starting to like what I saw in the mirror.

I will be fasting on a Monday and then will be flexible with the second day but it will be Wednesday or Thursday. I will weigh on Friday’s.

I get married in 7 months so I have an added incentive to want to loose weight and get fit.

Good luck everyone xxx

Welcome Emma and Jan there is mostly Short People here baut we tallies also. Hope that you will loose all you need to and then join the Maintenance team via Home and stay slim.

I found this Diet on 1 November and joined immediately. I keep Written diary on all I eat and drink.

Good luck to you.

Hi Everyone
Today is officially my first day of 5:2, a fasting day. I haven’t had the guts to weigh myself because I knew it would be dire, but I thought better to know the truth and be empowered to change. So for me it was a bit dire: 143.6. Ugh. My goal is 10 pounds by the end of the year (8 weeks). That is less than one pound per week, which should be do-able. I guess I feel like my strength is that I do quite a bit of exercise. I will post weight every Monday publically…otherwise I feel as though I will let it go.
Many thanks to all of you who are part of this group – I find a lot of motivation by reading your posts and hope to be active here until the end of the year. Amazing some of your personal stories, thanks for sharing.

Hi everyone

I too am 5ft 2ins – I started last week and have lost 1lb – but been away for the weekend – so actually quite pleased with myself. I have crept up to 11 stone over the last few years and can’t seem to shift it – I did well once with a protein based diet – the lbs just fell off me – but also came back! I feel I need to find a way to lose the weight and be able to keep it off – so fingers crossed – fast days for me are today and Thursday. Something I like to make are little oatbran pancakes – I make about 4 small ones and have them with coffee/tea throughout the day then an evening meal – usually a 3 egg omelette (plain) with broccoli.

Here’s the pancake recipe in case anyone wants to try it:

These keep well in the fridge, wrapped in clingfilm and can be frozen. I usually make twice the amount in 1 go and have them ready for both fast days.

One portion is:

Ingredients
1 1/2 tablespoons of Oat Bran (widely available in healthfood shops)
1 1/2 tablespoons of non-fat fromage frais or quark
1 egg
You can add some Splenda if you prefer a bit of sweetness – I do! – just a teaspoon is enough.

Directions

Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and pour approx. a dessertspoonful on to a non stick pan that has been greased beforehand with a few drops of oil on kitchen paper. Makes 4 small pancakes.

Cook for 2-3 minutes each side. I cook 4 at once.

Approx 130 calories for 4.

Love reading all your posts – we can do it together!!

Have a good day everyone!

Hi Jessye
Today is my first day as well…I’ve got 10 pounds to lose, which I would like to do in the next 8 weeks. I too had porridge for lunch, and am wondering about the rest of the day. Think I am going to have veggie soup and some seafood for dinner. Me too, I’m sick of carrying the 10 pounds around me (it’s been about 3-4 years that I’ve tried – not hard enough – to get rid of them) and have decided this is it! So I’m totally committed for the rest of November and December to give it a great shot. Here’s hoping! I think being part of this community will help. I have never openly discussed weight loss and am really relieved to. Have a great day!

Hi everyone, it’s great reading all your posts, keep going!

I have to confess, last week I only managed one fast day, and the week before I didn’t do any! That week I went out twice and went away for the weekend, so lost £s rather than lbs!

I accidentally fasted today, I got up late and wasn’t hungry so didn’t eat breakfast, then just when I was thinking about lunch I got a phone call to unexpectedly go in to work this afternoon. I didn’t have time for lunch, so I thought I would take advantage and make it a fast day.

I have eaten: 2 tic tacs, a veggie burger, sweetcorn, hummus, 2 cups of tea.

The trickiest part of the day is still to come, namely sitting watching tv in the evening……

Hi to all the new people, lovely hearing from everyone, and I find it really motivating. Am one week in and lost 3lb after my fast days, had gone up by 1lb again after 3 normal eating days, do others find this? Would others suggest weighing just once a week? A fast day tomorrow, my menu plan is small cereal portion, lunch of salad with an egg, tea will be some slow cooked seasoned pork, just need to decide what to have it with, more salad or veg curry. ☺

I’m 165cm with 8.5kg to loose (Im a brit living in germany hence the metric system… i estimate 5ft 5/6 with 1 1/2 st to loose) Soooo its 10 weeks till my birthday so definitely feeling this challenge and goal! Started my first fast day friday and had my second today felt so positive as i did really well both days on the calorie counting but struggling to sleep now with hunger pains and a headache and desperately need to share with you guys as you are so supportive! :/

Thanks for listening in the first place it helps a lot, ive reached my 500 cal limit so i think the physiological knowledge of waiting till tomorrow to eat is taking effect too! Just concentrating on succes stories to distract!

Hi everyone,

My first day back on fasting went fine, apart from my housemate asking me if I was on ‘starvation today’.

Got up this morning not hungry and tried an ‘Insanity’ work out, the idea is that I’ll do one every day that I’m not fasting, but getting up early is not so easy for me.

Anyone else combining 5:2 with an exercise program?

Good luck anyone fasting today x

Sure. This will help. I was doing okay on the 5:2 last Fall, but then I fell off the rails. The weather was SO cold, and we had so much snow, I just said “screw it, I’m eating what I want”. Well, Spring came, and Summer, and here it is Fall again, and I am pretty much back to square one.

I need someone else to help motivate me.
I am also 5’2″, and I need to lose more than 14 lbs, but I would be ecstatic at 14! It should be doable in 10 weeks, even with Thanksgiving (US) and Christmas in the way. Of course, you have 3 weeks head start on me!

The main thing is, if I have to “report in” every week, I might be better!
Here’s to the challenge.

Hi Jambala

Thanks for the tip about the Horizon programme – I just watched it and as you say, truly inspiring. I want to be healthy and will thinkof fast days as heal days too – good luck with your challenge – and everyone – we CAN do it! We deserve it! Jx

Hi – it’s a BBC programme in the UK, which covered fasting. What it showed was someone who fasted 5/2 and lost nearly 1 stone over 5 weeks, but also had amazing changes in blood test readings for future heart disease, diabetes and cancer risks. Basically it was showing that fasting can bring big anti-ageing and health benefits – so makes it even more worth trying for me – I’m 60 and often feel it!! Good luck x

Ah – cool! Thanks you two. I’ll check it out.