Any Canadians on the 5:2 Program?

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Long2beMe

12:24 pm
21 Oct 16
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Hi ya’ll, I’m in Canada and just found this lovely board. Looking for some friendly support as I embark on the first day (today). I’m 54 years young and 16lbs heavier than I was 3 years ago. Thanks to menopause and my insane sugar habit which I have given up effective today (wish me luck there).

judytoronto

4:02 pm
21 Oct 16
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Hi Long2beMe. I’m 57, and I’m in the 4th year of working on weight loss. At this point, I’m down 54 lbs, but for the past year my weight loss has stalled and the 5:2 diet looks like it will get things going again. I’d like to lose another 100 lbs.

I hear you regarding sugar, it is worse than cocaine addiction, or so I’ve been told. I have found the more I eat healthy foods like fruit and vegetables, my cravings for sweets go way down.

I’m in my first week with 5:2, and I fast on Mondays and Thursdays. It would be great to support one another, and hopefully more Canadians will chime in. It’s a big help to know what foods/brands/etc., are in the Canadian stores. Broth, vegetables, beans, and 1 fruit are what I have done for the first 2 days of fasting. Not very exciting I know, but they’re all low calorie foods so I can load up on them!

lmck55

7:21 am
24 Oct 16
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Hi there! I’m 43 and in the Vancouver area! Tomorrow will be day 1 for me! I think I will also be fasting on Mondays and Thursdays and they are days that I usually work so hopefully I’m too busy to feel hungry! I have about 80 lbs to lose….probably more.

I’ve tried posting this twice but so far it’s not letting me! Hopfully this time I won’t do whatever I did wrong!

I’m getting started on this because a couple of weeks ago I applied for a new job. It’s with an airline (Jazz) and it’s for flight attendants. At the time I applied it wasnt’ really a job I wanted but I wanted to get my resume back out there and maybe if I was really lucky get an interview for practice. I’ve been in the same job for a long time so it’s been a good 10 years since my last interview! I would love to get on with an airline because I love to travel but was more thinking customer service at the airport…that sort of thing.

Anways, yesterday I got an email saying I’ve been selected for an interview! So now I’m freaking out! lol plus the more I think about it, the more I kind of do want the job! Alas, I know that while they can’t come right out and say that you have to be under a certain weight the reality is that I do not have the body for working on small aircraft! I know it, and after the interview they will know it too!

So….I’m going to do the interview (thankfully it’s online) and I’m going start this program, and maybe in a year or two when I can fit through the emergency exits of a Dash-8 airplane I will re-apply! 🙂

I haven’t told anybody all that so shhhhhh…. 🙂

Good luck to you guys! How’s week 1 going so far??

judytoronto

6:33 pm
26 Oct 16
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Hi there Imck55! It sounds like giving yourself up to 2 years to get your weight down is a reasonable time frame. What I’ve gathered from reading the different posts here is that the 5:2 diet is not a fast way to lose weight, and that’s a good thing, I think. My own experience is that even losing 2 lbs per month is better than losing 15 lbs and then gaining back 20.

Week 1 was okay for me. I ended up on my 2nd day of fasting eating an extra 300 calories of pure junk (ice cream!!!) but I keep in mind that this is a plan to have a calorie deficit WEEKLY, not daily. So I had 1 fruit and 2 cups of broth for my breakfast on Friday, and that helped get me back on track.

I agree that fasting on a work day helps a lot. Many posters here say it helps to keep busy, and the hunger pangs do pass.

What’s your fasting day menu like? My go-to food when I’m really hungry is vegetable broth. It’s only 12 calories per cup, and I have up to 8 cups on those days which comes in at ~96 calories. Can’t beat that! I also have 1 fruit for “breakfast”, a big bowl of plain salad (no dressing, but I’m getting used to it) for “lunch”, and then at dinner a large bowl of vegetable soup with beans. I’m careful to not add oil to any foods I’m eating on a fast day. That’s a great way to add calories.

When is your interview? I’m sure it will go well, you sound like a positive person and that always opens doors. I wish you the best! Being in customer service sounds like it would be a really good fit, and once you’ve lost weight, a job of being a flight attendant and travel will be yours!