i started this morning had no sugar added muesli 350 , didnt realise it was
so calorific , so cant have a lot more today , is fruit allowed ?

CPR–our best thoughts and wishes are with you that your tests come out okay.
Good luck to you and we’ll see you back in the near future!

Thank you Linderly x Good luck with your 5:2 journey x x

Hi, I have tried few times but not getting off ground. I work 12 hour shifts days and nights and sometimes days off I just cannot stop the binge what starts out as a fast day ends up as 1000 plus calories lol. I am hoping to get rid of this bloody mid body fat. I get away with looking slim in certain clothes but I wouldn’t wear a dress and I hate spilling over top of my jeans!!!!! Really need to do this and thought joining the forum might keep me inspired. Fingers crossed. I’ve had 509 cals today and no intention to add anymore!!!!

Welcome Ottoline! Plenty of people in the same boat here! Welcome and Cheers!

Hi and welcome all. On my 10th fast today and one month in. Thought I went overboard yesterday but according to my fitness pal I didnt.

Hi to all on here I am a newbie.

I am not a faster and have tried this in this past whilst I had eating disorders and made me binge-eat after doing a fast each and every-time. I am here for the right reasons: to lose weight and try and rid toxins from my body without resorting to extreme fitness addictions and juiced food stuffs.

It is interesting to note that the more physically fit I become, the greater the appetite shrinks because of hormonal adjustment – this is a natural fast of sorts because your hunger reduces and hydration levels rise – ridding toxins from the body in equal measures whilst tweaking hormonal irregularities.

I started 5:2 at the begging of last week and at weigh in today I have lost 4lbs 👍! That is the good news. The bad news is that apart from my bust 36 to 35) I am no thinner anywhere else. Is this normal not to lose inches after dropping 4 pounds?

Any comments would be most gratefully received. TIA

Hello everyone!! I will be starting next Monday and want to find some newbie friends to keep in touch with. I am a 50 year old Mom who has been a career dieter. Atkins, Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Ideal Protein Ect…….. The only time in my adult life that i have been at a stable weight for any period of time I was following the plan without even realizing it so when I heard about it recently a light bulb went off for me. I am going to try fasting for 3 days a week instead of just 2 but I’m excited about not necessarily having to be so strict everyday that I go into the “all or nothing” mentality that I’ve had for years. If I screwed up in the past I would continue to binge on all of my forbidden foods until my next start date. I think for me knowing that I can still have some “normal” foods on off days will help me break my binge cycle. Wish me luck 🙂

Hi Rosie
I wish you luck on your journey. Although I have been told to eat 1600 calories a day I am using My Fitness Plan which suggests 1200 and that is what I have stuck do. I do two fast days of 500 calories and today for the first time in the three or do weeks I have been doing it I felt hungry or more accurately I wanted a glass of wine. I didn’t have it though 😉.
Tomorrow is weigh and measure day. I am trying to do this only once a week and just pray that I will have lost a pound or two.
I am not a serial dieter but did the Dukan diet about five years ago and lost over two stone. The only problem was that as soon as I started eating normally the pounds crept on again.
Louise

Hi Louise!!

Thanks for the advice!! I have been up and down too many times to count in the last few years and think this might actually work for me 🙂 Just not having to worry about what I’m eating and when during the day is very liberating! The drinking thing may be a different thing for me as well but it also leads to senseless eating soooo I will try! (on fast days anyway;)) I am going to try 3 adys a week instead of just 2 but I need to get away from the “all or nothing” mentality that I have. I think I can do it with this plan!!

Good Morning Ladies!!

Thanks for the tips. Funny that you mention this being a slow process because my initial attraction to the program was the word “FAST” which I though at first was fast weight loss and I was all for that! With that being said it may be a little early in the program to say this but I thionk this may be life changing for me 🙂 Yesterday I had some healthy carbs (blueberries and an apple) without any carb guilt at all!! On the carb subject I went shopping for some healthier frozen meals for a quick fix if I’m starving and bought a couple of the Atkins meals. I looked a little closer at the nutrition a couple of days later and immediatly threw them in the garbage!! 29 GRAMS Of FAT!!!How can thast be healthy?

Hi Rosie and welcome:

The low fat diet has been discredited. It is now understood it is the major cause of the obesity epidemic. Although the facts have always been there, it is now understood that a high fat, low carb diet is the most healthy for the human body. Even the U.S. government eliminated the limits on fat intake in its ‘recommended’ diet. If you do some research, just on this site, you will see the negative impact of carbs on the body, and the positive impact of fats.

However, 5:2 works regardless of the diet you choose to follow. That is its genius. So, if you follow 5:2, and eat whatever you consider to be a healthy diet, you will lose weight. Here are some tips: https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/the-basics-for-newbies-your-questions-answered/

Good Luck!

Rosie,

Get the book by Jason Fung, The obesity code. Don’t be scared of fats. Be scared of sugar and simple carbs. Avoid grain based carbs like pasta, bread, pizza. Avoid fruit juice like the plague. Only whole fruit and in limited quantities. Go for the berry type fruits. Get most of your carbs from veggies. Fats keep you satiated for longer. Have cheese, high fat low sugar yogurt, avocadoes. Protein/fat from almonds, walnuts, brazil nuts. Protein like chicken, tuna, tofu. Avoid breakfast cereals like the plague.

As a general rule I wouldn’t be eating pre package anything. If you do then pick foods with as low a sugar content as possible. Sugar and simple carbs are killing people.

Good luck 5:2 work.

Hi all, I bought the books from Amazon and started 5:2 today with one of the 2 days so I can feel I started. Haven’t had anything since a plain porridge + blueberries this morning but don’t feel too bad! Good luck to you all! x

Hi D17 and welcome:

Remember, the TDEE calculator gives an estimate of your TDEE, not a precise, accurate number. It is a starting point to be adjusted when you start seeing your personal results. One thing you will learn if you stick with 5:2 long enough is that you won’t get hungry when you actually fast but you will get hungry after you eat – especially processed carbs.

This thread contains most of the information you will need to be successful with 5:2: https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/the-basics-for-newbies-your-questions-answered/

Good Luck!

I’m new!
On my 2nd FD this week- and to be honest I wish I had never picked a Sunday but hey ho!
Wanting to shift a few stubborn pounds- well 1/2 stone that has crept on this past year. I like eating out with my partner when my 3 girls are with their dad, and a glass of wine is obligatory; so fasting two days a week completely fits in with this. I am also throwing in some exercise for good measure (HITT 3 x week); so fingers crossed I can get to my goal weight.
I know weight loss is all relative and we all will have different goals; but the committment and delight as the pounds fall off is the same in every circumstance- and I am looking forward to my clothes feeling comfy again…… 🙂
It would be nice to hear from anyone if they want to say hello….I’m hungry today….. x

Hi I’m in my third week, so still very new too. I had been trying 4:3 but have decided this week to stick with 5:2 and start checking my NFD cals as I haven’t lost anything yet and think maybe I’m overdoing the NFD eating.
I totally agree that we all have different goals, I’ve never posted to a forum of any kind before but I’m facing a reality check with myself that the tight jeans are now unwearable and it’s not water weight! I need to get serious and i hope 5:2 is the way for me. So far it seems manageable but I’m trying not to lose hope when I still haven’t lost weight

Hi Happy
Good for u.
I started 23 days ago and am weighing in once a week.
As of today I’ve lost 2.7kg which according to my converter is 5lb 15oz.
It’s early
In my journey but I’m thrilled with it and haven’t struggled with FD eating at all.
The NFD are more challenging to stay sensible but clearly it’s working for me with that much of a loss, and I don’t feel deprived. If I want something on a NFD I have it. I have noticed that I don’t always want all of whatever it is anymore, previously I would have just finished anything (especially anything with sugar) anyway and felt sick. Lately I just don’t want to finish most of the time, not to be good, just don’t want it. Strangest feeling for a sugar addict like me! Other times I eat all of whatever I feel like without any guilt, that’s a wonderful feeling too, and still the scales go down.
As an example we had a drug rep bring a huge morning tea in yesterday and I was on a FD so I ignored it all and had my black coffee. I’ll admit to thinking it looked delicious and I felt a brief moment of longing, but it wasn’t that hard to tell myself that all those foods are an option for me tomorrow if I still want them, just not today.
Funnily enough I’ve got no interest in them today, and I know there are leftovers there I could eat if I wanted to.
I hope you stick with this new way of eating. It’s going so well for me I hope everyone gets the same great feeling and results they are looking for.
Best of luck and keep reading the forums, the support is brilliant especially on those down days when you wonder if it’s worth it or if it’s going to work for you. 😊