Hi everyone,

I didn’t post last week as my loss was less than a lb and so this week I was working towards more than a lb loss so I could reach my target of 28lbs and smash through the 140 lb threshold. Guess what? I did it, weighing in this morning at 139.6 lbs – I am very very happy since this happened a week ahead of the 18 week timeframe I set myself. My BMI is now 25 and body fat just under the 35% recommendation so next goal is to make a success of maintenance in the range of 135 to 139 lbs – wish me luck.

Another reason for not posting last week was that I had just gotten the results of my routine blood tests. I say routine but I hadn’t had them taken in 4 years since at the time the doctor was telling me to focus on my weight and of course I didn’t do anything meaningful about it until this August when I found you all and this WOL. Well, my cholesterol is a little higher than is healthy so I was gutted. I genuinely felt that my weight loss success in recent months would have been enough to give me a clear bill of health but no such luck. So, tackling high cholesterol is now a new goal and since there is a history of heart disease on both sides of my family I have to take this very seriously. Any tips to manage high cholesterol in addition to more exercise, more veg, more salmon, omega 3 supplement would be very welcome.

Hope everyone is doing well. Not long now to Christmas 2014 and then onwards and downwards to our Christmas 2015 pledge.

Ellie

Goal: Get to under 200lb by christmas
28/09/14: 223lbs
05/10/14: 216lbs (-7lb)
12/10/14: 214lbs (-2lb)
19/10/14: 212lbs (-2lb)
26/10/14: 210lbs (-2lb)
02/11/14: 207lbs (-3lb)
09/11/14: 205lbs (-2lb)
16/11/14: 203lbs (-2lb)
23/11/14: 201lbs (-2lb)
30/11/14: 200lbs (-1lb)
07/12/14: 198lbs (-2lb)

Total loss: 25lb (Completed Christmas Goal!!)

Great going Ellie and Lucy, can’t imagine being under 10st, good luck with maintenance, will you switch to 6:1 or carry on doing 5:2 and be a bit naughtier on eat days? Can’t wait until I can jump on that bench aswel, I am 5ft7 and want to get down to about 11stone so still quite a way off, about another 3stone to go. Reached my Christmas goal this week yay! Going to set myself a little mini goal to get down to 13st13(195lbs) by Christmas so it rounds my weight loss in 3 months to 2 stone, so 3lb with 2 weigh ins left to go. Have a great week everyone 🙂

Hi everyone,

Doesn’t it feel great to reach a goal? I agree with @abop re setting mini-goals to help stay in check. I’m going to continue 5:2 to see where the weight loss naturally ends, although 4 more lbs to 135 (the elusive 9st 9lbs that @lucylocket63 has already achieved!) would be fantastic. Also, like Lucy, hubby is telling me not to lose any more although friends and colleagues say I look great, so that’s nice to hear.

I have one more full week before holidays but will still do my best to keep with the 5:2 regime while I’m away. With any luck, come January I will truly be ready for maintenance.

I just purchased a Withings Pulse activity tracker as I didn’t have an app to count my steps and this seems to integrate nicely with MyFitnessPal and Runkeeper, so a new toy to play with and hopefully get me fitter. I’m also awaiting an appointment with a personal trainer to devise a plan to help tone the wobbly bits – so plenty of new goals for the coming weeks and months.

Good luck to everyone.

Onwards and downwards,
Ellie

Hi Everyone
Just two weeks to go until Christmas and everyone seems to be doing so well! Big pat on the shoulder guys!

I am not doing a fast day this week as I just can’t fit it in. I will be doing exercise today and tomorrow though to make up for it. And next week I can only do 1 FD. My Christmas run up’s has always been crazy and this year is no different.

What is different this year is how I manage my food and drink intake. I feel this year I have learnt so much about how I deal with hunger / fasting/ overeating etc that I can relax over Christmas. Even if I do put some weight on I have the tools to get rid of it again in the new year.
I almost reached my 63kg goal last week (63.3kg) and I have managed to maintain it this week (63.5 kg today).

So I will say it again – Thank you Michael Mosley for writing that book and making 2014 a great year for me.

Keep going everyone and good luck if you are Fasting today.
Lotta xx

Hi all. Loving all the online support 🙂 I am at 63.9 kgs down from 68 (my goal was 63 kgs by Christmas and 61 ultimately) I just seem to have plateaued the last 2 or 3 weeks after I reached 63.7 kgs which was my lowest weight to date. Has this happened to anyone else? I eat well on non-fast days and exercise a lot. Also, Myggan40 – how tall are you? I am 5 foot 4 and notice that you are a similar weight to me. Good luck to everyone on the lead up to Christmas

Hello again

Bryony – that’s amazing! 27lb since End of September… Just fab. Well done.

AmyB – don’t worry about others when it comes to your weightloss. It’s your diet/WOL! And 3kg isn’t impossible in just under 3 weeks. Because you are doing it with the 5:2 (or 4:3 in your case) it’s a healthy life change, not some crash diet (they usually don’t work long time anyway). Good luck.

Princesspeers – i too sort of plateau’d at the end and loosing those last 300g was just too hard. I think I am a little shorter than you. I’m 160cm which is just over 5ft2. I am quite “muscle dense” apparently (according to my gym guys) but I do still have some flab around my waist and being apple shaped that’s not healthy.

I was talking to some friends on Friday and they asked when I was going to stop fasting and I found myself saying probably never. Not that I will fast myself into nothing but I will always have fast days to use whenever the scales start tipping into heavy.. And I think by having that tool I won’t let myself go like I did before.

Have a lovely day everyone and good luck if you are fasting today/tomorrow. 🙂
Lotta x

& ohhh Lotta you are me! 5′ 2″ and yes “muscle dense”.
I have quite muscly legs/bum.
I know I will not lose that much from those areas but if they are firm & shapely I dont mind.
God Bless J-Lo & Beyonce for making bums fashionable.
OK I know its only because they are tiny that the bums look big but even so…
Lucy x

Hi all. Well I started on 1st November and my aim was to lose a stone before Christmas. I weighed myself this morning and I have lost 23lbs!! Still time to lose another few before the big day. 🙂

Happy happy.

Where is everyone????
Fast day today & I decided to ice my Christmas cake. V V hard not to to pick at vanilla scented fondant icing……
Love
Lucy xx

Morning all!
Am almost at the Holy Grail of 9st 7lbs.
Just half a pound to go.
Hard fast day yesterday but a pound down so now I’ve lost 23 and a half pounds since Sept 1st.
Well pleased.
Love
Lucy xx

Hi Everyone
Chirstmas run up madness has ensued this week but I managed to get through it fairly unscathed… I think! Hence no time to post.

Lucy – ha! I wish I had a bit of a tushi! I have no bum whatsoever (which is only nice when wearing skinny jeans) but with a wobbly tum it’s not flattering in the least 😀 Well done on your almost there goal. Keep going girl!

Princess peers – I completely sympathise – the lowest I’ve managed to go this week is 63.2… grrrr… so close!

Today I’m having a modified fast day as I realised by 3pm that I’d only had a coffee and a snack (even if it was quite calorific) so dedided to get a Waitrose love life meal. Hubby is off on a Christmas do so no wine or snacking… even if it is a Friday…
Not sure it will make much of a difference this week as I have had a VERY nice lunch and Dinner out which neither of them were healthy in the least 😉

Keep it going everyone and good luck!

Lotta xx

Lucy,

I don’t know, but they’ve got mine too….

Hi all. Had my last fast day before Christmas yesterday and weighed in at 63.3 kgs this morning. So close to my Christmas goal of 63 (down from 68 kgs) but I’m very happy. Will have one fast day next week and then go back to 5:2 in the new year. My ultimate goal is 61 kgs so I know I will get there. This WOL works!!! Wishing all my fellow 5:2 ers a very happy Christmas from sunny Sydney xxx

Sorry Lucy! This one’s an edible ransom only…

Hi Christmas pledgers and happy Christmas to you and yours.

I’m just back from a week’s vacation in Boston where I shopped a lot (size 8 skinny jeans – really UK size 12 but who’s counting?). They’re skinny jeans, my first pair ever – look and feel great so very happy. Walked a lot over there, have my new Withings activity tracker as proof, and didn’t overindulge, still fitting in two fast days. To my relief this morning at home the scales showed the upper maintenance limit (no gain thankfully) so will try to get to the lower range of maintenance in the coming weeks.

@muffin10, a stone was our Christmas pledge back in Aug/Sep and you did it so very well done. New Year and new pledge will take care of the next stone by Easter, as long as we stay connected and support each other. Perhaps that’s the new pledge for 2015, averaging a lb per week to Easter???

@lucylocket63, I was lucky enough to get an eternity ring on my trip and it was a half US size smaller than my wedding band from 4 years ago. It’s possible to get ‘beads’ attached inside the ring by a good jeweller if our fingers get much smaller instead of resizing. Of course there’s always the option of ring ‘snuggies’ from accessories stores like Claire’s, invisible, not uncomfortable and might do the trick.

Well done everyone else, your support has been invaluable. Let’s be mindful of what we’re eating over Christmas, onwards and downwards.
Ellie

Oh & Hi Ellie,
I did get a snuggie,its comfy except when weightlifting at gym.
I think the ‘bead’ idea is the way to go.
Love
Lucy x

Hello Lucy!
You are very funny, love the disappearing boobs comments. 🙂 Having always been a very top heavy girl I’ve now discovered normal tops and the fact that my chest don’t blend with my spare tires makes me extatic every day.

I managed against all odds to maintain my weight during Christmas but I know for a fact that all the drinking over new year will do it for me.

Still – I saw a fab post on the Fast Diet FB page. “Don’t worry what you eat between Christmas and New year. It is what you eat between New year and Christmas that really matter. ”
And with that FD friends…. Happy New year!
Lotta xx

Hi all.
Ellie – happy to jump on board re: new pledge for Easter. I pledge to reach my goal of 61 kilos by end March! This morning I weighed in at 63.9 …..
Myggan – I saw the same FB comment and it’s too true.
Muffin – I have enjoyed my Christmas holiday with 2 weeks off work but have also maintained my weight loss. Am going back to 5:2 next Monday as well.
Lucy – not too much damage done – about 1/2 kilo despite the mince pies, chocolates and numerous glasses of wine 🙂 Dontcha love Christmas?

Happy new year to all 5 2 ers xx

Happy New Year to everyone.

I will be happy to lose anything by Easter! Anything lost before Christmas has now been put back on again. I have had one successful fast day since Christmas and almost had two yesterday, but gave in about lunch time, then had NYE bbq at a friends where I decided to enjoy the time and food. Plus I had weighed myself earlier in the day for a tracker I am using…. 🙁

Today is a new day AND a New Year! With back issues my food intake is the main way I am going to lose weight, so it is going to be hard, but I have to do it!

So, 75kg currently and on the way down as of today!!!!

Enjoy your day everybody.
X
Reldz

Hello all.
Am off the wagon & will stay off the wagon till Monday.
I don’t care, lol
Happy New Year to all of you
Love
Lucy xx

Hello all.
9st 13 lbs so damage assessed & not as bad as expected.
Get back to single figures (9st 9lbs) and work on that for now.
Good luck Lotta,Reldz,muffin 10, Princesspeers
Fast day for me today!
Love
Lucy

I am 5ft 2″ with an underactive thyroid but now thankfully on medication which has helped a lot. So far I have lost 11 lbs.

Have been stuck at 10.12 for ages now but very encouraged reading latest posts from wonderful people. Aiming to lose a stone in 6 months. Is this possible?

Today is the first fast day. Have had a boiled egg and a tangerine. Then will have some smoked salmon and salad tonight and 8 strawberries. yum.
In the meantime off to make green tea with lime flowers.

Happy New Year everyone and heres to a wonderful 2015!

Hello everyone!

It was fun reading the posts and getting updated with all of the successes!! I am still here & doing 5:2 :), or it was more like 6:1 for the month of December. I haven’t weighed in lately, but I think I’ve only put on a few pounds, if that. I’m shooting for 5:2 for the first few weeks of January and then continuing on with 6:1.

I wanted to post today because I’ve been hearing all my friends talk about detox and elimination diets & I’m not tempted to join them one bit. I am totally hooked on 5:2 and still loving it!! Sorry I haven’t posted this month. My family / work / holidays took over most of my free time

Back to single figures. 9st 9 ( and a half)
Next target 9st 7lbs.
Good luck for the week end folks
Love
Lucy xx

Well done Lucy and HappyNow! Welcome to the ‘newbies’ – you’re right, this is a nice place to post!
I managed to put on 5 lb over the last 10 days (well done me… NOT) but lost 2 lb on my first fast day this year on Thursday so I’m happy I can do it again…
This week I’ll only do one FD but next week I’m back to Tuesday and Thursday again.
Good luck everyone and thank goodness for padded bras! I used to think why on earth would you want to pad them up but now I understand… 🙂
Have a good weekend all!
Lotta x