Hello, my name is Nicole. I’m 37 and live in Germany. Since about 15 years I’m doing diets of all kinds. I guess I’ve tried them all, just to find out they are not fitting to me. Have I mentioned that I hate to exercise…lol? I’ve stumbled on a link to Michael Mosley’s BBC documentary, when I was looking in the internet for fasting articles. After watching it, I’ve felt that this could really be it, a habit I could stay on for the rest of my life and hey, the benefits are great, aren’t they? Because I wanted to lose weight a little faster, I’ve chosen the 4:3 fast diet (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays). I’ve also combined it with 3x cardio H.I.T. (The Fatburner in the book) and 5x strength H.I.T. a week. Both are less than 15 minutes, but as effective as a 1 hour workout. Today I have finished week 6 and have lost 12lb so far and I will keep this regime in my daily life until I have normal weight. This is amazing for me, because to really test this diet to the extreme I’ve had burgers, pizza, pasta, pastries, icecream and coke (besides salad and veggies) on my feast days. Meanwhile I’m even not that crazy about this bad food anymore. May be because now it doesn’t matter on my feast days. It is such a relieve not to have a bad consciousness anymore when drinking a coke or having a burger with French fries. I’ve shared my experiences with my friends and colleagues, but somehow it is still unbelieveable for them. But one is trying the 5:2 diet without H.I.T., but she will see a difference, too.

Nicole