Good morning, afternoon or evening, depending on where you live!

I am not new to 5:2. Over seven months ago, I heard about it on the news and felt almost instinctively that it would be perfect for me. I did it for about a month (even overeating on some of my feast days – although I do not recommend that), and still lost six pounds in one month. I got lazy, went off it, and promptly gained back the weight. Then I heard about The 8 Hour Diet (fast for 16 hours a day), and thought it would great since I don’t have to count anything. Did it for a month and gained weight on that one. Then I heard about alternate day fasting. No way could I stick to that. Like Dr. Mosley says in this book, it is far too restrictive, and I was so stressed out over having to fast every other day, it just wasn’t worth it.

So now I’m back to 5:2. Well over seven months have passed. Who knows, I could be at goal weight now had I just stuck to something that worked. Oh the oddities of human nature!