Hi all. So this is my first day of doing the 5:2 diet. I am a person who has ongoing weight issues. After losing a considerable amount of weight in 2014, through crossfit and eating less junk and keeping it more or less off for about 18 months, a depression related lifestyle change meant I put it back on and then some. I went back to training in January, but found it difficult to re-adapt to healthier eating and scheduling issues meant there were some weeks I couldn’t make my 3 classes a week, so my progress has been slow in terms of losing weight. I work in a library and came across Kate Harrison’s book, 5:2 your life so decided to try 5:2 for 6 weeks and see how I get on.

It is day 1 for me and I haven’t eaten yet. I get both a morning and afternoon tea-break so am going to not do lunch and have my meals to tie in with these breaks. I am lucky in that I get my meals 4 days a week from a company that supplies macro and calorie counted meals, so a breakfast and lunch from them fits into the fast calorie requirements quite comfortably. Even though I am male, I am aiming to go under 500 on food, to allow myself a few cups of tea as well. I take very little milk in my tea, but can’t stomach the Tanine taste of the black tea, so have to allow a few calories for my tea requirements. Drinking more water this morning and am finding that the ‘hunger’ I felt at around 7 or 8 O Clock is diminishing. Wish me luck.