wow encouraging charts especially the adf versus 5/2 versus
the 4/3 they kind of r the same

think i’ll stick 2 the 5/2

i was thinking of doing adf 2 get more loss
but know after these valuable charts
i changed my mind

and the 18 age group wow

so my .8213 loss per week
after 7 months is good

since ur forums average is 0.455kg lost per member per week

i did not c any 6/1’s
r they maintaining their weight?

i joined ur forum in march. however,….

thanks 4 this it made my day 🙂
will definitely bookmark these stats 2 look @ them in more detail

ur site link again it’s very worth it

here’s the link to our data from almost 3,500 users so far:

http://www.52fastdiet.co.uk/tracker.php?p=stats

Wiltdnr
Thank you so much for this, I found the site very helpful. You are definitely not below average. Your helpful advice
Has really been helpful to me!
Chris

Hi there – I’m new to this Forum and to every other forum.

I wanted to give you my experience and hopefully some encouragement – I lost in the fist 30 days over 15 Ibs over 1 stone.

Before we start a little about myself.

I’m a 40 year old male, with a desk job from 09.00 to about 19.30 in a stressful environment and sadly do little in way of sports now days other than walking to and from work. I am not unfit, but Im not as sporty as I would like. I play tennis when I can which is usually once a year.

I have tried to diet before with varying degrees of success.

I saw the program on BBC and found it rather interesting and having looked at other diets many of which just simply didn’t seem that healthy I thought I would give this a try. I believe in the mantra of eat less and do more exercise. However I haven’t practised it.

Anyway I have been on the diet for exactly 30 days – 1 month and I wanted to share my experience.

I am 6 foot 2 inches and weighed 17 stone or 238 Ibs. Websites say my ideal weight is 13.5 to 14.5 Stone approx 190 Ibs or 203 Ibs.

At the start my
Fat was 31.2%
Visceral fat was 12.
BMI was about 31.

I don’t drink fizzy drinks like cola etc, I eat vegetables and fruit, I like my pasta and bread and I drink alcohol moderately i.e. typical week would be 3 pints of beer (ale) and 2 glasses of wine.

I have tea and coffee with 1 sugar and milk.

This is my experience over 4 weeks.

I bought a new digital bathroom scales and a digital food scales. The problem I found with the old scales with the dial that spins around is that it was open to interpretation and I found I was “cheating” if it said about 238 Ibs or 235 I would always choose 235 – its very difficult to know (it was also inacurate the one I had) – so I bought digital scale with big numbers and its unequivocal. First shock I was not 231 Ibs but 238 Ibs (old scales were not at all accurate)

Next I bought a digital kitchen scales to find out how big my portions were. I would have breakfast cereals and found that I was either on an average of 55 grams when many cereals were saying the normal portion was 30g – believe me 30 grams looks miserable.

But the 1st week I weighed everything to understand the size of portions…I can tell you it shocked me.

Then I looked at calorie counts. Most vegetables are low – courgettes, tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, spinach etc. Items that shocked me as to how high they were pasta, biscuits and olive oil.

I looked at 4 things in food- sugar, calories, fat and carbohydrates. Pineapple, dried fruit are ones that almost caught me out.

When I shopped I noted that in the products marked “Lighter” usually have higher salt or sugar than the normal product so watch out its not always simple. Sometimes the normal product looks healthier than the “lite” or “lighter”. It’s a decision that you will have to make but watch out Lower Fat, Lighter, Lite are not always what they seem.

So here goes.

I did well still do my fast days on Monday and Wednesday

I cut out potatoes almost completely – only had a small amount in 30 days.
Only had pasta on 2 days

Fallen off the wagon so to speak and had Cheddar Cheese on 2 days – about 50 grams on each occasion and on those occasion with 2 medium size glasses of wine. That’s on top of the 2 I had during the week.

In a normal week I only have 2 pints when I go the pub with friends on Thursday and 2 glasses of wine over the weekend.

I found it very difficult to start off with 1st and 2nd week fasting on fasting days. 3rd and 4th ok but still hungry.

I am bloated the day after fasting and look as though I had a large meal and yet i haven’t I have been fasting.

In the evening of the fasting day I have either a salad with toms, lettuce, 6 olives, drained tuna in brine (it’s a big bowl) or I have chicken (60 grams) with mountain or roasted courgettes and peppers, and French beans.

Also on my fast days only have herbal tea – 1st and 2nd week I found that by cutting out sugar and milk (from normal tea and coffee) I lost more weight.

Also on fast days I get on a running machine to do 250 cal of exercise which is about 28 mins.

At the beginning I really didn’t want to weight myself but in the first 2 weeks without wanting to be crude I lost a lot of weight because I think my stomach was emptying and for once it was getting a break from more food. That is why I think that in the first 10 days I lost 3.1 Kg or almost about 7 Ibs

I have fluctuated and I kept a record of weight, what I have eat, and how I felt.

Also just in case please do your own research and don’t necessarily follow what I have put here – I am simply sharing my rather long story.

I intend to do another month and again measure – but hope fully give encouragement. I also kept a log of slip ups i.e. having a take away curry, and how I felt – rumblings in the stomach, tiredness etc.

To give you an idea here is some info:

Started August 5, 2013
Weighed: 238Ibs
Fat was 31.2%
Visceral fat was 12.
BMI was about 31.
Stomach: 44.5 inches
Neck: 17

September 5, 2013
Weigh: 223Ibs
Fat: 28.5%
Visceral fat was 11.
BMI was about 28.6.
Stomach: 39.5 inches
Neck: 16

Total Loss 15.8 Ibs in 30 days.

Good luck and apologies for the long entry

hi, Beavergong 🙂

u made my day
even though i can’t take the credit
u still gave me a smile & fortified me
2day & that is worth allot

Moogie

makes sense about the 6/1

is there a separate section on what is the staying power of this lifestyle

where is the ‘maintenance’ option?

still thanks 4 this site it is very helpful & u gave us an encouragment 2 stay in this

& as
finn said
“especially those, who feel frustrated over plateaus or not dropping weight so dramatically.”

so now it’s been 7 months
on 2 4ever
cool

inputting ur link again 2 benefit others

here’s the link to our data from almost 3,500 users so far:

http://www.52fastdiet.co.uk/tracker.php?p=stats

Moogie

found my old login id

went in 2 calculate
mean average of 0.77lbs lost per member per week

wooo hooo 🙂

it turns out i’m higher than average

so my .8213 loss per week
after 7 months is better yay 🙂

Your site looks great I’ve had to go and join 🙂