After seeing my niece over Christmas & seeing her weight loss I decided to give it a go. Mind you she is in her 30’s & me nearly 60 so a big age difference as well as hormones! Since going through menopause I have stacked on the weight & can’t move it so I started this on January 21st & doing Mon & Thurs fast days since then along with a reduced calorie diet (I’ve been very good too I might add). After 5 weeks I’ve dropped 4.4kgs – even though I don’t feel like I have especially when I look in a mirror – but the scales don’t lie. I do a bit of exercise & bought myself an exercise bike but that is harder than it sounds (my brain says it should be easy but my body rejects it). I only do 2 or 3 sessions a week and a couple of minutes each time at the moment but hopefully it will increase over the next few months. I walk 10 mins each morning from the bus to work & 3 afternoons I do the return trip. I have started doing a half hour tap class once a week – now that looks easier than it is too I might add. I am determined to follow this way of life/diet now permanently – even trying foods I never ate before & enjoying them.