Hi V! Congrats on getting on the wagon with us. It’s a good wagon. I like it.

Keep going strong and keep us updated on how you’re doing, whether it’s good or bad!

Hi Vcat,

I’ma newbie myself, just saying hi. Your FD is obviously going well; 1.5 lbs so far, well done!

In my short 3 weeks, I have found that I like the Fast days so much, I’m also ending up being ‘sensible’ (as regards food, anyhow, lol) on the Feed days.
It’s Saturday.. it’s a Feed day, I’ve planned my day to have 1240 cals with no rubbish and it’s going well! (What is WRONG with me, lol)

Keep on with it and let is know how you get on?

Aud x

Hi, my name is Tanya and I’ve never been on a diet before, I just exercise and think that it works, but I guess with age that doesn’t work all the time. I hope to lose 7 kg

Not yet tomorrow will bbe my first day I will let you know how it goes

Well done on starting! That truly is half the battle!

I’m on fast number four – it’s been an up and down road, learning what works (and what doesn’t), how best to approach the fast days. One thing I want to share is my fast day last Tuesday: It went amazingly… until 9 pm. Then I started eating everything in sight! Multiple feast days in two hours! BUT, I didn’t let it get to me. I decided I’d enjoy it and “there will be other fast days and I’ll do fine.” I learned a lot from that day too about what doesn’t work. Today, my fast is going very well.

This bit of wisdom coming from someone as neurotic as myself could sound hypocritical – but it is part of the learning curve. So try to forgive your own goof-ups (they’ll happen) and keep going.

Best Wishes – Scott

Hello, I’ve just joined the forum, but I’ve been on the 5/2 diet for a few months now. I’m a short 40 year old lady from the UK.

I didn’t have much weight to lose, and I managed a steady 1lb a week loss (with the odd no change week) and I’m now just about at my target!!!!

I intend to carry on with the fast days, because there are so many other benefits than just weight loss.

My aim now is to exercise more (would like to feel fitter and tone up my thighs/bum) and improve the quality of the food I do eat.

My advice to anyone just starting is to stick to it, it will get easier!

I started a new job last week, and my first day happened to be my fast day (I fast on Mon and Wed), and I was worried I wouldn’t cope…But it all went well, none of my new work mates heard my stomach rumbling and I really enjoyed my evening meal when I got home.

Well done, vcat, hopefully you’ll see more pounds off very shortly x

Hi Ratty, welcome and gosh, well done on your steady loss – this is exactly what I hope to achieve, so your success is something to aspire to.

Scott ~ I stuffed up my Saturday night (admittedly it was a Feed day, but even so) 🙁 but then read your post yesterday morning and resolved to get back in the saddle. ‘Goof up’ sounds better than ‘OMG I’VE SO WRECKED IT ALL’, lol.

Happy Monday, everyone!
Aud x

As long as I don’t get furious with myself and then have to comfort eat for telling myself off, because that would just be so me.

Too many voices in my head. Particularly the one that wants me to eat the Blue Riband in the fridge, GO AWAY I TELL YOU! (lol)

Hi vcat x

I’ve gained a pound (need to update my thread), so not happy but not wholly unexpected as I had a family dinner it was awkward to get out of – well, I think the perception was that *I* was being awkward, lol
Oh well, back in the saddle today!

Good luck this week for both of us ~

Aud x

Hi vcat, yes it is a great idea to read the book first. I wasn’t going to bother but was advised on the forum to read it so I bought it off Ebay (with the recipe book too) & read it from cover to cover in 2 days. This whole concept is very relavent to me as I’ve just been told I have raised choleserol & glucose which is quite worrying. The doctor said losing about 14lb would be very beneficial. I’m 46 & the weight has crept on year by years! I would like to be nearer to 9st not 10st 7lb which I was when I started a month ago. I’ve lost 6lb so far since early Nov & am finding the 5:2 regime very manageable.

I tend to have nothing to eat from 7pm until 6pm on my fast day. I’ve stopped having a small breakfast/lunch as I was just eating for the sake of it & using up a calories that I’d rather have kept for a more substantial evening meal. Now I have all 450 calories in one meal plus water & around 2-3 cups of tea/coffee with semi-skimmed milk during the day (so the milk is counted in my calorie total).

Good luck to everyone embarking on this journey! Julie

Haha Julie that’s the thing, people THINK they’re supposed to feel hungry 😉 It’s what’s been told them their entire lives. So that’s what they expect.

I’m all for low carbs! ^^ Actually I eat carbs only one day a week. I do notice I get a bit tired towards the end of the week, otherwise I probably would’ve stuck with zero carbs a bit longer.

Ugh sucks vcat, but those pounds you put on quickly tend to get off quickly as well. A good week should make you shed some of those pounds!

I’m good here, had a great week last week. Also torn between dilemma’s, mainly whether I want to go away for a weekend with a guy I can’t really understand (his English is terrible). It’d be bad for my diet, but maybe good for my psyche. Hmm.

How’re you doing vcat? It’s been a week since your last post, wondering how you did 🙂

I’m really inspired by you all…well done…even on the hiccups! I’m about to start my first fast tomorrow…I’m feeling really sluggish having eaten and drunk far too much…and am so looking forward to feeling healthy again and hopefully lose a little weight…this diet makes so much sense to me…good luck everyone 🙂

hi everyone,
My first day of the fast..and FYI cough drops are also an appetite suppress..I suck on the antiox ones and knock on wood, have not had a cold or been ill yet!
anywhoo, I am hoping that this is IT!
Saturdays and Mondays as my FAST days. Saturdays cause I sleep in til almost noon, so almost half of my day is already gone;) and then Monday so I can enjoy Sunday enough where I can ‘do it again’ on Monday, Fast that is. I am aiming for 1800 cal a day on my non fast, and doing Anything for 30 min during the non fast days and just ‘taking it EZ and kick back’ on Saturdays, then on Monday I will be cleaning house to keep my mind off of food of course, but reading or being busy cleaning Will keep my mind off Food too.74

After a practicum for my course (almost finished!) and diet all over the map, I’m back to a fasting day today (Feb 22). Let’s see if I can get back on the rails!