Hi Melishaxoxo

For 5’1″ a 10kg weight loss is probably excessive & you are only just “overweight” for your height with a BMI of 25.3 You are probably not eating anywhere near enough each day especially if you are working out & very physically active regularly. 1200 calories is not enough for your body to function properly you don’t want to risk osteoporosis in later life for example.

Have you read the 5:2 book & worked out your TDEE (at the top of the page)? I suggest you do if you haven’t already. I worked it out roughly on the information you’ve given I put your age at 25 as you don’t mention it. Your TDEE is about 1979 calories – this is the number of calories you need daily to maintain your current weight and is about the amount you should eat on the days you’re not fasting.

The 5:2 diet may well work for you but you don’t starve yourself for 7 days which is what you are doing with such a low calorie intake. You eat up to the 1900 calories on your non-fasting days.

Good luck with your goal but be realistic.

Hi I am in a slightly different position. I need to lose 10 kilos but I am 45. I did this last year and as long as you eat sensibly on non fasting days, not starving yourself but say have your pasta and counting out a tablespoon of oil, instead of just pouring in unknown amount, an example!!! You should lose the weight by December. We have 15 weeks until the end of December. Give yourself an extra month and enjoy the process. I hope this helps. And good luck. I think the secret to this way of eating is enjoying your food on non fast days and enjoying the cleansing feeling on fast days. If you limit your intake too much it will feel like torture and you will not keep it up.

HI I am also keen to lose 10 to 15 kilos. I am 39 years of age and weigh 83.0 kilos and am only 163 cms tall. I seem to carry the weight ok, but prior to children I weighed 65 kilos which was nice weight for me and I would love to get back into the 60’s, maybe not 65, as I am not 10 years older and may make me look to gaunt? However I am keen to lose 15 kilos and would love to think that I could lose it by Christmas?
I exercise regularly and mostly watch what I eat, but cannot seem to shift the kilos these days.
Good luck to everyone and please wish me luck…LOL

Hi Kathryn:

The average weight loss on 5:2 is about a pound a week. Losing 30 pounds in 12 weeks is probably unlikely. For more information, see http://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/the-basics-for-newbies-your-questions-answered/ #4

Good Luck!

PS You really don’t need a book – all the info you need is on this site for free, and google ‘Eat, Fast and Live Longer’ for the program that started it all, which includes some of the science.

Hi Kathryn:

There are 454 grams in a pound (rounded).

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