Hey everyone,

Just wanted to share how my 5:2 diet is going so far!

I’m 25 years old, and I’ve been stuck around 210 for a while. I’m quite active, I snowboard 2-3 times a week, Backcountry Ski 1-2 a week, and go out for hikes or snowshoeing once a week or two. My downfall is that I eat really bad! I drink beers with my buddies at least once a week, followed by late night burgers. We often eat stuffed crust meat lovers pizza, baconators, mcdonalds, all you can eat sushi. We eat like crap! So I’ve been stuck, and although I’m fit enough to run around and play, my weight isn’t going away.

I’ve only been doing the diet for 5 weeks, but after my 4th week weigh-in I lost 7 pounds. So I’m down to 204 now. I’m going to weigh myself once a month, It’s been easy to manage and I’m enjoying it. It feels good to be good to your body AT LEAST twice a week, kudos to those who do it all week, but that isn’t for me! Not yet!

I’m very strict on the 600 Calories, the other day a co-workers wife brought me a cookie that she made homemade, and I COULDN’T say no, it would have crushed her. So I ate it, and had to skip dinner that day! I usually eat some veggies, a can of low cal soup, a can of tuna with a little bit of low fat mayo, some fruit. Cherry tomatoes have been a good snack to consistently eat and have almost no calories.

Anyway I hope this sways some people to try it out. I’d say give it at least a month and see how it feels for you. I’m going to continue doing it. I think it’s funny that on the days I fast, I usually get the most done. I work full-time and am in university part-time, I’m a busy dude! But this diet hasn’t slowed me down one bit!

Michael