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Starbuck

9:03 am
23 Dec 20
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I started on the 14th at 12st 12lbs, dropped to 12st 08lbs on the 18th and have bounced up to 13st!!!! I have also cut down my alcohol consumption drastically exercise every day and stay strictly to 500 cals. Is this normal?

Mr Data

12:26 pm
27 Dec 20
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Hi Starbuck,

I can only talk from my personal experience and say that it isn’t totally unusual. During my first 6 months on 5:2 I certainly had some plateaus and even weight gains but the overall, long term direction, was always downwards. Unlike virtually everyone else, it seems, I also weigh myself every day, not just once a week, and I’ve seen very significant differences from one day to another – even apparently putting weight on after a fast day, which seems counter-intuitive but presumably simply means less waste was expelled than average in that particular 24 hour period. I’d stick with it and see what happens over at least the first 6 weeks when you can have a longer term perspective. I’ve been doing 5:2 for 8 years now and even with a Christmas blip my BMI today was 22.8, and has been an average of 22.4 over the last year. 5:2 is definitely a marathon, not a sprint, and, for me at least, it has continued to work in the long term.

Very best of luck with it.

Starbuck

3:28 pm
27 Dec 20
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Hi Mr Data,

Well starting just before Xmas was never going to be easy, but there is never a right time. Also I am having no problems sticking to the 500 cals. I guess what I have read on here that nothing happens quickly. So maybe it should be called the “slow” diet. Thanks for your advise, I will stop worrying and hope.