Hi-I’ll join you too. I aim to lose 11 kg and will start my first ever fast on Sunday. Yaz

Whyamisoshy well done on you first fast.

I am British too but live in Dubai. I’m 5’2″,35 and so so ready to feel better about my body again.

Hello. I would love to be with this group. I was on this diet about 3 years ago and had great results. I am ready to try again!!

I’d like to join to if I’m welcome. I live in Chester, UK and have 30kg to lose…a big task. Last week I just fasted one day as I was still reading the book at the beginning of the week and I lost 1 kg.
Today is my second fast day so let’s see how it goes.
Someone asked for ideas…I had porridge and blueberries for breakfast, an apple mid way and the. In the evening plain cooked chicken (no skin), steamed veg and later on a low fat Yoghourt
Have also started exercising but my job is sedentary and busy so this is an area I really have to work at…

Sussex? I went to school in Sussex (Brighton) and as a family we lived in Burgess Hill, Hassocks and Seaford. My parents live in Upper Beeding, my sis in Steyning and my bro in Crowborough so I still visit regularly.
Yes, the Yoghourt takes it over 500 but as 500 is less than 25% of my daily calories (I’m massively overweight) so I’m not stressing yet about it….
Today not been too bad so far and as book says I keep thinking “only until tomorrow”

I would love to join the group! I did 5-2 two and a half years ago, lost 15 pounds and gained it back when I started a new job. I woke up today and decided this was the day to start back up. So far so good but keep thinking of snacks. I’m in Texas and love the international connections!

Hi there, I’m in Scotland and I would really like to join this diet. Issues are weight and motivation…if you guys could help. I’m 16st 3 lbs. Need to loose this fast!

@annabar…I currently do Monday and Thursday as suggested by book but plan to be flexible when needed. It gives me a nice bit of time between fast days

@clara23.. Whereabouts in Scotland do you live? I used to live in Kingussie…about 43 miles from Inverness..

@whyamisoshy: yuk! Do you fast completely or are you doing a 25% calorie input diet?

You’re braver than me…I couldn’t hack a total,fast especially as I do a lot of driving for my job so would worry about my concentration

Helllooo 🙂 yes I have no idea where that is lol. I am Ayrshire.

Hi there I would like to join the gang please 🙂
I’m in Bucks, have been FD off and on the last couple years

Welcome to MissJ2002 and veggie gardener
I am really new to this, two days so far but the girls on this thread are pretty friendly and we’re learning about ourselves together…

Since doing the fast diet can loose approx 2 – 3lbs per week but some weeks nothing which can happen from time to time and is fairly normal. As the books state it’s more do with how you feel health wise and how your clothes feel. Admittedly I don’t measure my waist (cos I’m lazy too look for my tape measure!)

I find this diet fairly easy to fit into my life, preparing has helped loads. I stick the same easy to prepare meals and rotate them. Fasting days are Mondays & Thursdays, I work part time and have 1 daughter. I have breakfast, skip lunch, drink loads, and have dinner.
I use my fitness pal app to measure my calories
If there is a special occasion on one of my fast days I won’t stress about cos life is far too short, I’d either swap fast days or make it a NFD.
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Why- re amount per week loss – 1lb per week is a common rate of loss for females over a longer period of time, after the initial larger weight loss of the first 2-3 weeks.

If you are mostly new to 5/2 on this thread I strongly suggest you do straight 5:2 for the first 2-3 months to get yourself oriented to 5:2 and how it individually affects you. The opening post by simcoeluv on the thread Info for newbies, is an excellent description of the practicalities of doing 5:2. People on the forum do all sorts of things as those on straight 5:2, so you may read various things that may be confusing in the beginning.

Why- there are a group of people who seem to do better eating 1 meal in the evening, some who eat breakfast and dinner, some do 3very tiny meals. Later on in their progress a few people move to a total fast on their fast days, but it is much harder to do for most people, which is whi Dr M proposed the small amount of calories for FD(fast days). One thing we have discovered is there are some people who are fine with no food till they first eat , then that seems to “wake The Hunger Dragon”. It seems to switch on our appetite. I’m one of those, so I eat most of my calories in 1 meal at 6pm and the rest, about 80cals about 2 later. I also drink lots of weak tea, peppermint tea, and go to bed earlier. Best to stay away from the kitchen after I’ve finished eating for the day on FDs. You will need to experiment a bit to work out what will work for you long term. Be patient with yourself, keep a record of your experiments of what works best for you. I know you’re worried about the effect of eating on a FD. Try starting later in the day. Try a no grains or starchy carbs day and see what that does to your appetite. Just experiment and observe, record. Take 1 day at a time. Don’t think about the tomorrow or yesterday, only think and observe what happens today. Do the same the next day. You can do this😊

Merry
Happy on, 5:2 and almost at final goal weight