Hi Jimbod888
I started July 2014 Lost a stone and a half up to Christmas missed a starving day and put on a 4-5 lb.
I start my starving day when I go to bed Sunday evening and either don’t eat or eat little Monday and don’t eat until around midday Tuesday. I never usually have breakfast anyway. I like my drink too so could not give that up or snacking 4 nights although I work shift so the afternoon shift is very easy for me till I get home and realise I can’t have my normal ale when I get in or snack. I do the same Wednesday, go to bed and I starve till Friday at least till midday. I feel really good and I really look forward to Monday after eating and drinking all weekend.
Although I find my attitude has change a bit towards food on my none fasting days I generally carry on as normal. Some times I’ve thought I shouldn’t be eating this and say to myself “I can because that’s why I’m doing this diet”
I’m 60 and was 15 1/2 stone. Now 13 10 I seem to be stabilising or at least slowing down but my beer belly has all but gone, and I can see me doing this for the rest of my life.
I did miss a day over Christmas and missed 3 days when I went on holiday in September. Although all inclusive I still had 1 day starving.
Wish you all the best and most of all enjoy life on the diet. Hope you post the results of your blood test.
Good luck

Hi jim and welcome:

Your diet ‘period’ runs from the last time you eat on, say, Monday, until the first time you eat on Wednesday, twice a week.

Here is most of the information you will need to be successful on 5:2: https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/the-basics-for-newbies-your-questions-answered/

Good Luck!

Hi Jim
I work shifts and on my 2-10 I’m ok till I get home and want my beer and snacks but I sit with a pint of water and sip on that while I’m up. Probably be better if I went to bed a bit earlier.
On my 6-2 I find it a bit harder and usually have something to eat at about 1800 usually pilchards with salad or half a tin of baked beans on a slice of toast, or pilchards on toast still well under 600 cals. There’s a lot of things you can eat once you start looking at the cals in food. Not sure if their the best things but it does me fine.
I do drink coffee during the day, sometimes with very little milk or none at all so if I eat anything I keep it low in cals.
I sometimes find it easier not to eat as it makes me hungrier to eat little. I find eating very slow seems make it feel like a bigger meal.
Hope your first day went well.