Hi, Kev from Scotland…….as well as getting the book I read up a lot online about the 5:2, and decided thats for me, a typical yo-yo dieter, and can never get past a few days…..me and Homer Simpson have a lot in common lol, anyways, I’m going to do total fasts on the 2 days as that will be easier, a wee drop wouldn’t be enough for me and I’d want more, so its easier just to do without those days, besides, I’ve fasted the occassional day in the past, not intentionally or forced – I just felt I never fancied anything and it never really bothered me. Trouble is, on the other days I tend to eat crap, you know, sweets and chocolate (way too much), and anything you can just throw in the microwave. I’ve tried Atkins in the past, although it works well…things that taste good tend to have carbs in them, so that went the way of the dodo after a few days, I tried WW next, but their portions? not enough to feed a starving cat! so that went out the window pretty quick as well, now to give you an idea, I’m currently 19st, and hope to lose 5-6 stone, even if its only a couple of lbs a week is cool as long as its using something I’m happy with, and the 5:2 sounds perfect. I’ve wanted to get off the sugar for ages now, one bag of maltesers is never enough (I’m sure there’s many on here that can relate to that). Now from what I’ve read the first week or two are the toughest (but manageable), so this is probably the best time to go cold turkey on anything with sugar, the sugar cravings and all the other bad things connected with it disappear after a week to 10 days, I know that as a fact from trying Atkins, I went back to it through stupidity, not cravings, so from week three I hoping for it to be a breeze…..and as for the 2 ‘fasting’ days, I really don’t envisage major problems, lots of water, a couple of cans of coke zero and a pack of cigarettes and I’ll be happy 🙂 first fast day tomorrow (Monday)