Hi everyone, just wanted to post a message of encouragement for those in the first few weeks of the diet. I am now in week 14, I have lost 6.5 kilos (69 kgs to 62.5, height 1.64). In my first weeks I read messages about how people had lots of energy on the diet, and felt ‘a wonderful feeling of lightness’ on fast days. I was disappointed that I did not have this – I felt tired and irritable! But about 7 or 8 weeks in that started to change. I now do have more energy, and get more done! Fast days are much easier – it took a while to get used to not having lunch – I felt deprived and didn’t quite know what to do with myself at 12pm! Now I have progressed to only having a tiny breakfast and nothing but water until the next morning on fast days, and do feel lighter! So keep going, there really is light at the end of the tunnel, and it is SO worth it!

Brilliant weight losses, tomtommum and frankreynolds! It’s really great to hear that it is going well, and happy birthday tomtommum! Congrats also on the 4 weeks off alcohol. I have decided to limit my intake of alcohol to the weekends – even though I don’t drink on fast days I do tend to have wine with my evening meal most other days and it all adds up! I’m on a fast day today, and thinking about how the 5:2 diet has made me think about getting sorted in other areas of my life now that my weight is on the way to getting sorted! The extra energy helped me make progress with the ‘pile of shame’ on my desk – all the documents that I have been meaning to do something about for too long!
keep up the good work – we can do it!!