And the link works perfectly. Thanks for your hard work @at.

Hi @at

Just thought I should let you know that the google sheet is currently not set up as anonymous

I can see the real name of the last person to edit the document, so I haven’t edited it yet!

Thanks 🙂

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@at thank you please add me to the March 2018 Monthly Challenge.

Go be Love, the world needs you.

Hi, AT….thanks for hosting again! This will be my 13th month of 5:2. I’m a tortoise, but happy to see that after a full year, I lost 28.2 lbs. and 24.5 inches overall. Please count me in for March. I still have 15 lbs. to go to reach my goal and then maintenance, woo hoo!

Hi AT, I’d like to join the March 18 challenge! I’ll add my info to the spreadsheet.

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Just saw that AT has put this up! Just want to say I am all in for March! Thanks again, AT! 🙂

I`m in too, hoping March goes more smoothly than February 😎

Thanks @at for hosting , please count me in for March

Hi @at and all familiar names

Count me in! I might even do the spreadsheet – for the first time ever! – as I realised I need the public accountability to keep me on track. I might as well put it out there – I would love to lose 5kg in March, but I’ll be happy with 3.

@at thank you for hosting March, count me in please.

Thanks @at. I’m in too. Here’s hoping that the eventual arrival of spring helps the body let go of a little excess padding…

@at Oh I am on it! In for March and looking forward to it. I have hit the dreaded plateau in February and so I must take this in my stride and keep on keeping on.

A little about me. I am 50, female, 5’2″ petite and when I started on this WOL in late July 2017 I weighed in at 11 and a half stone. This is not the heaviest I ever was, I am a veteran of Weight Watchers (many times over the years, extremely slow rate of weekly loss and the inevitable regain) and the Dukan Diet (where I started at 12 and a half stone and successfully lost 50lbs. I kept it off for two years).

But regain I did.
As I always say, weight loss is relatively (emphasis on relatively) easy, but keeping it off and maintaining is so difficult. I sincerely believe that I have found a WOL that I can stick to for the rest of my life. By the way, right now I weigh in at 9 stone 11 – So I have lost nearly 2 stone – 28 lbs!!

I had hoped to get to 9 stone 6 by 1st March, and my goal is hovering around 9 stone with an acceptable weight range (AWR) of 3-4 pounds. …. Maybe March will be kind.

Thanks to everybody on this forum for being the wonderful supportive group that you all are.

Hi AT, count me in. I want to lose 6 kg or 13 lbs by summer. Starting again since I had problems with quitting in past. Well I’m trying again.

AT, thank you for hosting the March challenge. I see I’m already on the list, so thank you. It’s a good place for maintenance too, to continue to receive inspiration and to hopefully helpful to those that are still in the losing mode.

Can’t believe we are almost at the end of February already!

Hi ff and welcome:

The average weight loss for a woman on 5:2 is about 3/4 to one pound a week. You have gone six weeks and lost about 4 1/2 pounds so you are right on track. Your initial loss was quite a bit of water weight and as you cannot continue to lose water, and often add some back, that explains your one kg. gain.

Just keep on doing 5:2 properly and your weight loss will resume. Here are some tips: https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/the-basics-for-newbies-your-questions-answered/

Good Luck!

Hi AT, please add me to your challenge. Im a newbie. Have been on keto since January 1st and i havent lost 1 lb. I need to fast.

Please Add me! I am new to the group and excited to be a part of this

Hi @at!
I have just jumped back onto the March Google Sheet and it is now anonymous 🙂

Your Cumbrian walks sounds amazing!!

Down here in Hampshire we don’t have any snow, although it is mega-cold!

Looking forward to my March weight loss ‘sprint!’ I need to achieve my goal by 22nd March!

Lastly soo excited to see a post on here from @simcoeluv – those posts are always so informative. I need to keep the above advice from @simcoeluv in mind when planning my goals – “the average weight loss for a woman on 5:2 is about 3/4 to one pound a week”

I am definitely at the lower end of that weight loss range!

Good luck to all on the March challenge…..

I’m in for March @at. Thanks for hosting as I really need these challenges!

I’ve been doing 5:2 for 8 months at a sort of fast tortoise pace. I started out at 106kgs last year and am now down to 83.9kgs. My next big target is 71kgs when I will be an official ‘healthy weight’, then I’ll assess the next target. I don’t really know what a good weight is for me as I’ve never been there as an adult. This month I’d like to loose another 2kgs and just keep going.

I also want to get better at cooking the ‘Whole Food Plant Based’ way of eating. I’ve been moving in this direction for a while but only gave up the dairy about a month ago. Its not easy but I think it will get me into good habits for later on so I don’t regain the weight. Explaining to friends and family is proving a bit tricky. Most people don’t think its a good idea. But I feel good on it so will persevere for the moment.

And continue yoga – I want to try the Water Wheel Pose this month – and will enlist my yoga teacher to get me there in stages.

And bake my first sourdough loaf – I’ve got the starter going, but am struggling to keep it active as its rather cold at the moment.

I wrote in the Feb Challenge that we had no snow (about 1 hour ago). It is now blizzarding and my OH has rushed out to the school to collect our child! And they don’t grit the roads round where we live in the styx so actually a bit scary. Hope we don’t lose power.

Thank you @at for including me in the March Challenge, last month was the start for me and it ended pretty pleasing so hope I can maintain my efforts in March with no slipping in the wrong direction.

Many thanks and good luck to everyone.

@jillybeans – you asked about calorie counting and you’ll get lots of different answers! I think it is helpful on FDs. And to start with on NFDs – but maybe try to find a way of eating healthy that does not need calorie counting all the time. Otherwise you may give up – I would – as it is so tedious counting calories. Perhaps try a new healthy way of eating that you like eg Mediterranean diet and stick with it long term. I told myself the standard Western diet would make me die young and I had to give it up! Some don’t mind calorie counting and some of the calorie apps seem quite good. Maybe try a few different approaches to see what works for you. Good luck!

@at – Thank you for hosting!

I think the spreadsheet is working fine (yes it is anonymised now).

My name is in red which I think means I’m participating – yes please I would like to!

GOOD LUCK everyone and look forward to hearing your stories!