I have been doing 5:2 mixed with 4:3 since last October, I have gone from 223lbs (15st13) to 196lbs (14st0), I am happy with my progress but feel I could have done better as I had two weeks off over Christmas and then in early febuary slipped on ice and broke my arm so what with being stuck inside a lot more as was unable to get both my small children and a pram out of a first floor flat with only one arm, and having to stop my aerobic classes until it healed 5:2 went completely out the window for 7 weeks, but that is life, the important thing is that not too much damage was done in that time and now I am ready to get back into it, I always found other diets so hard to go back to after falling off the wagon but not 5:2.

My arm is better now and I decided last Monday I am going to enter the 5k race for life and really get back into 5:2 (espeshially now my partner is fasting with me aswell!) so the race is 7 weeks away from last Sunday and the aim is to loose a stone in that time as well as eat healthier things on my eat days and exercise atleast four times a week (1 hour long aerobics class and 3 half hour runs). I have also purchased a fitbit and am aiming to reach the 10,000 step target each day so walking atleast an hour long walk a day aswel. I would like to loose a stone in that time, but the target isn’t just about weight loss this time, I want to feel healthier and be fitter.

I feel like I have come such a long way from the girl I was a couple of years ago weighing 18st6 and getting tired very easily and struggling with low energy levels whilst looking after small children as well as feeling rubbish about the way I look all the time, I feel like 5:2 is the easiest way of loosing weight for me and it has already improved my life so much and not made loosing weight absolutely miserable, I generally find I have had so much more energy since starting 5:2, the fact I am exercising is amazing for me, I can see myself reaching a healthy weight in the future now which has always been so hard for me to actually see being a reality what with having such a long journey to get to it. I hope I can use this thread to report back on my progress.

Abop 🙂 x

Start date- Monday 30th March
Start weight- 196lbs (14st0)
Target- Loose 14lb in 7 weeks

Week 1 (Monday 6th April)- 194lbs (13st12) -2

Very few things are calorie free, you are allowed whatever you want on a fast day but just count the calories. You are probably always going to be slightly hungry on a fast day but it does get easier, I find it best to wait until evening to eat as once I start eating in the day I find it makes me hungrier. It is a good idea to watch carbs on a fast day aswel as they can make you hungrier, protein is good, I usually do chicken and a pile of veg with maybe a tiny bit of mash for dinner or a spaghetti Bolognese sauce with either shredded courgette or carrot instead of pasta and abit of cheese. Downloading an app like my fitness pal is really good as it is easy to find out how many calories are in things and to keep a track of what you are eating, if you are nailing your fast days and still not loosing weight try looking at what you are eating on non fast days x

Hey Carolve, sorry to hear about your Dad. I use somewhere inbetween my bmr (1600) and tdee (2000) on eat days but know from using my Fitbit that on an average day I burn 2700cals so don’t beat myself up too much if one day I go over, I am a sucker for the numbers and love working it all out, I think it makes me feel in control and after years of feeling helplessly out of control it’s a nice change. I have heard its harder to loose weight the closer to your healthy weight you get, I need to get down to 11st6 to be in the healthy range so think this stone will be fairly easy again but worried I will struggle with the next one! Good luck on reaching your goal again and enjoy your holiday x

Start date- Monday 30th March
Start weight- 196lbs (14st0)
Target- Loose 14lb in 7 weeks

Week 1 (Monday 6th April)- 194lbs (13st12) -2lb
Week 2 (Monday 13th April)- 188lbs (13st6) -6lb!!!

Well this week went pretty well, I think atleast a couple of pounds this week was because it was my totm last week and I was retaining water so I have lost that but I am still really thrilled. Two weeks done and I am just over half way to target and I feel great, I have eaten really well the last week, not only focusing on how much I eat but on what I eat aswel and swapping sugary snacks for fruit or nuts, (mind you we did go to a lovely thorntons café and had lunch and then an ice cream there on friday! and we had a takeaway on Saturday! But over all my food has been a lot better than it would have been usualy.) I also went running twice this week and did two aerobics classes with lots of walks inbetween.
Still got a long way to go but I am happy because I also became overweight according to my BMI instead of Obese, and my bodyfat percentage has dropped from just over 36% to 35%, 33% is in the healthy range 🙂

Abop x

Start date-Monday 30th March
Start weight- 196lbs (14st0)
Target- lose 14lb in 7 weeks

Week 1 (Monday 6th April)- 194lbs (13st12) -2lb
Week 2 (Monday 13th April)- 188lbs (13st6) -6lb
Week 3 (Monday 20th April)- 185lbs (13st3) -3lb
Week 4 (Monday 27th April)- 184lbs (13st2) -1lb
Week 5 (Monday 4th May) – 181lbs (12st13) -3lb

Been struggling a little bit lately, feel like I am making poor food choices on eat days which are making fasts harder to complete. Reached my target for the 7 weeks, also now lost a full 3 stone since starting 5:2