hi all,

welcome to all newbies. nice to see the page numbers growing

david – I cant see anyone with your name. try and find me pam jo (picture of two sleeping cats). I agree with Karen. in moderation with guests would be good. if you try too hard you may just cave in and go overboard.

Karen – you sound like you are back on track and doing really well. bet you’re glad to be back to your normal work shift. cant wait to hear your results. really hope the hard work pays off for you

Charmaine – you sound like you are also well on track. good luck to you

ken – as always the steady one of the group. you never seem to falter and keep us all in check!!

doodle – you will find a way that works best for you. I have been doing three small meals but am trying to cut down to two and see how that goes. the joy of this is you can suit yourself as to how many and do the diet whichever way suits your lifestyle the best

come on david – find us all on FB or give us a clue to your picture or whereabouts as I cant find you at all.

to everyone else, good luck and happy fasting

take care all

Check in anytime you like and any questions we’re happy to help:)There’s a few of us on Facebook too ( my name is a couple of posts back if you want to add me, if you don’t that’s fine too), its nice to see the face behind the name, makes it a bit more personal.;)

the whole point of fast days is you dont have to cut back on non fast days

Hi all 🙂 ok so the game is called

“find David on FB ” lol

David my name on FB is Kenneth Livesey and my picture is one of me in my Rochdale AFC football shirt ,
Anyone else who have recently joined us are more than welcome to send me a friend Request on FB

Twitter great to have you with us and thank you for your nice complimentary words , We do all look out for each other , so much so that you may have read i am off to India soon , just to give Charmaine a kick up her bum lol
only kidding Charmaine you know i thinkyou are Fantastic xx creep creep lol

ok i will attempt to find Our David
byr for now
ken x

OK Ken David just Sent me a request so have a look on my fb and you should find him.

Its great your all so friendly and welcoming. I am afraid i do not ‘do’ facebook just a little bit of twitter but not much of that really. Im 48 mum of two grown boys. Getting married later this year whooo hooo !! Really need to fit into a dress and look halfway respectable.

How much are you all aiming to loose or have lost already if you dont mind me asking ?

DONT BLAME U PAM, thks

Hi twitter I only wanted to lose around half a stone when I started 5:2 in March and managed that OK. I’m not overweight but being very small framed every lb showed up around my middle and I wanted to feel better in my clothes. I dropped a dress size before we went on holiday at the beginning of June, put 5lbs on whilst away and now trying to lose it. My last official weigh in on Friday got me to 2.5 lbs lost so only another 2.5 to go. I lose really slowly though and I think its because I’m almost at my ideal weight but I still plug away at it and I know I’ll get there and be healthier too. I can see me and hubby doing this for life to be honest, he lost 17 lbs for our hol. and is about 5lbs off getting there again so this does work. Its not a quick fix though and you need to be patient or you’ll end up giving up. When’s your wedding by the way?

Hi everyone! Hope you are all having a good week 🙂 Still hanging in there, trying to be good on my non-fasting days; allowed myself a Thornton’s Mint Chocolate (47 cal)yesterday and today at work. Mint & chocolate are my sweet weakness (that, and cheesecake!)

Monday’s fasting day was a bit of a challenge; before I started 5:2, I volunteered to help at the school production. Of course, I was asked to sell refreshments! I knew I wouldn’t be able to have tea until after 8 pm, so I went to work prepared. Skipped breakfast, had baby tomatoes and cucumber spears for lunch, then a miso soup sachet around 4. Managed to avoid the temptation of the buns and coffee at interval, then went home to a Weight Watchers lamb moussaka and a few more tomatoes.

Three weeks in, and I’m surprised to find that I’m not ravenously hungry; before, I guess I was just eating because it was ‘time,’ rather than eating because I was hungry. Many days, it’s like I’m doing an unintentional ‘mini-fast,’ as I’m not eating my full allotment of calories (myfitnesspal says I should be eating 1420 / day to lose weight; most of the time, I’m not even eating 1200) because I’m only eating when I’m hungry. If I feel peckish, I’ve been drinking water with lemon until the feeling passes.

Hi twitter, don’t mind you asking at all! I’m on my second marriage too BTW, he’s lovely, much better second time around. We’ll have been married 10 years next June and don’t regret a second of it. We only had family and a couple of friends at ours but I smiled all day and everyone had a lively time, just shows its people who make your day special and the one you’re marrying. So you have about 3 months to lose your weight, which, if you follow this as they advise should see you lose a fair bit and I’m sure that dress will need altering a few times before you tie the knot.You sound really positive already and the fast doesn’t seem to be too bad for you today so I’m sure you’ll do fine.
Well let us know how you got on tomorrow, bye for now. 🙂

Happy Wednesday. I’m seeing some new names, welcome! — Manda, Jones, Doodle, Twitter, Gin, Love and Purple. AND, Hello to all. I’ve been traveling and I’m back this week. Two others from work are on vacation this week, so I walked into a busy office. Not a problem, though. Working out tonight after I check out of here. It’s 3:07pm CST (Central states, USA). We have a national holiday coming up on the 4th of July. Sorry mates, for the reference about celebrating our independence. I will say we are tempted on this holiday with lots of picnic foods, mostly unhealthy. So, some of us will need to monitor our intake. I know I will!

FYI – I’m Dee on Facebook. Jean is my middle name.

Cleaning off my desk now and will go to the gym — after I take advantage of Beauty Brand’s annual July 1/2 price sale of shampoo & conditioner liter bottles. A girl has to do what a girl has to do! Positive thoughts to all. Success on your fast days and KEEP MOVING!

Hi doodlemom, I’m awake too and up at just after 6 in the morning( I’ll regret this I know lol). Your menu for tomorrow sounds good. Mines no brekkie (don’t bother with it cos it triggers my appetite), veg soup for lunch and salad for tea with tea and splash of skimmed milk plus water and 2 low cal hot chocs- sorted! I’ve done a mini fast today and nearly 2 hours of walking so hoping for a loss on Friday. Good luck tomorrow ;)xx

P.S. I have still not had a reply from David on FB

this is it: for 1 month
. 4:3 fasting – 500 calories. So Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
2. HIIT Monday to Friday. Saturday – maybe some cardio – walk, Zumba
3. Water – as much as I can every day!

Hi all. Late checking in today pressure of work lol. I have set myself an interim target of 1 stone to loose, but do not want to commit to a time frame but the sooner the better. I have taken waist and hip measurements also. Yesterday was second fast day for me and up until 6pm when I walked in from work all was good, but then the hunger pangs set in big time BUT i did not give in. Made a cup of tea with skinny milk (milk counted as minimal calorie intake) but waited another hour until my small low calorie salad. Total calories for the day 502 (whoops !!)
Thursday is ‘feast’ day, well within reason of course and so far all is well. I plan to weigh in tomorrow morning, prior to weekend as this may be a challenge as I am sure it is to many. Thanks for all your encouragement 🙂

Evening guys, late check in for me too, busy morning. Didn’t manage hula hooping yesterday Charmaine but did nearly 2 hours of walking so that kind of made up for it.
Yes twitter it is nice to make new friends and I think you are setting yourself achievable targets, bit by bit is good.
Well I’ve just had my humoungous tea of ham salad, veg soup for lunch and going to take Harvey out in a little while. Hoping for a wee loss from last week tomorrow1. I’ve also decided that seeing as how I managed to not eat till almost 6pm yesterday and saved my cals for tea (apart from what I drank) I might try it again on Saturday. I came well under TDEE and I actually didn’t feel hungry all day. I was hungrier today and had had soup for lunch! Eating triggers my appetite so not doing it till later in the day should work OK and cut cals too (in theory anyway). I’ll let you all know how I go. Well better take the hound out! Xx

Hello Lancsken,, howdy neighbour! I work in Bury, only a stones throw from sunny Rochdale,, haha! I am going to try and log on each evening for a quick catch up as the posts are so lovely (cost the people posting are lovely) and I need to feel enveloped in my 5:2 family so when the going gets tough I can come on here and cry! Lol!
Hope everybody has had a good day!

Evening all and thanks Taletha for your kind words. Today has been more of a struggle than Monday. I put it down to my brekkie choice being awful! The simple muesli sounded good on paper, but it was very bland and tasteless. I think when you’re only having two meals you have to be satisfied. Anyhoo, you live and learn. I still got through the day. It’s weigh and measure day on Sunday so fingers crossed.

Happy Independence day to our friends in the States and we are all rooting for you to stay strong with all those delicious foodie temptations about!

I managed to get the half lb I put on last week off again, a little disappointed it wasn’t more but then I did go over yesterday with being so starving, I’ve not struggled like that since I started this way back in March. Drawing a line under it now though and moving on and hoping to shed a little more next week – only 2 lbs till goal weight, which doesn’t seem alot to most people but for me it takes ages to lose so I’ll be here plugging away for weeks no doubt!

Today I’m just sticking to veg soup for lunch because I’m going out for a meal with a friend this evening and there’ll be chips and wine etc etc then we’re finishing off the evening with a bottle at my house. Tomorrow I’m aiming for just fluids again until evening and hope I keep the cals down.

Well better go and finish getting ready and yay the weekend is looming again! x

Hello to all 🙂
Happy Independence day to all of you in America, have a fantastic day all of you , and bugger the 5:2 lol , serious though this is the biggest day in your year so just go and enjoy it ,

Well today i lost just half a pound (same as Karen) but i will take that anyday its better than a gain . 🙂

Lovelife = Bury well we are next door nieghbours then lol , send me a friend request on facebook ( kenneth livesey) i am the one with the Rochdale AFC footy shirt on . or send me a text on 07988288313 and we can get each other on ” Whatsapp ”
I know exactly what you mean when you say “feel enveloped” cos i feel the same about this thread too , its a nice feeling to have all these lovely ppl backing you up and giving some fantastic advice and tips ,

Doodle mum = am i right in thinking there are a lot of currents and raisens in museli ?? cos i think there are a lot of calories in those fruits , I know someone will be able to correct me if i am wrong , thats why i stay away from them on a fast day . just a thought and i hope it helps hun .

Karen = do not feel sad hun , you are one of our main posters , you encourage and inspire us . you are simly fantastic ok . half a pound is good cos i did it too ha ha 🙂 . you enjoy tonight

Twitter = WOWWWW get in there girl x amazing , you obviously know it wont be that amount everyweek , but when it happens and you do loose so much just enjoy it hun , I see you use the word “mindful ” in your post . well i practise MINDFULLNESS all the time and find it really does help with day to day things ,

ok people i have gone on long enough , hope you all have a great day and remember
the Calorie force is with us all
love ken x

Hi Twitter22. What an amazing result! I hope my weigh and measure day on Sunday yields such results. I’ve been amazed as well at how un-hungry I’ve felt at times. It’s made me realise that I’ve been eating far too much over the past few years. I’m planning on doing 4:3 but only as a way of shocking my body if I start to plateau.

is 1kg about 5lbs jojo? as you go on with 5 2 jojoh, YOUR APETITE WILL GET LESS! AND YOU WONT HAVE TO THINK ABOUT YOUR DIET! or be tempted by binging- do you know what glyceamic/index is?

a kilo is 2.2lbs david

doodle – good luck for sunday. i’m sure there must a few things preferable to muesli. i have tried a few bits here and there and finally found the items i like to have on fast days, we live and learn as they say