Hi, My name is Marie, I live in the UK and am 43 years old. 3 weeks ago I weighed myself at a hefty 15st 8lbs. Like many here over the years I have tried every diet – the fady ones and the good ones. The cabbage soup diet (urgh smelly) – the british heart foundation diet (how silly) – Slimming World (this did work but I could never maintain it). So I have yo’yo’d throughout my adult life – feeling more miserable with my weight.

I picked up this book with scepticism – read the lot within a couple of hours – can’t possibly work was my first thought – how can I fast was my second.

So a couple of weeks ago my husband I started our first fast day. We fast on Tuesdays and Thursdays with our weigh in on Wednesdays. This gives us the opportunity to recover from any over-indulgences of the weekend.

Week 1 – weight loss 4lbs. Week 2 – weight loss – 3lbs. We are now in our 3rd week.

I don’t know how but it seems to be working and for me it is possibly the best way of eating I have ever come across. Fast days work well for me as I never eat much during the day. I am having a small breakfast/lunch around 11.30am with most of my calories at my main meal at 7pm. I think it is because I know I can eat whatever I want (within reason) the following day that gets me through, that and buckets full of water lol.

I have been reading some fabulous fast day recipes on this forum and will put them into action for variety.

Roll on weigh in day on Wednesday… I look forward to seeing a 14st something – hopefully lol.

Hi Emlo6 – this is why I find it amazing. I had fish and chips last weekend and a copious amount of red wine lol. For you to eat out 5 times and not gain anything is fabulous – I would have probably put on 4lbs before the 5:2 days… look at me only 3 weeks in and I already feel like I’m going to eat like this for the rest of my life…