So, first day yesterday. I ate everything I was allowed to (incl. wine),. according to my calorie allowance. Tomorrow will be my first fast day. I have decided to fast on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and shall have one meal per day in the evening when I get home. For the rest of the fast day I shall try to stick to water only – or maybe a bouillon at lunchtime, if really necessary. I know when hungry, that I usually feel sick and lethargic, so am not looking forward to tomorrow, but hoping for the best. I shall track weight loss once weekly just to see how I am doing. I need to lose 15 kilos. I am 49 and turn 50 in September. Good luck and lots of endurance and success to all out there – glad to have found you!!!!

Hi Fay, and thanks for replying! UP until now it is going good. I have had two coffees (albeit with a drop of milk) and water. A couple of nuts, too. I am going to have 0.5 l bouillon with some crispy bread (total 102 kcal.) for lunch and then a meal of 370 ca. kcal. for dinner. At the moment I am just soooo glad that I started this. I know I should have started doing something ages ago, but nothing was as appealing to me until now. Last week we had meetings and a colleague from the Geneva office was here. I am telling you, I just couldn’t recognize her, so I asked her flat out. She told me about this 5:2 diet and said she had lost 20 kilos in the last year. But she also cut out sugars and carbs. That was what inspired me to do this. And now I am just so pleased and motivated. I am tracking all my calories, walks, notes, ups and downs to help me stay focused. Good luck further to you – look forward to ‘holding hands’ on this 🙂

Bigbooty, thx for your tip!!!