Hello All

I am 35 and before Christmas I weighed in at 16st 11 Lbs. Not sure how accurate this was as I was wearing a suit. Lets call it 16 1/2 Stone! My wife and I have started the 5:2 diet a week ago not only to loose weight but really to get ourselves in better shape for life in general. We have twin boys who are nearly 5 and so we need to be keeping up with them!

I hope that we can make this a new way of life rather than a Diet. In fact I don’t think I will refer to this programme as a diet. I have only been doing it for a week and already I feel better about myself. My wife said that she can see the effect already in that I have lost weight around my neck. Although I am not sure about that I do feel different (better). Our first weigh in is tomorrow morning so fingers crossed. Still have not taken measurements but after reading the forums here I will do ASAP as those weeks/ months when I don’t lose weight still may mean I will loose inches off my waist etc.

Would like to have some online support to keep this going so will be glad to write more.

Good luck to all of you!

Hi Angie

Thanks for your welcome and encouragement. I really do hope that we will be able to turn this into a new way of life. May I ask what your progress has been like since July last year?

I will also follow you advice about not focusing on the numbers just yet. I think we will take a starting point and then try and measure these every other month. That way we are more likely to see a trend rather than seeing highs and lows week to week.

I don’t think I put on too much weight over Christmas so I am looking forward to the scales tomorrow morning.

Fingers Crossed

Andrew

Well I am a couple of weeks in now and after my first weight trend day I had gone from 16st 11lbs before Christmas (clothed) to 16st 0lbs. This is quite dramatic and I can’t really believe it. However on my second weight trend day a week later I had dropped a further 4lbs down to 15st 10lbs.

The fast days have been going well and have been non consecutive. The interesting thing is that I do feel better on the fast days. More clean and unburdened. Perhaps this is physiological but who cares if it is a positive feeling then long may it continue.

One other thing I wanted to share was I had a fish and chip dinner on a ‘normal’ day and ate as much as I used to. The taste benefit was short lived as I felt quite sick for the rest of the evening and found it very hard to get to sleep. I have since also had a large roast dinner on an entirely different day and once again it left me bloated. These are unusual for me and I wonder if this is due to the change in the way I eat. Any input here would be welcome.

My 3rd weight trend day put me up by 3lbs however this was the day after the fish and chip episode and I was still feeling bloated and unwell in the morning when I stepped on the scales.

I am listening to the 5:2 audio book and just watched the Horizon episode again tonight as I find the science and possibilities of this way of life motivating.

Looking forward to tomorrow morning and having breakfast at the hotel I’m staying at.

Thanks to all those who took the time to read and would love to hear from any and all.

Only one more day to go until the next weight trend day. I have to say that this week has felt (so far) better than last and I am a little nervous about the weigh in on Sat am. I promised myself that I would’t get too focused on the weight side of things and just think about whether I feel better or not. On the whole I do feel better in that I am actually doing something to improve my health so that should be enough…………..but its not. I want to see that every week I loose weight but to avoid disappointment I need to move past this.

I’m on a fast day today and so far all is well. I am starting to feel so much better about food and eating. My mind seems to be able to cope with differentiating hunger from a real need to re-fuel. I hope that I am still on the waggon in 12 months time.