So everybody at the ripe age of 55 (my BD is in 3 days) I am finally committed to be kind to myself and bring joy to my life on a daily basis. I am a double cancer survivor so trust me we should all be kinder to ourselves. As my good doctor told me the second time I was diagnosed, you changed your body but hot your “head” it’s all in your mind. Yes I workout, but I did nothing to change the way I see things, react to them and process them. So the kilos started piling up because my best way to deal with stress was to have 2-3 glasses of wine a some chocolate.
Now I am turning the page and starting this new life style were I wont be torturing myself with constant promises to myself that from … tomorrow…. Monday… the 1st… whatever..or I will start this or that diet regime depriving myself of small or big treats that make life a bit more pleasant. Right? So this 5:2 life style seems very doable. There is always tomorrow.
I started yesterday and it went like a breeze as I said in few of my posts. I am finding today I am more conscious about when I feel full and believe it or not I stopped and didn’t eat as much as I used to on my non-fasting day.
Anybody who wants to join me in my new life style?
I meditate every morning for 20 minutes
I do 5 Tibetan Rights every morning
I do Stott Pilates 2-3 times week
I move around a lot at work although I am a COO in a bank so should be sitting all day at my desk or on meetings. I do management by walking. 🙂
What do you do to make life more for yourself…????

I am back. I started this thread 9 months ago but quit 5:2 for no good reason. I succeeded in loosing almost 10 pounds by various methods but then put back on almost 8.

I am back because of this story I am about to tell you.

My middle daughter is a scientist, molecular biologist who told me a story about a group of scientists on the first floor of her lab building who were working on Alzheimer’s where they put rats with the same Alzheimer’s gene on various diets. There was a group that was feed fast food, a group that ate a healthy diet a group that was put on a 5:2 fast and a control group of course. The gene was set to “kick off” after 3 months in normal circumstances, which it did for the control group and the one on a healthy diet. The fast food group developed full blown Alzheimer’s after just a month but the one on the 5:2 fast developed the disease after 12 months.

So the scientists tried the whole fast thing on them selves. What they did is take pictures of themselves and detailed blood work on the walls of their lab and updated them (photos and all) at first every 6 months, later every year. When my daughter started doing her PhD in the same lab they were on a fast for a decade already. She tells me that they look a decade younger that their initial photos and that their blood work, and all other results are textbook although they most of them are well into their 60s.

So not only are they an ideal weight but they are healthy and look much younger that their generation.

This is why I came back.

Hi Bronx, yes reverse would be great but at 55 I am OK with who and what I am. Just my knees and lower back aren’t. Because of that I exercise a lot. So I am pain free at the moment and in order to stay that way I need to lose these 2 stone/ 12 kg so that at 65 I don’t need a wheelchair although being a gadget freak maybe a portable Segway wouldn’t be so bad. 😀

OH Bronx I bet you look better that that friend. Specially so slim now. My soul is 24 my body 55. I can only do that. Keep my soul young. So join me in the young adults in different packaging club. 😀

@hakedarby you are so right. Wish my husband would join me. He had a massive heart attack 2,5 years ago but still can’t get his mind around food and some kind of restriction and discipline.

Congratulations to you and your wife on your success! I am so glad for you. Right there behind you. 🙂

Andy what are your expectations? Management of your own expectations is the key to success. If you give yourself time to adjust and to loose slow and nice then you are in the right place. If you want it here and now we are not the bunch for you.

So 5 stone in …. a year? 18 months?

Well there are 2 ways, you can meditate and become an expert in dealing with cravings or you can read something interesting, watch a movie, talk to friends… anything that distracts you. The hunger pangs don’t last very long and a cup of clear soup or a tea can make them go away. Even a glass of water will sometimes do it for you. Think of tomorrow and that you have done so well and that you shouldn’t throw away all you went through today. So just keep going and all is going to be fine. The first 2-3 weeks are the toughest. After that it becomes a habit, a part of your life, you even look forward to the fast days.

Love m