Hi Mimi, Michael and all the brave people :o)
First I heard about the 5:2 in Sweden. Now I think a new year is a good reason for starting this diet. I’m 102,6 kg today (192 cm), I started bravely with 600 kcal and sit-ups. So it’s not a complete success story yet but the beginning of something. =My next 600 kcal-day is scheduled for Sunday.)
Here I run a blog about my progress http://goo.gl/h9Z8PX (no spam/scam/virus ;o)

I’m glad to read your success stories here, I hope I can join by springtime. :o)

Wow, that is brilliant news Lijnet! Good for you!

Bjamino…..wow! …that’s fantastic! Well done! Great to hear such a wonderful success story! I’m down 3 stone (42lbs)in about a year on and off, too many holidays, weddings, family get togethers as well as a major plateau etc…but loving my own achievement. Only another 22 lbs to go!
Good for you!

Just completed my first week on 5:2 diet. I’ve been very good on by non-fast days too and as a result, I’ve lost 4lb. I’m so pleased with myself and now know where I’m at food wise. I can eat a little more on my non-fast days and still lose weight. Nothing gone from my waist but I’m sure that will come with time as I lose more.

Had a bit of a scare last night though, I found a very small lump underneath my arm/breast area so off to the doc’s today to get that looked at. I’ve been awake most of the night worrying, as you do!

Fast day again today, nothing but liquids until dinner time then a very nice prawn salad with lots of cucumber, peppers, lettuce. Going to have some granary bread too just to fill me up a bit.

Hope everyone else is doing well! xx

Doc’s not open until 8 so will ring straight away, hopefully will get in this morning. Funnily enough, I can’t feel it too much this morning but will still be going, thanks for your concern Chrissie x

Doctor’s appointment at 9am today Chrissie, will let you know x

Doctor said the lump didn’t feel like anything nasty and was more like thickened tissue. She has referred me to the breast clinic to have scan or a mammogram just to be on the safe side. They took some bloods as well to check my hormone levels, getting to that age I think. Thanks for asking Chrissie x

I started the 5:2 4 weeks ago and am down 12 pound. I have one stone more to loose and for the first time ever I am excited and not scared! I am so thankful for this lifestyle change, its not a diet or hardwork. I am bursting with energy and happiness and look forward to jumping on the scales. I find with this diet that my weight doesn’t fluctuate like it does on other diets, its consistent as is the weight. If you plan and orgnaise your food well, you can eat well on Fast days! when I do over indulge on a non fast day, I can’t wait for my next fast. the beauty of this diet is if a ‘fast’ day is ruined by an unexpected dinner or cakes at work you can simply move it providing you have enough days of the week left. Make sure your organised and plan for the week ahead and enjoy. I can’t help but share this diet to everyone and a special thanks to the creators. Truely amazing stuff!

This is all great news! Congratulations.

Hate to say this, but you will still have Type 2 diabetes, no matter what your sugar level is. Once diagnosed, no one is cured of diabetes.

What has happened is you are managing the condition with weight loss and eating better. Even going off of Metformin does not mean you are cured. The treatment has changed.

You must be on guard to keep your weight down and to watch the number of carbohydrates you consume for the rest of your life.

Hi there,

After 10 weeks I’ve lost a stone. I was 11 stone 7lb and I’m now 10 stone 7lb. Hoping to get between 9 stone 7lb and 10 stone. 🙂

BMI has gone from 29.5 to 26 – nearly at a healthy level again.

Couldn’t be happier with this diet plan. It’s fantastic! :))

Well I’ve been going a little over 3 months.

I have to admit, I don’t do it by the book, but I try and create the 36 hour period of fasting, which seems to be working.

I have already achieved my goal of losing 1 belt size, I don’t know how much that is because I didn’t weigh myself.

however given how great I feel and how easy (in context to other diets) it has been to impliement

I hope to keep going, I’m going to weight myself Wednesday (I have a fast day monday so I like the weight more on that day) and work out what BMI I need to be considered healthy weight, given I have always been considered obese in BMI my entire life.

hi all

i have started this past week – sort of…i am above my calorie-limit of 500 – goingofor 6-700 as my weight is higha nd i think 500 is not a quarter of my daily needs for my weight (i am 97 or so kilos; 38 years old)

i am so happy for you all who are succeeding and so cheerful – love your stories!
my question is – is anyone else into the atkins program? i know very well that that diet works for me, – i am switching it up with the 5:2 as i had a mirena put in 1.5 years ago or so and that thing has made it impossible to lose weight! it hought cutting cals a couple days a week would jumpstart me again, but i hope to still do lower carbs on the eating-days (and on the fast – protein fills me up …am eating lots of veggies though don’t worry!) 🙂

i should say “i hope” to do lower carbs as it hasn’t *exactly* happened yet – fast-days are fine, but my eating days are half and half…i had ice cream both days on the weekend, and bread (HOrROR!) 🙂 – and also have been having jalapeno poppers (a favourite) because of those fast days – i hope wehen the poppers are out of the house i will be better as they are only available a loong drive away so not easy to purchase..

i[‘m bbbling i know – thank you for listening – trying to yule fast as i have to get to work!
anyone else doing more atkins-style on their feast days?

so hoping this works – my scale hasn’t budged in ages and i am starting to think there is no hope

anyone else ghave a mirena??
thanks,
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This week, I’ve been doing the fast diet for 6 months and I’ve lost 21lbs. I’ve been inspired by so many encouraging stories here so thought I’d add mine.

I am back to my wedding weight of 10 years ago – if you’d told me a year ago this would ever be possible I would have laughed, I’ve had twins in the interim. I’ve been combining fasting with running – I run the morning after my fast. Eat completely normally on other days but over the months have noticed a real decrease in my portion size.

The weight loss is great but more important has been the health benefits. I’ve never felt so well and full of energy. My business has really taken off and I’m sure it’s down the feeling so positive and alive – I am leaping out of bed at 6am. Prior to this I was always sluggish and felt tired a lot, often woke up with a sore throat.

It seems strange that changing your eating for 2 days a week can have such a positive impact on your life. Fast days are a bit of a drag (I drink a lot of chicken stock to get by) but so worth the effort. I would highly recommend this diet to anyone wanting to improve their quality of life.

Hello

I have been doing the fast diet for 2 months now and I wanted to share my experiences to encourage others.

I have lost 7 lbs. Which is a third of my pounds to loose. My goal is 10st, starting weight 11st 7 lbs.

By fasting on Mondays and Wednesdays I have been loosing on average 1lb per week. I missed 2 weeks of fasting while I was on holiday and I put on 2lb. This disappeared again with another 2 weeks of fasting.

The first few weeks were hard. I felt wobbly, faint & headachy but now my body has adjusted I have no problem getting to 3pm before I eat my 250kcal poached egg salad. I drink plenty of fluids during the day time. The most surprising thingis that I can still do my 5k run on fast days.

My biggest problem is not drinking alcohol on fast days and I have to confess that some days I have not managed it.

I have had no problem introducing the fast way of eating to my family. I just give them some carbs with their evening meal.

You’ve just got to give your body and mind time to adjust.

After feeling like I was bulging out of my own skin and not fitting into my clothes, enough was enough! I decided to try the 5:2 diet 6 weeks ago as I’d gone over the my dreaded “red line” weight! After lots of worry that I would faint on my first day, I realised that the reserves on my belly actually meant I was totally fine!

Go figure, I didn’t need to eat constantly throughout the day! I went to the 4:3 diet and love it. The days have become very easy and I barely think about it. I’ve lost almost a stone and have another 2 to go and for the first time in my life, I finally feel I’ve got control on my diet. I have enough will power for 1 day, which is all I need, 1 day at a time.

When I can’t have 3 fast days, I have 2 fast days and a “hybrid” day with 300 calories only in the day and a normal dinner, and it’s very easy. This diet, plus cycling the Boris Bike around London almost everyday are my two secret weapons to ensure that my holiday pictures and 40th birthday will be me looking good in nice clothes. Thanks 5:2. You’ve transformed my understanding of food and what we need to live (not as much as you thought).

I’m now nine weeks in and half a stone down. That may seem like a very slow weight loss but I’m still enjoying eating and drinking what I want on the other five days, especially the weekends so I’m not too worried.

I’ve also been exercising a minimum of twice a week, which I’m really enjoying.

The thing is, I have done EVERY diet in existence and always had a meltdown, sabotaged myself or just got bored quite quickly about a month in. With 5:2, I’m chilled, calm, my mind isn’t playing tricks on me at all and I’m not even considering giving up. After all, it’s just two days a week right?

Keep doing it – it really does work xxxx

Started 8 months ago with 68 kilos BMI 29, size 14. Today I am 58.5 kilos size 10 BMI 25. My target is 55 kilos. I got so used to it that it is now part of my life and I won’t stop it, I may do 6:1 once I reach the target. I exercise twice a week 40 minutes in the same days I fast. I had no issues with exercising on fasting days. It took 2 months to kick in the beginning. On my fasting days I use to have 50-60 Kcal of fruits before in the morning or just before the gym, a 70 kcal salad for lunch and a very nice dinner/desert with the remaining calories. I use at least 3-4 times a month the slim pasta or rice(Eat Water brand). You can make lovely recipes with them. Be persistent, the results are fantastic. Good luck everyone!

Hi Michelle Santos. Congratulations on your amazing weight loss. I was drawn to your story because you were 68 kgs (same as my weight) when you started. I began 5:2 last week, found it surprisingly easy and lost 2.3 kgs in a week. I understand that would be mostly water but at 56 and menopausal it is actually the fluid that I want to shift as well as about 8 kilos. Can I ask how tall you are? I am 5 ft 4 ” and I feel dumpy and matronly carrying the extra kilos on my small frame. Love this post!

Thank you Dr Mosley, Ms Spencer & all the staff at BBC Horizon!!!! I am a 45yo female who is down 52 lbs from my max as of this morning. BMI-25 the threshold of “normal weight”!!!!! That is a number I haven’t seen in over a decade & honestly didn’t think I would ever see again. I bought both books just to thank Dr Mosley for bringing this way of eating & exercising to my attention. It took just under a year to achieve this weight loss, I plan to loose another 20lbs or so which will put me at a BMI of 21.5 – solidly in the middle of normal weight for my sex/height/age. IF & HIIT have been nothing short of miraculous. Thank you!!!!!!!

Hi all
In answer to the question “does anyone eat normally on non fasting days” well I do I drink eat and although I do think about what I’m eating some times, I tell myself the reason I’m doing this diet is that I don’t have to care on non fasting days. I may not lose weight as fast as others but I’ve lost a stone + in 8 weeks and I feel healthier and better all round for it.
Not sure what I’ll do next week as on al-inclusive holiday. may have holiday from fasting lol. we’ll see.

congrats weigh

That was great!

I caught the end of the 5:2 documentary on TV a few months ago and was very interested, so I downloaded the audio book and listened to it on the way home from a three week holiday. When we got back we thought we would give it a go. I have never dieted before in my life as I didn’t like the concepts behind most diets.
I’m a 42 year old male and am 6ft 7″ tall my start weight was 142.7kg and BMI of 36.4 on the 7th October after nearly two months on the 5:2 diet the results are amazing my current weight is 128.8kg with a BMI of 32.8 a total loss of 13.9kg in nearly two months I feel so much better for it and even have a spring in my step. I’m not an exerciser but I do have a physically active job. Still haven’t achieved my initial goal weight of 120kg but can see it happening now.

I started the 5:2 a year ago and my Official results are in: I have lost over 10% of my body weight and all of my cholesterol #’s have improved by 15 to 30 points. This “diet” has not been difficult for me and I see myself fasting at least one day a week forever. There have been a few hard times(Vacations…or being out of my ordinary routine…have taken me a little bit longer to get used to and Christmas was a disaster for me and had me craving a fast day!), but overall it’s been wonderful (especially as the mother of 3 young children…) I know it’s not for everyone, but it has worked for me….

Hey, on day 2 and had my 1st fast day today. Wasn’t too bad but the hard bit for me is when kids go to bed! I found a fantastic audio / hypnosis book on amazon which encourages you to stop eating junk food and enjoy a healthier lifestyle. Been listening every night for a week and feel motivated to exercise every day now. Really hoping this diet gets the weight disappearing. Fingers crossed x