Hi everyone, I started 5:2 after the Horizon programme; I had some early success but then it drifted off and I stopped fasting. I didn’t try any other diet because none of the others makes any sense and I know I wouldn’t keep to a restricted diet. I began again in the new year but at the same time I cut sugar from my diet – that includes fruit juices as well as refined sugars. It was tough for a few weeks (I’m a serious sugar-holic) but now 2 months on I don’t miss it at all. When there are cakes at work, I’m not even tempted by them – I just don’t want them. My only treat is an occasional vanilla latte as I love them! I didn’t have a lot to lose but I felt lumpy and unhappy – I have now lost just over 1/2 stone since Christmas and I can get into the jeans I bought last summer and couldn’t squeeze into.
If some people are struggling to lose weight even though they’re fasting, it might be worth looking at sugar intake on non-fast days – as a sugar-holic, I know how easy it is to ‘treat’ myself with sweet stuff and forget that sugar really is just ’empty’ calories and a major cause of weight gain.
Keep going everyone – it’s great to see so much enthusiasm for 5:2.
Anne