Just re-started 5:2 again Monday last week. Already lost some weight.

I’m obsessive compulsive so anything that has rules attached works really well for me.

I have 20kg to lose. A friend told me about 5:2 about two years ago. I instantly started the diet and stayed on it for about a year. I only lost 2 kilos. :-(. I didn’t read the book – just did the diet based on what he told me.

I used to eat a big bowl of oats for breaky (to reduce my cholesterol) then nothing until dinner time where I’d have a huge bowl of veges with either tuna or a cup of skim milk white sauce.

Another friend gave me The Fast Diet book for Christmas just gone. I read it. I discovered that you need to limit the amount of veges that you eat because they have calories that contribute to the 500. I reckon in my previous 5:2 year I was eating waaaaayyyyy more than 500 calories. That’s why I didn’t lose the weight.

Anyway – this time I’m measuring my cereal (just half a cup with under half a cup of skim milk) and weighing my veges every fast night. And eating them only with tuna and a little sweet chilli sauce. Already lost a couple of kilos in 2 weeks.

I fast Monday and Tuesday – to get it over with. This means that if I lose weight by Wednesday, I put a bit of it back on the remaining days – but still an overall loss by the next Monday.

I’m luckier than most because I never get hungry. Haven’t been hungry since I was a kid. I eat because I like the taste of food and because it’s eating time (being obsessive compulsive). This of course makes it really easy for me to skip lunch. I don’t eat lunch most weekends either.

I’m a bit nervous – given my previous experience but determined to give it a good go.