I think you are on track! Congratulations! You are losing weight, and working to make 5:2 a sustainable, ongoing part of life. It took me 17 months to lose 15kg and that was fine by me. I bet you will be quicker though. Best wishes.

You can do it, Elsiegee. If you want the weight to come off a little faster, mind what you eat on the non-Fast days, too. If you cut out 100-200 calories/day from that, it might help.
Good luck.

The other thing about ‘no one noticing’ is that some people are shy about mentioning other people’s weight loss. My husband never comments on other people because he thinks it implies that they were fat and in need of losing pounds. I told him that it is a compliment.

Fasting today: Cornmeal stars with yogurt and fruit for breakfast. For dinner, chicken and chickpeas in puttanesca sauce with asparagus.

@elsiegee it sounds like you are doing very well. It has taken me six years to go from 106kg to my current ~ 80kg +/- 2kg … That is a lot slower! However I’ve only been using fasting for less than 2 years.

My bodyfat has dropped from > 33% to the 16% to 17% range.

I think slow is better than quick because one is taking off the fat at a rate then can probably sustain for a long time.

My question is what you eat on the non-fast days. If it’s high saturated fats like sausage, eggs, bacon, fish, meat–you’re undoing the good stuff the fasting day does. If you eat too frequently on fast or other days, your insulin never has a chance to drop to levels to engage fat burn. The only way that happens is literally taking in no food for at least 14 hours–preferably daily. Once you do get your insulin levels down, then the 5:2 would work. Some of us are insulin resistant as heck, and we can’t lose weight that fast like our friends. The only way to drop that insulin is to go at least 14 hrs/day, without any intake but water and for at least a few weeks and maybe longer. Check out dr jason fung, who explains insulin in great detail from a perspective many physicians just miss. what he doesn’t mention is that insulin resistance is also caused by fat entering the liver and muscle cells. that’s a huge part of the equation. if you eat a lot of fat, you are pushing yourself to be insulin resistant.

You are losing weight and don’t overthink you are on progress. Staying healthy and losing weight together is a good way to go.

I thought you are going on a right way. 5kg in 3 months, not a bed. I have loss just 4 kg weight in first 3 months.

I don’t know whether this is relevant, but… how much fruit are you eating? We have had free fruit delivered to our office every Monday in November – enough to last the week. My fruit consumption has gone up, and so has my weight, every single week in November, even though I’ve been sticking to 5:2. I am now 2lb heavier than I was at the end of October, when I should be 2lb lighter. So I believe the fruit-fest has put my progress back about 4lbs in a month. Perhaps it isn’t good to eat very much fruit, but to have say one piece a day, and rely heavily on fresh veg instead.