Struggling :(

GemeliaFP

Hello everyone! I started the 5:2 diet a few months back and I am really struggling! For those of you that dont know what the 5:2 diet is its where you eat 1/4 of your daily allowance for any 2/7 days and eat your daily allowance for the remaining 5/7.

I've managed to complete a few fasts here and there but I can't maintain it! Today I planned to fast... It got to around 20:00hrs and it got way too much for me and I went and bought al sorts of junk food and consumed about 2000calories! I do this often, and I now weight more than I did before I ever started dieting! I then get really low and eat even more..

I really want to lose weight and I am so unhappy with my body! I'm 4ft11 and weigh 10 stone 6 so my BMI is very high and my daily calorie allowance is very little!

Any advice would be much appreciated! Feel free to add me for support!

Thanks

SongDragon

Hi. I'm another shorty at five feet tall. That diet sounds tough. I eat my set allowance most days, just a touch under to stay within goal.

One thing that helps me, especially through work, is adding a lot of low calorie stuff. So cut up strawberries and apricots under my cereal. Frozen berries under yogurt. Baby spinach or kale with almonds. I pack so much of the spinach, green beans or cucumber that I can't finish and can snack on it later.

I don't know if any of that will help you and I get my binges, too, but that's how I try to turn those days around. I started my journey around the same weight.

GemeliaFP

Thanks for the advice, sounds like you are doing fab!