Any success stories using the 5:2 diet plan?

schtinkster

I've been on it five and a half weeks - I've done 6 weeks' worth of fast days, although I missed one fast day in Week 4 as I was away. I fast Mondays and Wednesdays and truly do eat (and drink!) normally on the other days. I've lost 5 kilos so far. My first fast day was Monday 28 Oct and now it's Thurs 5 Dec. This is by far the best regime ever. It's becoming a way of life for me. I can spend my whole weekend saying Yes, not No. And still lose weight, and I feel so healthy as well. I have been, at my worst, nearly 90kg (I'm a 172cm tall female, strong and muscly as I do heaps of sport, but still carrying way too much weight). When I started 5 and 2, I was 85kg, which I struggled so hard to get to. Now, after only five and a half weeks, I'm 80kg, with no struggle at all - just a bit of discipline on 2 days a week - to ignore a bit of hunger pain... always knowing that the very next day, you can eat normally. On my fast days, I've sorted out what suits me... Skip brekky, have a banana and an apple for lunch, and for dinner, I have 4 x 26 cal crispbreads, two topped with 1/2 slice cheese and tomato, two topped with cream cheese spread, plus a carrot. It feels like a banquet!!! That all works out at about 480 cals for the day. Easy. I say - the 5 and 2 is astoundingly good. Go for it!

dolphinmarine

Have been on 5:2 for about 4 months now (Tue & Thu). Have lost ~ 30 lbs. Was off for a month (vacation) - put on about 4 lbs. Back on 5:2 again and have lost those 4 + 1 in about 4 weeks. Body fat also has come down from 26.5% to 24.5% and much more to go. Have missed an occasional day here and there but as long as I am back on it, it doesn't seem to matter.

The main benefit I see of this "life-style" change is it makes you aware of what you are eating on a day-to-day basis. I am now more inclined to eat the enjoyable (hi-calorie) food and skip the junk (also hi-calorie).

Still enjoy my drinks (think more than ever!) on week-ends but the lbs keep coming off! Have also noticed a over-all sense of feeling good & healthier than ever before. It certainly is a life-style change for the better.

apriljen59

I started the fast diet on April 1st 2013 and am still going. So far I've lost 29 lbs with minimal and I mean minimal exercise. It was too cold and then too hot and my son got married in July so there was little time. Then it got colder and I got lazy. ( I walk around a school track. ) I've lost inches around my waist and arms and thighs and everyone has noticed. I fast Mondays & Thursdays. I tell my body that I can have the cake or whatever I'm craving when I wake up, and normallyI never crave that thing as much the next day. I plan to start walking again seriously. It's the longest time I've ever lasted on any diet and the one that has worked best for me.

fittyinthemaking

surely it can't be healthy, i go dizzy if i don't eat for 3-4 hours... if you cant see your self starving 2 days a week for the rest of your life don't bother, you'll gain weight as soon as you go back to eating 7 days a week... i don't understand why people don't just eat healthy and watch the pounds drop off!