5:2 succes stories

Me and my friends ;-)

17kg down since the beginning of May. Never lost weight so 'easily'

It's not a diet, that you stop. It's a way of life. The weightloss is great, but alot of People also do it for further health reasons and benefits.

Watch these, of you want to know more.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvdbtt_eat-fast-live-longer-hd_shortfilms#.UOOjXKz47XS

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Aj6hRYg4A&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DW9Aj6hRYg4A

To maintain you can keep fasting twice weekly and up your cals on normal days. Or you can go to one fast a week. That will give you some extra cals for your normal days.

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I lost what I needed to with 5:2 and now maintain my weight very easily with 6:1 and exercise.

Love, love, love it. Two days of being strict about calories and most of the week being relaxed about food and enjoying treats, never having to be 'on a diet' again? All good as far as I am concerned. The 'worst' that ever happens me eating this way is I maintain my weight instead of losing at the end of the week and on those weeks I have eaten a hell of a lot on the non-fast days. I intend to change to 6:1 when I reach target (which I should easily manage by xmas), I will eat like this for the rest of my life because it's simple and enjoyable and I hate that grind of constant calorie counting and feeling like I have 'failed' if I have a day where I eat pizza and have drinks or some other indulgence. Been doing it since February and can't recommend it highly enough. *PS. I have hypothyroidism meaning I have a really low metabolism- I haven't been putting on any weight since doing 5:2. Yay!*

People will tell you 'It's a fad!'. It's only a 'fad' if you let it be one, I chose to make it my way of eating and it truly works. Of course it does- you create your calorie deficit through days of very strict calorie restriction. Obviously if you eat ridiculous amounts on your non fast days it won't work but I find I would really have to go mad stuffing my face for that to happen (I am 5ft 6 and 34 years old- I eat between 1600- 2000 on feed days and once in a while I have lots of treats and hit near the 3000 mark). It might not appeal to everyone and that's fine but many, many people love it.

Apart from weight-loss there seems to be a lot of other health benefits. Have a look at the documentary 'Eat, Fast and Live Longer' for more information. That's what inspired me to try it and I couldn't be happier. Good luck!

I am nearing the end of week 36 on 5:2, and as of this morning have lost 70 lbs on it!

I am now just 4 lbs away from my goal, so will soon be starting to think about maintenance using 6:1, with the occasional week of 5:2 to balance out the odd weekend away/holidays etc.

I just wish I'd found 5:2 25 years ago!

I am nearing the end of week 36 on 5:2, and as of this morning have lost 70 lbs on it!

I am now just 4 lbs away from my goal, so will soon be starting to think about maintenance using 6:1, with the occasional week of 5:2 to balance out the odd weekend away/holidays etc.

I just wish I'd found 5:2 25 years ago!

Huge congrats to you twelvesticks, a great commitment and a great success story!

Another success story here. Been doing 5:2 for about 6 months now. I'm getting ready to transition to 6:1 to maintain because all my 'skinny' clothes are getting loose and I don't want to have to buy more! Other health benefits I've had on this were lower blood pressure, lower blood sugar, and lower cholesterol.

Loving all these success stories!! I just heard about this for the first time recently, and started it on Monday Wish me luck & add me me if you want!

I am nearing the end of week 36 on 5:2, and as of this morning have lost 70 lbs on it!

I am now just 4 lbs away from my goal, so will soon be starting to think about maintenance using 6:1, with the occasional week of 5:2 to balance out the odd weekend away/holidays etc.

I just wish I'd found 5:2 25 years ago!

Yes Twelvesticks, same here, I wish I'd found it years ago too! This has been the only diet that I've stuck to and the only diet that has given me great results without too much pain. After every diet I've been on for the last thirty odd years I've put the weight back on plus a little bit more. The gist of the plan is for a woman you eat 500 calories on 2 days a week and then "normally" the other five days - simple as that. I set my goals to maintenance, try and stick to that but don't worry if I go over. A man gets 600 calories - so unfair! ;-) Psychologically it's easy as you know you will be eating normally the next day. My diary is open if you want to look.

Just checking in to learn more! Very interested in starting. :flowerforyou:

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I am interested in looking more into this diet plan. Does this seem to work better for people with a lot of weight to lose (obese) or does it not really make a difference how much you have to lose?

It's not a quick fix but it is sustainable, a pound a week loss is the average weight loss. I only have 27 pounds to lose to get to a healthy BMI, others have had a lot more to lose - see above.

This sounds like a great lifestyle change! Anyone willing to help me set up some guidelines for creating my own plan, please friend me :-)

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.. I just can't bring myself believe she can eat anything surely she must be reducing food on those bit in fast days?

No you don't reduce food on the non-fast days. It's just maths. Lets say your calorie intake to maintain weight is 2000 a day (which is the figure the National Health Service gives for an average woman). On 2 days you eat 500 calories, so a 1,500 deficit 2x a week - or 3,000 calorie deficit for the week in total. On average someone has to have a 3,500 calorie deficit over a week to lose 1lb of fat so you can see from the above calculation that eating 500 calories, twice a week will give just a smidge under 1lb loss a week.

I'm doing 5:2 as well and I have a lot of weight to lose so I tend to do the 2 days at 500 calories, 3 days at a calorie level to lose 0.5lbs a week (1,800 calories) and the weekend I'm at maintenance levels (2,000). Or if I can't be bothered with that added complication I'll just do a 4:3 instead.