Anyone doing 5:2 would be geeatfull of any sucess stories.

I've been doing 5:2 for a few months now and lost 11kg so far. Was hard for the first month then suddenly became quite doable. I still get hungry but not starving. I love the fact that I don't diet everyday. If there's something I want to eat but its fasting day I just save it till the next day.

I did find that fasting impacts negatively on energy levels when working out so now I take a protein shake & amino acids. I recommend it.

I did it to lose the excess weight I had carried around for 20 years.

Suited my personality very well - very determined short term but I get bored and frustrated by long term feelings of being restricted. So dieting twice a week was perfect.

Supported a very heavy exercise routine very well. Also learned that hunger doesn't mean "FEED ME NOW!" plus realising a lot of my eating was actually routine/I'm bored/habitual rather than actual need.
Also realised that breakfast is very much an optional meal for me, I can eat or not eat first thing in the morning with no significant difference in hunger levels. My wife found she was the same with lunchtime meals.

Transition to maintenance at goal weight was a breeze as I was already used to eating at maintenance.

My tip would be follow the plan 7 days a week, too many people restrict to dieting levels on the five days and aren't really doing 5:2 - they are restricting x5 and heavily restricting x2. Not the idea at all.

I didn't get on with the 5:2 and the restricted calories on the 2 fast days. So now I follow the 16/8 fasting approach and am down 30lbs. It fits in with my lifestyle so well.

*net = meat