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@mamainthekitchen size 16 to 10...awesome work lady!!!!! I've done size 16 to 14....feeling happy but my end goal is 10! Going to have to step it up a knotch when I come back from vacation in April. Be very proud of what you have accomplished!

I love to walk so try and do a 30 minute walk most days. Twice a week I have started going to an hour class...strenght training and stretching. ...nothing to strenuous. I find it easier to fast when I work and am busy. Most fast days I eat cottage cheese and fruit or veggies for lunch and stir fried veggies with chicken…

@GraetLifeIfYouDontWeaken - welcome! I turn 58 in a month and also have 50-60 lbs to lose. I started 5:2 three months ago and as of this week I have lost 18 lbs. An average of 6 lbs a months is the most successful I have been in years! It has changed my whole interaction with food and for the first time in 15 years I…

So my week was not the best. Found out cold germs weight you down but coughing is a good abs workout! Dr told me to take vitamins. .so I bought One a day...chocolate brownie chewable ones. May as well enjoy taking them, right? On to bigger and better next week...hope it will be a great one for everyone...stay healthy!

So I made it to onederland the end of January and at the end of February I am still there...yipee! Didn't lose a lot this month but enough to keep myself solidly in the 100's. Feeling happy and looking forward to March ...hope it is a great month for everyone!

@mamainthekitchen - the tight jean tip was so good I have to get a new pair of tight jeans...cause mine aren't so tight anymore! ;-) Down 2.5 this week thanks to you and your helpful tip!

@mamainthekitchen -thank you for the jean tip...normally work in yoga pants. Tried the jeans this week and down 1.5lbs!

Hi! I am still moving along. I haven't been extremely successful lately. I work in an office half a week and from home the other half. I am more successful fasting when I am in the office than when I am home. Anyone have any helpful suggestions for me on days I have to work from home - my work is all computer and phone…

I find tracking with the lose it app on my phone is easier than to track here. With lose it you can scan bar codes on products.

I am a big stress eater and January has been a stress month for me workwise. It is also the month I decided to give the 5:2 program a try. I just want to say thank you to everyone who posts in this group for the great support and motivation. I read your posts every day...and I am happy to say I have met my weight loss goal…

Doing a real happy dance today. ..made it to onederland and never going back....ain't ever going back!!!

@mamainthekitchen - I'm right there with you...will be a young 58 this year! My mantra this year "better to be over the hill than under it". Focused on getting this weight off so I can have many healthy years over that hill. I'm still trying to figure out how to add people - any pointers?

@flossyruby1 when you use the @ sign and start typing the name.....the app gives you a list of user names to choose from and turns it blue

200.4 this morning....planning on crossing the border to onederland this week...and never leaving that wonderful land again!

Awesome news flossyruby1 -size 6 means a lot of hard work and dedication! It is inspiring for new people to the plan like me! Week 2 was challenging for me ...but in the end I did complete 2 fast days and dropped another pound. Week 3 here I come with big plans for you!

Thanks for the encouragement flossyruby1!

First FD of the week done....but I have to say week 2 is proving a little more challenging than week 1. Hard or not...I will succeed. ..2016 is my year to just hunker down and do it! Reading your posts daily are helping me stay on track...thanks!

I am excited to report 2016 is off to a great start...5lbs down and 5lbs closer to onederland....going keep it going!

First week ever and did a 4:3. Down 4.3 lbs..I really like this plan! Looking forward to see what I can do next week.

I make zucchini noodles all the time but just use potato peeler to make them. A julienne peeler for spaghetti style noodles and a regular peeler for broader noodles. I found that zucchini cooks quicker than spaghetti squash -stir fry in less than 5 minutes and it is not as wet as spaghetti squash.

Hi, I am 57 and have 57 lbs to lose...off to a great start this year and hoping I can keep it up! I think 2016 is going to be my year to lose but need all the support and motivation I can get!

Very happy to have made it through my first-ever fast day with 480 calories yesterday. This just might be the plan I've been looking for forever. Thank you for all the tips you have posted - a number of them helped me through day 1!

10 lbs away..really hoping 2016 is the year I finally shed the burden of carrying around the excess pounds! Think I finally might be ready to get it done!

Very excited! Much better weigh in day this week. Focusing on tracking made all the difference. Down 2.2 this week for a total of 6.6 for the month of January! Bring on February .... let's see what we all can accomplish! Elaine Que, Can

Weigh in this am...not a great week...'nuff said...chin up ...today starts a new week..getting focused - I got this!

Sorry here is the correct post with the recipe. Is there anyway to delete a post after posting?

Here is the overnight oats recipe

Beautiful looking newborn. Congratulations to you and your family!

Elaine8505 - Elaine - May 4 - Quebec, Canada

No excuses for me not to stay on my food plan this week. Meal prep for my family of 5 is done...with lots of help from my daughter. In 5 hours we have breakfast, lunch and snacks packaged and in the fridge for everyone to grab and go during the workweek and 5 healthy dinners made that just need to be reheated each night. I…