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I’ve been losing and gaining for over 45 years! 😱. Went on my first calorie controlled diet when I was 13 years old. I must have lost and re-found the equivalent of several people during that time😠. I lost 45lbs in 2012 and had regained 34. In January started again and have lost 25 so far so only 9 to go.😊. I think the…

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Hi, I am from Somerset

I have lost weight successfully more times than I can remember (last 2 times lost 50lbs on each occasion). Have never maintained and always regained, so to date I haven't succeeded so it has been beyond my ability- so maintenance for me is harder. Hoping following this period of weight loss will then master the skills of…

I was on medication in my early 40s to manage my high blood pressure. Although I exercised regularly I was overweight. Also, one of my brothers, who was in his mid 40's died of an aneurism. Which although not caused, would have been exacerbated by high BP and being obese. So that and being fed up with being fat again! 3…

Although I wouldn't wish anyone else to have the same problems as me, it is reassuring to know you are not alone and that others have the same obstacles and successes. Like others I lost the weight 50 lbs but then stopped logging and gave myself all the excuses to 'treat' myself until I had regained 25 lbs. Small…

I have been following 5:2 for just over 2 years. I didn't commence this to lose weight, (as I was already on a calorie restricted diet), but for the health benefits. I find Monday and Thursday best but that is personal preference. Choose whichever days suit you. The rationale for the low calories 500 or 600, dependent on…

I am 50 years old. I lost 30lbs on 1500 a day and lost a lb a week on average but it wasn't a lb every week,sometimes I lost 2, sometimes I gained but over time I lost all the weight I needed to. I think it is about being patient and being very accurate with weighing and working out calories. Good luck and keep at it.

I can not post pictures, but I have lost 50lbs and I feel so much better and lots of people tell me I look great. True, my 50 yr old body has some sag and wrinkles, but I would take my new body over my old body every day. Obviously I am never going to look as beautiful and lovely as the young people on this site, but we…

In response to the last post enquiring how is it going. I commenced the 5:2 in August and continue to date. I can not tell if it has reduced my chances of developing cancer/heart disease ans Alzheimer's, just have to hope it is working. Where I can experience an unforeseen benefit is getting back on track following a…

I think I know what you mean. I thought during my teens and 20's I was overweight and was miserable, but being within a normal weight range albeit not as slim as my friends was hardly a major problem. I managed my weight through binging and purging but so did many of my other friends (in the 70's). For me it was just every…

A stone is 14lbs People started to comment at about 30lbs, but some male colleagues later said they had noticed but didn't want to say anything for fear of seeming odd. I think that as I am a senior manager may also have inhibited the male colleagues. Once I reaced 40 lbsI was getting almost daily comments. What surprised…

Over Christmas New Year I gained 8.5 lbs but lost 5.5 of them in two days so I suspect it was fluid retention rather than genuine gain. I think the 3 lbs left is true gain and fits with what I ate. I haven't found it too difficult to get back in to the swing of things. As I had already reached my original target , I am…

At the start, last January I ate 1500 everyday day irrespective of how much exercise I did. I lost approximately 1lb a week. In August 12, for health reasons I commenced 5:2 fasting which meant 2 days I was only eating 500, but I upped my calories on weekend to 1700. This meant I was averaging about 1250. I reached my goal…

It is about double. If you weigh 2 oz dry you will end up with about 4 oz cooked. Not exactly but close

I started with 1500, I was just to hungry on 1200. I didn't bother with trying to adjust for exercise calories as that was just to confusing. I lost over 30lbs at 1lb a week. For health reasons in August I started 5:2 which means on 2 days I only eat 500 cals but I also upped my cals on 2 days to 1700. That averages out at…

It took me 50 weeks to lose 49. Now that I have achieved my goal I don't mind at all that it took me all year. after all this change of eating has to last me a lifetime. I did it at a pace that meant I could eat 1500 cals a day. I also had breaks every 12 weeks or so, which really helped because in the past I have always…

When I started in January I was 172 lbs, I am now 125. I tried 1200 for about 2 weeks but couldn't manage as I was too hungry and ate 1500. I couldn't cope with working out cal expenditure from exercise, just stuck to 1500. I lost on average 1lb a week. In August I commenced 5:2 where I only consume 500 cals 2 days a week,…

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/9483381/52-diet-healthy-recipes-250-calories-or-less.html The Saturday Telepraph ran an article on the 5:2 fasting and there are recipes for 250 cals I do this 5:2 and I 'spend' 109 calories on skimmed milk - I can not go all day without milky decaf. The other 400 are on lots of…

46 lbs over 46 weeks. 1 lb to goal:: :smile:

I have been doing this since August and plan on keeping it up permanently I do the two days on Monday and Thursday. I only eat one meal in the evening but have one coffee with milk when I get up and several in the evening, so my meal is about 380 cals. I started this because of the potential health benefits. I had high BP…

Sorry not going to be much help either. I try to eat a lot of protein but I still feel hungry. I am just as hungry at a lunchtime if I have had a big breakfast, than if I haven't eaten anything. I couldn't cope with 1200 a day but ate 1500. However 2 days a week I do 5:2 fasting so although this means I am very hungry on…

For me it depends on whether I am going to eat the total amount or a portion. So if I was to make an omlette for only me, I would work out all of the ingredients raw including the cooking fat. But, if I was coking something like pasta, which I was sharing, I would work out how many calories a cooked portion I was going to…

Yes regularly. It suits me to save my calories until later. If you are interested as this as a way of eating you can read more about leangains or 5:2. There are groups on this site and information on the net. It is very hard to imagine that the human body evolved with a dependence on 3 meals a day, in fact its just not…

I started this after watching the programme in August. I didn't commence this as a means of losing weight but for the health benefits. Not that I didn't want to continue losing but I had lost the majority of my weight prior to this. I am hoping aside from the health advantages this diet may make, that this fasting will…

Alcohol and chocolate 5 years ago. Other than that I only eat chips and crisps and full fat cheese if I am away on holiday, so that is maybe 4/5 times a year, but I do indulge and enjoy then.

I am 50 and have lost 45 lbs since January. Although it may be harder to lose weight due to metabolism, I am more disciplined and more patient than when I was 20. Also more forgiving whe I slip up. Now a bad couple of days are a mistake which I can overcome, not something to derail me altogether. The women on this post are…

For me the biggest change has been my health. I had been on BP medication for 5.5 years but this summer I came off which delighted me. The other real noticeable difference is not having to lug an extra 45lbs when running. My knees are definitely grateful. The big change for me next is maintenance, have lost weight many…

Whilst swimming is an excellent exercise and will help muscle development, you are not going to be able to build large and heavy muscles from swimming. To do that you would have to commence weight lifting. What you will find is that you make look a bit smaller as muscles take up less space than fat does. One thing to be…