chico101

I've always found that hunger helps as a distraction if I'm particularly upset or stressed. I've never fasted in a harmful way, but have deliberately cut my food intake and lost quite a bit of weight at these times. As I'm generally easy-going about my weight, it tends to creep back up eventually.

Hi debbie, all, I've been doing the 5:2 diet since early November 2012 with a 2 week break over Christmas. Steady loss of 1lb each week, without changing my diet/exercise other than the fast days. Regained some over Christmas, but back on track in Jan. Same steady loss, and not too much of a struggle with fast days, as I…