I'm giving the 5:2 Diet a go

Kendo · Senior Member

I'm giving the 5:2 Diet a go

aussie_paul · Guru

Good for you Jeff...

Aussie Paul. smile

jules47 · The Happy Helper

Good for you Jeff - keep us posted! And good luck - losing weight as we get older is a hard road!

2foot6 · Senior Member

I'm the same ,but here is my new excuse.

Happywanderer · The Master

Good luck with the 5:2 diet. I will be interested to see what you can eat within those calories on the fasting days.

Vic41 · Guru

Check this one out too Jeff, and good luck with the other one!

This one was devised by my heart specialist, it doesn't mean don't exercise but what you can do without exercise to loose weight if you have leg or other health problems, see;

http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t55501746/the-3-steps-to-weight-loss-without-exercise-successful-strat/?page=2&sort=newestFirst

pondsmob · Senior Member

Good on you Kendo. think positive, I am sure it will be all rewarding.

Kendo · Senior Member

Yesterday (Monday) - "fast" Day 1 done & dusted...600 calories for the day and I survived biggrin

Tomorrow (Wednesday) is "fast" Day 2.... here goes!

Gerty Dancer · Guru

Saw a bit about that on TV Kendo, looks very interesting. Best wishes, and keep us posted?

neilnruth · Guru

Well done Kendo. Now you're accountable to many who are interested in you. And accountability really helps you stick at it. smile smile smile

-- Edited by neilnruth on Wednesday 2nd of July 2014 10:10:12 PM

beiffe · Guru

Yeh step out of line and we all come get you LOL

Stick to it boy.

I gave up sugar in my diet and lost over 40kgs so it can be done. 135+ down to 90

For mine I read "White sugar Black death" you can find the ebook if you try.

Regards
Brian

Kendo · Senior Member

Thanks for the positive thoughts guys (& gals).

Day 2 (Wednesday) survived as well. It almost seemed too easy, mind you keeping busy is a big key to it.

I'm taking it easy on the other days with no snacks, etc. So I hope I'm on the right track.

We had my son and daughter in law home for tea tonight so we had take out chicken. The diet book says on the non "fast" days you can basically have what you like, so it was interesting to "be on a diet" and to have a "Few" (and I mean only a few ) chips with the chook & salad. Amazing how good they tasted. I think that is also part of the "likeability" of this plan, I imagine there will be days when the fasting will be hard but there is always the thought of something nice only a day away.

Haha..listen to me biggrin biggrin waxing lyrical about a diet I've been on less than a week.

Anyway, I will see how I go. Thanks again biggrin biggrin

Kendo · Senior Member

Sunday morning. My first weigh in day after my first week of the 5:2 fast diet.

The 2 fasting days passed remarkably well. Still its early days and I'm always good on "a diet" for the first few weeks. I'm sure it will get harder cry . The other days I've tried to be "good" without any sweet treats, biscuits, etc.

Still.......now to jump onto those dirty rotten lying bloody $%#$@$# scales (can you tell I've dieted before )

WOW!!!!!!.....................................................................2.5kg (5.5lb) LOST!!!

I know I can't expect that every week. They recon 1lb/week is the norm. But hey I'm happy with that biggrin

So now to do it all again, week 2 starts tomorrow. Feeling very motivated, but then I always do early on.

Jeff

PJK · Senior Member

Well done Jeff. Keep at it mate.

Regards

Peter
PJK

neilnruth · Guru

Hang in there and keep us up to date. It might motivate a few more people.

Kendo · Senior Member

4 Weeks into the 5:2 diet.

This is usually when I forget that I'm on a diet and sometime later remember what a baaaad boy I am (again ).

Well all I can say is "How easy is this".

Yes I have fasting days that are harder than others (the trick seems to be to keep busy on those days), but really I feel I have control of what's going on, I'm not irritated by the constant "That looks nice" (CAN'T HAVE THAT!!!), "That is yummy" (CAN'T HAVE THAT!!), "That smells great" (CAN'T HAVE THAT!!), etc. I have worked out what I can have on the fasting days and I just stick to it. The other days I just take it easy, but if I have a day where we go out for a meal or something nice is on offer I just tuck in and enjoy it! biggrin biggrin

Well I just stepped onto the scales. My weight loss is ...................... 5.8Kg

Very, very chuffed with myself

Jeff

bronnie · Senior Member

Well you are going great Jeff, good on you! You would be feeling the difference already. I need to lose weight also, must look this 5:2 diet up.

Cheers Bronnie

-- Edited by bronnie on Monday 28th of July 2014 02:48:42 PM

-- Edited by bronnie on Monday 28th of July 2014 02:49:43 PM

neilnruth · Guru

There's a little Women's Weekly recipe book out called '2 Day Diet' which has recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner for the fasting days. Some good suggestions in it.
Well done Kendo. Keep it up.

Kendo · Senior Member

7.3kg loss in 6 weeks

This is now officially the longest I've sustained a diet in many many years, and I'm finding it quite easy.

Yes there are days when the fasting can be hard, but less and less so.

I went to an all day work sponsored conference last week at Glenelg and then went for dinner at a nearby restaurant. The food (and wine) was excellent. This was to be a fasting day, so all I did was to fast on another day, and I still lost weight biggrin biggrin

After many years of tight cloths, I'm enjoying the sensation of wearing baggy stuff. Looks like a new summer wardrobe might be in the offing

Jeff

neilnruth · Guru

Yes, it seems like it's a good 'diet' - or way of eating. Well done. You'll soon find it so natural that it won't even feel like a 'diet' (don't like that word). Keep it up.

Kendo · Senior Member

Still pluggin away..8 weeks..8.4kg biggrin biggrin

Jeff

aussie_paul · Guru

Kendo wrote:
Still pluggin away..8 weeks..8.4kg
Jeff

Great, keep at it Kendo.

Aussie Paul. smile

The Hats · Senior Member

Kendo wrote:
Still pluggin away..8 weeks..8.4kg
Jeff

Well Done mate, good going hope the rest of your diet go's as well. biggrin I have been layed up in hospital; for 6 weeks and lost 11.5 kgs. Not the best way to loose weight but a loss is a loss and I will take it. biggrin

Just need to drop about 10 more and I'LL be sweet, But in saying that I don't want to go back to hospital

these super bugs are a worry confuse confuse

Cheers

The Hats

Kendo · Senior Member

Thanks guys biggrin

Yup a (long or any) trip to hospital is not the way you want to loose weight. I hope you get better soon.

I'm amazed at this. It just makes soooo much sense to me. 2 days of fasting (ie. <600calories a day) each week (3 if I want to chuck in an extra). If it's a "hard" day it not really cause a feed is only another day away. If family or mates turn up for a BBQ & and a few quiet ones then you just get on with it and adjust your fasting days to suit. biggrin

Kendo · Senior Member

Week 12 and 10.1kg lost biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin

Off for the annual "Service and checkup" (Blood test) this Monday. Funny I'm actually looking forward to seeing what the results may be this time round.

Weight loss is only one of many benefits of this way to eat. I find it easy to do after soooooo many "diets" over the years failed.

Interested in finding out about the 5:2 Fast diet? Have a look >> here <<

wendyv · Guru

The Driver's doctor told him to try the 5:2 diet. In 3 weeks has lost 3/4 stone. Blood sugar has dropped from 8 to 6.2.
As an idea, the last fast day was Breakfast: small bowl of oatmeal porridge; mid morning snack: small mandarin; lunch: soup bowl filled with lettuce, celery, carrot, tomato, alfalfa sprouts, red capsicum, red onion, cucumber salad, with couple of teaspoons of white balsamic vinegar over it. Dinner was 2 turkey mince patties, with a bunch of steamed asparagus. He has enough calories to spare to have a whisky and water nightcap. He drinks water and black coffee and black tea.

dorian · Guru

For those people who are watching their blood sugar levels, some pharmacies will sometimes have personal monitoring devices (eg Accu-Check) costing around $45 - $60 with an equivalent cashback offer, so that the net cost is $0. The catch is the cost of the testing strips or tapes, but these are covered by PBS.