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On the road to a healthier me

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Back in the healthy weight range

by AiriR on 13 Nov 2013, 00:18

Today marks exactly eight months (35 weeks) since I started 5:2 on March 13, with a BMI of 32.79 and weighing 85 kg (13 st 5.39 or 187.39 pounds). Today I weigh 64.2 kg (10 st 1.54 or 141.54 pounds) and my BMI is 24.77. My goal weight is 63 kg so I'm almost there. I feel absolutely fantastic - Greenmonster quoted Mimi Spencer in her post yesterday and that sums it up perfectly for me too - "light, lean and alive". I honestly did not even dare dream of getting to this point so soon but am of course beyond thrilled!

How did I do it? I put my stats in Moogie's wonderful Progress Tracker and got a TDEE value (I use the sedentary value; I do walk a fair bit as I don't drive and do yoga but no other exercise). I eat to my TDEE on 4 days a week. One day a week I do a no-calorie liquid fast, and one day a week I only have dinner (below 500 calories). The remaining one day I eat absolutely anything my heart desires. I log all my TDEE days on MyFitnessPal because I like how it makes me more mindful of what I'm eating. My food choices have definitely become healthier but I find it relatively easy to fit the occasional ice cream or chocolate within the TDEE. I do enjoy my wine too but on the 'anything goes' day usually when I don't need to stop at one glass. :wink:

I am so grateful to Michael Mosley for bringing 5:2 to us and to Moogie for setting up this brilliant forum. My life has totally changed this year. :heart:
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What a result! Another success story and such an inspiration. Congratulations!
Well done! I am very proud of you! Now wait right there and I'll try and catch up!
Thank you for your lovely comments Karen and FB! I am very happy to be an inspiration for weight loss. :grin:
Wow! Congrats on your results so far!
Btw, it looks like we have about the same starting point, and the same goal. Except I started a couple of months after you. But I'm surely motivated by your achievements. :-)
I'll very happily serve as inspiration for you, Sylfer! :smile: I have been amazed by how easy it has been; when I started I thought maybe sometime next year I'd get fairly close to my goal weight, with luck and the planets aligning... And here I am, eight months later, "light, lean and alive"! It WORKS and you'll get there too! :heart:
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