I am over the moon to have reached my target of 10st 7lbs today, in fact I am 1 lb below 
. This is after losing an amazing 5lbs this week
I have found it helpful to read of others' journeys so here is mine:
I was naturally very slim until after the birth of my second daughter when I was 29. I hadn't gained too much weight in my pregnancy and was back at my normal weight within a week or two. However my metabolism seemed to change after the birth and my weight then started to increase gradually every year, and holiday and Christmas gains just stayed put. By mid 2012, on my 50th birthday, I had reached almost 13st - depressing. I am 5ft 5.
I saw the original Dr M programme in August 2012 and decided to give 5:2 a go. I managed to lose 7lbs quite easily and quickly but I gave up after a couple of months.
At New Year I had a severe bout of flu and lost a few pounds. I decided that I would use this to kickstart a diet in January.
Shortly afterwards the 5:2 book was published and I decided to give it a go again. Through its website I came across this forum, which has been the reason that I have been able to reach my target after six months. I cannot say enough what a difference it has made to me - the nerd stuff helped me to understand how it works, but more importantly the fantastic support of the members helped keep me going
If you look at my progress chart you will see that I had a plateau early on, which I realised was due to overeating on feed days and so tracked calories every day for about six weeks using MFP. By then I was confident that I knew what I needed and so have not tracked calories since.
I have also had what appears to be a plateau for the last few weeks but this is because I have had several weekends away and lots of socialising for various reasons. I ate what I wanted and tried to fit in fasting and a bit of 16:8 where I could to compensate, so I was quite happy that I didn't gain much.
In the last week I have fasted properly on two days and have eaten sensibly on the other days and to my astonishment when I weighed in this morning I have lost 5lbs this week! I think this must be largely due to loss of retained water after the very hot period and the excess eating/drinking. One interesting thing I noticed was that my body fat % had continued to reduce during this plateau.
Although I am delighted to have reached my target I am now wondering what to do next
My BMI is still at the top end of normal so I wonder whether I should try to get it down a bit further. My target was about a stone higher than my pre-pregnancy normal weight, but I am now 51 and don't want my face to be too wrinkly! I am a comfortable size 12 now and my waist is less than 50% of my height. I think I will carry on with 5:2 for now and see where my weight stablises.
Thank you to everyone for your support and special thanks to Moogie for creating this fabulous resource
. This is after losing an amazing 5lbs this week I have found it helpful to read of others' journeys so here is mine:
I was naturally very slim until after the birth of my second daughter when I was 29. I hadn't gained too much weight in my pregnancy and was back at my normal weight within a week or two. However my metabolism seemed to change after the birth and my weight then started to increase gradually every year, and holiday and Christmas gains just stayed put. By mid 2012, on my 50th birthday, I had reached almost 13st - depressing. I am 5ft 5.
I saw the original Dr M programme in August 2012 and decided to give 5:2 a go. I managed to lose 7lbs quite easily and quickly but I gave up after a couple of months.
At New Year I had a severe bout of flu and lost a few pounds. I decided that I would use this to kickstart a diet in January.
Shortly afterwards the 5:2 book was published and I decided to give it a go again. Through its website I came across this forum, which has been the reason that I have been able to reach my target after six months. I cannot say enough what a difference it has made to me - the nerd stuff helped me to understand how it works, but more importantly the fantastic support of the members helped keep me going
If you look at my progress chart you will see that I had a plateau early on, which I realised was due to overeating on feed days and so tracked calories every day for about six weeks using MFP. By then I was confident that I knew what I needed and so have not tracked calories since.
I have also had what appears to be a plateau for the last few weeks but this is because I have had several weekends away and lots of socialising for various reasons. I ate what I wanted and tried to fit in fasting and a bit of 16:8 where I could to compensate, so I was quite happy that I didn't gain much.
In the last week I have fasted properly on two days and have eaten sensibly on the other days and to my astonishment when I weighed in this morning I have lost 5lbs this week! I think this must be largely due to loss of retained water after the very hot period and the excess eating/drinking. One interesting thing I noticed was that my body fat % had continued to reduce during this plateau.
Although I am delighted to have reached my target I am now wondering what to do next
My BMI is still at the top end of normal so I wonder whether I should try to get it down a bit further. My target was about a stone higher than my pre-pregnancy normal weight, but I am now 51 and don't want my face to be too wrinkly! I am a comfortable size 12 now and my waist is less than 50% of my height. I think I will carry on with 5:2 for now and see where my weight stablises.Thank you to everyone for your support and special thanks to Moogie for creating this fabulous resource
Good Luck with maintenance 
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