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If you're new and have a question or need some advice, please give us as much information as you can about your situation in order for us to be able to help you as best we can. For example, it's helpful to know your BMI/weight, how much you want to lose, any medical conditions which might affect your weight and (if you've started fasting already) how you do your fasts in terms of splitting up your calories, what you eat etc. Thanks!

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Chapelrose
New Member

Hello I'm new
05 Mar 2013, 09:46

Hiya all, I'm thinking of giving the 5:2 diet a go. I need to loose a minimum of a stone and preferably a stone and a half in weight which I have put on since I have given up smoking. What I really need to help me is a 'dictionary' of calories. So some sort of reference book or Iphone app that will tell me how many calories are in various foods. I just can't see how I can count calories if I don't know how many calories are in foods. Any help will be gratefully received and I'm looking forward to chatting to you all :grin:

carorees
5:2 for life!

5 Nov 12

24.76

38.4kg

Re: Hello I'm new
05 Mar 2013, 10:59

Hi Chapelrose and welcome

There are some great apps for calorie counting! The two most popular with folks here are the my fitness pal app and the calorie counter from my fat secret which have websites as well as apps (links here: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=208#p45). Any questions about how to use the sites/apps do ask as most people here are using one or other of them!

Good luck!

Weight at start: 105 kg; dress size UK 20
Target, 65 kg, reached 15 May 2014 - 18 months after my first fast
Current weight: 66.4 kg; dress size UK 8-10
Maintenance weight range: 64-67 kg
My method: 8 months of 5:2, remainder and maintenance 16:8 + low carbs
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bycress16
5:2 Faster

14 Aug 12

26.96

18.6kg

Re: Hello I'm new
05 Mar 2013, 11:10

Hi Chapelrose, welcome to the forum.
I have used the 'my fitness pal' app since I started doing the 5:2 in August and find it invaluable. If you have a smart phone with a camera, download the 'bar code scanner' app as well and it will read the bar codes and let you know how many calories are in foods. Really handy.Good luck.

Chapelrose
New Member

Re: Hello I'm new
05 Mar 2013, 11:24

Thank you so much for the warm welcome, I am off to look for the apps now in the app store. I'm worried that I will be in for some nasty surprises with just how many calories are in the foods I currently eat!!