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I posted this on the "Dieting today" forum before I saw this, so sorry if you have already seen it.

I did my first Fast yesterday, having got the book on Thursday and watched "Eat, Fast, Live" on Friday.

I was 96kg a year ago, and got quite ill, my throat so sore I could not eat. I was in effect put on an involuntary fast for a few weeks, and I lost 10kg. Pleased with the result, I continued to eat much less, and by mid-summer was down to 78kg. Since then, my weight steadily crept up to 80kg.

It was such a revelation to see the program and realise the fasting the illness pulled me into was in fact a good thing. I will now take up the 5:2 diet with enthusiasm. My target is to get to about 72kg.

I found yesterday quite easy (2 boiled eggs and a plum for breakfast, Salmon fillet and cherry tomatoes for tea), I think my experience over the last year helped.

Hi biminibob and welcome!

I bet you didn't realise that it was such a good experience at the time.

Hi biminibob and welcome!

I bet you didn't realise that it was such a good experience at the time.

Thanks for the welcome. No, at the time I just couldn't eat as my throat felt like sand-paper was rubbing it raw when I swallowed anything. To the extent it was hard to swallow even water. However, once I recovered and saw how much weight I had lost, I admit I was glad I had been ill.

And then seeing the East,Fast,Live program, I thought "wow, that's essentially what I did when I was ill". It's great to have it rubber stamped as a great way not only to improve health, but also weight.