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Hi,

I am new here. I have lost about 75lbs doing a sort of calorie shifting that I came up with on my own. (But have since discovered is not unique! Not that I thought I was so special!). The first 40-50lbs I lost I was eating 1800 calories 3 days a week, 2200 calories 3 days a week, and then one day around 3000 but I often did not keep track on those day and was just "off" for the day.

I think in a lot of ways it was similar in theory to the 5:2 diet in terms of looking at calories over the week and eating less on some days so you can eat more on others.

I am to a point where I am ok if I don't lose any more, but would be happy if I did. What I really want now is to not think so much about what I am eating every single day and find a routine where I can maintain easily or possibly lose a little more with a little less obsession with counting and weighing etc.

I am optimistic about the 5:2 plan because as I said I do not feel like it is a huge departure from what I know has worked for me for a long time. It's been over 3 year since I stared my weight loss journey, and over a year of really good maintenance for me, but I do not want to count every calorie every day anymore.

I am not much for exercising but I do take my 3 dogs for a brisk 20 minute hike every day.

Nice to meet you!
Sarah

Welcome Sarah! Well done on the big weight loss on your own, that's very inspirational! It doesn't sound that restrictive either what u made up! I think the 5:2 will make you lose more weigh especially to start with so that will be fab!

Hi Sarah

Welcome to 5:2 - I'm just a week and a half in and I really like it, I've lost a little weight and I also feel great.

Good luck!
Helen

Welcome Sarah! It doesn't sound that restrictive either what u made up! I think the 5:2 will make you lose more weigh especially to start with so that will be fab!

Thanks! It was not bad at all, shocking really. As I lost more weight though I had to lower those numbers. (The reward for losing weight, you get to eat less! Such a stinker!) I had a plateau when I got to the point where those numbers were maintenance for me and it took me a while to figure that out!

Sounds to complicated for me!!

Sounds to complicated for me!!

It was. It was kind of soothing for me though, in the way that I had to organize it and keep track. It fit my personality. But I am tired of it now after 3 years and hoping for something more simple. I have learned that I am not some one who can just eat mindlessly, and never will be able to again. That is how I was 250lbs! But if I can eat kind of mindlessly for 5 days a week and keep track for only 2, that might work for me!

I am 240 pounds
2nd weigh in tomorrow...

I am 240 pounds
2nd weigh in tomorrow...

Best wishes for your weigh in! I won't say good luck, because this is not about luck! It's about HARD WORK! I hope it says some thing you want to see, but try not to be discouraged if it doesn't. I definitely had weeks where my weigh in was not what I was hoping for, but over time the end result is great. I have kept a notebook where I write down the date and my weight every Friday, and it has been SO awesome to be able to look back and see how far I have come. I can also look at it and see that maybe for 3 weeks I had little or no loss, but then that next week I was down 4lbs all of the sudden. It really gives you a healthy perspective on the scale being about to see it over time. As long as your overall trend is down, down, down you are doing awesome!

Thank you! I am writing the weigh loss each week down, I lost 1.5 stone on slimming world since mid Jan and then 3.75 pounds last week on this diet. I am hoping for 2-3 pounds tomorrow, 3 if possible as then I wont be 17 stone something, but 16 stone something!

Come back tomorrow and let me know how you made out!