Thanks to all who posted their progress 
. I can now reveal the results for December's weigh-in and for the whole of 2013!
December weigh-in:
Total loss by those who posted their stats in the weigh-in thread: 71.89 kg of weight lost and 55.69 cm off our collective waists!
The average weight lost during November was 1.5 kg and a 1.6 cm loss from the waistline.
Biggest losers: @chickvic for weight lost (5.9 kg) and @Brackenfor waistline reduction (8.89 cm)
Results for 2013 overall:
Total loss for those who posted their stats: 1098kg!!!! and a collective waist reduction of 762cm!!
The average loss for 2013 was 12.62kg.
I tried to work out how long each of the thread contributors were following 5:2, but as not everyone gave me their figures and because many people reached maintenance and so for some of those weeks they weren't trying to lose weight the average figure I got of 31 weeks (making the average weight loss per week of 0.39 kg) is not a true reflection of the average speed of weightloss.
There were two spectacularly big losers during 2013: @chickvic and @Manderley who have both lost 41 kg!!! Honourable mentions should go to @cherylhead (39 kg) and @pist1958(32 kg)
The biggest reduction in waistline was by @Chris P (30.5 cm)
Of course, it's not really about how much you lose but about how 5:2 changes your life for the better, and reading through all the posts I was struck by how just about everyone commented on their happiness with the new lifestyle and how it has improved their lives
. So, many, many congratulations to all of you and here's to an equally (if not more) successful 2014!
. I can now reveal the results for December's weigh-in and for the whole of 2013!December weigh-in:
Total loss by those who posted their stats in the weigh-in thread: 71.89 kg of weight lost and 55.69 cm off our collective waists!
The average weight lost during November was 1.5 kg and a 1.6 cm loss from the waistline.
Biggest losers: @chickvic for weight lost (5.9 kg) and @Brackenfor waistline reduction (8.89 cm)
Results for 2013 overall:
Total loss for those who posted their stats: 1098kg!!!! and a collective waist reduction of 762cm!!
The average loss for 2013 was 12.62kg.
I tried to work out how long each of the thread contributors were following 5:2, but as not everyone gave me their figures and because many people reached maintenance and so for some of those weeks they weren't trying to lose weight the average figure I got of 31 weeks (making the average weight loss per week of 0.39 kg) is not a true reflection of the average speed of weightloss.
There were two spectacularly big losers during 2013: @chickvic and @Manderley who have both lost 41 kg!!! Honourable mentions should go to @cherylhead (39 kg) and @pist1958(32 kg)
The biggest reduction in waistline was by @Chris P (30.5 cm)
Of course, it's not really about how much you lose but about how 5:2 changes your life for the better, and reading through all the posts I was struck by how just about everyone commented on their happiness with the new lifestyle and how it has improved their lives
. So, many, many congratulations to all of you and here's to an equally (if not more) successful 2014!
and some spectacular results!
but 1098 isn't less impressive 
Congratulations to us all on finding a life-style and weight management program that actually works and makes us happy on many levels! 
I particularly like my figure - since finding this WOE it's looking rather impressive as well 
