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- 05 Feb 2013, 13:24
- Forum: Not losing weight?
- Topic: Weight loss and weight gain, my 5:2 experience
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3959
Hi Lou and welcome to the forum. Your story has me a little bemused I must say. Have you worked out your daily calorie requirement (for feed days) using one of the online calculators? I can understand how your weight might plateau but I can't quite see how it would increase again without the calorie...
- 05 Feb 2013, 12:11
- Forum: General 5:2 and Fasting Chat
- Topic: Menopausal Weight
- Replies: 70
- Views: 6244
I'm also having a prob with menopausal weight, started 5:2 diet on 14th Jan and have lost 5lbs but waist measurement has decreased by 2.5 inches and defiantly feel the difference round my middle, just hope it continues! :) Hi smac, isn't life a bummer? You get old, your hair gets thin whilst your w...
- 05 Feb 2013, 08:02
- Forum: Not losing weight?
- Topic: Anyone PUT ON weight?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 5906
Ah, I'm glad you have seen some progress at last. I love carbs too but I keep clear of them on fast days. One expert in intermittent fasting says that even a tiny bit of carbohydrate during a fast can stop the fat burning. Something to bear in mind if you experience another plateau. Good luck at the...
- 04 Feb 2013, 17:35
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: New Intro
- Replies: 15
- Views: 384
Welcome to the forum Sara, you already have some very good progress to show! I think that as your weight/BMI falls you would expect weight loss to slow down, and the forum tracker stats confirm this. Also there is some talk of a plateau when you stop losing weight at about 10% weight loss from start...
- 04 Feb 2013, 10:49
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Nearly new
- Replies: 1
- Views: 114
Welcome Jacqui and well done indeed on your weight loss with 5:2! You must feel so much better :) I had just crept into the obese category (which I must say was a bit of a shock) and am now almost back into the healthy range. It will be interesting to hear how your plateau progresses, how you get ou...
- 04 Feb 2013, 10:17
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Nearly new
- Replies: 1
- Views: 114
Hi, I saw the TV programme and thought I would have a go. That was in August. I have lost 3 stone in that time and I am amazed at how easy it was. At the moment I have hit a plateau and I'm stuck but It doesn't matter. On other diets I would have panicked and probably fallen off the wagon. I was mor...
- 01 Feb 2013, 14:14
- Forum: General 5:2 and Fasting Chat
- Topic: Best Strategy for the long haul and lots of weight to loose?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 556
I know how you feel LastChance, there are so few who have trodden this path before us. There are a few such people on the forum and hopefully they will be along to offer advice soon. For me, I am sticking to 5:2 for as long as possible before considering going to 4:3. My reasoning is that the first ...
- 30 Jan 2013, 12:39
- Forum: Getting Sweaty! Exercise & Fitness
- Topic: Exercise? Do you? If so, what?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 2784
Caroline and Fast Jo, HIIT is pretty hardcore and eventhough there are options for beginners, will be better to get on these once your fitness level is high and let's say, you hit the weight loss plateau. These bike exercises can be done on treadmill too. What's important with HIT is that you keep y...
- 28 Jan 2013, 20:11
- Forum: General 5:2 and Fasting Chat
- Topic: Anybody out there been 52ing for 9-12months or more ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 611
I suspect we will plateau at the point where cutting down on calories on feed days and/or on fast days will be needed and that this diet will not offer any magic regarding the basic energy balance situation! I imagine each person will have to decide whether to stuck where they are or to step up a ge...
- 28 Jan 2013, 15:45
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: New to 5:2 but not dieting.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 373
welcome witchy wife- you have done absolutely fabulous already-loosing as much as you did!!!! I did slimming world as well for at least 2 years and lost about 4 stone but then reached a plateau after giving up smoking and it came back on again- not all but half of it. So this way seems to suit me so...
- 26 Jan 2013, 13:19
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Introduction
- Replies: 1
- Views: 368
Hi alohajourney, welcome to the forums! Two stone is a fantastic achievement! We would love it if you would add your data to our progress tracker (see link in the top panel or side panel)! I posted some information on this yesterday, I think it was in the Resources section. There are some ideas ther...
- 25 Jan 2013, 15:16
- Forum: Not losing weight?
- Topic: Weight loss stalled?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18683
I found an interesting article on the internet (that appears to be based on scientific evidence) about weight loss plateaus, why they happen and what to do about them: Weight loss plateaus: why they happen Plateaus are a common part of the weight-loss process. A plateau happens when the scale is at ...
- 22 Jan 2013, 09:16
- Forum: Not losing weight?
- Topic: Anyone NOT losing any weight ?
- Replies: 73
- Views: 9733
Not that I am a dietician expert, but I believe your experience is unsurprising. Reason being, ( from my reading of the posts here ) most of us are quite a few stones overweight, and it is a commonplace of dieting experience that a very overweight person who starts serious dieting does lose quite a ...
- 19 Jan 2013, 15:49
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Hello
- Replies: 2
- Views: 375
On my 2nd week but I am doing 4:3 as I have a lot to lose. Tried every diet going and it's great at the start then I plateau and get frustrated and it all goes back on again. Loving this plan and so far so good as I am down 8.9lbs. Hopefully this is the way for me. 
