Caroline,
When I first joined this forum in 2013, I was just learning about fasting, and you mentioned low carb and I had a horrific reaction to it - because I did not understand at the time what it was. So I continued to follow my doctors (very poor) high-carb, low-fat advice and did 5:2 fast. I lost some weight -about 30 pounds, I have about 90 to lose- but I was hungry ALL the time and finding it very difficult not to overeat, which played havoc with the blood glucose numbers, so the fasting went out the window. The 30 pounds + 10 more came back on within about six months and all I could think of was your before and after pictures. I thought I'd have to look into this more. So thanks to you, I looked into low-carb high-fat through dietdoctor.com, through many other resources and have vastly improved my diabetes, reducing my medicine significantly, losing some weight but the missing piece for me has been consistent fasting. Now, again thanks to you, I re-read your success story and things are moving along nicely. I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your kindness, your professionalism, your patience, your sharing of information, and your story, because they are what really helped me discover what will work for me which is a low-carb high-fat diet and intermittent fasting - as recommended in the recently published "The Obesity Code" by Dr. Jason Fung. But you guys were there first. Thank you... to you, to Moogie, to all of the other admins and members who have been so helpful in reforming this couch potato into a real person again. You were all ahead of the game 3 and 4 years ago. I truly believe the world is learning from the collective experience of all the people here on FastDay and that is what pushed forward the social media, grassroots move towards better health through fasting, eating real food and low carb nutrition. 10,000 thank yous!
carorees wrote: Hi @ridingwood I lost the first 24kg with just 5:2 and the next 11kg using 16:8 but with at least one low calorie day (under 1000cal)a week and at the same time keeping carbs under 150g per day all the time. I adopted the new regimen on holiday in the summer and liked it so much I carried on with it (see my blog for details).