Today is my second fast day this week, but I haven't been so very good lately…Since the start of summer, I've had weeks when I haven't even managed one fast day and unfortunately this shows. I've gone up four kilos, so my total loss is now at a mere 4 kilos since I started the Fast Diet about a … [Read more...]
The 5:2 Fast Diet Update – Five Ways How the Diet Has Changed my Life
It's now been over six months since I wrote the first ever 5:2 post about a fasting diet I'd seen on TV a few weeks earlier. The rest is history: Dr Mosley and Mimi Spencer wrote The Fast Diet book and included that first post in it. The book is now world-wide best seller for the small indy … [Read more...]
The 5:2 Fast Diet is a family affair
Having been going on about our new 5:2 Fast Diet to all and sundry for months now, I suddenly realised that almost all of my family are doing the intermittent fasting too!The Englishman wrote about his experiences with the diet below and our Daughter started the 5:2 fasting as soon as she went back … [Read more...]
A day in The Englishman’s 5:2 Diet
I promised before Christmas to blog about what we eat during our 5:2 fasting days, and since I am still knee-deep in tax returns, The Englishman obliged me with a 'Day in the Life of…' post.Although I was the one who really needed (and wanted to) lose weight, it was initially The Englishman who … [Read more...]
4 reasons why I’ll never forget 2012
Another year is nearly over and after such an eventful 2012 in London (Olympics etc!), personally I too have had quite a remarkable year. Here are the four major reasons why.1. In January '12 we finally took the plunge on the property market and moved into our own flat in Crouch End. I cannot … [Read more...]
The 5:2 Diet and Christmas
Like any diets the 5:2 fasting diet is difficult to do during Christmas. The additional holidays, parties and the sheer amount of food associated with the season would play havoc with anyone's resolve, however bright their halo shines.During the holiday season there just doesn't seem any be any … [Read more...]
Five tips for the 5:2 diet
I've never been a great dieter. I've tried a few of the popular ones in my time, like the no-carbs Atkins, but the only one that ever has truly worked on me in the 'Less food, more exercise' one, which is the hardest one to do. ;-)But in the last year or so, with my bad back and frozen shoulder, … [Read more...]