This thread is for us to share our starting date for the 5:2 method.

Also how much we started at and where we are now.

I started June 11th.

S.W. 171

C.W. 162

-9 pounds

well aren't I crap at maths... should be 9lb gone...lol... OH! MY!

my bad! =]

I think I mentioned, I bought a scale that shows body fat %. Mine was 29.something when I first got it a few weeks ago and is now at 28.5-28.9 range. Now, you have seen my photos.... other then losing some skin and those inner thigh fat pockets, I am just not sure how to get much leaner. I DO have a hard time telling extra skin from fat though. Docs tell me it is skin, but it sure seems like fat, so maybe it really is fat.... haha

I find this a curiousity - but my plan is to monitor it during 2014 and hopefully edge down closer to 25% but I kinda like some roundness so dont have a goal to get athletic looking lean. Well, who am i kidding - even if I wanted it, that just isn't my body type and I do want to have SOME ass left...haha.

What I have also noticed is that the last say 10-15 pounds of weight loss came from my ass and breasts - inner thigh fat pockets must be cellulite or something because it never really seems to shrink much.

So, how have the rest of you experienced this whole body fat % thing - when you moved down closer to 25% was it more of an internal distribution of things or did your body visually change?

Oh, and although my boyfriend/playmate is a skinny guy he says he really isn't that picky about body on women except he can't stand obese or too skinny... isn't that funny - good ole normal sized woman is what he prefers. He did one time tell me that nobody really likes model skinny - they are for hanging designer clothes on not for real life sex appeal. For ME, I like to wear close fitting clothes and like to not be lumpy, but still have some roundness.

Do you ever think about what you find attractive in a woman's looks? do you ever think about your own body in that context? This sounds very conceited/vain and I realize it - but I LIKE my body and how it compares to other women my age and even a bit younger. My body dismorphia is probably that I think I look better then I really do....haha

Edited October 10, 201312 yr by CowgirlJane

One bit of wisdom I have learned in the past few years, once I achieved "normalish" woman size, was that men like something to hold onto, something to squeeze.

Does anyone know a way to measure fat without calipers, fancy machinery, or a fancy scale?

One bit of wisdom I have learned in the past few years' date=' once I achieved "normalish" woman size, was that men like something to hold onto, something to squeeze. Does anyone know a way to measure fat without calipers, fancy machinery, or a fancy scale?[/quote'] Google it. There is a formula u use by measurements that me and Laura used to calculate body fat percentage.

Edited October 11, 201312 yr by Georgia

Updated stats

Start 6-4-13 177

10-24-13 144.8!!

32.2 lbs gone!!

WoW!!! Thats all I can say!

WoW!!! Thats all I can say!

Thanks! I'm just amazed. But you know, FYE, I've "worked" this harder than I've done anything in my life really. Surgery was a breeze and I was lucky to lose easily to goal. I now Know the feeling of accomplishment for hard work, changed lifestyle and exercise. I guess it is true. You get what you work for!

And you, my lovely, are "working it" too!

You are inspirational ladies, I think I need to regroup and work a bit harder.

You are inspirational ladies' date=' I think I need to regroup and work a bit harder.[/quote']

I'm with you, Cathy! Go for it!!

I can't wait for ToM to be over so I can weigh myself!! To weigh myself now while bloated would just be taking a bath with a toaster :/

congrats Georgia!

congrats Georgia!

Thanks, Slim!

Updated stats

Start 6-4-13 177

10-24-13 144.8!!

32.2 lbs gone!!

You are the POSTER CHILD for this plan. LOVE THIS POST!!!

I finally got my laptop virus killed so i can use it. Typing from the kindle was a bit tedious...

i have withheld comment on the addiction/suicide discussions because i guess like many, i have been touched by this as well. It is such a painful and difficult subject and I sometimes feel like many of us could be "addicts" so easily. Like, my reliance on overeating seems to be in check, and so far i have squelched any transfer addictions, but it is like i sometimes feel they are lurking. I can't even say why I feel that way, but like there is something in the brain that wants something.. wants a stimulation. Even my exercise, I do it regularly, but watch to be sure it doesn't become my life. My hope is that year after year of successfully not using food or other substances in an abusive way will change that neuropathway.... that part of my brain that is always seeking something.

I am so happy for all the successes, but sad that some of us are so down. I think that this group is universally just too hard on ourselves. Really. Really. the feeling of failure over being 15 pounds (or whatever) over some goal weight is just such a weight to carry in and of itself.

I had an hour long phone call with my part-time non boyfriend the other day. I remember it, like i remember all the parts of it, but was on pain meds due to a little issue I had with a drain (body rejected it - not infected but hurt like freaking hell - it is out now). Anyway, I do recall him bringing up these huge important topics 1. wanting to really know more about how it felt to go from being obese most of my life to being "hot" (his words, not mine). He is a motivational speaker among other things, and is a student of human behavior, the way we think and is really interested in the subject. I do recall we decided to table that big huge subject for an in person talk. Then, item #2 we talked extensively about our non relationship and the running joke about that. So, while I remember pretty much the words that were said, but I can't make sense of any of it now. I do recall that he seemed quite concerned that I plan to move on now that I have had plastic surgery. And i do recall telling him that when ski season starts and he begins his part time ski instructor job on top of everything else he does that I just didn't really see how there would be time for me and I think he took out of that that we need to schedule things out but it isn't quite that simple. Reality of it is that he is super fun, super intelligent, super verbal, super physical and quite attractive - all the things I like in a guy, but he is basically into his own life and doesn't want a real fulltime girlfriend even though he sometimes kids himself into thinking he might. I am not sure what will come of it, but although that talk was quite lovely, I really wish we hadn't had it right now.... when I can't make sense of things...LOL

I don't really want to leap into a long term/permanent type thing either but I admit I like having someone who is fun to play with - but they need to have time and focus for me. He imagines we will meet in the middle, but reality of it is that I don't believe people really change and he is who is - he has always been honest about it and I really can't begrudge any aspect of that. He is peter pan, he wants to play and enjoy life and simply finds small compartments to fit me into. More power too him, it has been great for me, but at some point, just not enough. I am not sure exactly when that point is, but I think this week I would like to meet him face to face - assuming that last drain comes out of course - and just kinda lay it all out. I hadn't planned on really getting into this until I am fully healed but I have this feeling that i agreed to some things that i don't really agree to - damn - should not have serious conversations when not fully ourselves!

I finally got my laptop virus killed so i can use it. Typing from the kindle was a bit tedious...

i have withheld comment on the addiction/suicide discussions because i guess like many, i have been touched by this as well. It is such a painful and difficult subject and I sometimes feel like many of us could be "addicts" so easily. Like, my reliance on overeating seems to be in check, and so far i have squelched any transfer addictions, but it is like i sometimes feel they are lurking. I can't even say why I feel that way, but like there is something in the brain that wants something.. wants a stimulation. Even my exercise, I do it regularly, but watch to be sure it doesn't become my life. My hope is that year after year of successfully not using food or other substances in an abusive way will change that neuropathway.... that part of my brain that is always seeking something.

I am so happy for all the successes, but sad that some of us are so down. I think that this group is universally just too hard on ourselves. Really. Really. the feeling of failure over being 15 pounds (or whatever) over some goal weight is just such a weight to carry in and of itself.

I had an hour long phone call with my part-time non boyfriend the other day. I remember it, like i remember all the parts of it, but was on pain meds due to a little issue I had with a drain (body rejected it - not infected but hurt like freaking hell - it is out now). Anyway, I do recall him bringing up these huge important topics 1. wanting to really know more about how it felt to go from being obese most of my life to being "hot" (his words, not mine). He is a motivational speaker among other things, and is a student of human behavior, the way we think and is really interested in the subject. I do recall we decided to table that big huge subject for an in person talk. Then, item #2 we talked extensively about our non relationship and the running joke about that. So, while I remember pretty much the words that were said, but I can't make sense of any of it now. I do recall that he seemed quite concerned that I plan to move on now that I have had plastic surgery. And i do recall telling him that when ski season starts and he begins his part time ski instructor job on top of everything else he does that I just didn't really see how there would be time for me and I think he took out of that that we need to schedule things out but it isn't quite that simple. Reality of it is that he is super fun, super intelligent, super verbal, super physical and quite attractive - all the things I like in a guy, but he is basically into his own life and doesn't want a real fulltime girlfriend even though he sometimes kids himself into thinking he might. I am not sure what will come of it, but although that talk was quite lovely, I really wish we hadn't had it right now.... when I can't make sense of things...LOL

I don't really want to leap into a long term/permanent type thing either but I admit I like having someone who is fun to play with - but they need to have time and focus for me. He imagines we will meet in the middle, but reality of it is that I don't believe people really change and he is who is - he has always been honest about it and I really can't begrudge any aspect of that. He is peter pan, he wants to play and enjoy life and simply finds small compartments to fit me into. More power too him, it has been great for me, but at some point, just not enough. I am not sure exactly when that point is, but I think this week I would like to meet him face to face - assuming that last drain comes out of course - and just kinda lay it all out. I hadn't planned on really getting into this until I am fully healed but I have this feeling that i agreed to some things that i don't really agree to - damn - should not have serious conversations when not fully ourselves!

Step away from the morphine first.... its a mood changer.(if you are still using it....)