I did it, I went to a dietician. I couldn’t take it any more.  I have been about 50 lbs. overweight for the last 30 years of my life. A couple of times I lost a significant amount of weight… like, “I am pregnant diet” and threw up for 9 months and then gained it back while nursing, then get pregnant again, and the cycle continued for 5 children.  Then there was the “getting divorced diet.”  That was the high caffeine diet with peanut M&M’s. We can’t forget the  “I have Cancer diet” where under the influence of chemo, I threw up everything I ate. But as soon as I started eating regular, the weight came back. Oh ya, there was the low fat diet, the low carb diet, and several times the 1200 calorie diet. I also exercised for up to 3 hours a day for 3 months and still hardly lost a pound. I did the 5:2 diet perfectly and was within .2 oz after 5 weeks! As I visit with others around my age group they are getting the same results, no results. I was told that after chemo I would probably gain weight. I was determined