On a Diet ?! Intermittent Fasting

Never in a month of Sundays did I expect to be writing about dieting on this blog. EVER.
But time has come. The verdict is in.  I HAVE RAISED BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS ! 
Since my visit to the docs last Friday I really got my act together.  Oh, I knew I was on the wrong track, for a while anyway.
I have stopped drinking alcohol all together just after christmas and since then I have been stuffing my face with sugary and starchy crap. Somehow I could sense that my body was trying to tell me something, but my brain just said, stuff your face with crap.
Now when there was feck all on tv last week we decided to watch something interesting for a change. Namely, Horizon on BBC 2 (I think it was Tuesday)  Eat, Fast, Live longer with Dr Michael Mosley.
I am not planning to get into detail about the programme, there are plenty of people already doing that here , here   and here

Somehow the Intermittent Fasting idea of eating 500 calories on 2 consecutive days combined with 5 days of eating normal - yes, normal, Patricia, meaning around 1750 calories a day, not 3000+ - appealed to both of us. We made plans there and then we were going to start on the following Monday (yesterday)  Aye. Bert too, he can have 600 cals. His blood test results will be in tomorrow and he asked our doc to have his  IGF-1 tested.
She (the doc.) had also watched Horizon and is all behind us for doing the 2/5 experiment.  
I have been on weight loss diets before.  The first time was in my twenties when all my weight problems started. Finishing my studies at 22 I was 58 kg.  Moving out of my parents house I was a loose cannon with food and alcohol.  After a year or so I reached a hefty 83 kg.  I dieted - lost the weight. Then ate 'normal' again - gained weight plus some extra.  And so on and so on.
I stopped dieting 15 years ago. What was the point ?  I was happy the size I was, I love cooking, I love eating...

But now, having only recently 'celebrated' my fiftieth birthday and having had a wake up call I need a change in life-style.  No, the end goal is not to lose weight (but it will happen anyway), but to live a healthier life without the risk of diabetes type 2, hart disease, etc, etc
Cutting down on carbs and sugars is my aim, while still ejoying culinary delights from time to time.

So today is our second day of fasting, so far so good.
In my next post I'll be showing you what we had to eat over the two fast days.

If by chance you have some tips or advice for us, please let us know.  Moral support is also greatly appreciated.

Patricia xxx...x