It's been six months and quite a struggle... for me and the kids. DH decided he needed to follow 5:2 as he has v slight paunch and 2 inches increase in 20 years in the waistline. He has stuck it and we are suffering. He's miserable, gets headaches, short-temper and shows off about it at the dinner table about it in front of our teens and their friends. We have always been "everything in moderation" family. It has destroyed family meal times (I refuse to calorie count for him-my mother dieted her whole life, was depressed and died young-he buys diet ready meals which we just don't do in our families).It doesn't matter that we have argued there is no scientific proof to back up the long term health benefits and bloody 'Dr' Mosely himself didn't stick to it, but has made shedloads of money from the book. Today he was getting ready for work and I could have cried; his ribs are showing and stomach caved in. It's as if all our common ideals have deserted him and I am comfort eating to cope....