5:2 diet

adouglasmhor

Any wrote: »

Chameleon, can you give me a link please?

Sounds nice Adouglasamhor.

What do people who try to eat 3 meals a day have for breakfast please? I am struggling with ideas for breakfast... something filling at least a bit and that I can eat at work..

I have ca 50g of fat free fromage frais* unsweetened with a little cinnamon or dried ginger for breakfast and a few cherry tomatoes for lunch when I am doing 3 meals on a fast day, I try to leave the bulk of my calories for my evening meal, some people like to divy it up equally for each meal.


* No sweeteners or additives etc. It’s just a yoghurt like curd cheese http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=263279843

pink_petal

Well just been to my official weigh in and lost 4lbs! That's over 2 weeks as I was housebound due to my back problems last week and didn't make it to get weighed. So I've now got less than half a stone to my target! I'm absolutely delighted!

I only managed 2 fasts over those 2 weeks so that makes it even better...although my painkillers make me feel sick so that probably contributed!

Good luck to everyone fasting today!

trf1960

Oh well done Pink Petal - I only ever seem to lose 1lb a week although I am pretty happy with that anyway. Today is my fast day (Mondays and Thursdays) but I have overdone it on my 'feast' days this week as have eaten out on too many occasions so not expecting to lose anything but just hope I haven't put too much back on !!

Because of that I am saving all my calories for my evening meal and so far, surprisingly, I haven't felt hungry. Its so weird, I actually feel more hungry when I have had breakfast and lunch.

merlot123

A daft question maybe, I go to gym five days a week and burn off 300 calories , on a fast day do I eat 800 calories to take in account the exercise? Otherwise I'm only eating 200.

Chameleon, you look fab btw, I'm not far behind you:rotfl: (in my dreams).

Jennifer_Jane

merlot123 wrote: »

A daft question maybe, I go to gym five days a week and burn off 300 calories , on a fast day do I eat 800 calories to take in account the exercise? Otherwise I'm only eating 200.

Chameleon, you look fab btw, I'm not far behind you:rotfl: (in my dreams).

I understand that the diet is, simply, a total of 500 calories on a fast day (600 for men). So if you are exercising, as I like to, on a fast day, it is still just 500 calories.

~Chameleon~

Any wrote: »

Chameleon, can you give me a link please?

This one is probably the best of the ones available online, despite being American. The one I use costs a lot of money to access as I also use the specific programmes it offers to formulate diets for people with specific dietary needs.

~Chameleon~

merlot123 wrote: »

A daft question maybe, I go to gym five days a week and burn off 300 calories , on a fast day do I eat 800 calories to take in account the exercise? Otherwise I'm only eating 200.

Chameleon, you look fab btw, I'm not far behind you:rotfl: (in my dreams).

No, there's no compensating calories for that which you've expended during exercise. Think of it as a bonus deficit

~Chameleon~

adouglasmhor wrote: »

I have ca 50g of fat free fromage frais* unsweetened with a little cinnamon or dried ginger for breakfast and a few cherry tomatoes for lunch when I am doing 3 meals on a fast day, I try to leave the bulk of my calories for my evening meal, some people like to divy it up equally for each meal.


* No sweeteners or additives etc. It’s just a yoghurt like curd cheese http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=263279843

Must admit, I was about to say Total Greek yoghurt might be a better choice but on comparison I'd have been wrong. Good choice :T

merlot123

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

No, there's no compensating calories for that which you've expended during exercise. Think of it as a bonus deficit

Thank you, I've read so much on Internet it can get rather confusing.

Do you have tips on losing belly fab? I've reduced carbs quite a lot, do the treadmill, cross trainer and rowing machine for 20 mins each day set to fat burn mode level 8 (may not sound much, but I've only been going to the gym for 5 weeks after not excercising since leaving school over 25 years ago), I'm 136 pounds and 5 foot 5, body fat 29 percent. Not been trained on the weights, and besides you can't get on them for the young lads posing!

merlot

Any

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

This one is probably the best of the ones available online, despite being American. The one I use costs a lot of money to access as I also use the specific programmes it offers to formulate diets for people with specific dietary needs.

Thank you.
So according to this 100 g of chicken is 159kcal.
http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/835?fg=&format=&offset=&sort=

Not 150 per 200g as this recipe seems to suggest
http://www.lavenderandlovage.com/2013/02/52-diet-215-calorie-kebabs-cajun-chicken-kebab-and-spiced-yoghurt-dip-recipe.html

Good job I asked first before I planned it into my menu.. 75 cals difference per peson when you are allowed 500 for whole day is a big difference!!

P.S.; not that I knock that recipe, I will still make it but it is better to know the real kcal value of meals to make sure I am as close to the limit as possible