5:2 diet

Arrietty

Morning all,

I usually do a Monday & Thursday fast, but had other stuff going on so I did Tuesday and am fasting today.

Will try to go through to dinner time, with just coffee & water to keep me hydrated and energised.

Gonzo1987

I started this diet on Saturday, so nearly a week in. Fasting days are Monday's and Thursday's. So far seems to be working well. If I keep occupied I don't get hungry.

What's everyone's average weight loss like?

I'm hoping for 1lb a week..

trf1960

When I started this way of eating a few months back, I spread my 500 calories over a breakfast - lunch - dinner but then decided to try saving all my calories for my evening meal and now I actually prefer it and find it much easier. My stomach definitely lets me know it is hungry around 10:30/11am but then after that I seem to be able to go through the day without a problem. It makes it easier knowing I can have a decent size meal and cup of milky tea before I go to bed as well.

I lose on average, around 1lb a week which as far as I am concerned is a safe and sensible way of losing weight and have now lost just over a stone. I go to the gym 3/4 times a week now as well to help tone up the body which I definitely think helps.

I am having one of these BUPA Wellwoman assessments next week so will find out what the Dr thinks as they always go on at me about my BMI/weight loss etc. I will also be able to compare by stats (blood/urine) to see if this 'diet' has made any difference there.

All in all though, I am loving it. :j

Gloomendoom

Gonzo1987 wrote: »

I started this diet on Saturday, so nearly a week in. Fasting days are Monday's and Thursday's. So far seems to be working well. If I keep occupied I don't get hungry.

What's everyone's average weight loss like?

I'm hoping for 1lb a week..

Some weeks I lose a pound, some weeks two. Sometimes nothing at all.

The overall trend is downwards though.

pink_petal

I'm fasting again today as I know I have a big meal out at the weekend so I want to make up for that. I'm too close to my target to have a blip now!

For some reason today has been much easier than my usual fast days. My whole team went out and got breakfast rolls and I wasn't bothered and I'm still not really feeling hungry. Usually I am by now!

System

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Some weeks I lose a pound, some weeks two. Sometimes nothing at all.

The overall trend is downwards though.

This is how it worked for me too

pink_petal wrote: »

I'm fasting again today as I know I have a big meal out at the weekend so I want to make up for that. I'm too close to my target to have a blip now!

For some reason today has been much easier than my usual fast days. My whole team went out and got breakfast rolls and I wasn't bothered and I'm still not really feeling hungry. Usually I am by now!

Good for you! It does get easier doesn't it

1940sGal

Hello all,

I'm fasting today. Going to have some sweet and sour chicken later. Feel fine now having got over hunger pangs earlier. I'm dreading getting on the scales again after my week of indulgence :eek: Will wait til the morning after I've been running.

ALIBOBSY

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Some weeks I lose a pound, some weeks two. Sometimes nothing at all.

The overall trend is downwards though.

I would tell a similar tale lol. Apart from the first 4 weeks or so when I lost more, but I assume some at the start may have been water like on other diets?

TBH I see this as less a diet plan and more a way of life that boosts health and happens to lead to weight loss as well.
Thinking about it I doubt many people pile on the pounds in a matter of months (although I have heard of people who have a major upset in life turning to food), for most of us the weight creeps on over years so 1lb this week, 2lb another, none the next etc etc but always an upward trend. So to me 5:2 is weight loss in the same way the weight went on a bit here and bit there, so it comes off the same way, but with a downward trend overall.

That's why I reckon it is a way of life you can follow easily and forever. But its seriously bad news for the diet industry and food manufactures et al (virtually every food product has a "diet" or "low fat" version-just waiting for bags of sugar to be labelled "low fat" lol). I have wondered if all the talk of 5:2 being "the latest fad diet" is simply a way to try to check the spread of the plan as a lot of big businesses have a lot of money riding on most of us in the west overeating, staying fat and keep climbing on and off the diet bandwagon.

I reckon once I get to weight I am happy with (not a BMI/weight table based on insurance calculations and very little actual science and decades old), I will either go to just one fast day a week or stay with 2 fasts, but allow myself more food on one of those days as I still want the health benefits of the fast and don't want things to slip back to where I was.

Unlike the other so called fad diets this isn't a loose the weight fast quick fix that only works short term, its a slow burn where the weight comes off slowly and is a way of life.

Ali x

Jennifer_Jane

ALIBOBSY wrote: »

I would tell a similar tale lol. Apart from the first 4 weeks or so when I lost more, but I assume some at the start may have been water like on other diets?

TBH I see this as less a diet plan and more a way of life that boosts health and happens to lead to weight loss as well.
Thinking about it I doubt many people pile on the pounds in a matter of months (although I have heard of people who have a major upset in life turning to food), for most of us the weight creeps on over years so 1lb this week, 2lb another, none the next etc etc but always an upward trend. So to me 5:2 is weight loss in the same way the weight went on a bit here and bit there, so it comes off the same way, but with a downward trend overall.

That's why I reckon it is a way of life you can follow easily and forever. But its seriously bad news for the diet industry and food manufactures et al (virtually every food product has a "diet" or "low fat" version-just waiting for bags of sugar to be labelled "low fat" lol). I have wondered if all the talk of 5:2 being "the latest fad diet" is simply a way to try to check the spread of the plan as a lot of big businesses have a lot of money riding on most of us in the west overeating, staying fat and keep climbing on and off the diet bandwagon.

I reckon once I get to weight I am happy with (not a BMI/weight table based on insurance calculations and very little actual science and decades old), I will either go to just one fast day a week or stay with 2 fasts, but allow myself more food on one of those days as I still want the health benefits of the fast and don't want things to slip back to where I was.

Unlike the other so called fad diets this isn't a loose the weight fast quick fix that only works short term, its a slow burn where the weight comes off slowly and is a way of life.

Ali x

Agree with all of this, Ali.

I've had visitors with varying dietary restrictions, and been on holiday through Europe, eating lots of white bread, pork products and cheese! Plus cake and stuff. Am now finishing up the food that has been acquired to take care of these guests, and then will get down to fasting again, Monday and Thursday. Just a couple of kilos to get back down to target.

The difference is that I know it works, is cheap, easy, manageable.

Just not this week!

ALIBOBSY

Just seen MM doing an article on the one show (nothing to do with 5:2 lol), but he looks really well and you can see he has lost weight and kept it off.

Ali x