5:2 diet

Pootle_3

Fasting today with a cold - not as hard as I expected as I have no appetite anyway.

Plenty of hot fluids today, including my beloved chicken Bovril :-)

AbbieCadabra

still here too! 12 weeks of 5:2 & i'm 23lbs down. averaging just under 2lbs a week & i'm happy with that. had stayed the same for 2 weeks, i wasn't doing anything out of the ordinary so i just stuck with what i was doing & added in an extra fast day last week (as i just had a non-hungry day) &, hey presto, 5lbs off last week. hopefully it will be a loss this week too. 2 weeks until we go away for xmas & new year, i want to try & shift another 5lbs if at all possible...

Mon & Tues still suiting me for fast days. i make a big pot of chicken/veg casserole on a Sunday, it's about 1000 cals in total, then i'll have that as my meals at around 4pm-5pm each night. plenty of squash through the day & just one black coffee in the morning (have been adding a small teaspoon of coconut oil (approx.40 cals) to my morning coffee, makes it so creamy & seems to give me extra 'zip'!).

joined a 5:2 group on facebook the other day, not too sure how long i'll stay though as the people posting seem to be taking it to the extreme & using it more like a fad diet to lose weight quickly, instead of a lifestyle choice with added benefits.

Verbatim

Again on a second fast day after one yesterday. I have a lunch tomorrow and out on Thursday so easier to do M & T. I have decided to do an extra week next week before stopping for Xmas/NY.
My weight seems to have plateaued if not gone up! But my BP was down last time it was measured and friends who haven't seen me in a while notice I've lost weight. So 3 steps forward 2 steps back.
Seriously need more ideas for low calorie suppers. We have 2 or 3 which gets monotonous in the extreme.

window_cleaner

With IF, does it count if every day you skip breakfast and lunch, commence eating at about 3pm until 8pm?

Or should this be done only twice a week?

I note JAG, above, said she does it 19 hours each day, but not sure I can reach such giddy heights of abstention!

cardi80

Today was my second fast day this week. I'm currently off from work and completely without a routine so finding it harder than normal! I'm also not allowed to exercise which I used as a distraction before but luckily I have no bad food in the cupboards right now...

Angry_Bear

window_cleaner wrote: »

With IF, does it count if every day you skip breakfast and lunch, commence eating at about 3pm until 8pm?

Or should this be done only twice a week?

I note JAG, above, said she does it 19 hours each day, but not sure I can reach such giddy heights of abstention!

Someone earlier in the threadf (sorry, I forget who) was talking about always doing 12hr fasts. So they ALWAYS eat within a 12 hour window and don't eat in the other 12. Of course, if you do it this way you shouldn't be restricting your calories to 500!

Verbatim

Not looking forward to fasting next week and getting very fed up. Perhaps forgetting about it for a while will mean improved reactions from my body when I start again next year.

window_cleaner

I've been looking into this a lot more since posting, and am now planning on doing an 'alternate day fast'.

ie: have dinner every evening (around 6 in my case), but skip breakfast and lunch every other day.

This will probably suit my lifestyle better than two consecutive days each week without food (which I did last week without any difficulty).

Verbatim

The 5:2 doesn't mean going without food for the 2 "fast" days. You just restrict the calories to 500 for a woman or 600 for a man.

window_cleaner

Ah, I see, thanks.