5:2 diet

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I have 20g of porridge oats cooked with water for breakfast (76 cal ish) then lunch of salad plus a slice of smoked venison or similar or low cal soup, with a veg meal plus white fish or an egg in the evening. I also have 100g of strawberries if feeling peckish around 5pm (27cal).

Am heartily sick of fasting at the moment so have decided I've finished until 2014. When exactly in 2014 has not yet been decided!

elizabunny

It was a fast day for me too today. Can't say I am getting anywhere fast though weight wise, but I'm stuck with the habit now. Health wise though, I see changes for the better, so feeling quite pleased with that. Maybe I'll do better with the weight loss after Christmas -I can hope anyway:)

window_cleaner

What health benefits, do you notice?

AbbieCadabra

window_cleaner wrote: »

What health benefits, do you notice?

fast diet/5:2 website here, quite a bit of info on there.

i can't comment on any specific medical benefits as i wasn't tested for anything before i started, but i do know that i'm losing weight differently than to any other time. internal (visceral?) fat is definitely going 1st & my body is definitely a different shape. have so much more energy & am sleeping better too.

window_cleaner

Ok, thanks. And thanks for the link, too.

cardi80

Fast day for me today. I normally split my meals into 2 but today managed to last to have all my calories in one meal. Not really sure it makes much difference to how I feel but not sure I'd be able to cope if I was at work and could smell everyone else's food!

kittykat500

I seem to have stayed the same weight last week and gone up this week, so not sure what's going on. I am doing 4:3 and haven't been overdoing it on non fast days. I'll keep going though because I don't want to put the weight I've lost back on over Christmas.

AbbieCadabra

kittykat500 wrote: »

I seem to have stayed the same weight last week and gone up this week, so not sure what's going on. I am doing 4:3 and haven't been overdoing it on non fast days. I'll keep going though because I don't want to put the weight I've lost back on over Christmas.

have you been drinking plenty? often seems to be a reason if you can't think of anything else. hang in there, our bodies can be a bit peculiar sometimes!

cardi80

kittykat500 wrote: »

I seem to have stayed the same weight last week and gone up this week, so not sure what's going on. I am doing 4:3 and haven't been overdoing it on non fast days. I'll keep going though because I don't want to put the weight I've lost back on over Christmas.

Do you do any other kind of measurements as well?


Fast day for me today. I'm saving all my calories up for my evening meal today. I think it will be tofu and veg stir fry with zero noodles. I can't wait!

zmikeo

Just doing the one fast this week today, must get my premade curry out of freezer.
Possibly won't weigh myself till the new year