5:2 diet

SallyUK

Well, I'm on my 3rd week now of doing the alternate day fasting, and thought I'd have lost more weight today, but was shocked to find I'd gone up 1 lb! And I've been sticking to it as well :mad:

I wonder if it's anything to do with having an under active thyroid? Anyone know?

Sal
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~Chameleon~

SallyUK wrote: »

Well, I'm on my 3rd week now of doing the alternate day fasting, and thought I'd have lost more weight today, but was shocked to find I'd gone up 1 lb! And I've been sticking to it as well :mad:

I wonder if it's anything to do with having an under active thyroid? Anyone know?

Sal
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Will you people STOP weighing yourselves PLEASE. It so saddens me to see so many people a slave to the scales or calorie counted diets etc when this is so counterproductive to leading a healthy lifestyle.

I so wish I could help you all but I'm just another small voice amongst the dross of the giants, peddling unsustainable after unsustainable diet.

Have you ever stopped to ask yourselves why these diets never work? If a "diet" worked there would be no obesity problem, nor a multi-billion pound diet industry that succeeded on you all failing!

pineapple

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Will you people STOP weighing yourselves PLEASE.

I don't much like being lectured or called 'you people' (or being shouted at by CAPS). So I think I'll go and weigh myself right now, In fact I might even do it again half an hour later.
Toodle pip...

Al1x

I do love the sound of this diet. looking forward to trying it out when I've finished breast feeding.

my parents have been doing 5:2 since seeing the program. My mum has been making some great soups with around 400 calories in and there is enough for both of them to have for 2 meals on a fasting day. Its definitely a good way of eating healthy food and make you realise how many calories are in processed food.

murphydog999

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Will you people STOP weighing yourselves PLEASE. It so saddens me to see so many people a slave to the scales or calorie counted diets etc when this is so counterproductive to leading a healthy lifestyle.

Chameleon, I totally agree with you, however, many people will be using IF as a means to loose weight - which wasn't the principle reason, if we are quoting the programme - and will expecting to have the big losses that the researcher did. (I know you know this )


Anyone not shedding at least 4lbs a week (to get to his level) will now be thinking 'oh this is another 'diet' that doesn't work' and will drop it after a few weeks.

I find it hard to believe that on the 5:2, taking possibly 3000-ish calories a week out, could lead to any more than 1lb a week loss, but that would very much depend what the rest of the weekly intake was. A dietary/food change (to LC for example, would bring dramatic water weight losses) and being more aware of eating habits will bring extra benefits, of course.

But the body takes at least a month to adapt to anything, so any new way of eating will take time to show results; IF really is a way of life, not just another quick fix 'diet.'

adouglasmhor

murphydog999 wrote: »

But the body takes at least a month to adapt to anything, so any new way of eating will take time to show results; IF really is a way of life, not just another quick fix 'diet.'

Many diets (including some, low fat, low calorie or low carb ones) show expected results in the first year and poor results or even gains in the second year. I will source the studies which show this later, as my book is in the car. So there is a probable second adaptation after the one a couple of months in.

Olokia

At the start of the year, I was seeing a weight loss nurse and she told me to just eat healthily and I will lose weight. I didn't even though I really tried hard. After a few weeks of not losing weight, I started calorie counting again and my weight started going down (very slowly though but still going down). She said that for me, calorie counting is the best way and to keep going with that.

I find calorie counting on a long term basis very hard to do so I only lasted about 6 more weeks where I lost about 4-5lbs in total. That is what usually happens when I diet and I lose willpower quite quickly because its going down too slowly.

Oh before anyone says that I should exercise and not diet, I have a disability which means my exercise is limited.

After watching the Horizon programme, I thought I would give it a go but expecting exactly the same results as every other diet. I have been on it for 3 weeks and have lost 6.2lbs. I find the diet very easy to do as I only need to calorie count on 2 days of the week and just eat healthy on the other days.

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Will you people STOP weighing yourselves PLEASE. It so saddens me to see so many people a slave to the scales or calorie counted diets etc when this is so counterproductive to leading a healthy lifestyle.

I so wish I could help you all but I'm just another small voice amongst the dross of the giants, peddling unsustainable after unsustainable diet.

Have you ever stopped to ask yourselves why these diets never work? If a "diet" worked there would be no obesity problem, nor a multi-billion pound diet industry that succeeded on you all failing!

I don't like being lectured either, especially when you don't know my circumstances. I guess you suggest healthy eating or something which as you can see didn't work for me. The only thing that has worked for me is a "diet".

The only reason that there is an obesity problem is because a lot of people don't have any willpower and they don't like hard work. Those people just want a quick fix and it won't work for them. They need to want to lose weight enough to work hard at doing it.

It was this 5:2 diet that brought my OH from being obese to just overweight and it will do the same for me hopefully next month (if I follow the same trend as now).

~Chameleon~

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Many diets (including some, low fat, low calorie or low carb ones) show expected results in the first year and poor results or even gains in the second year. I will source the studies which show this later, as my book is in the car. So there is a probable second adaptation after the one a couple of months in.

This is also the case with people who have resorted to bariatric surgery to lose weight. Whilst the losses are fantastic in the first year, they then start to plateau and patients have even been known to start gaining weight in the second and subsequent years. Of course much depends up attitude and whether they have actually made the lifestyle changes necessary for it to succeed long term.

SallyUK

No.

I reckon with reducing my calorie intake so drastically, compared to what I used to have, would result in some weight loss, so I like to check, as it gives me motivation.

Sally

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Will you people STOP weighing yourselves PLEASE. It so saddens me to see so many people a slave to the scales or calorie counted diets etc when this is so counterproductive to leading a healthy lifestyle.

I so wish I could help you all but I'm just another small voice amongst the dross of the giants, peddling unsustainable after unsustainable diet.

Have you ever stopped to ask yourselves why these diets never work? If a "diet" worked there would be no obesity problem, nor a multi-billion pound diet industry that succeeded on you all failing!

lizzie157

Have weighed myself and have not lost anything over the last 2 weeks but I do feel better in myself so am going to stick with it. Perhaps I'm not eating enough on the other days - have read that this can cause body to hang onto weight. I'm doing this for both reasons to feel better and to lose a bit of weight. I'm not vastly overweight but could do with losing a few pounds.