5:2 diet

Mado

fatboyonadiet wrote: »

What green tea do people use? I find it bitter and sometimes makes me a little nauseous

I drink a lot of the twinnings flavored green teas.
I also drink the light black teas (orange pekoe or darjeeling)

stir_crazy

fatboyonadiet wrote: »

What green tea do people use? I find it bitter and sometimes makes me a little nauseous

I use the twinings green tea or tesco's own, but find that if I only make a weak cup I can drink it and it doesnt taste bitter.

I'll need to try the tip posted above by Mojisola though.

fatboyonadiet

Yes, I think I knew not to use boiling water but still use it! Will try it differently, find Clipper tea isnt as bad as Tetley and I find it more bitter in the morning too??

tesuhoha

murphydog999 wrote: »

I think this would depend on your current eating habits, nutrition, i.e how well you are eating, your state of health, and how active you are.

Also, the question that comes to mind is why do you want/need to diet at 79? Something you don't need to answer on here, by the way.

A chat with a doctor, or at least a nurse, at your surgery would be recommended.

I've pointed this out before but cannot resist once more. Does anyone ask an obese person to check with their doctor before overeating? If someone is fat at 79 then I don't see why they shouldn't try to improve their health at that age. After all they are saying that more people are living to 100.

Incidentally, this diet has now reached the Daily Mail. Basic headline - Its hell but it works. :eek:

bobble_hat

Hello :wave:,

I found this thread whilst googling the 5:2 diet, I didn't see the horizon programme but have read the articles.

From reading all of your success stories I am quite excited to try this. I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism early this year after I had a Thyroid lump removed and my weight has increased tremendously. I'm back to my heaviest pregnant weight and DD is 3 now! So I'm a bit miffed.

I'm planning to do Tuesdays and Thursdays as my 'fast' days. Aiming to have liquid days, but I may change if I feel too hungry, because I may binge the next day.

Anyway if you lovely folks don't mind I've subscribed for advice/motivation/general comaraderee on this weight loss mission.

Tally Ho!

p.s. Just weighed in at 12st 12lbs (at 5' 2" this is not good), so 2lb lighter than I thought. Using weightbot app. on the iPhone to track my weight. Oh and a Huge well done to all of you who are sticking with this. :T

murphydog999

tesuhoha wrote: »

Does anyone ask an obese person to check with their doctor before overeating? If someone is fat at 79 then I don't see why they shouldn't try to improve their health at that age.

I've put my answer on because at 79, the questioner could have age-related conditions that a starvation plan wouldn't agree with, looking at their next post there may be other considerations.

This isn't a one-size fits all plan, and because we have no knowledge of this 79 year olds health, it is much safer to advise them to discuss it with someone 'in the know' first. Where's the harm? For all we know they could be getting fat on drink and takeaways (not saying that is the case), so 5:2 wouldn't be much use.

~Chameleon~

I do wish people would stop referring to this lifestyle as a DIET!!! :wall:

DIET'S DO NOT WORK as they imply a temporary change in order to reach a goal which is ultimately undone once a person goes back to their old ways. One can only sustain a healthy weight through a permanent lifestyle change

G.G_2

murphydog999 wrote: »

I've put my answer on because at 79, the questioner could have age-related conditions that a starvation diet wouldn't agree with, looking at their next post there may be other considerations.

This isn't a one-size fits all plan, and because we have no knowledge of this 79 year olds health, it is much safer to advise them to discuss it with someone 'in the know' first. Where's the harm? For all we know they could be getting fat on drink and takeaways (not saying that is the case), so 5:2 wouldn't be much use.

I have low Cholesterol, my blood pressure is excellent but I am 5ft 3ins and 12st 5lbs. My knees and hips protest painfully because they are arthritic and my excess weight does them no favours. I don't 'do' takeaways and had one glass of white wine last Sunday with my lunch. I do have an often out of control sweet tooth. The last time I asked a doctor for help, he said, if I lost a certain weight on my own, he'd prescribe Xenical ! This I did not what I want.

I feel if I give this (what ever you want to call it) two weeks, that is four days fasting, then see how I feel.

margaretclare

murphydog999 wrote: »

I think this would depend on your current eating habits, nutrition, i.e how well you are eating, your state of health, and how active you are.

Also, the question that comes to mind is why do you want/need to diet at 79? Something you don't need to answer on here, by the way.

A chat with a doctor, or at least a nurse, at your surgery would be recommended.

'Can any brave person'...well, I've nothing to lose by jumping in here. I speak from the perspective of someone who is almost, not quite, the stated age. Another 2 years still to go! However, that said...

Every time I go near any doctor or any surgery (which is as infrequently as possible) I get 'lose weight, lose weight'. Some time ago I attended a Diabetes Open Day with my DH, who has been Type 2 diabetic these 30 years, and after being weighed, measured, BMI calculated, all the risk factors add up to a likelihood of becoming Type 2 myself within 10 years. This is something I can do without, seeing what he has to do day in day out, year in year out.

Any medical person of any type whatever will applaud an older person attempting to take control of their weight, because it is known that extra weight impacts on every one of the body's systems, as well as on weight-bearing joints. Some may say 'Well, you don't expect to live for ever, do you?' You would think that the GPs at our surgery think we should - what's the point of phoning us in the middle of the supermarket, as they did recently, to remind us we didn't go for our flu jabs? When we go, one of them is sure to pop out of their hidey-holes wanting to check our blood-pressure while we're there. They are doing it to make sure we stay healthy for as long as possible!

In addition, it is known that it's very much more difficult to lose weight as one ages, because of a condition called sarcopenia - muscle loss.

Older people need quality not quantity in food. The usual suspects that we don't need are processed food, take-aways, ready-meals, sweet or savoury snacks. Also, a lot of the energy foods - high carbs mainly - are not needed. The problem there is that people tend to eat from habit, and I hear this all the time from my own generation. 'Oh you can't have a meal without potatoes' or 'oh I like my biscuits..' and those are just things they've become used to, from habit, but which they could well do without.

What I've found from experience is that I don't need an evening dinner, or high tea even. DH and I have a good breakfast and a reasonable lunch, good food cooked at home, but I normally don't have anything at all after that.

margaretclare

G.G wrote: »

Hi folks, can any brave person give an opinion on how much harm this diet would do to a 79 year old?

I doubt it would do any harm at all. As I understand it, it's a different way of living, eating very little for 2 days a week, not consecutive days. What you need is quality not quantity - you could, of course, eat 500 calories worth of custard cream biscuits (I know people who do just that, and then all the rest as well!) but that's not the idea. I am a great fan of eggs, which are highly-nutritious but only approx 90 calories each.

DH and I use Twinings' green tea with lemon, and we also use other flavoured tea-bags as well, the fruity ones or the lemon and ginger ones. We like to keep well-hydrated.