5:2 diet what do you eat?

iammumtoone

Inspired by the mention of the 5:2 diet on another thread. I think I will give it a try.

I am looking for suggestions of what to eat on the fast days. I have googled and it comes up with recipes but they all seem a bit too much effort for a small meal, I like to cook but I also like to have a nice fulfilling meal at the end of it so will save the cooking for the normal days.

Ideally I want things to eat that are quick and simple to prepare with no special ingredients, like beans on toast (I need to look up the calorie content of that )

What do those following this diet eat on the fast days?

cazs

I'm not using that diet but for low cal chicken and fish are your new best friends. E.g. breaded cod from tesco c250 calories and about 50 for a big portion of runner beans. Soup good for lunch. Porridge also flilling and relatively low cal.
Fyi bread is about 100 calls a slice and baked beans by Hebinz half a can 162...

Sharon87

Bean on toast on your 2 day? You may be able to eat one meal a day doing that!

My advise is to eat a lot of salad and vegetables. My boss at work was on this and they went to the Chinese/Japanese supermarkets where they found lots of weird stuff like 'fake rice' which was basically 90% water. Personally I wouldn't touch stuff like that!

How about soups? I know you don't like cooking, but you can make a whole batch of vegetable soup and have 6 or more portions per batch.

I would suggest to try and get some protein source on your 2 day to keep you feeling full, I find prawns are high in protein and very low calorie. Easy to cook as well, especially the already precooked ones!

real1314

I usually set myself 600 cal as I do 45 mins in the gym every day, so:-

Breakfast: Sainsbury's Porridge with barley sachet with skimmed milk = 150 cal

Lunch - Salad (I assume 50 cal for Lettuce/toms/cucumber etc) + 100 cal protein - chicken / half fat cheddar / sliced meats. I add chopped gherkin, olives (in brine) or other stuff for extra flavour.

Evening - 100g pan fried chicken breast + loads of green veg + gravy = 250 cal (approx).

Leaving a 50 cal treat - mini twister lolly.

RichardD1970

When my wife did it she just had 1 meal a day but drank as much tea as she liked.

We used (and still do) the Hairy Dieters books. Quite a few of the recipes, ie chilli and curries we will batch make, portion up and freeze

Also have a look at https://www.fastday.com/, lots of useful info and a very friendly and supportive forum. There are also tools to help you find your calorie allowance for your fast days as it varies depending on sex, age, weight etc.

wendyl1967

The Daily Mail today has a great section with lots of easy meals for the fasting days. 10 meals for women and 10 meals for men. They show a breakfast and an evening meal for the fasting days. They seem easy to prepare

VJsmum

I have been doing this for around 8 months and am now lower than target weight and am working on "never thought i would see again" weight

I love it - not just for the weight loss but the other health benefits - indigestion, IBS etc.

I have messed around with what works and now tend to skip breakfast, drink tea and coffee with milk (i count 100 cals)

Bowl of homemade veg soup for lunch = 100 cals

leaving 300 for dinner

i usually have courgette and carrot "fake" spaghetti - strips of carrot and courgette (using a veg peeler) braised in a little stock. Cover with a couple of spoonfuls of tomato pasta sauce and topped with 100g prawns (i find prawns a great thing on fast days). I usually have this once a week as i love it

the other day i will typically have a vegetarian something - curry for example. or an additional bowl of soup if i have had breakfast that day.

You will be hungry but learn to differentiate between head and tummy hunger. I actually look forward to the tummy rumbles as i feel it is giving my body time to sort itself out.

I have just been reading the hairy dieters book as mentioned above and there are some great recipes to try in there.

Gloomendoom

We don't do anything special. It isn't a diet per se, so we just eat eat what we would normally eat, just less of it.

Ruby_Ruby

Depends on what I fancy. Sometimes I'll just have a couple of crackers, weight watchers crisps and diet pepsi:eek: , other times I'll have a proper meal with lots of veg and fish or tofu, or homemade soup.

I'll also have some New Covent Garden soups in the fridge in case I want something but can't be bothered to cook.

anuradha1

Eat millets, whole grains.
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bell123321

My friend does this diet but I am doing a different diet. She mentioned Pitta Pizza which are around 200 calories for dinner. I sometimes cook these as they are really tasty.

Here is a link for a recipe:

http://change4lifewales.org.uk/recipes/dinner/pitta/?lang=en