The Fast Diet

Revcminor

I have been using the Fast Diet for the past two weeks. I've already dropped six pounds! Anyone else out there having success with this? Any tips for those of us new to this?

healthygreek

If you're losing "fast" on the Fast Diet, you may gain it back even faster!
Is this diet sustainable? Is it cutting out major food groups?
All you really need is a reasonable deficit.

Liftng4Lis

healthygreek wrote: »

If you're losing "fast" on the Fast Diet, you may gain it back even faster!
Is this diet sustainable? Is it cutting out major food groups?
All you really need is a reasonable deficit.

BAM!

Azexas

healthygreek wrote: »

If you're losing "fast" on the Fast Diet, you may gain it back even faster!
Is this diet sustainable? Is it cutting out major food groups?
All you really need is a reasonable deficit.

^^ what she said. The slower the weight loss the more permanent it tends to be

WalkingAlong

This is also known as the 5:2 diet. You'll have better look using that term around here. A lot of people use it and succeed with it, and other IF protocols.

bogwoppt1

Revcminor wrote: »

I have been using the Fast Diet for the past two weeks. I've already dropped six pounds! Anyone else out there having success with this? Any tips for those of us new to this?

Lots of people do it. My tip would be to plan your meals ahead. Look at high nutrition foods and filling foods.

_lyndseybrooke_

Fast as in quick or fast as in fasting? Either way, I don't like the sound of that. Yet another fad diet.

jeffwright773981

Just the term "diet" makes me bristle, because it implies that you're doing something for a short period of time to achieve some goal weight without making any long-term changes on the inside. Better to embrace a all-around healthy lifestyle and make it your own. You want something sustainable that will also have you look at your current habits and see how you can change those for the better if they're not serving you. I found that moving *toward* a desired state (e.g. "optimal health" and "feeling great"), instead of moving *away from* a undesirable state (e.g. being overweight) was the key for me.

StunningLegerity

I lost a large chunk (probably 35-40 out of 50 pounds lost) on 5:2. People say it's not sustainable and you don't learn good food habits, but one thing it really taught me was how to handle hunger. I was able to seamlessly transfer off of fast days to a sustainable calorie deficit every day. Do what works best for you!

ens102

I tried but found it was not sustainable for me, I do know people who have done well and maintain a weekly fast as part of a healthy diet. I founf I used fasting as an excuse to eat badly on other days, normally I try and just keep control of my calories now - it's taking longer to get there but it seems easier to me in the long run.

golfgirl15

I was on 5:2 fast diet by Dr Mosley. My cardiologist suggested it not only to lose weight but to get your numbers back to normal. I lost a few pounds upfront on it but you won't lose weight without exercise. I have been battling low D for 2 years. Once I went on this my D was normal again and I had tried everything and I live in Arizona. My cholesterol #'s were amazing as well.

GretchenB02

As long as you don't go too much over on your eating days. I did it for four months really decreased my cravings, got me over a plateau.

sijomial

Calm down everybody!
Fast as in intermittent fasting - not fast as in rapid weight loss. It's actually quite a slow and steady weight loss regime with a moderate weekly calorie restriction if done properly.
http://thefastdiet.co.uk/

OP - Hope you are eating sensibly on your five normal days and not restricting calories on those days as well as the two low days?

Worth checking out the two 5:2 groups on here.

chivalryder

Is this a diet where you do everything quickly?

butterflyburn

I am doing it and it is working

SonicDeathMonkey80

If it will make me faster, I'm in. Oh, wait...

kommodevaran

LyndseyLovesToLift wrote: »

Fast as in quick or fast as in fasting? Either way, I don't like the sound of that. Yet another fad diet.

I came here to say the exact same thing (*)

NickDuffy

You should note... eating less carbohydrates WILL reduce your body-weight purely on it's impact on the amount of water retention your body holds.. (which is why all the magazine mental diets, which some of you may have done, make you loose "weight" yet it seems odd you put it straight back on within days of eating as you did normally).

Don't be fooled by brainwash marketing.

WalkingAlong

It's not a low carb diet or a fad diet or a crash diet. It's based on years of study at the University of Illinois and elsewhere. There are multiple books written on it and it's been around and respected as legitimate for maybe 8-10 years.

lbetancourt

I have been IF using the 16:8 diet. Basically I only eat between the hours of 1pm-8pm. I like that I am not always hungry and/or sluggish around 3pm. I also feel more focused & alert in the morning. BUT, I have to work on getting enough calories & macros that I need. Honestly, I feel like I have more control over food intake & that is huge for me. Good luck to you!

_lyndseybrooke_

I "fast" between the hours of 9PM and 5AM every single day. I'm too busy sleeping to eat.

Too bad meal timing is irrelevant.

melaniecheeks

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/100058-5-2-fasting

OP, come and join us over here, where we know what it means, and where many of us have been following it for quite some time, so we've got lots of tips and support.

kommodevaran

WalkingAlong wrote: »

It's not a low carb diet or a fad diet or a crash diet. It's based on years of study at the University of Illinois and elsewhere. There are multiple books written on it and it's been around and respected as legitimate for maybe 8-10 years.

Cancer has also been around for a while, that doesn't make it any better.

MrsGraves1987

People who know nothing about 5:2 and the benefits of intermittent fasting will always hate on you when you so much as mention 'fasting'. It's not where you don't eat for long periods of time, and you don't feel ill or (god forbid) go into 'starvation mode' *shudders*.

Expect narrow minded people to put it down, embrace their pig-headedness. Lots of medical professionals now actually advise the 5:2 way of life (because it isn't a diet) to their patients.

Anyway! That's my 2 pennies I've never been able to stick to low calorie 'diets' so I much prefer this way of life, as for me - it's very much sustainable.

As Melanie said very rightly above, visit the Groups where people actually know the facts about 5:2.

Good luck!

SLLRunner

healthygreek wrote: »

If you're losing "fast" on the Fast Diet, you may gain it back even faster!
Is this diet sustainable? Is it cutting out major food groups?
All you really need is a reasonable deficit.

WalkingAlong wrote: »

This is also known as the 5:2 diet. You'll have better look using that term around here. A lot of people use it and succeed with it, and other IF protocols.

Just make sure you meet your calorie and nutrition goals.

SLLRunner

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SLLRunner

MrsGraves1987 wrote: »

]People who know nothing about 5:2 and the benefits of intermittent fasting will always hate on you when you so much as mention 'fasting'. It's not where you don't eat for long periods of time, and you don't feel ill or (god forbid) go into 'starvation mode' *shudders*.

Expect narrow minded people to put it down, embrace their pig-headedness. Lots of medical professionals now actually advise the 5:2 way of life (because it isn't a diet) to their patients.

Anyway! That's my 2 pennies I've never been able to stick to low calorie 'diets' so I much prefer this way of life, as for me - it's very much sustainable.

As Melanie said very rightly above, visit the Groups where people actually know the facts about 5:2.

Good luck!

Oh for goodness sake. The way the OP worded her posts has lots to do with the replies.

GingerbreadCandy

MrsGraves1987 wrote: »

People who know nothing about 5:2 and the benefits of intermittent fasting will always hate on you when you so much as mention 'fasting'. It's not where you don't eat for long periods of time, and you don't feel ill or (god forbid) go into 'starvation mode' *shudders*.

Expect narrow minded people to put it down, embrace their pig-headedness. Lots of medical professionals now actually advise the 5:2 way of life (because it isn't a diet) to their patients.

Anyway! That's my 2 pennies I've never been able to stick to low calorie 'diets' so I much prefer this way of life, as for me - it's very much sustainable.

As Melanie said very rightly above, visit the Groups where people actually know the facts about 5:2.

Good luck!

To be fair, at my gym there is currently the talk of a Fast Diet not as in fasting, but quickly. As in, a 24 hour diet (or 48 hour) that is supposed to get you to shred 5 kg (11 pounds) in that time.

So it is not all that surprising that people got confused.

Sinistrous

I tried it. Gained it back. It was not for me, but has worked for others. If you do it, please make sure to keep up with it, so you don't gain it back.

Revcminor

The Fast 2 Diet everyone. And I'm super careful to eat really well on the days I'm not doing the fasting. I just heard a story about it on NPR. Here is a link to the story.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/07/29/205845319/two-day-diets-how-mini-fasts-can-help-maximize-weight-loss

Revcminor

I meant the 5:2 diet. Seems safe to me. And I'm getting real results.