Anybody else doing the fast diet

jaredsypersma

I'm trying to do the fast diet, and was wondering if anybody on here has had good results from it

Alatariel75

Which one? what does it entail?

jaredsypersma

it's literally called "the fast diet" you eat 600 calories twice a week and then regularly the rest of the week. I heard about it on the BBC.

Alatariel75

Ah ok, I think that also gets called the 5:2 diet. There are people around here doing it.

MKEgal

Why torture yourself like that?
Eat at a moderate deficit every day and you'll be eating a reasonable amount (not starving) while still losing weight. Change your eating habits to something you can maintain the rest of your life. Otherwise you'll get to the end of your 'diet' and go right back to what made you fat.
Having so much to lose, I'm pretty sure that you're eating well over 600 cal/day now.
(Males of average size shouldn't eat under 1500 anyway.)

Here's a calculator from the Baylor College of Medicine which will tell you how many calories to eat to maintain a certain weight, and how many servings of the various food groups. (Also your BMI, so you can play with weight to get the BMI into a healthy range, then you have a goal. For now, just get it to 24.9 or under. Fine-tune once you get there.)

Since you have 200 lb to lose, it should start off fairly easy. Figure out what you're eating now to maintain being obese and cut 1000 cal/day from that. Adjust calories downward as you lose weight.

Here's a post about setting realistic goals.
That's included in this newbie help post which also has links to things like sexypants, accurate measuring & logging of food, etc.
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newbs6868

The 'Fast Diet' is not just a diet but it has many other health benefits which would take me too long to try and explain here. If you have time to spare google the BBC Horizon programme with Dr Michael Mosely which explains the science behind it.

Curlychip

Yup theres a good group. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/8628-5-2-diet

Curlychip

I haven't been going long, but personally I find it much easier to stick to lower calories (I do modified at 1000 calories) when I know I can eat 2300 calories the next day (although it often happily reduces your appetite) than trying to be 'good' at 1800 calories every day (which I tended to rebel about). And it works for me - finally losing weight!
It allows for real life and means that you can learn to eat at maintenance amounts on the non-fast days so its not a real shock when you want to stop losing weight.

Curlychip

MKEgal wrote: »

Why torture yourself like that?
Eat at a moderate deficit every day and you'll be eating a reasonable amount (not starving) while still losing weight. Change your eating habits to something you can maintain the rest of your life. Otherwise you'll get to the end of your 'diet' and go right back to what made you fat.
Having so much to lose, I'm pretty sure that you're eating well over 600 cal/day now.
(Males of average size shouldn't eat under 1500 anyway.)

You are missing the point. It is not a VLCD, it is a moderate calorie diet, just spread differently over the week. I eat an average of 1800 calories a day.

RoxieDawn

I am going to assume this is like 5:2?

I do IF which is 18/6 except when I "carb cycle" for exercise/training which is sort of 5:2.

Lot's folks do IF. Do a search on the 5:2 or IF in general. (such as 16/8, 18/6, 17/7 etc..

18/6 fits my schedule really well.