5:2 alongside my fitness pal

squires03071986

Hi
Has anyone or is anyone currently doing 5:2 alongside counting calories. If so, how do you work out calories on non fasting days?
Any tips would be good.
Thanks

TavistockToad

Eat at maintenance

Google scooby calculator to get a tdee calculator

tcunbeliever

take your daily calories calculated by MFP, multiply by 7 (days per week) and divide by 5 (days you are actually consuming food) - that will give you your goal for those 5 days, and if you want you can use the custom option to put that total into MFP as your goal so you don't have to keep track of it in your head.

ex. MFP says at a 2lb per week loss I should eat 1440 cal/day

1440*7/5= actual 5/2 goal is 2016 cal per eating day

SusanMFindlay

Aren't you still consuming calories on the two "off days"? Only 500 per day, I thought, but you'd still need to take that 1000 cals off the weekly total before dividing by 5.

Krislynell

Do you consume net calories or non-net? My fit-bit gives me exercise calories....do you eat those on fast days?

mannybap

I had done 5:2 diet plan a couple of years ago. I found it to be very effective but difficult to maintain over a long period of time.
The way I calculated my low day calories was a third of my normal day calorific intake.
Eg: Normal day = 1800 calories
Low day = 1800÷3 = 600 calories

trigden1991

mannybap wrote: »

I had done 5:2 diet plan a couple of years ago. I found it to be very effective but difficult to maintain over a long period of time.
The way I calculated my low day calories was a third of my normal day calorific intake.
Eg: Normal day = 1800 calories
Low day = 1800÷3 = 600 calories

Where did the 1/3 come from? The general premise of 5:2 is 500 calorie fast days and maintenance on the other 5.

MaybeLed

trigden1991 wrote: »

mannybap wrote: »

I had done 5:2 diet plan a couple of years ago. I found it to be very effective but difficult to maintain over a long period of time.
The way I calculated my low day calories was a third of my normal day calorific intake.
Eg: Normal day = 1800 calories
Low day = 1800÷3 = 600 calories

Where did the 1/3 come from? The general premise of 5:2 is 500 calorie fast days and maintenance on the other 5.

I couldn't cope with 5:2 as a WOE but I did read the original book, and it suggests 500kcal for women and 600kcal for men. The idea that it was 1/4 of usual calorie intake

mannybap

The idea is to make your low days manageable. If your daily calories is 2100 then your low day will be 700. Which is more easier to stick to than having 500, because you won't be feeling as hungry. It's all about doing a eating plan that you would stick to.
IMHO

trigden1991

MaybeLed wrote: »

trigden1991 wrote: »

mannybap wrote: »

I had done 5:2 diet plan a couple of years ago. I found it to be very effective but difficult to maintain over a long period of time.
The way I calculated my low day calories was a third of my normal day calorific intake.
Eg: Normal day = 1800 calories
Low day = 1800÷3 = 600 calories

Where did the 1/3 come from? The general premise of 5:2 is 500 calorie fast days and maintenance on the other 5.

I couldn't cope with 5:2 as a WOE but I did read the original book, and it suggests 500kcal for women and 600kcal for men. The idea that it was 1/4 of usual calorie intake

Thanks for the information, I have not read the book (obviously).