Does the 5 and 7 diet work

janxx73
janxx73 Posts: 4 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Can anyone tell me if the 5 and 7 diet works as i feel i have hit a brick wall.. need help pleeeeeese

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  • irishirisballet
    irishirisballet Posts: 3 Member
    What is the 5 and 7 diet? I googled it and came up blank O_O
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    No, but I can say that most diets with any sort of name don't work, at least not for the long term.

    Using My Fitness Pal works, provided it's used correctly (as in not entering sedentary if you're not, not entering a goal to lose 2lbs a week if you've only got 20 to lose, and coming in well below goal every day instead of aiming to have net cals as close to goal as possible).

    TDEE method works (my personal favorite, which I've had my best success with http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/974888-in-place-of-a-road-map-2k13).

    Basically, a reasonable calorie deficit works - it comes down to calories in/calories out.
  • chatnel
    chatnel Posts: 688 Member
    Yes it works providing you don't overeat on your 'normal' days.

    I like it as I eat more food/calroeis on the weekend and the fast days even it out through the week.
  • MizSookeh
    MizSookeh Posts: 106 Member
    My understanding is that 5:2 IS a calorie deficit eating plan - the only difference being that the deficit is done on the 2 'fast days' rather than having a small deficit each day - can someone on the plan confirm this?

    I haven't tried it, but I will say I've heard good things from people doing it for health rather than weight loss. They find it easy to maintain, and physically feel better.

    What you would need to make sure of is not to get mixed up with MFP's recommendations while doing 5:2. What I mean by this, is don't fill in all your stats here and get your target of 1500 cals a day (or whatever) and eat that for 5 days, and only 500 for 2 days. That would balance out way too low for the week, the 1500 already allows for your deficit.

    I believe you'd need to (again, if someone can confirm) eat at your BMR for the 5 days, and then drop to the 500ish recommended for fast days.
  • Lichent
    Lichent Posts: 157 Member
    here is Mosley BBC http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvdbtt_eat-fast-live-longer-hd_shortfilms

    he has a web page going as well

    Here is a lecture by Fung on Fasting
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG89j432w-Y

    he has a web page on fasting with some free download info on fasting

    No Bread is an island is a blog spot on fasting.
  • janxx73
    janxx73 Posts: 4 Member
    sorry i meant 5&2 diet. xx

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