5:2 diet!

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  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
    Why would you contemplate change when you are doing well as it is? Diets are by and large temporary fixes, not ways of life, so when they end, you are stuck with an irregular eating kind of syndrome to overcome, and you can just go back to normal ways.
    It isn't a diet in the sense of being temporary - it's a different way of eating and one that's sustainable.
    Your diet spaces your calories out more evenly and mine doesn't so what's the problem?

    I have no intention of going back to what you regard as normal ways.

    Diets by their very nature are temporary. We were born to eat in regular patterns, not starve ourself for around 30% of our life.

    What 'I regard as normal ways' is just evolution. Let's face it, if diets worked so well the industry wouldnt be worth so many billions.
    Completely untrue!
    Have you ever considered why excess energy gets stored as fat? It's so that you can use it when food is scarce.
    What you seem to consider as normal eating (in first world countries anyway) is a relatively recent development in evolutionary terms.

    You seem to have an irrational fear of skipping a meal. Maybe you should try it and over come your prejudice? You might find it breaks the "habit eating" which is the basis of a lot of people's weight problems.

    The theory behind all the various forms of fasting (which have been around for thousands of years BTW) is that a little stress makes you stronger. A bit like weight training really.

    An irrational fear? Perhaps I just dont want to.... I am not overweight and maintain myself ok thanks.

    The 'habit eating' problem is about willpower. This is a common denominator in any diet. Your concept is equally flawed by the fact that people do not wish to continue to diet. Diet schemers and the money making industries seem to fail to warn people about this, probably because repeat business makes them so much money.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
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    An irrational fear? Perhaps I just dont want to.... I am not overweight and maintain myself ok thanks.

    The 'habit eating' problem is about willpower. This is a common denominator in any diet. Your concept is equally flawed by the fact that people do not wish to continue to diet. Diet schemers and the money making industries seem to fail to warn people about this, probably because repeat business makes them so much money.
    Funny enough I'm not overweight either and am maintaining comfortably and enjoyably.
    Which is different to how I was when I was what you would term "eating normally" - I was fat and stayed fat.

    Why you think I'm "on a diet" when I'm maintaining or why you think it's temporary I really can't understand. You like to cut your calorie allowance into daily amounts and I like to cut my calorie allowance over the course of a week.
    All diets (noun not verb) are successful or not due to adherence and I find this way superior than your way for me.

    What's the big deal? Does everyone have to do it your way?
  • celia34
    celia34 Posts: 26 Member
    just started my third week on the 5:2 diet. i only managed to fast one day last week as i had visitors from overseas. today was my fast day so this is only my 4th fast day. i am not finding it hard to stick to 500 calories at all. if i get hungry at night i always have a hundred calories left over so i either have a highlights hot chocolate drink sachet (40 calories) or i have a slim fast snack bar ( 95 cals) both of which feel really decadent and they keep the hunger at bay with a big chocolate hit.
    i wont weigh until my second fast day (Thursday) and i will post the results. on my normal days i log all my food and exercise on MFP usually it comes to around 1200 cals, which is what i stick to to lose weight..it works for me

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