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The 2 day diet who is doing it or has tried it??

LisaBeateith2012
Posts: 346 Member
Hi,
I have decided to try the 2 day diet.
On the 2 day diet plan you eat for 2 non consecutive days a week at just 500 calories (for women) or 600 calories (for men). My 2 days are going to be a Monday and a Thursday and the other days you eat normally (ie 2000 cals for women or 2500 for men).
It appears in studies to be more successful that being on a continuous 1500 calorie a day diet, and also appears to reduce the risk of breast cancer.
Has anyone else tried and succeeded, or failed. Can you share your experiences?
Thanks Lisa
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I have decided to try the 2 day diet.
On the 2 day diet plan you eat for 2 non consecutive days a week at just 500 calories (for women) or 600 calories (for men). My 2 days are going to be a Monday and a Thursday and the other days you eat normally (ie 2000 cals for women or 2500 for men).
It appears in studies to be more successful that being on a continuous 1500 calorie a day diet, and also appears to reduce the risk of breast cancer.
Has anyone else tried and succeeded, or failed. Can you share your experiences?
Thanks Lisa

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That's IF---there are many a threads about that here.0
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Intermittent Fasting has it's advantages. But I would urge you to calculate your TDEE instead of just going with 2000 cals. That may or may not be the right number for you.0
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*I* think it's just another fad diet. Note the * I *. It's not a fact, just my opinion. I'd rather eat dirt then go 2 days a week eating only 500 cals but i acknowledge it works for some people. Whatever floats your boat and all that....0
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Yeah I've heard a lot about Intermittent Fasting and people who use it for weight training...I couldn't do it. My sugar levels get so low (after just a few hours without food) that I'd either pass out or punch someone in the face. And personally I try to not do anything to get the weight off that I wouldn't do to keep it off...if it's not something I can keep up with for life, I don't want to waste my time.0
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It's called 5:2 or Intermittent fasting and was never meant as a diet plan. It's supposedly a healing way to eat. You can't randomly decide to eat 500 some days and 2000 others and expect weight loss. If I ate at those levels it would be a steady gain.
If you want to lose weight, figure out your BMR and TDEE. Eat somewhere between the two numbers consistently and quit looking for a fancy named diet to give you the magic cure.0 -
I am doing 5:2 and am finding it fantastic. I am steadily losing 2-3 pounds a week, and I don't even cut out tea with milk on the fast days! I feel better on this plan too. I have been trying on and off for years to lose weight, and this is the first sustainable thing that I have done which works. Well it does for me! My husband is doing it too and has dropped two waist sizes in two months..0
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i know a few people who've been doing one or two 'fasting' days a week. some have lost weight, others not but the general concensus is that it makes them feel a lot better. research on people who fast does suggest reduced risk of cancers and alzheimers, but i think that's based on religious fasting. i'll do an occasional fasting day when i've splurged and it feels nice to be a bit hungry. i'm planning on doing one fast day a week when i get down to my goal.
either way, give it a try for a while and see how it works for you.0 -
I've done it twice, first time i lost 25lbs but suffered an accident at work, so i'm back on it now i'm better, in the last 2 months i've lost 15lbs and i do recommend that you eat your BMR calories on the other 5 days...
try 'The Fast Diet' book it really helped me understand.
Good luckx
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