The books for the 5:2 or fasting Diet

believewhatIsee
believewhatIsee Posts: 3
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:happy: :happy: The 5:2 Diet Made eZy by Polly Fielding. The 5:2 Diet Single Serving Vegetarian Recipes by Belinda price. Your 5:2 Diet DaysTasty Recipes For One, by Lucy Lonsdale and Simple Heathly Smoothies For the 5:2 Diet by Emily Hanson. I got them all from Amazon and they have guided me through the last 8 months on this brill diet. The smoothies are sooo filling yet the calorie count at the bottom of each recipe fits wells into the 2 meals a day that I now do. I could never stick to any other diet until this one. Hope this helps some of you!

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  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    I prefer real food and eating daily.
  • Factory_Reset
    Factory_Reset Posts: 1,651 Member
    NO. Just NO.
  • momzeeee
    momzeeee Posts: 475 Member
    Lost my weight doing IF :) There's a 5:2 group here on mfp and also a general IF group.
  • momzeeee
    momzeeee Posts: 475 Member
    oops, double post
  • Mrs_Wellington
    Mrs_Wellington Posts: 74
    thanks for the references.i'm just about to start this on monday. :smile: edited to add just bought the kindle version of the smoothie recipe book.it's very good ! thanks again.
  • MANDallasTX
    MANDallasTX Posts: 36
    I have found these Amazon Kindle editions to be helpful.
    1. Understand "The FastDiet" In 15 Minutes: Intermittent Fasting Simplified [Kindle Edition] Jeff Reynolds (Author)
    2. The 5:2 Diet Book: Feast for 5 Days a Week and Fast for 2 to Lose Weight, Boost Your Brain and Transform Your Health [Kindle Edition] Kate Harrison (Author)
    3. The FastDiet: Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, and Live Longer with the Simple Secret of Intermittent Fasting [Kindle Edition]
    Michael Mosley (Author), Mimi Spencer (Author)

    It is the first diet I have been on that you can eat Donuts, Pizza, Bread, etc. - real food. Most days it is in the quantity you desire. It is only on the 2 days of your choosing that you restrict the calories you consume to 500 calories for females and 600 calories for males. So you are still eating something. Not what I call, a real abstain from food, fast.

    It is meant to simulate the feast / famine our ancestors faced. The science behind it is real fascinating.
  • believewhatIsee
    believewhatIsee Posts: 3
    The 5:2 is just another name for Intermittent Fasting
  • momzeeee
    momzeeee Posts: 475 Member
    Intermittent fasting is really an umbrella title for several plans-

    -alternate day intermittent fasting (what I used to lose my extra weight)
    -5:2 or 4:3 plan
    -eating windows, usually 5 or 8 hour windows

    All are considered IF, but are a bit different from each other.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    5:2 is one form of intermittent fasting, nobody's claiming otherwise.

    OP, that's great you've been following this for so long and are still enjoying it! There are 2 groups here on MFP dedicated to 5:2-ing, where you'd get a warm welcome.

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