fasting??

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  • newme2105
    newme2105 Posts: 89 Member
    I am doing the 5:2 diet - I am restricting my calorie intake 2 days a week, so I can be less calorie obsessed the rest of the week. Win:win. Plus it has helped me reset my body and my eating - before I was eating all day and all night. Believe me this is much better!
  • crisanderson27
    crisanderson27 Posts: 5,343 Member
    I am doing the 5:2 diet - I am restricting my calorie intake 2 days a week, so I can be less calorie obsessed the rest of the week. Win:win. Plus it has helped me reset my body and my eating - before I was eating all day and all night. Believe me this is much better!

    Yep, I had a 700cal burrito for lunch (mostly steak and guacamole) at 2pm, a maple donut and milk around 4pm, and am in the middle of my 1100cal dinner consisting mostly of chicken breast, with some gravy, broccoli, and butter to garnish it off.

    And I still have 700cal for desert, if I feel like it.

    NO WAY you can eat meals like ^^^ (relative to your own calorie target of course) eating 6 meals a day.
  • chatogal
    chatogal Posts: 436 Member
    Fasting is good when it comes to perhaps a spiritual aspect of your life, for what you believe in, not as a form of punishment but as a form of discipline of oneself, prayer, and also reverence. Its also important to keep in mind that there are different types of fast, the most common is a "Partial Fast". So for example, for Lent right now I have gone Vegan for the 40 Days, its hard but I find it rather enthralling to know I am able resist the temptation of glutteny through prayer (I'm Catholic in case you're wondering) without starving myself like some extremist do. Now a complete fast is usually just on day of going without food, water, etc (this I do not like) and though hard, it can be done. It is those who try to go beyond that, that are hurting themselves, like my cousin who only ate once a day for Lent last year, now that was bad. Fasting diet wise however I would not recommend because doing so will deprive yourself of nutrients, vitamins, etc that you need and I also lacks a significant foundation unless you are fasting from certain foods for health sake such as high cholesterol, and so on. :)

    This made me smile :-) However, just want to point out one little thing. People can eat in excess of their recommended calories and still be deprived of nutrients etc. Not always how MUCH you put in your mouth but WHAT you put in your mouth ;-)
  • camperchick64
    camperchick64 Posts: 146 Member
    I've been doing 5:2 for about two weeks. Not enough time to say I'm losing yet - but check back with me in a month. What I can say is that I find it much easier - yes you may get hungry before you eat - but your not starving, I'm not feeling the need to over eat on my non-fast days, I'm eating a nice protein and veggie filled meal (though lower calorie) on fast days and it encourages water, water and more water and green tea.

    Not everyone fits the mold of eat xxx amount of calories a day and exercise and you'll lose. I'm sure I was doing something wrong - not saying that it wasn't me - but if this works and I get the health benefits then I consider it a score!

    Any 5:2 friends on here feel free to friend me as I can only see News Feeds on my phone so more friends would be great!

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