5:2 diet

Making me rage. Seriously what is the point?!!!!! Just get into a 500 caloric deficit.

The point is that many people find it works for them, controlling their food intake just two days a week instead of logging and stressing every day .

Why be hungry all the time when you can be hungry two days a week, or as you restrict so much perhaps not even hungry at all.

Making me rage. Seriously what is the point?!!!!! Just get into a 500 caloric deficit.

Perhaps if you did a little research on the plethora of information now available in regards to cyclical caloric deprivation and intermittent fasting you wouldn't be "raging" over a way of eating that, for some, has extraordinary health and weight management/loss benefits.

Your way isn't the only way. We all must search and find what works best for us.

She said she felt dizzy by 10 am. That is enough evidence. Let's say you are at a 3500 caloric deficit at end of the week both ways. What is the point of feeling like **** the 3 other days if you are going to lose the same amount. Logic, not even once.

The fact that she had a banana and some cheese and STILL felt dizzy by 10am in the morning is the problem. The human body should be fine going hours without food, it's how we're built. Historically we have never needed to be in a constant, endless state of perpetual feeding. That is a totally modern construct, and a false one. So the very fact that this person was showing withdrawal symptoms in the morning, even after eating a banana with some cheese, points toward some issues that need to be corrected.

And like I said, do a little research. It goes a long way. You're obvious ignorant to the benefits of this kind of plan, which extend well beyond weight loss. And for some people it is literally the ONLY way they can get a significant caloric deficit in without feeling constantly deprived and famished every day. IFing diets also help others correct very dysfunctional relationships with food, and helps reset their taste buds for healthier fare. This way of eating is a lifestyle for some, many of whom tried it the "normal" way, your way, and saw nothing but failure and misery.

There is nothing wrong with being ignorant, but "raging" and belittling that which you don't understand isn't helpful to anybody in the long run.

I just started this today, and did 523 calories. Breakfast was Ezekial bread with 1 t. olive oil, and plain nonfat greek yogurt. I had a pouch of tuna after lifting weights at lunch. Then dinner was 8 oz. of shrimp, half a cucumber, baby carrots and 2 T hummus. I was not as hungry as I thought I'd be. However I am hungry now at 9:30pm. I hate going to bed hungry Tomorrow will eat my normal amount of calories. I'll give this diet a week or two and see how it goes.