5:2 diet

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  • Eandretta96
    Eandretta96 Posts: 119
    Making me rage. Seriously what is the point?!!!!! Just get into a 500 caloric deficit.

    this is pretty much true.if IF makes it easier to create deficit then by all means go for it..

    I did lean gains 18/6 for about 8 months and like it ; however, it did not really fit into my lifestyle and I felt like I was cooking all freaking night...

    Do whatever you need to create a caloric deficit...
    I did try IF but I felt like it didn't make a difference tbh.
  • jacksonsoxfan
    jacksonsoxfan Posts: 8 Member
    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.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Making me rage. Seriously what is the point?!!!!! Just get into a 500 caloric deficit.

    this is pretty much true.if IF makes it easier to create deficit then by all means go for it..

    I did lean gains 18/6 for about 8 months and like it ; however, it did not really fit into my lifestyle and I felt like I was cooking all freaking night...

    Do whatever you need to create a caloric deficit...
    I did try IF but I felt like it didn't make a difference tbh.

    I leaned out a little..but that was probably due to the calorie deficit ....
  • RepsnSets
    RepsnSets Posts: 805 Member
    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.

    Im a lifter and also do cardio on alternate days.

    I workout on an empty stomach and actually feel good afterwards, not hungry. I eat a small lunch but the bulk of my calories go on dinner and I leave it as late as possible before I eat those so I dont feel like **** before bedtime.

    Give it four weeks at least

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