5:2 Fast Diet

You're currently only eating 1200 cals?

Cathy, if you use the search function here you'll find lots of threads about 5:2ing, and 2 dedicated forums to it.

But on the 5 non-fast days, you should be eating around your maintenance or TDEE level, not 1200. It's important to get a difference between the types of day, plus your body will be getting most of its nutrition from those 5 days, so they have to be good in terms of quantity and quality.

Hi
Has anyone combined their myfitnesspal regime with the fast diet? I am doing very well with MFP quota but want to really push the next few weeks and wonder if combining 1200 calories a day on 5 days a week with the 2 day fast option would work?

Cathy

You are misinterpreting 5:2

This should be 5 maintainance days and 2 fast days ..... not 5 diet days and 2 fast days

Find your BMR ..... basal metabolic rate ..... these are the calories your body uses everyday for basic function ..... heart, lungs, kidneys .....5 diet days plus 2 fast days is going to be an average way below your BMR. This is fast weight loss......NOT healthy weight loss. Your body will be using muscle (as well as fat) for fuel.

Hi

Thanks for your advice - I will check out the posts. Do you know what maintenance calories would be on a 1200 per day plan? And will 5:2 get more weight off in the short tern than sticking with MFP 1200 per day?
Cathyy

Your maintenance calories are your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) ..... depends upon your height, weight, gender, age and activity level. TDEE INCLUDES exercise

http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

the 5:2 diet is meant to be - for women- 2,000 calories five days a week, and 500 calories two days a week. this gives you an average of 1,571 calories a day for the week.

don't modify it. don't use it as an excuse to binge eat just because "oh hey, tomorrow is a fast day." you are still supposed to eat healthy and exercise properly.

Have you thought about setting a weekly goal rather than a daily? MFP gives your your weekly totals (macros too) it starts Mondy and end Sunday I am playing around with what I want my daily net goal to be which is somewhere bt 1300 and 1500. Right now I have it set to 1300 although it rare I only intake 1300 calories especially since I am someone who is hungrier on active rest days (days where I just do a really short jog/lift) sometimes in days I lift which burns minimal calories Ill eat like 1800 calories and be well over my goal, but on a longer run day when I have time for 10 or 12 miles or even a regular run of 6 or 8 miles I don't eat all my calories back because I don't need to, I'm not as hungry as I am of other days and it offsets my high rest days meaning I still average 1300 net calories a day per week and meet my weekly targets but also have days when I eat more. I've found this method much more successful but it does require you to commit to exercise to obtain a deficit. All 5:2 really does as far as weight loss is restrict your calories for two days a week leading to weight loss but you can do this without have to cram it all into two days. Sorry if I explained this horrible I am really bad at explaining how I work my plan if you look at my diary for last week you'll see what I mean

Have you thought about setting a weekly goal rather than a daily? MFP gives your your weekly totals (macros too) it starts Mondy and end Sunday

How do you do this? I'd love to try that

All 5:2 really does as far as weight loss is restrict your calories for two days a week leading to weight loss but you can do this without have to cram it all into two days.

That's not "all it does", but that is part of it, yes.