5:2 I Don't understand!!!
slhass10
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I do not understand how this can possibly be a healthy way to loose weight! I am a firm believer in a total life style change. It needs to be something manageable for the rest of your life and I am sorry but I am not going to basically starve myself two days a week. Let's face it my family doesn't like me when I am hungry...I am miserable. Maybe I am missing something here but I am making the changes that I need to be healthy for the rest of my life, not some crazy diet that will make me loose weight and eventually gain it back.
If it takes me two years of eating right and getting my rear up and moving to drop the weight I am okay with that. I am doing to this in a way that I will only need to loose it once and be done. I am sure it works for certain people I am just not willing to do that to myself.
If it takes me two years of eating right and getting my rear up and moving to drop the weight I am okay with that. I am doing to this in a way that I will only need to loose it once and be done. I am sure it works for certain people I am just not willing to do that to myself.
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I've actually been eating in this type of way for a while, without realizing. It's effortless. I haven't lost any weight though, just maintained, as my "non fast" days are a little higher calories than most.0
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I do not understand how this can possibly be a healthy way to loose weight! I am a firm believer in a total life style change. It needs to be something manageable for the rest of your life and I am sorry but I am not going to basically starve myself two days a week. Let's face it my family doesn't like me when I am hungry...I am miserable. Maybe I am missing something here but I am making the changes that I need to be healthy for the rest of my life, not some crazy diet that will make me loose weight and eventually gain it back.
If it takes me two years of eating right and getting my rear up and moving to drop the weight I am okay with that. I am doing to this in a way that I will only need to loose it once and be done. I am sure it works for certain people I am just not willing to do that to myself.
OK, that's fine, you don't have to do it. Why should you worry if other people want to do it, can do it, and find that it suits THEM? It's not impacting you in any way. Move on!0 -
I do not understand how this can possibly be a healthy way to loose weight! I am a firm believer in a total life style change. It needs to be something manageable for the rest of your life and I am sorry but I am not going to basically starve myself two days a week. Let's face it my family doesn't like me when I am hungry...I am miserable. Maybe I am missing something here but I am making the changes that I need to be healthy for the rest of my life, not some crazy diet that will make me loose weight and eventually gain it back.
If it takes me two years of eating right and getting my rear up and moving to drop the weight I am okay with that. I am doing to this in a way that I will only need to loose it once and be done. I am sure it works for certain people I am just not willing to do that to myself.
Who are you talking to??0 -
I do not understand how this can possibly be a healthy way to loose weight! I am a firm believer in a total life style change. It needs to be something manageable for the rest of your life and I am sorry but I am not going to basically starve myself two days a week. Let's face it my family doesn't like me when I am hungry...I am miserable. Maybe I am missing something here but I am making the changes that I need to be healthy for the rest of my life, not some crazy diet that will make me loose weight and eventually gain it back.
If it takes me two years of eating right and getting my rear up and moving to drop the weight I am okay with that. I am doing to this in a way that I will only need to loose it once and be done. I am sure it works for certain people I am just not willing to do that to myself.
OK, that's fine, you don't have to do it. Why should you worry if other people want to do it, can do it, and find that it suits THEM? It's not impacting you in any way. Move on!
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I'm not using 5:2 but I think I understand the basic principle. I do think that it can be healthy and it can be a lifestyle change.
Can people take this diet to the extreme, and can it be unhealthy? .....I'm sure that's true too.
The basic principle .... you fast INTERMITTANTLY. One example (there are more versions) ...... you eat at maintenance for 5 days & then for 2 (non-consecutive days) you "fast" ...............the "fast" is that women eat 500 calories and men eat 600 calories..... these 2 days make up ALL your calorie deficit for the week.
So, if my maintenance was 2100 calories, I end up eating an average of 1,643 calories a day ..... over the period of a week [(5 x 2100 + 2 x 500) / 7 = 1643]. This would teach me to eat at my maintenance calories. To go off this diet, I would simple exchange 1 fast day for maintenance....... see how that went...... and then exchange the last fast day for maintenance.
Abuse of this method would be doing some incredibly heard workouts during fast days ..... or doing 1200 calories PLUS 2 fast days ..... this is not how the diet is designed.0 -
I find myself naturally doing something like this. Not 500 calories, but closer to 1000 once or twice a week. Usually on my rest days from exercise because I just don't get as hungry.
Makes sense to me that people would be hungry on days they exercise and not so much on days they don't, but whatever works for you.0 -
It can be healthy and be done as a lifestyle if done properly...same for IF (problem is a lot of people don't do it properly). I personally couldn't do it 'cuz I'm a total foodie and love to eat...so I eat all day long...but it definitely works for a lot of people. Different strokes for different folks.0
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2 low calorie days interespersed with eating at maintenance level is NOT starving yourself.
There is a scientific basis to it.
Most people get over their hunger feelings - they learn through practise how to recognise and deal with them.
But it's OK, no-body will force you to do 5:2, it's an indivdual choice.0 -
I do not understand how this can possibly be a healthy way to loose weight! I am a firm believer in a total life style change. It needs to be something manageable for the rest of your life and I am sorry but I am not going to basically starve myself two days a week. Let's face it my family doesn't like me when I am hungry...I am miserable. Maybe I am missing something here but I am making the changes that I need to be healthy for the rest of my life, not some crazy diet that will make me loose weight and eventually gain it back.
If it takes me two years of eating right and getting my rear up and moving to drop the weight I am okay with that. I am doing to this in a way that I will only need to loose it once and be done. I am sure it works for certain people I am just not willing to do that to myself.
OK, that's fine, you don't have to do it. Why should you worry if other people want to do it, can do it, and find that it suits THEM? It's not impacting you in any way. Move on!
"Kinda" totally unrelated to this topic/PLEASE forgive the hi-jack, BUT....
@Beattie1...Honey, you are rocking that dress--LOVE the dress and your "tude" in it:bigsmile: --72 pounds of flab&fat forever gone to the place where the sun will NEVER shine is tremendous as well. GO GIRL--you ROCK!
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I do not understand how this can possibly be a healthy way to loose weight! I am a firm believer in a total life style change. It needs to be something manageable for the rest of your life and I am sorry but I am not going to basically starve myself two days a week. Let's face it my family doesn't like me when I am hungry...I am miserable. Maybe I am missing something here but I am making the changes that I need to be healthy for the rest of my life, not some crazy diet that will make me loose weight and eventually gain it back.
If it takes me two years of eating right and getting my rear up and moving to drop the weight I am okay with that. I am doing to this in a way that I will only need to loose it once and be done. I am sure it works for certain people I am just not willing to do that to myself.
Then.... Don't do that.0 -
You know, look at it this way - if you eat this way, you're basically eating like a thin person. They have days that they go over their calorie 'budget' and then they cut back the next day or so. Makes sense to me? Not the path i'm choosing, but i can see how some would embrace it.0
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I do 5:2 but I've never been a 5:2 "pusher," demanding people do it with me. And I'm most definitely not starving! I'm hungry 2 days a week, it's gotten where I hardly even notice it anymore. On weekends I don't even log or concern myself with calories whatsoever. I'm sure I hit over 4K calories on a typical Saturday. And I'm still shrinking.
It works for me but it's not going to be a fit for everyone else. No big deal.0 -
OK, that's fine, you don't have to do it. Why should you worry if other people want to do it, can do it, and find that it suits THEM? It's not impacting you in any way. Move on!
"Kinda" totally unrelated to this topic/PLEASE forgive the hi-jack, BUT....
@Beattie1...Honey, you are rocking that dress--LOVE the dress and your "tude" in it:bigsmile: --72 pounds of flab&fat forever gone to the place where the sun will NEVER shine is tremendous as well. GO GIRL--you ROCK! :drinker: :drinker:
I, too, can attest to the fact that Beattie does in fact ROCK! :bigsmile: :drinker: Love her!!! 0 -
Wow! What can I say?!! Newlifestyle4me and Rays_wife, thank you both!! Got all emotional reading your testimonials! I shall have to take a screen shot and save it!! :-)
I've NEVER been told I rock before!! :happy: :happy: :happy: :drinker: :flowerforyou:0 -
I do not understand how this can possibly be a healthy way to loose weight! I am a firm believer in a total life style change. It needs to be something manageable for the rest of your life and I am sorry but I am not going to basically starve myself two days a week. Let's face it my family doesn't like me when I am hungry...I am miserable. Maybe I am missing something here but I am making the changes that I need to be healthy for the rest of my life, not some crazy diet that will make me loose weight and eventually gain it back.
If it takes me two years of eating right and getting my rear up and moving to drop the weight I am okay with that. I am doing to this in a way that I will only need to loose it once and be done. I am sure it works for certain people I am just not willing to do that to myself.
You're so misinformed, it's insulting.0 -
like trainer Chris Powell says ...don't starve yourself and make yourseld do crazy types of activities in the beginning..start out small and slowly work up to where it's normal for you to not be as hungry as maybe before..you aren't expected to change overnight..for instance take a walk around the block..then the next week maybe 2..lifestyle changes aren't meant to torture people but get them where there supposed to be in a healthy and satisfying way..without starving yourself, etc.0
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I do not understand how this can possibly be a healthy way to loose weight! I am a firm believer in a total life style change. It needs to be something manageable for the rest of your life and I am sorry but I am not going to basically starve myself two days a week. Let's face it my family doesn't like me when I am hungry...I am miserable. Maybe I am missing something here but I am making the changes that I need to be healthy for the rest of my life, not some crazy diet that will make me loose weight and eventually gain it back.
If it takes me two years of eating right and getting my rear up and moving to drop the weight I am okay with that. I am doing to this in a way that I will only need to loose it once and be done. I am sure it works for certain people I am just not willing to do that to myself.
OK, that's fine, you don't have to do it. Why should you worry if other people want to do it, can do it, and find that it suits THEM? It's not impacting you in any way. Move on!
Pretty much this.0 -
I agree...you look awesome!!
I do not understand how this can possibly be a healthy way to loose weight! I am a firm believer in a total life style change. It needs to be something manageable for the rest of your life and I am sorry but I am not going to basically starve myself two days a week. Let's face it my family doesn't like me when I am hungry...I am miserable. Maybe I am missing something here but I am making the changes that I need to be healthy for the rest of my life, not some crazy diet that will make me loose weight and eventually gain it back.
If it takes me two years of eating right and getting my rear up and moving to drop the weight I am okay with that. I am doing to this in a way that I will only need to loose it once and be done. I am sure it works for certain people I am just not willing to do that to myself.
OK, that's fine, you don't have to do it. Why should you worry if other people want to do it, can do it, and find that it suits THEM? It's not impacting you in any way. Move on!
"Kinda" totally unrelated to this topic/PLEASE forgive the hi-jack, BUT....
@Beattie1...Honey, you are rocking that dress--LOVE the dress and your "tude" in it:bigsmile: --72 pounds of flab&fat forever gone to the place where the sun will NEVER shine is tremendous as well. GO GIRL--you ROCK! :drinker: :drinker: 0 -
It's actually been scientifically proven to aid weight loss and help your body to detox naturally. It's not starving yourself, it's learning self control.. and you can still eat a good 2 meals a day! I can survive quite happily on 1100-1300 calories a day if I'm not doing a lot of physical activity, so dropping down to 500 once or twice a week isn't so hard. I don't follow this diet, but I know people who do and it works wonders for them.
I lived with someone a couple years ago, ate fried chicken and pizza and cakes and cream and all sorts of fattening foods... but she lost a ridiculous amount of weight over a month or so just by limiting herself for two days a week.
If you don't get the diet, then ask people about it. Don't start proclaiming that it's the worst thing ever and how on earth can people follow it, etc. If Doctors have said that it's good for you, then it's good for you.0 -
Let's face it my family doesn't like me when I am hungry...I am miserable.
Hungry today I am guessing.Maybe I am missing something here
Most definitely!
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OP - if you don't understand it then either educate yourself or stop worrying what other people do.
Option 1 - have a look at http://thefastdiet.co.uk/
Option 2 - carry on with something that suits you.
Wish you well in your weight loss, what a shame you think I'm crazy.....0 -
Until you see the documentary and understand the science it will seem counter intuitive. I am a trained nutritionist and I was scared to death to tell anyone I was doing it but the science convinced me.
It WORKS and I have NEVER felt so good or had so much energy!!0 -
It's not for everyone. Do what works and is best for YOU!!!!0
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5:2 is fantastic. Since starting 3 months ago, I have never felt better. I have lost just over 2 stone, my skin is better, my nails are strong and growing for the first time ever, I have more energy...need I go on. The fast days are not difficult, I still eat well lots of salad, veggies and protein and I rarely feel hungry. It may not be for everyone, may not be for you, but please dont make negative comments about something you dont understand. There is plenty of scientific evidence to back up the health benefits just google 5:2. Good luck with your weight loss journey, however you wish to go about it0
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After losing 45 pounds in 9 months, my body has adjusted to my calorie level and the weight isn't coming off very easily. I was expecting that to happen at some point and here it is. I can either lower my cals even more, or try a different approach. I am looking into the different styles of Intermittent Fasting, so see which one will best suit me.
Eating 500 cals a couple of days a week will not kill anyone, much less someone with lots of extra weight to lose.
I still have 30 pounds to go, so I can live off the fat of the land for a while longer before I have to worry about 'starving'.
No one has a gun to your head, forcing you to the 5:2 plan. If they do, then call 911 and report them. :bigsmile:0 -
Then don't do it? Are you ranting or putting out a legitimate question?
Intermittent fasting works for many people and is well documented. If it doesn't work for you, so?
I prefer most times to eat 2 larger meals a day, foregoing breakfast. It works for me. Others, maybe not so much. Doesn't make it wrong.0 -
OP - if you don't understand it then either educate yourself or stop worrying what other people do.
Option 1 - have a look at http://thefastdiet.co.uk/
Option 2 - carry on with something that suits you.
Wish you well in your weight loss, what a shame you think I'm crazy.....
This right here!!!! I have been practicing the 5:2 plan for 88 days now with amazing results!
Including but not limited to boost in energy, greater loss in inches per week, sleeping better at night and craving healthier options on my non fast days... Never once have I felt "starved".. How can you hate what you don't even understand the actual process?0 -
once i get to my goal weight i plan on doing the 5:2 occasionally and most weeks 6:1 for the rest of my life0
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Ok at the risk of sounding stupid what is 5:2? From the post I'm guessing this is more of a UK thing? I'm in small town US & it hasn't reached me yet. Seems it has something to do with fasting?0
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Ok at the risk of sounding stupid what is 5:2? From the post I'm guessing this is more of a UK thing? I'm in small town US & it hasn't reached me yet. Seems it has something to do with fasting?
In the simplest of terms, you fast for 2 days per week and eat normally on the other five . For men that is generally around 600 calories on a fast day and for women 500.
Some great links were provided here. You should check them out. And it's gaining popularity in North America.0
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