Is anybody doing the 5:2 fasting diet ?

natasha8812
natasha8812 Posts: 15 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Is anybody doing the 5:2 fasting diet? How are you finding it? How much weight have you lost and in how long ? Xxx

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  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    There’s loads of people following this eating pattern. See link below for a selection of results.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1041574-post-results-weeks-on-program-pounds-lost

    Here’s two groups for people 5:2 fasting:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/8005-5-2-fasting

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/8628-5-2-diet


    I’ve been following this regime since August 2012, currently maintaining with 6:1 and intend carrying on indefinitely as it suits me very well.
  • natasha8812
    natasha8812 Posts: 15 Member
    Thank you xxx
  • Maddius
    Maddius Posts: 78 Member
    G'day Tash I began doing 5:2 just under 3 months ago. In that time I've lost about 8kg (about 17 ib). I do zero cals on fast days and find it Very easy to do & maintain. I plan on doing this now for life, may drop back to 6:1 once I'm down to goal (about 7 kg to go). Apart from the weight loss, I feel healthier & more alert.
  • gsgitu
    gsgitu Posts: 118 Member
    my method is working out to more of a 4:3, or ADF i guess. my TDEE is around 2200 cals/day, 15400/wk. i do 4 days at 2500 and 3 days at 750. gives me 12250/wk. a nice deficit that i have lost lb/wk at for the last month or so. helped me break through a level i had been at since feb. - march time frame doing 16:8 IF. that's even with a few weekends of events. damn weekends. always something. banquet, games, family outing, next up is thanksgiving. oh well, that's another reason i am liking the 3 days of deficit, M-W-F. then weekends i don't really worry about, the key is a deficit. working good for me.
    edit to say the one thing i have noticed is a reduction on the handles of love, just since i started the fasting.
  • AshaM125
    AshaM125 Posts: 1
    I've been doing IF for about 3 yrs (5:2). I skip breakfast & lunch on fasting days, drink zero cal drink like coffee and tea throughout the day and eat normal dinner. I don't normally eat breakfast so only change for me is to skip lunch which is not that bad. I try not to eat too much carbs but don't have much restrictions on what to eat. I am using the method called Eat Stop Eat and I have to have something simple enough to continue for long time so this IF works out very well for me. http://fastingfatloss.org

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