Anyone on the 5:2 diet plan ?

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/100058-5-2-fasting

Try this group. They are lovely people

I will do a 6:1 on most weeks. Depends on my exercise schedule and hunger though.

IMO, 6:1 or 5:2 "fasts" work very well with a very low carb high fat diet because our glycogen stores are usually depleted already so we we don't have a body that is looking for fuel. I don't get that hangry feeling? On a "fast" day I would eat about 500-600 calories of mainly fat and usually not get very hungry, and avoid any weakness or fatigue.

I actually have a fast day today. I ate way too many crab legs, shrimp and cheese at a buffet last night and I have a rest day planned. I plan on just bullet proof coffee and soup today. If I get too hungry I will skip it though..

I made a whole adventure with this diet. I read whole book and many, many posts about it. For me fasting days were easiest. I just didn't eat at all or just up to 300kcal. It was easy because I didn't had to think about food. It just didn't existed for me on these days. When I fealt hungry I drank pure coffee or tea and that was enought. I understand that for many people fasting is horible but I advise to just not think about it. Just do it. Find yourself something else to do and you'll be ok. (I have to also admit that I was leaving alone at that time so I could just have an empty kitchen).

Now as for how I did it and for how long. I started with one day eating one day fasting. I did that for week and a half but soon realised that I am unable to eat enought food on eating days to compensate for fasting. My body started to say no by feeling tired and empty of fuel all the time. So I switched to 5:2 and fast only on Mondays and Thursdays. That lasted for two months. Then I switched once again to 6:1 and did that for next two months.
I did switched to 6:1 becouse once again my body stared to let me know it doesn't get enough food (my stomach got really small at that time so I never really felt hungry and very often forgot to eat enough. After these next two months I stoped completely because I didn't felt I needed it anymore. I started whole fasting thing when my weight stuck in place for half a year and I couldn't make it move down again. After fasting for over 4 months I was 8 kg down and had enougth start to loose last 3 kg. 170cm tall. Started from 82kg before 5:2. Fasting from 70kg to 62kg and than loosing last 3kg making me 59kg which is just as I always wanted to be.

Now, two years gone by since I started fasting and my weight never came back on. I was very careful what I was eating but never had any jo-jo thing. And I have to admit that for year and a half I was eating much more than ever with my new addicted-to-eat-all-the-time-and-always-skinny boyfriend. I believe that my body learned how to use what I put in it in a better way.

Right now I make fast days from time to time to clean up my body. Lets say once every two months. Additionaly I often make fasting hours. For example I stop eating at 7p.m. and start again at 1 p.m. next day (usally on days off when I sleep longer).

And now one, key thing that I've added to fasting diet myself and that I believe is amazingly healthy - very slow pase of eating. When I started fasting I also decided to eat everything very, very slowly. Chewing all the food really carefully and for a long time. At the beggining it was difficult to slower yourself and my jaw hurt but I also noticed that with way smaller amount of food I felt more filled than ever. I ate one small sandwitch in a time that my family already ate 4 like mine and with just this one I still felt happy and satified. I just didn't felt like eating more.

Please be careful while fasting and remember to listen what your body tells you. Fasting is for smart and responsible people and you have to do it with some knowlegde. MFP is great help (I didn't used it while fasting). If you aren't sure if you eat enough on eating days use it to calculate how many calories you consume. Remember that starving your body will only make you harm and no good.

I hope that this will help at least one person

I did it for a few months and it lead me into some really disordered thinking. I had to stop.