5:2 Diet

Codilee87
Codilee87 Posts: 509 Member
edited November 16 in Food and Nutrition
Love it? Hate it?

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  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Scared of it :D
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    This would set me up for another trip down ED Lane. 5:2 works for some, not others.
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    edited March 2017
    I couldnt eat next to nothing(for me it would be) for 2 days out of a week. I would be a crabby/hungry mess
  • joeups
    joeups Posts: 2 Member
    Love it, so easy and lost 2 stone on it, hubby has lost 5.5 stone ... First couple of fast days were hard, but in the end full fasted for 23hrs on my fasting days ... now I just do it when I need to pull the weight back - if it works for you then it will be brilliant, if it doesn't then it doesn't
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    I hate it! The thought of eating 500 calories, two days out of the week would make me stabby. I like eating two meals a day better.
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »
    I couldnt eat next to nothing(for me it would be) for 2 days out of a week. I would be a crabby/hungry mess

    Just the thought of 500 calories per day (even if it's only two days a week) makes me hungry. And I just finished eating.

    No thanks. The most effective diet is the one you'll stick to and provides the greatest satiety. I'd adhere to that diet for about 12 hours and then I'd be eating the drywall off my kitchen walls.

    same here. I like food and if I dont get enough calories,its not good to be around me lol.I would end up eating over maintenance for those other days lol
  • joeups
    joeups Posts: 2 Member
    Lauralee328 - you are rocking like my hubby - it works if you can get on the train!!
  • kim130562
    kim130562 Posts: 25 Member
    Love it lost two stone over the last 12th months
  • laurenalcia13
    laurenalcia13 Posts: 3 Member
    edited July 2017
    Doing it now. Love it. Probably 'go over' by 200 calories a day on fast days but have lost my constant search for snacks and high-carb food on my non-fast days after only doing this a week-so it all balances out.
    I also feel mentally clearer, don't get that 2pm fog that I'm used to and aren't falling asleep on the way home from work. Too early to see results but love it so far..
    The theory is so straight-forward... Eat less food!
  • feisty_bucket
    feisty_bucket Posts: 1,047 Member
    Love it. Been doing 5:2 or 6:1 for almost three years now. But I eat zero calories on fasting days. It's really easy and routine, once you get used to it.
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    I'm a fan of it. I don't follow it currently, but have used it in the past to drop some weight. Easy to follow as long as I had my low calorie days planned out and prepped.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    lauralee328 wrote: »
    Love it! I'm doing 4:3. Easiest diet I've ever been on. I do 600 calories on fast days even though I'm female. I just can't get down to 500, so to balance it out better, I do a 4:3 instead of 5:2. On non-fast days, I eat 1300-1400 most of the time. Lost 23 lbs. in 5 months.


    OP - warning - this ^ isn't 4:3, or 5:2. Perhaps lauralee is incredibly tiny, or extremely sedentary.....but most people will have a much higher maintenance. This looks more like a diet + another diet.

    5:2 is 500 calories for 2 days and MAINTENANCE the other 5. 4:3 is if you have more weight to lose.
    http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

    Here's info on 5:2
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/100058-5-2-fasting

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/8628-5-2-diet

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/49-intermittent-fasting

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