Hi all, has any tried the Fast Beach Diet? It is a 6 week plan that is a little stricter than the regular 5:2. I was thinking of giving it a go 6 weeks out from Chrismtas. Or, on second thought, maybe after Christmas during given I will no doubt indulge a little more than usual during the silly season. My niece has been on the 5:2 for the last seven months (she loves it and it has become a lifestyle for her now) and we were discussing the “beach” version as she is going to give it a go.

I downloaded the e-book version the other week and I think it would definitely be doable. The calorie intake on non-fast days is a little more restrictive and there is a no alcohol rule 🙂 Definitely after Christmas given that last rule lol. It mentioned it is good for those who might have hit a plateau or for those times of year where you need to give your weight loss a boost. It is a short term plan though, no more than 2 months, and users should return to normal 5:2 afterwards.

Just wondering if anyone has tried it yet? Nice to see I am not the only newbie today – hi to all those who have joined today/tonight. Have a wonderful week everyone and I hope your fast days all went well. Take care, Tania

Hi all

Everyone seems to be doing really well. The next couple of months will bring new challenges with going out for dinner and drinks with friends but what I like about 5 2 is we can work around that. No other food plan does this.

Just another brag lost 7.4kgs as of the this morning. Funny how you can loose a little for a couple of weeks then bam a lot in a couple of days. I stick to 1600 calories on food days and 500 ish on fast days spreading food out over the day.

I also do 4 circuit training sessions a week with a personal training group.

Have a long way to go.

Extremely happy so far.

Another vote for the cauliflower rice, and last year sometime we turned it into a pizza base as well. It worked well for a thin crispy base, now I will just have to find the recipe again.

I’m male and weighed 100Ks when I started on 5:2 on 11th October. My wife is also on the plan which is great. I am 185cms tall, so I thought I could carry a bit of extra weight, funny how your eye sight plays tricks on you. We “fast” on Mondays and Thursdays, and find it relatively easy. Just a couple of Vitabix, a small amount of muesli and sultanas for breakie along with a white coffee. Another cup of coffee for lunch and a small dinner. We don’t count calories, but I think we are usually under our daily allowance or 500\600 calories. I have lost 6 kgs and my wife has lost 3 kgs. I have a target of 88 kgs by Christmas and 83 kgs within 12 months of starting when my BMI will be in the healthy range. One thing that keeps me focused is the Excel Spreadsheet that I created with tracks my progress, weight loss per week, total weight loss so far and BMI. I also have a graph with a goal line and trend line, and I so far I am under the trend line. I know that I could have used the one of the site, but mine works better for me. My wife has never been one for diets, but even she agrees that this is one is working.

Hi all.
My husband, who is also doing the 5:2 diet with me, works at our local hospital. Today a few of his fellow workers asked if he has lost some weight. He told them how he was following the 5:2 diet and some of them replied how he was an idiot for following such a stupid diet!!!! I am also guarded as to who I tell what diet I’m on as you get some really negative reactions!!! Initially I just wanted to tell anyone who would listen about what a great way of life this is, NOT A DIET!!! But now I just keep it my/our secret and wait for more kg’s to drop off. Why is it that people won’t accept something new & different and just assume it’s no good for you and won’t work??
Has anyone else experienced this???
So annoyed!! But we’ll prove them ALL wrong!!!
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi
🙂

Hi everyone. This looks to be the right place. I’m 52, male, living in central Victoria. I have a bmi of 31(!) and a complication of severe ibs since cancer surgery at age 21. The ibs discussion group on the website isn’t very busy whereas you guys seems to be really supportive and encouraging. Not sure if there is anyone here with ibs or similar but for the record on fast days breakfast is either a couple of eggs or some baked beans – both on a single slice of dry low-gi toast plus a couple of self-indulgent coffees with low fat milk and a little sugar. Also psyllium husk for fibre. Late dinner is a big bowl of lettuce/spinach/tomato/carrot followed by a bowl of berries with a dollop of low fat yoghurt then some more psyllium husk (the psyllium is from metamucil capsules – only the capsules don’t contain sugar or artificial sweeteners). Also tons of water and peppermint tea all day. I’m on my 3rd week of the 5:2. In the first 2 weeks I lost 1 kg and 2 cm of my ample gut 🙂 Was wondering if anyone else here lives with ibs and is on the 5:2?

Wow, so many new people joining in. Welcome and Hello all!!!!

Kokotango, I reckon we all understand what you are experiencing in regards to negative reactions. I had sliced carrot and apple with cottage cheese for my lunch on Monday and some co workers commented that this is ridiculously healthy and I need to eat some REAL food. Well, that REAL food got me to this stage at first place, so no Thank you.
As others rightly said, when they will see a difference in you, then your weight loss will speak for itself. These people will then come to you for advise.

Fast day for me today. I am doing Monday, Wednesday and Friday fast this week. I can hear my tummy rumbling now as its expecting some food at lunch time. But No dear tummy, not until dinner time. All that you will get for lunch is Green gunpowder tea and some strawberries. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Hi all, hope everyone is travelling well. I am doing ok, to date I have lost 6 kg in just under 6 weeks ( which I am very happy with ) my cloths are all fitting better and I can see the difference in the mirror, but as yet I am still waiting for someone else to notice lol, but I am doing it for me not anyone else, for those who are fasting tomorrow,
I hope it goes well for you all and you have a very successful weigh in day Friday ( or what ever day you chose to fast and weigh ) cheers Willbfit

Hi everyone. Week two for me and I didn’t go so well today. I’m glad there is tomorrow and next week. Im finding from 3 onwards hard. I learnt a big lesson today: don’t go to shops in afternoon of a fast day!!! Lesson learned. Cheers. Marelda

Hi Hun, Dont try to save calories.. go for a fibre and bulk approach I say.. let the fibre fill you before you run low on calories and you will find it much easier 🙂

Don’t forget cooking chilling and reheating pasta the next day makes it less calorie rich and more packed with fibre 🙂

Hi everyone, so nice to be able to share a fast day with you all. I’m going to do my usual routine of saving my calories up for a one larger meal tonight with the family. It’s a public holiday here in Hobart today, so it will be harder as I’m not at work to keep me occupied and my mind off food 🙂 thank goodness for my cups of tea. Cheers and good luck everyone, Kim.

Good morning one n all,
And All the best to everyone who has fast day today. Mine was yesterday and I ended up having 580 cals. Well, i like the idea of putting in calories on diary before putting anything in my mouth. I will start to follow this from NOW. Thanks for the tip Jaybee78.
I try to match my fast days with rest of you on Monday n Thursday, but for some reason or other, cant fit in Thursday as a fast day. Will try next week again 🙂 Another fast day (3rd this week) tomorrow for me. I am planning to do only water fast tomorrow. Lets see if I can do it or not????
Also, my weigh in day was today ….. I am down by 1 kg since last week saturday. Yipeeeeee, happy me.
Start weight (4 Oct 2014) 84.5 kgs
Current weight (23 Oct 2014) 80.2 kgs
Loss in just under 3 weeks is 4.3 kilos with 3 to 4 days of proper exercise in 3 weeks.

Its a festival day for me today, so I may end up eating approx 3000 cals but I am not going to count cals for feast dinner tonight. Followed by weekend away with friends at the beach consisting of food n alcohol.
So, my plan for next week will be to maintain this weight at 80.2 kgs and will be doing 3 fast days next week as well.

Go Gal so nice to hear from you. Good to know that all’s well. We all miss your motivating posts here 🙂
So, all those with Fast Day today, YOU CAN DO IT. As CG says let that AUSSIE DETERMINATION kick in. We are STRONG n we CAN DO IT….

Ah that’s better – just ate my 63cal lunch and it actually wasn’t that bad! I think I quite like raw cauli after all! A girl at work was looking at it and saying she’d heard of doing cauliflower rice but it didn’t appeal, and she grimmaced at my tub full (used 150g cauli, 100g cucumber, 5 cherry tomatoes and a teaspoon of lemon zest and juice). I finished the lot and enjoyed every mouthful. The FD definitely helps you enjoy your food more.

Hello everyone….have been a tad busy lately so haven’t been on for a few days. Thanks everyone for your support from what I shared about my life….especially Kevtina 🙂

Fast day again today…..didn’t really want to do it today, but now I’m in the swing of it, it’s been pretty easy so far. Looking forward to lunch that’s for sure!

I’ve been given two cookbooks this year on the Paleo diet (which I don’t agree with btw) and there is a recipe for cauli rice in it, which I was very doubtful of trying, but after what’s been shared, think I will give it ago….I actually like cauliflower and grow my own during the season….when we have cauliflower everything….but my favourite is of course….au gratin with heaps of white sauce, bacon & cheese…naughty mentioning on a fast day lol!

Welcome to all our newbies! You will find lots of support and DETERMINED AUSSIES on this thread! GO US!

Andrew my stepson has been diagnosed with IBS….he did a low fodmap diet for a number of weeks and then re-introduced food and found that he has bad re-actions (lots of pain and gastric upsets) to gluten and lactose….he’s cut these of of his diet and feels much better…..plus he’s lost about 15kgs…which he did need to lose.

Before fasting stay committed to your weight loss, you need to be focused.
It takes a lot of mental and physical energy to change your habits… 🙂

Hi all, thanks for the warm welcome from so many. Some asked about the ibs response to 5:2. Only my 3rd week on the 5:2 – so far the ibs has been a little all over the place but only one really bad attack – I think my intestines are confused 🙂 A good day today – a diet day. A couple of eggs early for breakky, a busy but not frantic work day, a 4 km fast walk this arvo and late dinner was a big salad of lettuce, celery, carrot, radish and tomato followed by a bowl of mixed berries with a dollop of low fat yoghurt. Life is good. Weigh in tomorrow morning.

PS Just saw your post so congrats on the 1kg loss fatbuster 🙂 There are so many posts it’s hard to keep up if you don’t check in every day LOL

Good morning fasting ones!!
Very excited to be down 1.8kg this week, I ramped up to 3 fasting days Sun – Tue and Thur and found it pretty tough but seems to be worth it.

Hope everyone went well.

Good morning weigh in day

Drumroll. 8kg in 6 weeks. Lost 40 odd cms off all over including 18 cm off waist.

Still have a long way to go. Probably a year or so.

Fast days Monday and Thursday 500 to 600 calories as long as I am under 600 I am happy. Other days 1600 calories gone over 2 times in 6 weeks.

I do 3 or 4 group training sessions a week including my fast days. Burn approx 500 to 600 calories per session. So fast days I am often on 0 on fast days.

I think this life plan works different than any other. It’s all about planning. On fast days I have boiled egg for breaky. Cup of soup for lunch satisfies salt craving and a few strawberries for afternoon snack before workout then small dinner usually protein and veg. I stay away from carbs they make me more hungry.

Planning also comes in a non fast days I love hamburgers lot from fish and chip shop. So I plan that in my day eat lighter earlier in the day and stay under 1600. I have cut out alcohol altogether for the moment empty calories would rather have food. But as the festive season emerges that will probably change a bit.

Thanks for listening