Hello, I fast on Monday and Tuesday it keeps me more focused and then the rest of the week is my own! I find it easier to do and get out of the way. You stay in the ‘zone.’ Whilst I was doing fasting on two separate days I found it a bit more difficult, just getting over one day then having to think about the next one looming up. I have lost 1lb per week which ever way I do it. The most astounding thing I found was in May I stopped doing it (I had lots of courses at work etc) yet I didn’t gain any weight just stayed stable. Now I’m back on it using the 2 consecutive days I find I am losing a lb per week again.
Good luck and hey if it’s not right for you, you can always go back to 2 separate days again 🙂 just remember loads of water/fluids.

Some people do consecutive days on 5:2 as standard because they prefer to get both days ‘out of the way’ – it’s only suggested to split the days because it’s easier to think of ‘dieting’ for one day at a time.