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Lots of people are like your husband and better off not to eat anything. It works well.
Others find it easier and more sustainable to have food. But there are many ways to have food and you need to work out what suits you. One meal, a couple of them, a snack here and then a meal…
Luckily 5:2 has a lot of leeway with how and when you eat up to the calorie limit.
Good luck with it 🙂
I am another one who thinks it is easier to eat nothing on fasting days. So far I have taken that up to five days of fluids only, perfectly happily. There are a number of others on these sites who have done the same. My wife is of your persuasion and eats a low calorie fast day. We are both happy with our approach and it works for both of us.
Littlegirl, Like penguin I find it easier and more effective to not eat anything during the 38 or so hour fast. I did start with < 600 calories though. I just finished a 5 day water fast.
Assuming you are otherwise healthy your body won’t shut down until you get to a very low body fat say <5% or so. Most of us could fast for weeks and still be OK
The “rules” for fast days on 5:2 where set to the # of calories that would produce results but also help to insure compliance. A diet that prescribes eating nothing two days a week would not have many followers! LOL
The book shows positive health results for the program but I believe that any plan that caused weight loss would have similar health benefits.
However I believe there are profound health benefits from water fasting.
Not eating is actually fasting. The 1/4 TDEE allowed is to insure compliance as diverdog pointed out. Actually if you only eat 1/4 of TDEE long term, it would probably slow down your metabolism. Water fasting actually speeds up the metabolism a bit over a few days.
Many people like myself find that not eating at all actually reduces hunger and discomfort more than under eating does.
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