Help. Please review and critique

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cheryl guliner

7:29 pm
23 Jan 14
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8am coffee with skim milk (45 calories)
1:30pm coffee with skim milk (45 calories)
7:30 pm frozen entre (350)
8pm fruit salad (100 calories)

Is this ok for my fast day??? I know that I go between 550 and 600 calories. Am I ok with calories and the number of “fast hours”

Angie090465

9:19 pm
23 Jan 14
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Hi Cheril!

It all sounds ok to me, although i would try and stick to the 500 cals, a little over isnt very significant but over time it may !

Good luck, and i do like your fast menu, might “steal” it lol 🙂

sylvestra

9:31 pm
23 Jan 14
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Hi cheryl …I answered on your other thread but i agree with Angie – try to keep within 500 cals on fast days x

cheryl guliner

10:20 pm
24 Jan 14
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Thanks

cheryl guliner

10:22 pm
24 Jan 14
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Has anyone tried 16/8 7 days a week vs 5-2? Which works better in terms of weight loss

sylvestra

12:27 am
25 Jan 14
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@cheryl guliner …it’s impossible to answer that question since what works for one person will not necessarily work for another. You would have to try both yourself – perhaps 3-4 weeks of each to see a result – and then decide which is best for you.

xx

sarahjane29

12:27 pm
25 Jan 14
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I dont have an answer as im just new to 5:2 but was just wondering if by coffee with skimmed milk you mean like a latte? as i defo haven’t been counting 45 cals for each coffee ive had on my fast day :/ ooops!

kmck157

12:47 pm
25 Jan 14
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Hi folks,
About the coffee with skimmed milk….My Fitness Pal lists a 350ml mug of instant coffee with 15ml skimmed milk at 15 calories…..not 30 as quoted above.
That’s what I’ve been working with for a long time….I would hate to think I’d been counting too few calories for it in my fast days…and still losing the weight. Maybe you are using jumbo mugs??
I use my coffees to keep me going until I have something light to eat in mid afternoon, then my main meal in the evening. Caffeine keeps me going!
Good luck to all!

sylvestra

1:06 pm
25 Jan 14
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My Fitness pal lists 100ml of skimmed milk at 35 cals. I usually estimate about 25ml when added to a coffee and since black coffee has 0 cals it would make coffee with 25m = 9 cals. With 25ml of semi skimmed it would be 13 cals. (50cals/100ml)

xx

mikayla

2:48 am
28 Jan 14
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Cheryl guliner, what is16/8 7 days a week? Thanks

TracyJ

10:52 am
29 Jan 14
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mikayla – “what is16/8 7 days a week?”

It’s a form of ‘intermittant fasting’ where you fast (absolutely no calories) for at least 16 hours every day and have your daily calorie allowance during an 8 hour ‘eating window’ each day.

I do both – I usually have at least 14 hours, up to 24 of ‘total fasting’ every day and the only thing that changes is the ‘daily calorie allowance’: 500 calories on fastdays, 1700-2000 on non-fastdays.

Not sure it helps much with the weight loss (above and beyond what 5:2 would do on its own) but my skin’s lovely now, I don’t have eczema any more and my hormones are all lovely and evened out, so I guess I am getting the full health benefits every day.