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Sharpey89

8:16 pm
6 Jun 13
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Ok so I’m new to this diet and was wondering if anyone could please give me a little advice. I know there is loads of helpful advice on this forum but other people I know doing it, are starting to confuse me :/

I started 11 days ago and so far I feel great and am loosing weight but.. I’m not sure if i’m doing it right?

My fast days are usually Tuesdays and Thursdays, so I have a normal tea on Monday/Wednesday night (last meal) at about 6pm then don’t eat again until 6pm on my fast day. I save my 500kcals for fast day tea. (I have never really eaten much through the day anyway and find this easier)
The day after fasting I then don’t eat until mid-morning/lunch.

Can someone tell me if this is right please? Sorry for sounding thick! Just trying to get my head round it all.

Thanks, Sharpey

Jeanius

10:39 pm
6 Jun 13
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Hi, Sharpey – That schedule sounds good to me, if you are comfortable with it – two periods of 24 hours in full fast. Quite a lot of people prefer to do it that way and find it easier than eating two or more small snacks during a fast day. We’re all different so we each need to find what timings best suit us as individuals. Don’t forget, the 5:2 approach is very flexible, so, the days and the times can be changed if your circumstances require it on occasions. I trust you are getting enough fluids, especially on your fast days, and good nutrition on your non-fast days, otherwise your metabolism will slow down, to prevent weight-loss, and your health will suffer. (I’m starting to sound like I’m someone’s Mum!) I hope you enjoy this new process and get lots of benefit from it.

tulipps

9:28 am
24 Jun 13
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Dear Sharpey 89,

that plan sounds good to me 🙂 Remember, whatever works best for you is the BEST plan.

My last meal the day before a fast day is usually dinner at around 5-6 PM. If I’m really hungry at night I’ll have some fruit/berries later on, too (but usually not).

On fast days, I normally have a boiled egg for breakfast, primarily because I have to keep my 5-year-old son company (I’m a single mum with only one child)and I want to disguise that fact that I’m fasting from him. I think it’s good for children to have a proper meal to start off the day, and I want him to have a natural and uncomplicated relationship with food.

I don’t eat anything else until dinner at 5-6 PM – and then I usually eat a normal dinner with my son. This works really well for me so far…

I’m trying really hard not to get into diet-modus in my head, because that usually trips me up and makes me “fall off the wagon”, so to speak 🙂 For me, this is a lifestyle, not a diet. And whatever works best for me and my small family, is the best way to go (that’s the reason I only fast on workdays, so I can enjoy food with my son on weekends, etc.)

DeboWhit

2:19 pm
15 Jul 13
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What about the lunch-lunch schedule? If normal lunch day 1, nothing to eat until lunch on day 2. . .are the calories for lunch on day 2 limited to 500 for women or are they unrestricted? Please advise. This is quite confusing for me.

allybally

9:39 pm
16 Jul 13
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Dear DeboWhit
I am only in week 3 and have only tried the standard full day fast so far i.e 500 cals between waking and going to bed. This is effectively a 36 hr fast as last normal meal is dinner 8pm day 1 and next normal meal is breakfast 8am day 3. But I am struggling with this as find I can’t concentrate at work as feel too hungry and want to try spreading fast over 2 days to see if it works better for me. But from what I have read, the advice is to aim for as long a fast as possible which is why the 36 hours is recommended. So if you eat normal lunch day 1 then you must only have 500 cals over the next 3 meals i.e dinner day 1, breakfast and lunch day 2 with your next normal meal being dinner day 2. This would effectively be a 30 hour fast or longer depending on how late you eat dinner. I know I won’t be able to skip both dinner and breakfast as you are planning, so instead I will split my 500 cals between either Dinner day 1 and Lunch day 2 or between B and L day 2. I am going to try this tomorrow and continuing into next day and see how it goes. Good luck with your plan

Couscous

10:10 pm
16 Jul 13
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Hi allybally and other posters with concerns. The idea is to find what works for you. If 36 hr fasting does not work for you then find a system that does.
You will not be a failure with the 5:2 system if you change it to suit your personal needs.
Treat it as a work in progress. Experiment. There is no “Must” about it.
With some experimentation, trial and error hopefully you will find a 5:2 system that suits you and helps deliver the inner health benefits that it is aimed at. The weight loss is a welcome secondary benefit.
I personally follow the K.I.S.S. system with this lifestyle diet. It works for me. (Keep It Simple Stupid.)
Good Luck.