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  • Vintagerouge

    4:42 pm

    29 Dec 24

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    Hello,

    I’m going to start the 5:2 tomorrow and have read Michael Mosley’s book but need to clarify a few things.

    I am going to have my two fast days as Monday & Friday when I consume 500 calories.
    Can I have three small meals?
    Do I need to fast for a specific amount of time from my last meal , eg. dinner to breakfast and is 8 hours enough?

    I’d appreciate any practical insights….
    Thank you 🙂

    Couscous

    3:35 pm

    30 Dec 24

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    Hello all. I am not really new to the forum but have been “away” for a number of years. I think I joined back around 2015 and as a direct result of this forum and the support of the then posters lost 23lb in 4 months. Sadly !!!! I am back. Due to a variety of health issues, age, Covid, wine, (no women and song due to age) I have had the preverbiable kick up the backside to kickstart my healthy living programme.
    Very quickly, (apart from being suave, handsome and sophisticated) I am a grumpy old man, 76 yrs old living in the North East of England. Around a month ago I was stunned to find I weighed 109 kilos, at 5.9 inches tall that was horrifying to me. Coupled with being told I had raised LDL, pre T2 and raised Iron levels you can understand my position. So, I am back on the wagon, looking for your support, kind words of wisdom and experiences gained by being on this forum. I can take the praise and the kicks up the backside for being lazy or negative so do not hesitate on either case. I look forwards to being part of the forum and wish you all a Happy and succesful New year on our downwards trend.

    Couscous

    3:48 pm

    30 Dec 24

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    Vintagerouge, From previous experience, keep a diary, buy a cheap notebook from the Supermarket, enter your stats and your easily achievable goals. Include things like sleep patterns, feelings on fasting days and foods eaten, missed etc. enter each days experiences. Do not knock yourself up if you “ruin” a fast day, just move it to another day because fast days are fluid. Possibly 500 could be too low. Consider Michaels 800 cals per day. Look at Time Restricted Eating. Possibly go 12 hrs between meals. Note what other posters suggest or their experiences but experiment until you find what works best for you. Great strides have been made by Michael and others in the research so keep up to date if you can. Whatever you do stick with the forum, no need to post but look at posters experiences and comments. They have helped me in the past. Goodluck.

    Vintagerouge

    4:05 pm

    30 Dec 24

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    Thank you for taking the time to reply & for the practical advice 🙌

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