I’d say go for a warm liquid – broth, tea, hot water and lemon juice. And maybe next fast day try adjusting your meal times – like eat lunch and dinner and skip breakfast.
Not sure if it’s available where you are, but this is one of my favorite things (http://tinyurl.com/imaginetomatosoup) – it’s pretty low calorie and one or two warm servings (it’s 80 cal for 1 cup) with a salad leaves me feeling full for a nice long time.

Congratulations on starting 5:2! You will typically find a lot of great support here! My suggestion is that in order to have the greatest ‘repair of cells’ or in otherwords, improving your lipid profiles etc., you will want to go as long as you can–preferably 12 hours, between breakfast and dinner. Otherwise, if you cannot do this, you just need to have no more than 500 cal for that 24-36 hour day. You will probably still lose weight…you may have to experiment with it and see which works best for you. I have only done the 11-12 hour fast between breakfast and dinner, I haven’t tried the other. The main thing is the extreme reduction in calories on two days out of the week–in my understanding of the 5:2 Fast concept anyway. Hope it helps and best of luck to you!

Hi Amy, I don’t eat breakfast, have a small amount of protein (the 2 egg yolks from hubbys omelette) at lunchtime, and usually have a chicken & veg soup about 6pm. I drink lots of fluids – tea and water during the day.

My hubby has half a banana for breakfast, then for lunch I make him an omelette with 1 whole egg & the whites of 2 eggs. I add a dash of water, some herbs, a shallot and a small amount of capsicum. He eats the omelette with some tomato, rocket and grated carrot. He then has the same soup as me for dinner.

You will work out what works best for you as you go along. I use calorieking online to find out whats lowest in calories. Good luck.