Fasting and the 5:2 diet

[screenman]

Forgive my ignorance, but what is one of those?

Somebody who enjoys feeding people.

 

[MrGrumpy]

PMSL

 

[PK99]

Instead of following a diet, I have found that just cutting out junk, eating smaller portions, drinking plenty of water and going for daily hard workouts on the cross-trainer in the gym have worked a treat. I have lost nearly two stone since July, feel much better for it, and yet never really felt as though I was "dieting". Haven't really missed anything at all.

You have created a calorie deficit by moving more and eating less.

my preferred way was 5:2.

 

[hoopdriver]

You have created a calorie deficit by moving more and eating less.

my preferred way was 5:2.

Which is also a calorie deficit. That is the only way one loses weight, no matter how you slice it - burn more calories than you consume.

 

[PK99]

Which is also a calorie deficit. That is the only way one loses weight, no matter how you slice it - burn more calories than you consume.

Errm, that was the point I was making.

 

[hoopdriver]

Errm, that was the point I was making.

I am not quite sure what your purpose was in making it, because I already knew I was creating a calorie deficit by moving more and eating less. It was no big mystery.

Oh, and my name isn’t Errm

 

[ColinJ]

I started 5:2 again this week. It suited me when I used to do it but I got sidetracked when my sister started visiting me regularly. I found it really hard to stick to my plan when she was eating a delicious takeaway curry in front of me!

I'll be more careful in future to plan the '5' days to coincide with such visits and the '2' days to recover from them ...

 

[buzzy-beans]

I'll be more careful in future to plan the '5' days to coincide with such visits and the '2' days to recover from them ...

Good thinking Colin...

 

[GuyBoden]

After the "Fasting" yesterday, I struggled on my 100km ride today, I felt weak, so I had to buy two pork pies, the same thing happened last week too.

 

[jefmcg]

Somebody who enjoys feeding people.

Um, not exactly

 

[gaijintendo]

Do the two fasting days have to be consecutive?

 

[PK99]

Do the two fasting days have to be consecutive?

No. Best if they are not.

 

[jefmcg]

Errm, that was the point I was making.

I thought that fasting was supposed to have health benefits beyond calorie reduction.

 

[PK99]

I thought that fasting was supposed to have health benefits beyond calorie reduction.

The calorie deficit effect is well proven, the other benefits are disputed.

 

[Slick]

Why is that? Just because they are eating does not mean you have to.

I am married to a feeder, that can make things harder but we get around it. Often me cutting down is a lot harder for her than it is for me.

I'm the very same, although I'm an eater.