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<blockquote data-quote="LittleGreyCat" data-source="post: 529473" data-attributes="member: 6467"><p>To further expand a brief response.</p><p></p><p>My understanding of the 5:2 is to trick your body into not realising that you are on a calorie restricted diet.</p><p>So you eat 600 kcals a day for 2 days which should remove some weight, then "eat what you like" for 5 days to reassure your body.</p><p>Although I lost a bit when I first started, after few weeks I found that the "eat what you like" seemed to be cancelling out the two days of fasting.</p><p>It seemed to encourage me to have little treats because I was on 5:2.</p><p></p><p>As I am at the moment on a reduced calorie increased exercise diet (although I am not calorie counting) I am assuming that my body is already into fat burning in a slow but steady way and so might not be so readily fooled by the 5:2.</p><p>I'm not sure what rate 5:2 is supposed to take the weight off, but I am currently losing 1 lb a week.</p><p></p><p>So I am favouring the week of fasting to let my body know that I am not messing about then a resumption of the sensible eating plan with no treats.</p><p></p><p>If this causes me problems then another attempt at 5:2 might be on the cards.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p><p></p><p>LGC</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleGreyCat, post: 529473, member: 6467"] To further expand a brief response. My understanding of the 5:2 is to trick your body into not realising that you are on a calorie restricted diet. So you eat 600 kcals a day for 2 days which should remove some weight, then "eat what you like" for 5 days to reassure your body. Although I lost a bit when I first started, after few weeks I found that the "eat what you like" seemed to be cancelling out the two days of fasting. It seemed to encourage me to have little treats because I was on 5:2. As I am at the moment on a reduced calorie increased exercise diet (although I am not calorie counting) I am assuming that my body is already into fat burning in a slow but steady way and so might not be so readily fooled by the 5:2. I'm not sure what rate 5:2 is supposed to take the weight off, but I am currently losing 1 lb a week. So I am favouring the week of fasting to let my body know that I am not messing about then a resumption of the sensible eating plan with no treats. If this causes me problems then another attempt at 5:2 might be on the cards. Cheers LGC [/QUOTE]
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