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5:2 fasting advice please

jennyj69

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Hi everyone

Im considering giving the 5:2 fasting diet a go, can anyone give me their best advice/recipes please. Id really appreciate the help.
Im pescatarian and have a low tolerance for lactose.

Thank you all in advance
 
Eat only when you are hungry, and have plenty of easy to cook food to hand for when you are. If you are the kind of person who likes to plan your meals, plan them after you have eaten so you aren't hungry..Drink plenty of fluids. Do your food shop after you have eaten so you don't buy unsuitable/unnecessary food. Cross off dates on your calendar so you can refer back.
 
For "fast" days are you aiming for 500-800 cals or just fewer cals? If you google the Newcastle diet there are some good very low calorie recipes which you can use without following the shake idea. I still eat the pasta sauce/courgetti and the red pepper soup. And if you like salad a big bag of lettuce is about 60 cals, I use salt & vinegar instead of a dressing as I'm not a fan of the fat free/low cal ones. Planning is the key, and you can surprise yourself on just how much you can eat
 
jennyj69 said:
Im considering giving the 5:2 fasting diet a go, can anyone give me their best advice/recipes please
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The 5:2 Diet book by Dr Mosley outlines recopies it you haven't read it yet.

From experience eating when your hungry, instead of conforming to meal times, is a great help.
It may prove helpful to cook meals and have them in the fridge ready to go. Its a pain waiting until 8 to get hungry and then taking 40mins to cook something healthy.

I enjoy cooking but its a pain to do it every day.
 
I find keeping the food simple, with enough ‘healthy’ fat , and to just eat twice a day on the fasting days.

Simple brunch around 10:30 of Greek yogurt, with a few walnuts and blueberries, with a cup of black coffee. Or scrambled egg, with low carb bread toasted.

Early evening, some fish, (I like salmon, haddock, sea bass) baked in foil with a pinch of black pepper and lemon, and smear of butter. Or home made veg soup with grated cheese. Finish eating by 6:30pm. So the ‘eating window’ is short. Drink plenty of water and peppermint tea, and make sure the 2 fasting days are not consecutive days. On the other days make sure a range of nutrients, to include more veg and dairy, and nuts in addition to the protein, but try to keep to short eating window.

I could probably do with following this advice for myself, again. It is a while since I was that disciplined, and it did make me feel a lot healthier, with better blood glucose and weight management.
 
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