Oh I’m so glad to hear it!! It really does seem like the best diet ever. Yes, there are sacrifices but I only need willpower for a few hours a week. Plus being able to say “I can have that tomorrow” is a huge benefit!
Rosemary Kneipp
June 12th, 2013 at 9:48 pm
The strange thing is that the next day, I don’t seem to want to eat very much! Today, I had lunch in a restaurant and tonight have only eaten a small bowl of cherries. I feel liberated.
Jane’s cousin
June 13th, 2013 at 2:00 am
Good to hear it seems to be going well. I’m committed to another program for about 5 or 6 more weeks but I think I’ll try this after that is finished. If it has worked I may only need to use the 6:1 maintenance. I did read some negative comments about the 5:2 diet in a health and fitness magazine but that was along the lines of traditional responses that fasting can change the metabolic rate but I think Michael Mosley covered that. I suspect that basically missing a meal here or there and eating less on those days is a long way from dropping to a low calorie diet for months at a time. That seems to be where people plateau in response to the metabolic rate dropping as a result of continued low calorie intake.
Rosemary Kneipp
June 13th, 2013 at 7:59 am
Yes, it actually seems to be the fact that you alternate between fast and feast that works.
butcherbird
June 13th, 2013 at 3:58 am
Great work! I’ll have to try it. and hello to Sue B if she is reading this message too!
See you soon.
Rosemary Kneipp
June 13th, 2013 at 8:02 am
You should, of course, consult a doctor first before beginning if you suspect any kind of metabolic imbalance, tiredness in particular. I realise now that I haven’t mentioned that factor.
The diet certainly looks worth a try. A friend who did the diet lost 14 lbs but said it worked best when she was still careful about what she ate on the other days. It looks like you followed the same regime.
Rosemary Kneipp
June 13th, 2013 at 8:10 am
Yes, I assume it works better if you’re careful about what you eat on the other days, but I’m not doing it on purpose. It really does seem to diminish your appetite, particularly the next day and the day after. Paradoxically it seems to reduce the desire for extras. Yesterday, I had lunch at a restaurant (two courses and a glass of wine) and in the evening I just wasn’t hungry. I only ate a small bowl of cherries. In the past I would have forced myself to eat dinner because of the “never miss a meal” thing.
It’s the long-term benefits I’m mainly after but there are still some summer clothes I can’t wear yet so I’d like to lose the next three kilos quickly.
Good to hear that your experience pretty much echoes ours with the intermittent fasting.
I picked our first cherries yesterday.
Rosemary Kneipp
June 13th, 2013 at 10:50 am
We don’t have a cherry tree. I’d be so sad about missing them all while we’re away!
I’m surprised that there is no allowance on the fast day for different sized people. I can’t imagine that average height JM and very tall Simon would have the same calorie needs.
Glad to see the 5:2 diet is working so well for you Rosemary. We are only just starting to hear about it here in Australia, but as expected it is causing much controversy.
Rosemary Kneipp
June 15th, 2013 at 5:33 pm
I’ll have to read up on the controversy, Cyndie. Dr Mosley certainly sounds convincing and Dr Saldman says the same thing.
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Pippa Sandford
August 9th, 2013 at 1:00 pm
Re tea on an empty stomach making you feel nauseous – is that tea with milk? I had the same problem for a long time before I realised the problem was the milk, not the tea. Now we buy good tea online, Yunnan and Lapsang Souchong (not Twinings which is a bit of a bland copy!), Keemum (favourite for first thing in the morning) and have just a little, black. Might be worth trying.
Rosemary Kneipp
August 9th, 2013 at 2:07 pm
Thanks Pippa. I don’t have milk in my tea, so maybe it’s the Earl Grey posing the problem even though I don’t buy Twinings. However, I’ll try the Yunnan or Lapsang Souchong and see if it’s any better.
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Oh I’m so glad to hear it!! It really does seem like the best diet ever. Yes, there are sacrifices but I only need willpower for a few hours a week. Plus being able to say “I can have that tomorrow” is a huge benefit!
The strange thing is that the next day, I don’t seem to want to eat very much! Today, I had lunch in a restaurant and tonight have only eaten a small bowl of cherries. I feel liberated.
Good to hear it seems to be going well. I’m committed to another program for about 5 or 6 more weeks but I think I’ll try this after that is finished. If it has worked I may only need to use the 6:1 maintenance. I did read some negative comments about the 5:2 diet in a health and fitness magazine but that was along the lines of traditional responses that fasting can change the metabolic rate but I think Michael Mosley covered that. I suspect that basically missing a meal here or there and eating less on those days is a long way from dropping to a low calorie diet for months at a time. That seems to be where people plateau in response to the metabolic rate dropping as a result of continued low calorie intake.
Yes, it actually seems to be the fact that you alternate between fast and feast that works.
Great work! I’ll have to try it. and hello to Sue B if she is reading this message too!
See you soon.
You should, of course, consult a doctor first before beginning if you suspect any kind of metabolic imbalance, tiredness in particular. I realise now that I haven’t mentioned that factor.
The diet certainly looks worth a try. A friend who did the diet lost 14 lbs but said it worked best when she was still careful about what she ate on the other days. It looks like you followed the same regime.
Yes, I assume it works better if you’re careful about what you eat on the other days, but I’m not doing it on purpose. It really does seem to diminish your appetite, particularly the next day and the day after. Paradoxically it seems to reduce the desire for extras. Yesterday, I had lunch at a restaurant (two courses and a glass of wine) and in the evening I just wasn’t hungry. I only ate a small bowl of cherries. In the past I would have forced myself to eat dinner because of the “never miss a meal” thing.
It’s the long-term benefits I’m mainly after but there are still some summer clothes I can’t wear yet so I’d like to lose the next three kilos quickly.
Good to hear that your experience pretty much echoes ours with the intermittent fasting.
I picked our first cherries yesterday.
We don’t have a cherry tree. I’d be so sad about missing them all while we’re away!
I’m surprised that there is no allowance on the fast day for different sized people. I can’t imagine that average height JM and very tall Simon would have the same calorie needs.
Glad to see the 5:2 diet is working so well for you Rosemary. We are only just starting to hear about it here in Australia, but as expected it is causing much controversy.
I’ll have to read up on the controversy, Cyndie. Dr Mosley certainly sounds convincing and Dr Saldman says the same thing.
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Re tea on an empty stomach making you feel nauseous – is that tea with milk? I had the same problem for a long time before I realised the problem was the milk, not the tea. Now we buy good tea online, Yunnan and Lapsang Souchong (not Twinings which is a bit of a bland copy!), Keemum (favourite for first thing in the morning) and have just a little, black. Might be worth trying.
Thanks Pippa. I don’t have milk in my tea, so maybe it’s the Earl Grey posing the problem even though I don’t buy Twinings. However, I’ll try the Yunnan or Lapsang Souchong and see if it’s any better.
[…] it promises to be a lovely evening so we have an early dinner at home (very light – it’s a fast day) and set off through the Palais Royal gardens for the new Berges de la Seine area which Jean Michel […]
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[…] Danube plus all the other shorter cycling holidays have certainly made me fitter. Discovering the 5:2 fast diet is now a way of life. I lost the extra kilos and am now able to enjoy foods I thought I had […]
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