angeli

Duffer, Becks is more in the know than me.....But....good news is the 600 cals....500 for women days can be any days you want.....so maybe a Monday and Thurs would suit social life ? I too am going to give it a go.....!

Pecora Nera

There is something else you can eat all day long and which will burn calories, but if I put it on here.

1) The moderators will ban me.
2) Mrs Sensible will hit me with a big stick.

So you will have to think hard

Pecora Nera

What a cool diet, Eat all the calories this year and do the fasting next year.

37100

You really shouldn't fast without getting a check-up first. Especially as you are no longer 20 something.

Write down all you eat for a week and the calories/fat content. You'll get a shock!

And yes, we do love Duffer. Most of the time...............

MarkRD

..not true ..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_calorie_food

duffer

Great, when are you starting? I was thinking to start tomorrow with a greek yoghurt for breakfast, apples and bananas for lunch but I haven't got a clue for dinner and when I haven't got a clue, I open a bottle of Prosecco. I'm not buying any more booze but I've got this 1 last bottle chilling in the fridge.

Becks, where are you love? I hope you haven't had a relapse and OD'd on ice cream please . Is alcohol allowed on high calorie days. Also, should a high calorie day be the day after a fasting day?

Hmmm... something rude, that'll get you banned and almost certainly offensive? So it's not a Tanzanian albino long distance runner then?



Is there an app that could do that?

I didn't realise I had to do all these check-ups. Especially the prostate. And my doctor is also my dentist.

duffer

I don't like celery anyway!

MarkRD

Dip it in ice cream!

HADENOUGHPIZZA

NOW NOW don't tempt him when we are all , reasonably seriously , trying to help him shape up in time for the trade fair season . Plus if this 5+2 diet business works for him I'll give it a go myself ... maybe you nedd to loose a few pounds yourself ?

MarkRD

I lost 7 kgs last year using the method I said .. drastic reduction in carbs (especially bread), no alcohol and lots of fruit and veg ...

.. now I'm a veggie too, and there's never been a better time to be one!

Serrano

Just make sure that he/she checks your teeth first, then your prostate. Not the other way round.

HADENOUGHPIZZA

can't somehow envisage Duffer as a low alcohol vegetarian ...

becks_r

Ok answers to your questions:

I tend to fast on Tuesday and Thursday, or Monday and Wednesday. Depends on what I am doing, I don't fast on days I'm going out, although I do figure I could skip food and have wine instead

But sometimes it will be Monday and Friday, or Tuesday and Saturday - all depends on what days are the easiest.

On the other days I eat what I like, but I have to say after a few weeks I found I didn't eat as much on the non fast days - but really you can eat normally.

The feast day - I tend to eat normally during the day and have a huge meal in evening with cocktails, wine, cheese, steak etc. You just have to have higher calories to kick start the hormone.

And a typical fast day - I tend to eat breakfast as late as possible, which is easy for me as I often don't feel hungry first thing. And breakfast is cereal and milk. Then I have lots of tea or coffee during day and often skip lunch. Then I eat dinner and I tend to make a veg stir fry, veg curry, or white fish and veg. Most veg are low in calories so you can eat loads for say 300 - 400 calories.

So my breakfast is about 130 calories, and my dinner is around 400, but as I said loads of veg can be about 300 and then you could have another bowl of cereal for lunch or a salad. You have to avoid pasta, potatoes, rice on these days but have them back on all the others.

And it really works - the first couple of weeks the fast days are the hardest and I have heard some people get headaches in the first few weeks, but I didn't. I found it easy cos on the fast days I knew I would have something wonderful the next day

Oh one more thing to remember, weighing every day does mean you see your weight going up and down and it is annoying when you weigh more than yesterday. Most diet books say weigh weekly - it gives a better idea of how the weight is going. You don't want to lose weight too quickly, that isn't good for you either. Then also remember muscle weighs more than fat, so at some stage the weight will be deceptive. I don't weigh myself - I judge by what fits, how I look and can I walk faster with the dog and be able to breath (she hates me being fitter, means she has to walk faster too)

Hope this helps - I did look at some websites, so I will try and find them again for you, and feel free to ask more questions if you want.

willmore

Have you been for a visit to your doctor to confirm that there arent any medical problems? Get the ok and then be referred to nutritionist for a menu and weigh in.

Now that spring is in the air (well at least on the west coast of canada), get out and start walking. Short distances at first and then increase as you can. Grab the dog and take him/her for walk on the beach.

Good luck wih your weight challenged journey......

becks_r

Just seen these additional questions - sorry I was spending the last few days trying to unpack all my stuff that arrived out of storage and shipping a few weeks ago and I need to put a claim in this week. Also had to sort flights and car hire as I have to go back to UK for my dads funeral - and I find searching for car hire a PITA, don't know how people do it.....

Anyway, I'm here now - yes you can have alcohol on feast days - in fact I probably have a drink every day other than the fast ones. And I tend to fit in the really high calorie day at the weekend as it makes more sense to me, so it can be either straight after a fast day or a couple of days later. I haven't found it makes a lot of difference, but I know some people on this eating pattern find they like a day of normal eating straight after the fast, then the day after that is the feast day. Oh and beware of bananas - they are about 120 calories alone

What I like about it is it can be flexible - fast on days that make sense to you, can be different days one week to another and I stop bothering when I'm on holiday or times like Christmas - life is way too short to give up on gorgeous food and drink at times like that. I also found you need to experiment a bit, I tried the 2 days together and it was a killer, but some people find it easier - so you will work out a pattern that works for you, and don't beat yourself up if you don't manage one week, just go back to it the next week and you will be fine

Good luck, and again any questions, feel free to ask