What's the difference between the 5:2 diet and this?

[MidwifeyForLifey]

Someone on MN suggested to me recently to give this a go - Eating between 4pm and 10pm, and eating pretty much what I'd like.

I just wanted to thank them. It's worked really well so far. I'm one of those 'I forgot to eat' weirdos so skipping breakfast and lunch is fine for me. I just stay hydrated.

I find I want less food anyway and don't just cram loads of food in between the hours of 4pm and 10pm.

I have been eating a little snack, a lovely dinner and then a little something. All perfectly under my total calorie intake that I can have as a limit for my height.

I'm really happy this seems to be working.

What's the difference between the 5:2 and this?

It’s time-resticted eating, which is another form of intermittent fasting (like 5.2).

In 5:2 you eat 'normally' for 5 days, but restrict your calories to 500 per day for 2 days. But you can eat whenever you want.

I've been looking online and some people are suggesting not only doing 5:2 as a set rule, but also doing 16:8 whilst on a non fasting day of the 5:2

Yes that's easy enough to do. Many people would just skip breakfast, eat lunch and dinner between 12 and 8pm and then have 2 days where they would skip lunch and keep dinner under 500 calories. The idea is you don't have to count calories on the non 500 cal days