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Fasting / 5:2 diet

Talk about intermittent fasting and 5:2, including what’s worked for others. Mumsnet hasn't checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. You may wish to speak to a medical professional before starting any diet.

Newbie! What do you eat on fast AND non-fast days?

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MyriadOfMiracles · 23/02/2014 21:54

Just that ^ really please folks!?
Starting tomorrow :) got the book , just looking for some practical advice please ... I am 5'7 and weigh around 10 stone 10 pounds. Ideally looking to lose a stone.

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MelanieCheeks · 24/02/2014 09:47

For me, I set MyFitnessPal to maintenance, which gives me around 1500 calories on nonfast days (NFDs). I try to keep my carbs at around 100-150g per day - nothing to do with 5:2, just how my body works best. I might eat more if I've exercised. Within that I'll have

breakfast: choice of eggs, one slice toast with peanut butter, yoghurt with berries, porridge/ overnight oats.

lunch - homemade soup or stew - I make a batch at weekends and keep single portions in the freezer.

Dinner- stirfry, fish pie, lamb tagine, anything really. I keep my portion of carbs small.

Fast Days (FDs) - I've found it best to eat as little as possible during the day, so I comsume a lot of water, herbal teas, black coffees. I'll have a miso soup at lunchtime and maybe a satsuma mid-afternoon. Dinner is protein and veg based, so could be prawn salad, scallops and courgette ribbons in tomato sauce, chicken breast with asparagus. There's a great recipe thread in this section with LOADS of ideas for FDs. When inspriation fails there's always an omelette, or a tin of soup.

But this is a really flexible way of eating - don't feel you have to conform to a set of rules. You can eat anything you like, as long as you watch the portion size and calories.

MyriadOfMiracles · 25/02/2014 10:54

Thanks Melanie! I'll check the FD thread now :)
You seem so disciplined in non fast days too! Though you still eat a fair amount so that sounds promising!

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MelanieCheeks · 27/02/2014 07:28

Ha! You should see the amount of food I ate yesterday, including ice-cream, cheesy tapas bites, and licorice allsorts. To be fair, I was doing a 5 mile training run in the evening so that sort of cancelled it out.

Actually "amount" is very important - you can eat whatever you want, just not unlimited quantities of it.

MyriadOfMiracles · 27/02/2014 18:56

Thanks Melanie. Portion control is an issue, but I hear this is helped by fasting - as in you become more mindful over time! Fingers X!

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