Has the 5:2 gone out of fashion..?

[Parsley65]

Since the summer I have been losing weight slowly and steadily at around 3 pounds per fortnight by cutting down/eating sensibly.
About 4 weeks ago I started to add in a water fast once a week (which suits me better than eating) and I want to add in a second one after Christmas.
This will then be a 5:2 diet, but I'm wondering if this is still 'rated' as the conversations and the trends seem to have moved on...
I would love to hear from other people on the 5:2. I am doing it to lose weight (another 20 pounds to go), but the other health benefits are an added bonus

[missperegrinespeculiar]

do you mean you don't eat anything on the fast days? I understood 5:2 as less than 500 calories on fast days and normale the rest of the time, if so, I think maybe it is a little out these days, at least, I started with the 5:2 but found that eating just a little bit was very hard, I prefer not to eat anything on fast days, much easier, so what I do is daily IF and occasionally and EF

I don't do calorie restriction at all though, that wrecks your metabolism and does not wok in the long run