This is really weird - on the app, there's a post from @StuntNun following the one from @Almahart - but despite refreshing the page, it won't appear here!
Anyway, she was asking if the Fast 800 is lower fat than Bootcamp - and yes, it is.
The Fast 800 advocates daily intake of 30% carbs 30% protein and 40% fat. So although it's a higher fat way of eating, it's lower than we would eat, and also allows more carbs.
I think there are some very positive things about it, from all my reading so far:
- if you're prepared to count calories and be strict about it, and especially if you combine it with intermittent fasting, you can see fast (but safe) weight loss
- it allows you to include pulses and legumes (as well as more fruit than we would have on Bootcamp), which may suit many people more than the more restrictive approach that we take
- it's based around real food, and the emphasis is on fresh foods and home-cooking, rather than convenience solutions; the recipes in the original diet book as well as in the accompanying recipe book are both easy and delicious (the ones I've tried so far, anyway), as well as satisfying. I did think that, being such a low calorie plan, they would be tiny portions, but they aren't at all
- it is based on very sound science, especially the work of Professor Roy Taylor from the University of Newcastle
Having said all of that, one of the things about Bootcamp that I know works for many of us is the removal of the pressure to count calories (and carbs). I know that for me, when I started flirting with the 5:2 diet, I quickly got obsessed about calories and it took me back to a place where my diet was focused around nasty, processed diet food - cup-a-soups and Muller Lights, etc.
But I always thought that if you could combine 5:2 with low carbing, so you have created a natural mechanism for appetite suppression, that it could be the way to go - and really that's pretty much what the Fast 800 is. (By the way, I was roundly disabused of this and pretty much forced to leave the early 5:2 threads on here for suggesting this!!!)
I think, ultimately, it's down to personal preference and what works best for you. But of all the other plans I've read about, or tried, this is the only other one (so far) that I'd recommend, if people feel that Bootcamp isn't for them.