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What is the 5:2 plan?

ajeeprider

By ajeeprider, in Food and Nutrition

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ajeeprider    94

ajeeprider
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I see this referenced on some threads but no explanation. Can someone share?

Sent from my iPad: Sleeved 4/24/2013 by Dr. Farrell @ UNC Hospital---Started: 239lbs--Goal: 150lbs--Current: 200.9 lbs

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marfar7    1,533

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I just read about it the other day. It's apparently yet another diet. You cut your calories WAY down 2 days a week and eat normally the other 5. Here's a website that explains it. Hate diets. Thats why I got the lapband almost 4 yrs ago and why I'm getting sleeved on July 16th. Nothing good ever comes from a diet...

http://www.thefastingdietplan.com/

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Ms skinniness    3,003

Ms skinniness
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research "The 5.2 diet" on the search bar.......

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Ms skinniness    3,003

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On this diet you eat regularly 5 days of the week and cut calories down to 500 2 days out of the week. There is a 12 hour fasting period where it is recommended that you don't eat 12 hours between meals. I went and downloaded an ebook from Amazon.com that gave me a good explanation. hope this helped. :)

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OKSleever    144

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My understanding of this plan is that it's intended to be used in maintenance as well, which would make it a diet in the sense that it is the way you eat but not a "diet" in the sense of a temporary way to lose weight.

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Supersweetums    1,164

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There are a lot of health benefits to intermittent fasting, just google it and you will find a lot of information. I started to 5:2 diet 2 weeks ago. If you search through the threads, you will find a couple that have good discussions on it. Those of us that are using it are typically 2+ years out of surgery and have a few pounds that we would like to lose. Unfortunately, the sleeve is not a magical solution, and some of us have found this as a great solution for us. The fast days are relatively easy and I have not felt like I was "dieting" when doing it...especially compared to all the crazy things I have tried in the past! That being said, you have to find what works for you and you are so newly sleeved, it is not something at this point that you should be contemplating (of course, just my personal opinion). Right now, just work on still healing from your surgery and making lasting changes to your lifestyle.

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ajeeprider    94

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Thanks everyone

Sent from my iPad: Sleeved 4/24/2013 by Dr. Farrell @ UNC Hospital---Started: 239lbs--Goal: 150lbs--Current: 200.9 lbs

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DeezJeanz    1,065

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I just read about it the other day. It's apparently yet another diet. You cut your calories WAY down 2 days a week and eat normally the other 5. Here's a website that explains it. Hate diets. Thats why I got the lapband almost 4 yrs ago and why I'm getting sleeved on July 16th. Nothing good ever comes from a diet...

http://www.thefastingdietplan.com/

Amen...I just started a thread about this same aspect. So hopefully some postops can explain y they do it if the sleeve was suppose to be the tool that helps, so maybe they can shed some info to help me understand it b4 I get surgery bc I don't want to have it knowing I'll still b dieting:/

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