5:2 Diet

[Ric.ror]

I'm on my 2nd day and finding I'm getting a little light headed
Do you think that's to be expected?

[pastafreak]

If you're doing 5:2,then you'll not be fasting on 2 consecutive days. You'll eat normally on all others.
Drink plenty of water,space your meals,and make sure you have adequate salt. Lack of it might be causing the light-headedness.

[Old_Geezer]

Did you start with the two, or the five ?

I'd have expected it as it is a change of routine that the body wasn't expecting. Just keep an eye on things. One can always break off and restart next day, if desired.

[Ric.ror]

Oh I thought you did it on two consecutive days
I have done it yesterday and (so far) today
Surely that's ok?

[Ric.ror]

I darent have any additional salt as high BP is one of the reasons I'm doing it

[Zacs-Master]

No wonder your feeling light headed if you've done the two diet days in a row.

[Samuraisan]

I did the 5:2 diets a couple of years ago and lost a lot of weight. Don't try and do two consecutive days. A bit of advice , pick two days that you will not be at home, so you can't succumb, know exactly what and when you are going to eat on your fasting days, homemade vegetable soup is a life saver. I used to cut out breakfast, eat an apple around 12, vegetable soup as late as I can bear it, and then grilled/ steamed fish or chicken breast with a little bit of boiled rice. You will be so hungry anything will taste good. You will probably find on your normal days you won't each as much as normal either, so as not to undo what you did the day before ! Good luck. It does work .

[Ric.ror]

I know Zac - but it's not as bad as I thought plus I got about 6000 steps in yesterday
None today though as it's rained all day

[Ric.ror]

So far today I've had a large glass of beetroot juice and two slices of fruit toast
Tonight it's a salad sandwich for tea

[pastafreak]

If you haven't already,maybe read up about it so you know how...and why...it works.
This may get a good starting point...

https://thefastdiet.co.uk/

If I was doing it,I'd have mostly protein, as it will keep you satisfied for longer.

Apparently,Michael Mosely who devised the diet,is now suggesting that an extra 100cal per day is allowed on fasting days.

[pastafreak]

This may *be* a good starting point...

[Islay]

Do you like soup? Of so a large bag of frozen mixed veg Tesco value for a £1 is what I use, a couple of chicken stock cubes 2 small chicken breast fillets and salt and pepper - pop it all in a pan add some water and cook, remove the breast and blend chop chicken and stick it back in. Huge pot of soup for 350 calories that you can eat as much as you want.
I do this for hubby when he does it - he has a couple of boiled eggs for breakfast and then just eats this soup all day. Never feels hungry

[Ric.ror]

I don't eat chicken or fish and I've given up red meat for lent

[Islay]

Use veggie stock cubes and remove the chicken and it brings it down to about 150 calories so you can have some bread with it too

[pastafreak]

If you're not going to be eating chicken,fish or red meat...you're going to be hungry. What about eggs? And cheese? You could make a big crustless quiche,and have a slice of that for a meal. Or baked peppers stuffed with other veg,and a bit of rice,couscous or quinoa.

There are some very satisfying looking recipes here...

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/52