SlimChick's Journal, 03 July 2013

Have not heard of that one. I will have to look into it! 

It's called "the Fast diet" or the "5:2 fast diet". It works on the principle that in the wild in nature your metabolism speeds up for the first couple days you go on low food, to help you find more food. (After that you hit starvation mode and lock down on the fat.) But if you rotate calories and have a couple low calorie days, a few very reasonable days and maybe one "free" day where you eat fairly normally the pounds start falling even if they've been stuck on  

So do you do the 2 low days in a row or spread them out in the week? Or 5 days reasonable eating and then 2 days low cal? 

I spread them out. It requires a little planning to have the right foods to have on hand for a fasting day (I eat primal strips veggie jerky and a bag of nuts usually, or a couple eggs on toast with salad). 

Thanks. I am going to try it