Hi all
I was confused about this 5:2 diet so I bought the book, and on the 2 days you are restricted to Low carbs or basically no carbs some fruit is restricted as well as veg.
So what you are allowed to have:
- Protein foods max 12 servings (ie chicken, fish, eggs and lean meat)
- Fats (ie rapeseed, olive oil, nuts or avocado - max 5 servings
- Dairy: 3 servings
- Fruit - 1 serving
- Vegetable- 5 servings
- Drink at least 2 litres of water, tea, coffee or othe sugar free or low cal drinks.
Each of the above has their own weights to what they call a Serving.
Their have not given a strict calorie intake on these 2 days, it has been designed so that you lose as much fat as possible but preserve as much calorie burning muscle as you can.
If you go ahead and do 500cals per day - long term the weight will pile back on the above has been designed to reduce your appetite so that you naturally have smaller servings.
Hope that has helped.
Kats