When can i eat again??

Shazzac62

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Hi all, been reading your posts for a while and bought the 5:2 book. I want to start fasting but do t want to tell OH as he will just say oh another fad diet!! So was thinkin i could fast from one day till next, for example ive had breakfast and lunch, so that will be me now till 2mo, so when should i start eating 2mo?? At 2pm?? Or should i wait until my dinner that way i have missed 3 meals?? Thanks in advance ?
 
If you are planning on having no calories at all then 24 hours is prob the minimum you want to do, but split day fasting doesn't work for everyone and you have to be quite careful with it to get your calorie deficit for weight loss. Lots of people do 5pm one day until 5pm the next day, or whatever suits you best times wise
 
Lots of people here have tried different times. Me? I go for the easy way.

On a normal day I eat as normal (duh!) the following day I eat my 500kcals any old way I fancy. There are diet variations that give you a window but I played around until I found a way that suited me.

I started off not eating until an early tea. I spent the day sipping miso soup and redbush tea. Then something changed and I started eating most of my kcals at lunch, with a teeny tiny supper. Now? Well, I have a salad at lunch and soup for tea, or vice versa :)

I don't vary my fasting day foods much, a tip from the JUDDD book. Keep it simple and samey to stop you thinking about it. It seems to work for me.

Some days I do fast completely... those days are from about 6 pm through until 6pm. But I have found that I can stretch my 500kcals from 6pm, through the following day, over a second night and on until lunchtime, about 40 hours. JUDDD research says that the 500kcal don't lose you any of the fasting benefits and can allow extended fasting to be done more easily. So, as I want the health benefits as well as the weight loss, this is my usual habit:

DD1: 500kcals from 6pm Sunday until lunch Tuesday
UD1: Lunchtime Tuesday until 6pm Wednesday
DD2: 6pm Wednesday until lunchtime Friday
UD2,3: Lunchtime Friday - 6pm Sunday.

Looks a bit odd, but is is basically Monday and Thursday as Down Days, but as I don't miss breakfast, or I eat at about 10am if I do feel the need, it makes the most of sleeping......

I think that might have been a long winded way of saying, there is no right way, do what suits you best.

Good luck xx
 
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