The 5:2 Fast Diet: Recipe Book

I have finally found a diet I can live with...it is working for me! I have lost 7 pounds in 6 weeks! The two fasting days (not consecutive) are not bad...instead of cooking, I buy Lean Cuisine dinners containing 200-300 calories and then fill in the rest of my calorie count for the day with an egg and a granola bar...I can even work in a Weight Watcher's dessert! The other days I can eat whatever I want, but you know, when I get to those days, I really don't want to pig out...I eat what I want, but less. This diet is truly working for me and I highly recommend it! I will do an update in a month. Good luck!

I got this in the Kindle version and found it interesting, but not compelling. Then Dr Mosely's book The Fast Diet arrived. What a difference! He has 61 references to the original science, and interviews with many of them, plus more recipes and color photos. After a bit, I noticed that Whitehart, whose book seems to have followed Mosely's in publication date, was also following his in most other ways. I guess imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery! You can get Mosely's book new, in hardcover, for the same price as the Kindle version of this one, by looking under "used." Mine is brand new, never opened.The diet, by the way, is really easy and seems to work. I am normally a sceptic about diets.

The book is very simple and short -- because no lengthy explanation is needed. Keep your total calorie intake to 500 calories (for women) on two non-consecutive days per week, and eat normally the other five days. She provides many very tasty-sounding recipes for the two "fast" days. Love the idea and I look forward to giving it a try. Of particular interest to me, was the reference to a study which found that those eating low fat diets for the 5 non-fast days lost no more weight than those eating a typical high-fat American diet for the five days. How easy to manage your will-power for one "fast" day at a time, knowing you can "feast" the next day! And research so far shows great positive health effects regarding the heart and diabetes....I am now a few weeks into the 5:2 eating plan. I love it! I have lost 6 pounds in one month - and I skipped two of the scheduled fast days due to vacation/holidays. On non-fast days I have eaten anything I want -- pizza, Mexican restaurant, bologna, mayonnaise, white bread, desserts.... Could not ask for a better plan. Love only restricting myself two days per week and losing weight! As I lose weight, however I am feeling a bit more motivated to lower my calorie intake on some of the non-fast days. We will see how that goes.... I feel so much lighter and the fast days are a really great day for me. Feel healthy and lean. I want to lose just over 20 more pounds to be back at a comfortable weight for me. I think this is a plan I can easily do long term. Very pleased.

I almost didn't buy this book because of the reviews saying there's no serving size and the measures are in grams, liters and such, rather than U.S. measures. Then I checked Amazon's return policy, and sure enough, Amazon's customer-centric policies came through, with easy, fair-term return...so I bought it, keeping another tab open to "manage my Kindle" and a finger on the "actions" button there, so I'd be ready to send the book back and get an instant refund if what these serving/measurements issues proved true of this edition.I'm happy to say they proved untrue, for the American Kindle edition I just bought here at Amazon.All the measurements were in U.S. measurements (I can't be bothered to do the conversions every time I use a recipe, so that'd have been a definite deal-breaker for me), and each recipe says how many people it's intended to serve.I haven't tried any recipes yet, since I just got the book, like, a nanosecond ago, but will add to this review when I try a few of them (assuming I remember). I just wanted to get this review written now, lest someone else be dissuaded from buying the book out of concern about those two issues.I really don't know how many stars to give the book given that, as I say, I haven't tried the recipes.That said, since I have to give a star rating in order to post this, and based on a quick skim-through of the recipes, I'm giving it a provisional/temporary 4 stars on the basis that:a) The recipes are fast, simple and from what I noticed, have no difficult to find or obtain ingredients, which is what I want if I'm making food for modified fasting rather than, say, a dinner party for eight gourmands;b) I realized, in looking through the recipes, that even those that seemed to me more common sense than recipe (e.g., "Blueberry Yogurt" that's, well, blueberries and yogurt, which I'm guessing I coulda whipped up without the help of a cookbook), were useful both for giving me ideas of things to eat during the 500 calorie days-- which is helpful for those of us who tend to get in a rut on very low calorie regimen, mine being a sashimi and raw vegetables rut-- and for spelling out the measurements/oortions and calories in the same place that was giving me the idea of what to eat;c) The fact that any cookbook that includes, in a 500-calorie-day regimen, a "recipe" for chocolate dipped strawberries, shows an esprit at which I can't help but smile.So, so far, I'm liking this new book just fine, and skimming through it has given me the notion that it's going to make even more fun, a diet I'm finding very exciting in my first week of trying it.

Very persuasive information about the benefits of intermittent fasting to health as well as weight loss. I have done the 2 days a week fasting ( not really fasting as women can eat 500 calories on a fast day, men can have 600) for only 2 weeks, but I have found it surprisingly easy and I have felt good with no drop in energy or endurance on those days.

I've tried it for three weeks and I notice a big drop in weight (2 lbs. more or less) the day after I stay under 500 calories. I've tried several of the recipes and they are quite tasty. My husband enjoys eating the entrees, but then he eats more side dishes and is not on the 5:2 Fast Diet. While my weight creeps slowly up on the days I eat normally, it has not gone back to my starting weight. I recommend it.

I found this to be a common sense guide to intermittent fasting. The only unsatisfactory part is that it has more English style recipes and suggestions of items to purchase. Nevertheless, it gave me confidence to dive in and start the 5:2 lifestyle diet and I have not regretted starting it. I feel great and plan to continue.

Best diet yet so easy to do. Fast 2 days ( pick your days not together ) and eat what you want the other 5 days.It does work gradual weight loss and one you can maintain for the rest of your life.Read the science of the diet and it puts things into prospective.Glad we have done it.

Whilst this is a good introduction to the 5:2 fasting practice, and gives an honest account of the writer's experience, why not go to the source first? M Moseley's book is the foundation.

wonderful explains it in great detail and is easy to follow good recipes that are filling and healthy please try it

A reasonable good little receipt book together with the Fast Diet is really packed with some good ideas for the fasting days.

I bought this for my daughter who thinks she needs to go on a quick diet for her holiday.