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Old Sep 05, 2018, 07:33 AM
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I don't know about the 5: 2 diet. The days you stick to 500 calories are not the best for you. When you have an eating disorder, you learn a lot either by searching the web or listening to therapists, psychiatrists, doctors (primary care), and group leaders. I've always heard diets should be around 1200 calories (I think this may be for women, a higher number of calories for men) and exercising 30 min to 1 hr. around 5 days a week.

Not saying I did that to lose weight as obviously I have an eating disorder. But this was general information repeated to me by many professionals and even a nutritionist. I could ask my youngest sister (she double majored in nutrition and physical therapy) the best mode of losing weight, but I am pretty sure it would be a 1200 calorie diet with 30 to 60 min. exercise 5 days weekly. Oh, and that you should make sure a certain percentage of the calories (and I forget what the percentage is) should come from healthy protein & healthy fats: sources like nuts, avocado, natural peanut butter, egg whites, fish, etc. and not from fatty sources, especially not red meat (though maybe that is OK if it is lean ground, but I don't know. That is the safest method of weight loss.

Oh, and if you undereat calories (not talking about a 5:2 diet here) but like you intentionally restrict your calories much below 1200 daily, you actually slow your metabolism.
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