tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011660132120465673.post29151007374289081..comments2023-09-08T19:32:19.540+01:00Comments on Charlotte - Chatting and Chuntering: ObsessedCHARLOTTE'S RANThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924653828316135774noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011660132120465673.post-18698679105068249272013-07-22T19:49:40.143+01:002013-07-22T19:49:40.143+01:00It works for me. I lost over a stone and a half i...It works for me. I lost over a stone and a half in about three or four months. I made no other concession to dieting - I have continued to eat and drink as I did before except for the two days I limit myself to 600 calories. <br /><br />For me, it's not a diet in the sense of something you do to lose weight and then stop once you hit a target. It's a way of eating, which I keep up. So the weight has stayed off.<br /><br />I know of people for whom it hasn't worked. But they weren't particularly overweight, whereas I was a couple of stone overweight.<br /><br />As to its other claimed health benefits, I can't say, since I had no particular problem areas (diabetes, etc). I also haven't suffered any of the side effects mentioned in the article. But I can vouch for its effectiveness as a weight control mechanism from personal experience.<br /><br />It makes sense, really. If my "normal" calorie consumption per day is 2500, and I restrict myself to 600, then that's 1900 calories "saved". Twice a week, that's 3,800 calories, or about 1.1 lbs in weight. That's consistent with the amount of weight I lost in the period I did. <br /><br />Oh, it also has one good side effect - it makes sure that I have at least two days a week when I don't drink any alcohol :-)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07423579035161386437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011660132120465673.post-63578292428371113842013-07-21T12:02:43.641+01:002013-07-21T12:02:43.641+01:00On the same basis as I describe any "diet&quo...On the same basis as I describe any "diet". There is plenty of evidence to confirm that diets don't work.<br /><br />If you have some evidence base to "defend" the 5/2 diet - and I mean real science, not some article in the Sunday Times suppliment, please share. There are many of us who would be interested.<br /><br />The NHS is not that keen http://www.nhs.uk/news/2013/01January/Pages/Does-the-5-2-intermittent-fasting-diet-work.aspx<br /><br />The results for IF and Breast Cancer are NOT an endorsement of the 5/2 diet. <br /><br />CHARLOTTE'S RANThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924653828316135774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011660132120465673.post-90747591005172681062013-07-21T11:48:40.724+01:002013-07-21T11:48:40.724+01:00On what basis do you describe the 5/2 diet as &quo...On what basis do you describe the 5/2 diet as "ridiculous", please?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07423579035161386437noreply@blogger.com