Hello everybody. 56-year-old bloke in the room. I'm in for brain health, body repair mode and to try yet another method of shifting that unwanted 'belt' that afflicts many of us middle-aged fellas; the one that is not readily apparent unless it is specifically sought out.
Being a fairly slim bloke (albiet with the same very real problem as the one Michael Mosley had; the middle bit), I felt I should state first up, what I'm on here for.
My partner (also on here as a recent newbie) and me both started 5:2 at the same time. Yesterday we did our 4th week - or 8th fasting day. Still too early in my book, to perceive any great difference in how easy or difficult fast days are. Suffice it to say that I (we) still feel ravenous for most of the fasting day(s). But my, how that mundane routine, which was breakfast time, takes on a new meaning when one fasted the preceding day.
At present we both favour an early-ish breakast of about 200 calories and a late-ish dinner of about 300 calories on our fasting days. And in our experience lots of water or (say) healthy tea, really does help. It's early doors as far as major benefits are concerned just now, but we reckon our patience and persistence can only see health improvements at the very minimum. The underlying science is just too persuasive to look upon this venture in any other way . . .
Obviously we are all on here to enrich our quality of life, but as a parting shot (for now) I must just say: there is a thread of conversation on here somewhere, that talks of a book: The Hundred-Year-Old Man who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared, by Jonas Jonasson - is.gd/100YOM. In my humble opinion, this is another way in which one's life may be enriched. The tale is eccentric, Quixotic, heroic, epic, hilarious, benignly insane (major asset) and beautifully understated in its signature style. All this for 20 pence on Amazon for the Kindle edition. You are having a giraffe.
See you later, my admirable colleagues, here on two-and-a-half.
Being a fairly slim bloke (albiet with the same very real problem as the one Michael Mosley had; the middle bit), I felt I should state first up, what I'm on here for.
My partner (also on here as a recent newbie) and me both started 5:2 at the same time. Yesterday we did our 4th week - or 8th fasting day. Still too early in my book, to perceive any great difference in how easy or difficult fast days are. Suffice it to say that I (we) still feel ravenous for most of the fasting day(s). But my, how that mundane routine, which was breakfast time, takes on a new meaning when one fasted the preceding day.
At present we both favour an early-ish breakast of about 200 calories and a late-ish dinner of about 300 calories on our fasting days. And in our experience lots of water or (say) healthy tea, really does help. It's early doors as far as major benefits are concerned just now, but we reckon our patience and persistence can only see health improvements at the very minimum. The underlying science is just too persuasive to look upon this venture in any other way . . .
Obviously we are all on here to enrich our quality of life, but as a parting shot (for now) I must just say: there is a thread of conversation on here somewhere, that talks of a book: The Hundred-Year-Old Man who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared, by Jonas Jonasson - is.gd/100YOM. In my humble opinion, this is another way in which one's life may be enriched. The tale is eccentric, Quixotic, heroic, epic, hilarious, benignly insane (major asset) and beautifully understated in its signature style. All this for 20 pence on Amazon for the Kindle edition. You are having a giraffe.
See you later, my admirable colleagues, here on two-and-a-half.
