5:2 and 4:3 results compared similar results - The Fast Diet (2025)

hi nice Beavergong

yepper 😀

that’s why next wk just going 2 go back 2 5/2

if use their individual calculation by age gruop i think 45-69

the stats r lower

& mine were higher yippee 🙂

Good morning,
when i started 5 2 i did 4 3 for the first month or so, when i dropped to 5 2 i didnt notice any changes in weight loss compared to the 4 3, so would agree with whats been said.

i dont think 4 3 is for faster weight loss i think its there as an option if things stop moving and the boby needs that extra boost to kick start things again.

i have been doing 4 3 for about six weeks and plan to go back to 5 2 in a couple of weeks or so, it can be a useful tool. xx

Beavergong

congrats on ur .89lbs!!!

woohoo!! 🙂 we r both above average

i just clicked on twitter & facebook up in right hand corner
what a busy place however the links 2 the b4 r so
inspiring

facebook again busy but colorful

fast for life

ur right i was in a plateau & needed 2 kickstart
i bet they do go back & forth

Logically, there will be a difference in weight loss between those who did 4:3 compared to 5:2.

From a practical standpoint, a 5:2 lifestyle makes more sense in our schedules.

A 5:2 is much easier to maintain for longer periods, as a 6:1 would be even easier.

It becomes a way of life, once the target weight has been reached.

At some point, the weight becomes irrelevant, and the discipline becomes a habit.

We each will know which style, 4:3, 5:2, 6:1, or 7:0, to use to guide our life course.

I expect this was an old set of stats you were looking at on my forum? The majority of users are doing 5:2, so the 4:3 stats are comparatively minimal, however now we have stats from more users you’ll see there is some difference:

http://www.52fastdiet.co.uk/tracker.php?p=stats

Nick3011

congrats!!!!!!!1 that’s 28lbs in 2 1/2 months wow

i think ur right based on weight loss
& moogie’s stats i’m going back 2 4/3 w/ locarbcyclingmedit on my 3rd or is 4th plateau 🙂

again thanks
moogie

It’s not really a plateau if it’s only for a week or so, natural body weight fluctuations can mask the (relatively small) 5:2 losses 🙂 Wrote a bit about longer plateaus here:
http://www.the52dietplan.com/losing-weight-again-5-2-diet-plateau/

Nick3011

mayb u should do what this blogger is doing

not his 30daysfast but a version of it on the 7/0

he is doing 30 days w/ his doc a brothfast

mike93108

http://30daybrothfast.blogspot.com/

i thought of that 40day religious 1
4 fasting w/ water

but i read somewhere that ur body readjusts & fights hard

& super slows down ur metabolism

those religious fasters r not all skinny 🙂

good luck on the 7/0

keep us posted we

r interested 2 c

ur weight daily up down

if it shifts it i might do it 2 broth wise 🙂

i’m a type2diab don’t want 2 mess w/ that 2 much

u can give ur stats 2 moogie

a 7/0 😀

success

u lost 44.53 lbs wow

so a plateau will last more than 2 months?

i’m going 196 195 194 193 & up down

can’t get it 2 move ugh

but as ur blog said

“It’s as if the body just needs a bit of time to catch up with itself and register that it has a new ‘normal’ weight before it is willing to lose any more”

that made me laugh 🙂

worth inputting the link again

http://www.the52dietplan.com/losing-weight-again-5-2-diet-plateau/

thanks again

oops i thought u meant fasting 7 days

my bad

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shortwave in brain 😮

nevermind

Nick3011

hmmmmmmm

a wk of fastdietcation

sounds good

mayb i’ll do that when i get back 2 the grind

4 now @ home i’m in that fastday lifestyle groove

was on 4:3

back 2 5/2

keep up ur great loss!

how much more is it u want?

us women it takes longer

all those hormones flying around like whirlwind 🙂

however, i have lost 25+- since 3/2/13

don’t think i will ever 4get that date

wow, Moogie, your pictures on your blog are as much motivation as your words !

I am on Week 2, so some way to go, but am so inspired by everyone posting here. i lost 5lbs in the first week, 45lbs to go ! But that is already 10% ! I know it will not be that rapid every week, but I am so thrilled already.

And your pic of the bags of sugar made me laugh too – if someone asked me to put all that in a rucksack and carry it around all day I would think they were crazy…. so I am 2 1/4 bags down already YAY !!!

mulville

cheers on being so close 2 ur goal

we will be rooting 4 u keep us

posted by topics u created

like 7 more 2 go

arrived 0

just a suggestion

keep us posted

mulville

all ur results r range
that’s great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

73

i remember when i was in my 30’s
1 of my best best best friend was in her 70’s

yep
the 4/3 is hard

that why i alternate 5/2 4/3

the adf is haaarder
did that 1 wk
never again

still have 0 cals 2day

concerning my name it does not matter ur intent is more important
just copy paste a name that’s what i do

i don’t know if we can change it
nope (The usernames cannot be changed.)

my new one would b

fdlsusa

fastdaylifestyleusa

still long

mayb

luvitusa

still long

usa

simple no?

mulville post ur journey not just ur finish line

again suggestion only

u can always click the name 2 find out more after ur cookie 😀

we r here

oops meant 2 say healthy range

c i should have copy/pasted 🙂

I’ve been doing the 5:2 since April and at 5’9″ and 168 lbs at the beginning, weight loss was not my primary objective. I want a long healthy life. I was 147.5 lbs this morning and don’t have an interest in losing more. As a matter of fact, I’m deliberately eating more on the other five days so I won’t. I’m afraid to go onto 6:1 as I don’t think it has the same amount of health benefit. Short term markers don’t change my opinion, only long term human trials are truly meaningful and those who think otherwise are only kidding themselves (that doesn’t mean that Mosley and others are wrong, it simply means they are making educated guesses).

If you are only trying to lose weight, this diet seems great as I don’t lose muscle mass, just fat and water weight. However, I want the gold at the end of the rainbow and at 70 years of age I can’t wait for long term trails.