Nancy
At your weight and weight goal .
5:2 would be a great tool to use .
The first two weeks are the most difficult, but after that it's a calorie restriction skill that go on and off of.
Let's say someone with 100lbs to lose would struggle more than a someone with 20. It's nearly the same as slimfast concept. With 1 sensible dinner a day . Or two smaller ones.
Over and over I heard about those trying to have three 200 calories meals complain about hunger pangs. Where as eating the one 500 meal at normal lunch or dinner time.
I thinking the question for you would be are satisfied - feel full or nearly full on 500 calories.
I feel full on 600 calories with at least 30% of my protein requirements. This helps me understand that currently I can have three meals a day of 600 or 1800. So I'll eventually get near the 180 mark. As my body shrinks my caloric requirements will too.
I'll back down to three 500 cal meals I'll eventually weigh near 150lbs.. I would keep moving it down to three 400 calorie meals and would eventually weigh 120 lbs..
I know this formula works.
It's abit fuzzy where im at 240lbs, I still feel hungry at three 600 cal meals BUT I don't feel hungry with two 900 calorie meals .
It's the same amount . Three meals are healthiest , only because it's three separate opportunity for nutritional uptake. Due to so.e nutrients canceling out other nutrients.
Could go on and on and on . But I don't want to make it seem overly complicated.
If you feel OK with eating one 500cal meal twice a week.
And eat normally on the other days of the week. It's about 1/2 a week . Over a years time. That's 26 lbs. So you would drive yourself nuts jumping on scale every few days.
Especially with all the hype on crash diets offering quick results.
So let's say you make it to maintenance.
You get to decide how you keep you weight at goal. Occasional fasting would fit well as an occasional tool. Say six weeks of 5:2
Twice a year. Depending on if your exercise active.
It's flexible . But there more.
It can have other benefits. I personally use it with other longevity health opportunities.
I walk after my last meal of the day.
I fast 2-3 days a week
I eat fish 2 days a week.
I work out with weight bearing exercises 2days week.
I eat health food on the feed days.
I have a routine for detoxing liver , gallbladder and colon.
I drink potent health drinks.
I eat proven cancer prevention and fighting foods
High in anti oxidants, pre and probiotics, and immune boosters.
Best way I K of how to do that on the fasting Trek is to utilize the synergy foods.
I just quickly googled this one .
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/fe...gy-super-foods
As more of these food pairing are being researched . I'm finding them on my plates more often.
For Instance
Sunday is my beef/steak night.
Beef with broccoli helps synergies the nutritional uptake
But so does tomato skin and broccoli.
So I have a small salad with tomatoes, broccoli and steak.
Thing is I add other synergies to the salad like turmeric and black pepper.
So OK that's not exactly 5:2 fasting days
But it's the health foods on 2:5 feeding days
My personal experience has been . When I'm fasting . I get hungry enough to not be picky. I'm hungry with hunger pangs. Eating some of the bland ones for variety.
Because I have so much weight to lose I can afford to get ambitious and go 4:3. But still it's 3:4 feed days.
I eat great tasting health food with great synergies and nutritional benefits.
If it were just me , myself , and I. I would have this with no troubles, but my wife and daughter are not interested. I struggle with them . The costs and whining. I sigh. They don't put the food in my mouth. So it's trying To tell them "NO IM NOT EATING TODAY"
And the next day. NO IM NOT EATING THAT CANCEROUS FOOD.
especially when it tastes soo goood!
It's like going through a break up sometimes I swear!
January 2017 Goals
for our final weekend of this month.
ditto! Here is to a great new day for us all! 
