Should I fast when I’m stressed out?
Some stress is good for our bodies but too much is harmful. If you are very stressed, fasting might not be a good idea.
How should I eat on my non-fasting days?
If you’re not losing weight despite keeping to your fasting plans, maybe there’s a problem with your eating days.
Why the scales don’t tell the truth – understanding weight fluctuations
When we say we want to lose weight, we mean we want to lose fat, but the scales don’t tell us how much fat we’ve lost.
Why am I not losing weight?
Are you frustrated that despite your efforts you are not losing weight? We can help you understand the problem and how to fix it.
What happens to our metabolism when we lose weight?
As we lose weight, our metabolism slows slightly, it takes less energy to run our bodies and food becomes more appetising. Learn how weight loss affects our metabolism.
How can intermittent fasting improve my relationship with food?
Learning to cope with feelings of hunger is empowering, and helps to break unhealthy relationships with food.
How can intermittent fasting reduce my risk of cancer?
Fasting stimulates the body’s repair mechanisms making cancer cells less likely to develop. Fasting also deprives cancer cells from the glucose they need to live on.
How can intermittent fasting help my heart and circulation?
Intermittent fasting has been found to improve many of the risk factors for heart disease and other diseases of the circulation.
How can intermittent fasting help diabetes?
In diabetes your body cannot cope properly with the carbohydrates and sugars you eat. The disease process starts decades before you get symptoms. Intermittent fasting improves your body’s glucose metabolism.
What are the health benefits of intermittent fasting?
There is encouraging evidence that changes in your body created by fasting can reduce your risks of developing diseases including diabetes, strokes, heart disease and cancers.
When and what should I eat during intermittent fasting?
What time should you eat on a fast day? What should you eat? Does it matter what you eat on non-fast days? Learn from the experience of thousands of people who’ve found what works best.
What’s the best way to measure success with intermittent fasting?
Jumping on the weighing scales once a week might seem like the obvious choice for monitoring your weight loss progress, but this is not the only method, nor even the best.
What can I expect from my first few fasts?
Fasting is surprisingly easy. Of course you will feel hungry, but that soon passes. Learn more about what to expect from your first few fasts.
Can I exercise when intermittent fasting?
Exercising while fasting adds extra health benefits to both the fasting and the exercise. Learn more about how exercise and intermittent fasting are complementary.
Scales
Scales are all the same, right? Wrong. The technology within a simple set of bathroom scales has developed hugely, so that not only can they now weigh you more accurately, but they can also calculate your heart rate and body fat, sync with your apps and even track the air quality inside your house. Check …
Medical tests
Before embarking on your FastDay journey, we’d suggest that you do a ‘health audit’ through a simple blood test. These can help identify a range of different health issues, from cholesterol build-ups to key vitamin deficiencies. They can also be used to monitor your progress through fasting – as you lose weight and become healthier, …
Exercise trackers
Exercise trackers are the new must-have gadget for any keen runner or gym-lover. Although the exact features vary device-to-device, they can record your steps taken, level of high-intensity activity, calories burnt and your heart rate. We’d recommend them not only for the ‘gym bunnies’ but also for more casual exercisers – it’s a great motivating …
Recommended Reading
Recipe books What’s 5:2 without food? Even on fast days we still need to eat! These fantastic recipe books make fast days so much better. The Fast Diet Recipe Book – Mimi Spencer Mimi was co-author, with Michael Mosley, of the original Fast Diet book. This book is packed full of recipes, meal plans, and …
Gifts
Do you have a gift to buy for someone who is a faster? A fasting buddy? Or your significant other? We have collected some gift ideas we recommend for the faster in your life. (Don’t worry, we’re not going to suggest you buy them some weighing scales) Coming soon: programs FastDay will soon be launching …
Useful stuff for maintainers
Exercise Many of our maintainers see exercise as the next step – now that they have successfully lost some weight. We suggest registering an interest in our program, coming soon, called LWNGF: Lost Weight Now Get Fit. Register your interest (no commitment) FIXME Many members of our community have taken up High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), …
