The Fastdiet - Revised & Updated: Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, and Live Longer with the Simple Secret of Intermittent Fasting

If you're unhappy with your weight, if you find diets ineffective or suspect they are less healthy than they should be - try this common sense and highly effective dietI did. Absolutely painless, effective and no weight rebound when you return to normal.Every book by Dr Mosley is evidence based and his advice is easy to follow.Condolences to friends & family of this wonderful man who helped so many people improve their health.

I'm so, so glad I bought a copy of this book. I've read it from cover to cover devouring every single word and I think I might just have hit the jackpot this time. I've been dieting for many years, I’ve tried them all I reckon, and they’ve all been tough with nothing to look forward to but misery, and as it always happens, I lose about 1st 7lb and then I plateau. I'm one of the unfortunate few that when I plateau it lasts for weeks and weeks and weeks rather than just a week or two like everyone else, it continues until I get so disheartened, I just give up hope altogether and go straight back to gaining weight and I end up weighing even more than I did when I started. MM talks about this and explains what every other diet book writer simply refuse to address properly. He explains why and what's going on in my body, he tells me not to panic, he points out the positives, he understands the level of frustration, loss of hope, the sheer desperation, and he encourages me not to give up and how/what I should do to get the weight loss going again, in other words, he GETS ME and all the thousands of others just like me and he’s given me hope and dare I say it, a virtual hug of reassurance. Provided you read every single page from cover to cover, this book will answer every question you have about this type of diet and why it works. There are 3 stages to go through. You don't have to do the first stage if you don't want to you can start with stage 2 which is mainly what this book is about and then when you reach your desired body weight you slip gently and easily into stage 3 which is the lifetime maintenance diet of 6:1 where you only FAST on one day a week, the really easy stage. I'm going to start with the Rapid weight loss programme which is basically 0:7, where every day is basically a FAST day with just 600 cals for Women, (800 cals for Men) to spend every single day and then go into the stage two which is the 5:2. the stage were you only fast on 2 days a week (rather than 7 in stage 1) and eat what you want for 5 days, within reason of course and mindful of everything he teaches you. Stage 1 is definitely going to be hard but I'm getting desperate to get this weight off (5st), MM suggests 3 to 12 weeks in stage 1 but I know I won't be able to live without my white carbs for so long so I can't see me getting beyond 3 weeks in this stage but that's ok, the 5:2 will achieve the same results, but it'll just take a bit longer that's all. To give you some idea about menus you might want to read the COMPANION to this book, the FAST 800 KETO RECIPE BOOK written by both Michael and is wife Clare Bailey. It’s packed with wonderful meals which look really tasty and are designed for the FAST days. Thankfully I ordered a copy of that at the same time as this one, you’ll have everything you need to get started. Do yourself a favour and buy both books, you won’t be sorry, I’m definitely not.SUNDAY 30/7/23 UPDATE – Ok so today marks the end of my 14th week on stage one of this diet and I thought it might help you to know how its working for me. I have lost exactly 2st 4lb, that’s an average of 2lbs 2ounces per week. Not much I know, it’s slow going but I’m encouraged that I’m at least getting somewhere at last. I started out on 600 cals per day divided into 2 meals and it’s been hard work staying motivated and on target but I’ve remained determined throughout. I keep a strict record of everything, I weigh myself first thing every Sunday morning after I’ve visited the loo and am stark naked. My scales are put in exactly the same spot every week, so an uneven or slightly sloping floor doesn’t affect my reading. I hit my plateau at the end of the 10th week when I was shocked and devastated to discover that I had GAINED 2lbs. At first I felt desperately sorry for myself and just wanted to stuff my face silly with all the things that I’m not allowed. BUT I didn’t. I sat down and gave myself a ruddy good talking to. I told myself, “This is entirely YOUR fault, YOU did this to yourself and if you want to be slim again you have to work out the cause and fix it. Now stop feeling sorry for yourself and "Just bleep Do It" and remember, don’t lose sight of how far you’ve come already”. END OF RANT TO MYSELF! My next step was to think hard about where I’d gone wrong. It took me a while to realise that it wasn’t because Id increased portion sizes because I weigh, measure and calorie count everything, it was simply because 600 cals per day was now too much, my calorie intake was higher than my calorie burning and what was ok at the start was NOT ok now. I immediately dropped my cals to 400 per day but all that did was keep me stuck in the plateau, so I now know my maintenance level. BUT, I still have a lot of weight to lose so I dropped to 300 cals per day. I’m riddled with arthritis from jaw to toes in every bone and joint and I can’t yet exercise properly without severe pain and causing loss of balance so at the moment I’m totally reliant on what I eat. I know a Doctor would be worried about that but I tried a water diet for 3 days and nothing happened, I didn’t lose weight I just retained all the water in my body. Right now I’m fighting tooth and nail to lose every single pound of weight but at least I’ve started losing again. I’ll keep going until I reach my target, I’m determined not to give up, I have to keep going. SO, on 300 cals I can confirm I’ve lost 12lbs which really is excellent if you think about it but I cant stay on 300cals for long, it’s too difficult. I’m still eating very healthy, meal one is all about pure protein, meal 2 is all about vegetables/salads. To make sure all bases are properly covered I also take one dessertspoon of extra virgin olive oil straight from the spoon and one tablespoon of Aspalls Apple Cyder Vinegar mixed with water for the electrolytes, every single day. Extra Virgin means no bad oils have been added to bulk out the olive oil, EVOO is completely pure 100% olive oil (I did my homework on this) If it doesn’t say Extra Virgin on the bottle then it’s not pure, it’s had all sorts of crap oils mixed in. I also take multi vitamins as advised by Michael Moseley in this book. Yes, I do get hungry on just 300 cals but I’m very focussed on my target weight and I know it won’t be forever, just a few more months. THE POSITIVES – I can walk up/down stairs in the normal way and much faster than before, I can get in and out of bed and the bath more easily, I don’t have anywhere near as many nasty falls as before but if I do fall I can get myself up again, I can get off the sofa without struggling now, I can stand for much longer periods, I can kneel on a cushion in front of my fridge to wash it out properly and surprisingly, my arthritis pain is improving, not massively but there’s definitely an improvement. In visual terms I can see the changes in my mirror and with the tape measure. I’ve lost 4 inches round my waist, 4 round my bust and 2inches round my hips and it really shows. gone are my puffy face and swollen hands and feet and I can now cross my legs at the knee and have the top leg hang downwards rather than stick up in the air. Putting socks on is now easy, no belly in the way to stop me. Silly things I know but they matter to me and it means I’m getting my life back, albeit slowly but I’m getting it back. I started out labelled as obese, I’m now labelled overweight, my BMI was 30.95, its now 25.62. One day I will be back to jogging 3 full miles x 3 times a week like I did before, and I won’t be letting my arthritis ruin my life anymore. ITS RUDDY HARD WORK and you’ll have your bad days BUT ITS WORTH IT, you have to JFDI coz no-one else can do it for you.

Was recommended this book and it is great for my diet.

EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE AND EASYVERY effective AND easy. No other diet works for me. Indeed whatever other diet and/or exercise regimen I chose, ALL of them proved very difficult to follow on the long term and not very effective: my body always got used pretty fast to them, which soon stopped almost completely any further weight loss. The FAST DIET, however is:1. Easy to follow, as it only entails two 500 calories days per week (600 calories for men), with no restrictions at all on the other five days.2. VERY effective: weight loss varies from one person to another between one to two pounds per week.3. The weight loss DOES NOT SLOW down as time passes, because with only two, non-consecutive calorie restriction days per week, the body never has a chance to enter the starving mode by slowing metabolism.4. This diet involves NO MUSCLE LOSS, which contributes to the stabilization of metabolism.EXCELLENT book with both concise and detailed information that allows for an application of intermittent fasting that is flexible and adaptable to a wide variety of personal preferences, and is based on solid, ground braking scientific research.

Weight loss is a little slower than anticipated but regular. I also feel tired the day after a fast day but am not incapacitated by this. Have lost 11 kg over 9 months, only another 20 to go - ugh! The diet is easier than many in that 'tomorrow is always another day' which means there is a temptation to blow out after achieving a fast day. This is not a good idea. But the beauty of this diet is that you don't have to count calories or watch your step every minute of every day - so, all in all, psychologically better. For me anyway. A relative of mine tried it but couldn't stick to it. But she did give it a go.