The 5-2 Diet for Rapid Weight Loss: Lose Weight Fast Using Intermittent Fasting and Look Great Without Trying

This is one of the easiest diets I have come across. Anyone would think that when you are on a diet, in order for it to be effective you have to diet seven days a week, not the case with the 5:2 diet. This diet allows you to eat what you want 5 days a week and limit your intake on 2 days (fasting). For me that’s exciting because I am a food lover. Unlike other diets that rule out alcohol and desserts totally, this diet allows it, so you won’t feel starved and unsatisfied. I like the fact that the book contains great recipes that you can prepare on the fasting days, I especially love the coconut pancakes. It’s the only diet book that I have come across that gives a one month shopping list, which makes it easy for me to get all I need in one visit to the grocery store. I think this book is the perfect guide for those who want to improve their health and lose weight and not feel deprived.

I am a believer in the 5:2 diet, but you do not need this book, even for 3.99. I had hoped I might learn something new and I was excited to read the recipes, but I was disappointed.Not only is the book full of typos and misplaced phrases, but there is nothing particularly useful about it. The idea that you should make chocolate chip cookies as a dessert for a fasting day because one cookie only has 49 calories is just not very helpful.There are also some strong contradictions. Calling a non-fasting day a "feast day" and then a few pages later, suggesting (strongly) that you should only consume 2000 calories on non- fasting days is inconsistent. Oh, and this is after saying you won't need to count calories on this diet.I don't recommend this book. It seems like it was written over a weekend and not with the reader's best interest in mind.

This diet can help you lose weight without having to give up your favourite food, or wear yourself out with extreme exercises. Exercising can help you lose your weight faster and live healthier, but it is not the main thing in this diet that will decrease the number on your scale. Book explains very nicely what is 5:2 diet and the science behind it. Personally, I find it very convincing and logical. If you are indecisive whether to try out this diet, in this book you can find answers to most of the questions you can think of. So my advice is to read this book, and then decide whether to try it or not. The best thing I found in this book is very delicious recipes and one-month shopping list that made my life easier since I don't have to browse the Internet for it.

Perhaps you are thinking: "Not another dieting book." I thought the exact same but got proven wrong, and I am very happy that I bought this book. If you want to live a long and healthy life, then you should definitely buy this book. You are not only doing yourself a favour, but you are also inspiring others to live a healthy life. With the obesity epidemy going on in the Western World, this book is a hero. You minimize the risk of attracting almost all disorders, including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and even End Stage Renal Failure. I recommend this diet and especially this book as your guide in achieving your health related goals! Kudos to the author!

I can't verify success with this diet yet, but in my opinion it is worth a try if you really, really want to loose fat. Intermittent fasting, of which this is a variation, has a long research history AND it is different than all the research which has recently concluded that diets don't work for 98% of the populous. Get "The 2 Day Diet as Well". I found it useful to read 2 slightly different approaches. The Dr. Harvie's approached has been researched. Mosley's variation has not.