How One Man Lost 50 Pounds Using the 5:2 Intermittent Fasting Diet

Fasting may seem like a drastic way to lose weight, but it can be safe and effective when done in moderation, according to self-improvement blogger Dave Wentworth.

The mechanical engineer, who lives in Michigan, decided to try the 5:2 intermittent fasting diet after joining a weight-loss competition at his job in 2011. Simply put, the diet required him to eat normally five days a week and fast for two.

“In simple terms, it’s eating as normally as you can for five days of the week and then on two days — for two 24-hour periods — you don’t eat,” Wentworth tells NBC News BETTER.

That doesn’t mean you starve yourself for two days, Wentworth explains. It means that for two non-consecutive days of the week, you eat only one meal. On fasting days, for example, he skipped breakfast and lunch, and only ate dinner.

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It’s a simple way to get basically a 20 percent reduction in total calories overall,” says the engineer read more link at the bottom.....

How One Man Lost 50 Pounds Using the 5:2 Intermittent Fasting Diet

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