![]() ![]() Can Dr Michael Mosley and the Fast Beach 5: 2 diet get me fit for summer? Discussing one’s diet with Dr Michael Mosley, journalist and medic, feels a bit like confessing directly to God. Michael may not claim to have created the world in seven days, but this is the man who carved that week up into two healthy portions, to invent the most popular diet this century: the 5: 2 (or “Fast”) Diet. Indeed, it has taken the world by storm: celebrities from actress Jennifer Aniston to model Miranda Kerr – and TV presenter Phillip Schofield – are reportedly fans of intermittent fasting. ![]() World Tech Toys Panther SPY Drone UFO Video Camera 2.4GHz RC Quadcopter 3.0 out of 5 stars 31 customer reviews I stuck to this diet for 5 weeks. China's forest. The 5:2 Diet also known as The Fast Diet is. There’s also a really handy little video on YouTube “The Fast. ![]() Both the Chancellor George Osborne and the Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls are reputed to “do the 5: 2”. He’s handsome, slim, offers dispensation on doughnuts, and emanates the sort of twinkly joie de vivre that makes you long to become a disciple. Which is just as well as, from this meeting, I am officially joining Michael’s devotees – in the interest of you all – to test drive the latest offering built on his research: the Fast Beach diet, a ramped- up version written engagingly (like the original) with Michael by the style journalist, Mimi Spencer. Or, worse still, you’ve realised it is only six weeks to that summer holiday booked back in January, when we were all living in voluminous waterproofs. Refine your search for horizon drones. See more like this World Tech Toys 4.5-channel Horizon Spy Drone Camera Video RC 2.4Ghz Quadcopter (FOR. See more like this World Tech Toys 4.5-channel Horizon Spy Drone Picture Video RC 2.4Ghz Quadcopter. Tech Toys 4.5-channel Horizon Spy Drone Camera Video RC 2. So before I discovered the benefits of eating like this – what is known as intermittent fasting, I knew I needed to lose a few pounds . He was particularly impressed by the research that linked intermittent fasting to a reduction in the risk of diabetes and dementia – both conditions from which his late father had suffered, and which, consequently, he feared. But that wasn’t all: his blood sugar, which had suggested he was close to developing diabetes, had fallen to normal levels; his fat percentage had dropped from 2. He even measured a blood protein called IGF (insulin- like growth factor 1) which can predict cancer risk: his had fallen from high to low. Eighteen months in, he fasts a couple of times a week. He adds a few sessions of High Intensity Training (HIT) – an exercise regime that also grew out of a Horizon show into a book called Fast Exercise, where you aim to raise your heart rate with two bursts of exercise for just 2. HIT, research shows, seems to burn fat more efficiently than the universal standard of 3. What about me? Where do I start? Because I’m buying in. I want a diet that can get me to the weight I want to be – oh, about a stone lighter than now; healthy blood sugar levels; and a waistline that nips in rather than bulging out. Oh, and I want to lose two points off my Body Mass Index, which, at 2. Oh, and can we get there in six weeks? That could mean two fast days in a row, or more intensely fasting 3: 4 some weeks. Some people like to eat a boiled egg in the morning’’ – sans soldiers, of course – ''others go through the day on black coffee and lots of water until early evening when they spend all their calories on one meal. Experiment till you find what works for you.’’ He advises that I tot up my calories using an app such as My. Fitness. Pal – there will soon be a Fast Diet app, too – and that I make grown- up choices on the non- fast day, taking care to avoid what he calls “5. For those who can’t resist a glass of wine, Michael suggests being more “mindful of the calories you are taking in” when you indulge. Get into good habits. Drink plenty of water. Leave your trainers by the door,” – the memory- jogging visual aid makes you more likely to go for a run. Better get on with it. Victoria Lambert will be following the Fast Beach Diet for six weeks online at telegraph. Repeat after me: 'White wine is not my friend’Dr Mosley’s three steps on how to use the Fast Beach diet to slim down for the sun The mind game Be more aware of everything you eat. The joy of intermittent fasting is that you don’t have to think about dieting most of the week. ![]() But for these six weeks, be mindful about every mouthful. Which means: a. No eating on autopilot: savour every meal and mouthful b. Slow down: take time over your food, sip water, have conversations. Allow your body to feel full. Never eat straight from a box. Measure out every portion on to a plate. Clear your cupboards. Ditch foods that are fattening and tempting. So out go the Digestives, in come carrot sticks. Get active Here’s how to turn everyday activities into a HIT session: a. Explore and record with the World Tech Toys Striker Live Video Feed WiFi 2. Explore the night sky with the easy to fly Elite Mini Orion 2.4GHz 4.5CH Live Video.![]() Outdoor running. Warm up by jogging for 1- 2 minutes; run flat out up a hill for 1. Increase to three or four 3. Indoor cycling. Pedal gently for one to two minutes with resistance set on low; then set resistance level to your maximum and pedal hard for 2. Pedal gently for one to two minutes to let your heart rate recover. Stair- running. Bound up stairs for 3. Don’t run downstairs. Warm up leisurely. Sprint- swim for half a length (2. Build up all exercises to three repetitions. You are aiming for a total of three minutes’ high- intensity exercise per week. Don’t eat beforehand, and don’t use this as an excuse to load up on carbs; you won’t need refuelling, and you want to burn glucose anyway. Eat better a. Cut out alcohol. It’s filled with empty calories, disrupts sleep and stimulates appetite. Repeat after me: “White wine is not my friend.” b. Cook at home and avoid packaged foods. Cut out the 5. 0: 5. Have soup before supper. Research suggests it can suppress appetite. Use the rule of . Eating 7. 5 per cent vegetables to 2. Banish meat from one meal a day, and start eating more fish. The Fast Beach Diet by Mimi Spencer (Short Books, RRP . Call 0. 84. 4 8. 71 1.
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