5:2 Intermittent Fasting Plan

We believe another great use for the 5:2 Intermittent Fasting Plan is for Weight Management and believe the 5:2 day plan may help our clients to maintain their new slimmer, trimmer figure after initial weight loss.

Fasting for two days and eating "Normally" for five days could be a great method for managing your weight after using meal replacement products for weight loss. Firstly you are already aware of our products and familiar with the concept of replacing meals. You are also in great position and have the many advantages, your appetite has naturally decreased, your need for high energy, sugary snacks and snacking between meals has been curbed and hopefully through using our stabilisation plans you have naturally adapted your portion size and lifestyle. Add to this the fact that you can drop approximately 1000 calories twice a week from your total weekly calorie intake and then eat normally for the remaining five days should allow you to manage your weight with ease.

Remember at the KeeDiet "Online Store" you can choose a selection of products from our shelves to suit your weight management lifestyle. There is no minimum quantity for orders, no direct debits, and contracts. You shop when you want and purchase how much you wish. Plus you can now take advantage of our Loyalty Points and earn 2 Kee Points for every £1.00 you spend to use on future orders.

Link to the KeeDiet Intermittent Fasting Guidance for full information. http://www.thekeediet.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=10&products_id=169

2 FASTING DAYS
>> Allowed
4 Total VLCD Mealpacks per day (550 approximate calorie value)
2.25 litres of water consumed evenly throughout the day
Plus add anything on the optional list below (calories may increase)

>> Not Permitted
Diet drinks including those containing sweeteners
Powdered sweeteners
Other food stuffs apart from those listed as optional extras.

>> Your Optional Extra's
Unlimited Tea & Coffee - black only
Dairy allowance 200ml of skimmed/soya milk or equivalent (add 60kcal)
Herbal & Fruit Teas
Tablet Sweeteners
Selection from our Vegetable & Salad Menu
Swap a Mealpack for a MealBar (add approximately 50kcal)
ProtiKee Water Flavours (slight increase of calorie intake)
2 cups of ProtiKee Savoury Drink/Gravy (slight increase of calorie intake)
ProtiKee Fibre (natural fibre)
Extra water

5 HEALTHY EATING DAYS

Here at The KeeDiet we believe the beauty of 5:2 Intermittent Fasting lies in the fact that whilst following your 5 Normal Days you have a sense of freedom to make intelligent choices. You can still count calories to monitor your intake, but if preferred you do not need to calorie count or weigh foods, instead just use common sense as suggested below and be aware of portion sizes.

As mentioned previously consider purchasing the 5:2 Book for full details of your normal eating days. We suggest you choose whole foods as the basis of your diet - foods that are heart healthy and good for your body. If they do not bring any nutritional quality to your table, avoid them as a rule.

Try limiting yourself to three daily meals and if possible, snack on fruits, nuts, seeds yoghurt etc.

Use our Shopping List to provide guidance of foods to select.

If you love our products consider incorporating one of your favourites into normal eating day to lighten the load and help satisfy your hunger.

On non-fasting days continue to drink plenty of water or sugar free squash - A minimum daily liquid intake should be around 1.5-2 litres.

By promoting the Intermittent Fasting Diet we hope our meal replacements will help on your fasting days, making following the plan much easier, plus you may also find that using this theory of 5:2, managing your weight once at target may also be much easier.

Although we are told we can eat normally for 5 days each week, this may give the impression you can eat what you want. "normal" to those with a weight problem is generally not the same as another person’s "normal". At The KeeDiet we therefore advise that watching your calorie intake, food choices and portion size is still advised for your 5 normal eating days.
We suggest that on the 5 normal eating days, you look at them as 5 healthy eating days and are aware of foods that you choose and your daily calorie and carb intake. In simple terms, just because you are fasting for 2 days this doesn't mean you have the freedom to binge on high calorie / carbohydrate foods and act like a child in a sweet shop. Too many calories over a week will still mean either you maintain your weight or you may even gain weight.