A woman who experimented with TV doctor Michael Mosley’s Fast 800 diet for a full week was astonished by the results and now feels as if she has hit the reset button.
The TV doctor introduced the 5:2 diet back in 2012 with his documentary, Eat, Fast and Live Longer. Those who follow this diet have 5 routine food days per week, while restricting their food to around 500 – 600 calories per day for the remaining two days.
Now Dr. Michael Mosley has shared the Fast 800 being an updated version of his diet plan, hereby those following it stick to 800 calories per day for a minimum of 2 weeks and a maximum of 12 weeks.
Lydia Stephens, Wales Online reporter says she has been struggling with weight management since the days of lockdown. Wanting to make a change she decided to try Dr. Mosley’s diet plan for one week.
After signing up for the plan, Lydia was asked questions relating to her weight, height and waist measurements. She was specifically recommended the Fast 800 plan out of several diet plans on offer. She decided to stick to eating 2 meals per day which added up to 800 calories.
A 7 day plan was then drawn up for her two meals per day, including a list of ingredients and a recipe, as well as a printable shopping list. Lydia spent £ 49.14 in total, on 7 days worth of meals. This is what she had :
Monday
10.20 a.m. – A small cup of coffee with a dash of full fat milk. Cheesy scrambled eggs with pesto
2 p.m. – A cup of tea
5.40 p.m. – Spinach and turkey mince Bolognese with courgette. Even though spinach was not included in the recipe she added it since the plan permits additional non starchy vegetables. She added Bolognese with courgette instead of spaghetti with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese.
Tuesday
10 a.m. – An apple. A cup of coffee
12.30 p.m. – An omelette made up of red pepper, two eggs, cannellini beans and mushrooms.
6 p.m. – Teriyaki salmon and courgette. A cup of tea
Wednesday
10.20 a.m. – A small cup of coffee
11.30 a.m. – Leftover salmon and courgette
12 p.m. – An apple, and a cup of tea
5 p.m. – Mince beef salad with lettuce, cheese and tomatoes
Thursday
8 a.m. – A small cup of coffee
11 a.m. – Two boiled eggs, peppers, feta cheese and avocado
4 p.m. – A few berries
5 p.m. – Mince beef salad with tomatoes, lettuce, raspberries, cheese, raspberries
Friday
8 a.m. – A small cup of coffee
10.30 a.m. – Two scrambled egg with pesto and cheddar cheese with spinach
11 a.m. – A very small bowl of granola, a cup of tea
4 p.m. – An Oreo Dairy milk bar of chocolate
Saturday
8 a.m. – A small cup of coffee
11 a.m. – Banana pancakes
6 p.m. – Beef stir fry with broccoli, mushrooms, pak choi, peppers
A cup of tea with a small piece of cake
Lydia had lost 5 lb in six days.
Lydia wants to follow the Fast 800 diet for another week, and then swop to the 5:2 since she really thinks this has helped to kickstart her weight loss after struggling with it for a long time.
The diet provides time saving weekly meal plans and shopping lists, over 500 easy and tasty recipes designed by a nutritionist to support immunity and good health, plans to support 3 meals per day or 2 meals per day, vegetarian and non vegetarian options are now available on The Very Fast 800. Flexible recipe serves to help when cooking for others.
