5:2 diet and pregnancy - need some experienced advice  (8 Posts)
Gentleness Tue 16-Oct-12 23:29:04  Google has failed me on this,
so I'm hoping somebody here will be able to help me out...  I
know several people who have made huge differences to their
weight and general health by using the 5:2 diet and everything
I've heard about it seems to fit well with my understanding of
my own eating patterns and downfalls. Except the calorie
counting (really not my thing) on fasting days and I'm not
really sure I've understood that bit fully anyway.  BUT I'm 7mo
pregnant with dc3. I've a fair bit of spare tyre to lose as I've
always been chunky, lost weight naturally and unintentionally
with the 1st pregnancy but piled it on with breastfeeding which
made me insatiably ravenous. Put more weight on with pg2 and it
never really came off, although I lost 12lb just before pg3.
I've not put on a lot of weight so far, just had a lot hanging
around already, and it doesn't make the physical side of
surviving with 2 toddlers and