5:2 Diet Recipes, Meal Plans and Fast Day Meal Ideas
Discover how to do the 5 2 diet, what the Fast Diet and Fast 800 diet is all about, and everything from easy meal plans for 500-800 calorie fast days to deliciously healthy 5:2 recipes. Here you'll find healthy recipes under 800 calories for fast days, diet tips and 5:2 diet diaries to keep you on track all in one handy place. Read our latest advice, tips and recipes for the 2:5 diet, made famous by Dr Michael Mosley, before you start your intermittent fasting journey...
Diary of a 5:2 dieter - week two
February 11th 2014
Sarah McGinnis is Get the Gloss' Art Editor. She survived week one of the 5:2 diet, but how about week two? >>>
The Fast Diet Recipe Book: Ratatouille With Rye Bread Toast
January 31st 2014
5:2 diet supporter and author Mimi Spencer shares another of her low calorie recipes that's guaranteed to please >>>
Diary of a 5:2 dieter
January 28th 2014
Get the Gloss’ Art Editor Sarah McGinnis kept a diary as she embarked on her first week of the 5:2 diet... >>>
The Fast Diet Recipe Book: Soft Boiled Egg with Asparagus Spears
January 24th 2014
Tempted by mid-morning snacks on your fast days? 5:2 diet convert Mimi Spencer shares her delicious and nutritious breakfast recipe to keep you going >>>
The Fast Diet Recipe Book: Turkey Burgers with Tomato Salsa
January 17th 2014
On the 5:2 diet? Make a fast day a tasty day with this low calorie recipe from Mimi Spencer's Fast Diet Recipe Book >>>
Book review: Fast Exercise by Dr Michael Mosley and Peta Bee
January 14th 2014
Fast Exercise is Dr Michael Mosley's follow-up to his 5:2 diet bestseller. Together, he and co-author Peta Bee are a dream team >>>
The Fast Diet Recipe Book: Pan-Roasted Vegetables with Spiced Balsamic Glaze
November 27th 2013
In an extract from her Fast Diet Recipe Book, Mimi Spencer rustles up a delicious meal for two which won't bump up your calories >>>
Glossip Girl: Kim Kardashian and the Atkins diet
November 25th 2013
Has the Kardashian effect reignited the low-carb lifestyle? Glossip Girl Emma Gunavardhana investigates... >>>
Vegan Before 6: the new 5:2 diet?
November 25th 2013
Is living as a vegan until 6pm the new 5:2 diet? Anna Hunter finds out about the tried and tested diet plan that promises weight loss and a clearer conscience >>>
The Fast Diet Recipe Book: Sarah Raven's Chicken Puttanesca
November 19th 2013
In an extract from her highly successful cookery book for the Fast Diet, Mimi Spencer shares a delicious but healthy recipe idea >>>
The Fast Diet Recipe Book: Lightweight Cottage Pie
November 13th 2013
In an extract from her Fast Diet Recipe Book, Mimi Spencer shares a lovely and light recipe for cottage pie without the calories >>>
How the Other Half Live: Fat farms
June 18th 2013
Christa D'Souza heads to Grayshott Spa, where old fashioned decor meets modern weight loss regimes >>>
The Fast Diet Recipe Book: Salmon fillet dishes
June 12th 2013
In her Fast Diet Recipe Book, Mimi Spencer shows you how to make three delicious dishes with salmon fillets. Here's the recipe so you can put it to the taste test >>>
The Fast Diet Recipe Book: Yoghurt fruit pot recipe
June 5th 2013
The Fast Diet is one of the most talked about eating plans of all time - here's a delicious recipe for a fast day from Mimi Spencer's recipe book >>>
Book Review: The Fast Diet Recipe Book
May 9th 2013
Intermittent fasting has become the health-conscious foodie’s favourite way to lose weight. Fast Diet advocate Mimi Spencer’s new recipe book makes it as delicious as it is doable >>>
A week in the life of a 5:2 faster
February 12th 2013
Journalist Mimi Spencer had such incredible results from the 5:2 diet she decided to write a book about it. Here she describes a week in her life as a 5:2 faster >>>
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The 5:2 diet plan: week six
February 11th 2013
It's the final dose of our six week series of the 5:2 diet plan - but there's still plenty of tricks and treats to try >>>
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The 5:2 diet plan: week five
February 4th 2013
For the fifth instalment of our six week series, Vicki Edgson reveals a brand new menu for the 5:2 fast >>>
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The 5:2 diet plan: week four
January 28th 2013
In our six week series on how to do the 5:2 or 'intermittent fasting' diet, Vicki Edgson puts a new meal plan on the table >>>
Book review: The Fast Diet
January 25th 2013
Is Dr Michael Mosley's new book on the 5:2 fast diet worth a read? Hilly Janes finds out >>>
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The 5:2 diet plan: week three
January 21st 2013
In our six week series on how to do the 5:2 diet, Vicki Edgson walks us through the third week's menu >>>
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The 5:2 diet plan: week two
January 14th 2013
How do you do the 5:2 diet? In a six week series, nutritional therapist Vicki Edgson leads the way - here she is with week two of her diet plan >>>
Golden Globes inspiration: perfect pins
January 14th 2013
Kiran Branch grills Bodyism on how to tone legs to red carpet standard after spotting a new trend at the Golden Globes >>>
Why celebrity crash diets need to stop
January 12th 2013
With A-listers drastically shedding the pounds for the role of a lifetime, some celebrities’ dedication to their art could be damaging their long-term health. Ayesha Muttucumaru reports on what is becoming a worrying trend on the silver screen… >>>
The anti-fad diet
December 29th 2012
There's a new diet in town and this one's here to stay, says GTG's editors Sarah Vine and Susannah Taylor >>>
