I’m ashamed to say that I’ve tried every diet under the sun, including the 16-8 IF and I was failing miserably at it. It’s by no means healthy but turns out I’v

I’m ashamed to say that I’ve tried every diet under the sun, including the 16-8 IF and I was failing miserably at it. It’s by no means healthy but turns out I’ve always been an all-or-nothing type (complete lack of discipline) so I’ve been trying the 5-2 diet for the past couple months and I’m finally seeing results. It allows you to eat up to 125% of your daily calories on eating days and up to 25% on the 2 non-eating days. You can ramp it up by eating absolutely nothing on non-eating days an even alternating between eating and non-eating every other day which I’ve had some luck with. For me personally the advantage was simplicity and the ability to eat the things I tend to eat (within reason) without having to put too much effort into it. On non-eating days I just keep myself occupied with work, activities, etc and after a few times it’s surprisingly easy not to eat.