The F2 Diet

I don't believe Dr. Mercola restricts grains completely. I think he goes by the theory that some can tolerate them more so than others.

People should just stick to whole foods--fat and all. Didn't they just release a study suggesting that those people on low-fat diets didn't fair as well as expected and that we need good fats in order to stay healthy.

Balance. Balance. Balance. When we'll people learn?

I wish I had all the money I've spent on diet books over the years, in one lump sum. I could use few hundred extra bucks right now!

I have brought the book & would like to know if there is any way I can find out the fat values for other food products eg lamb mince, kangaroo mince. These are products available in Australia.
thanks
Chreryl

Try www.calorieking.com.au - they have some info - failing that - you'll have to rely on the individual food labels.

Following cheryl's and Jim'c comments, does a fat unit in F2 equal a gram of fat? I haven't found anywhere in the book where it specifies.

Unless you can find it in the book - I suspect there is nowhere else that would have such a thing listed. This appears to be a common criticism with the book - the "fat units" seem to be quite un-scientific in their measurement.

i have read the f2 plan and think it makessense

I have just read the F2 Diet Plan book. It mentions eating fish/bananas. Neither of these items I can eat. Can you suggest an alternate?

Hey I've just read the book and I was waiting to read just how much weight one could lose. Normally this kind of book saying you'll lose weight so much faster than other plans also has before and after stories. Does anyone know how fast you lose?

I have been following the F2 diet for two weeks and lost 3 1/2 pounds. All diets limit intake, the only difference is whether you feel hungry and miserable, or replete and (reasonably) happy. I have always liked pulses, grains and vegetarian food, though I also normally eat meat. The recipes and food lists in this diet mean that I am nevery hungry - and am enjoying what I eat. At least it does not purport to be a 'diet for life' I shall follow it for another three or four weeks, and then follow up if I start gaining.

To Jane:
Wow, that is not a great weight loss for 2 weeks is it?
I could easily loose 1kg (2.2lb) on any other programme per week, so her claim of you can loose faster on this programme is not so true?
What do you think?

My daughter and I have been following the F2 plan for two weeks, we have both lost a few pounds and have found that we never feel hungry. We both agree that we dont feel bloated and that our tummies are a lot flatter. I am diabetic and have adapted the diet to suit my needs, my blood suger levels are now excellent.

To Mouse: The thing is that I REALLY don't feel hungry, so I don't feel cheated out of fattening things, and I've lost another two pound in just less than a week. If you don't feel as if you are on a diet, you are more likely to stick to it. I only had about nine pounds to lose, which might make it easier, but sometimes getting round to shedding a small amount can be tough. THis seems to work!

I am considering the F2 Plan as I really struggle to loose weight. I exercise 5 days a week, yet at 48 still seem to be loosing the weight battle. I have had a quick look at some sample recipes, and it looks like an awful lot of preparation. What is the general thought on this?

I was losing weight slowly on a high carb low fat diet and went onto the F2 two weeks ago - I lost 3 pounds in the first week without going hungry at all, and for the first time in ages dont crave sugar and my energy levels are better. In the second week I havnt lost or gained but I find I am more "regular" than I have been in years. I could never go more than an hour or 2 at most without wanting to eat something, now I go all morning on the breakfast - I measure out 40 grams of all bran or oatbran, the banana and the probiotic and survive til lunchtime. I used to feel faint if I didnt eat often. The recipes in the book are delicous and easy to prepare - the sweet potato soup, lentil dahl and salads are divine. Whenever you want to eat healthily, it always takes planning, good food costs more, and obviously, because its raw and unprocessed, may need more preparation. You need to menu plan and shop wisely, or, just like on any diet, you will grab whats easy and to hand when you get hungry, tired and just cant find the energy or patience to make something.

I agree that in some cases, its a bit confusing, giving a finite weight for one carb then telling you to "eat freely" at another point in the book, but common sense and portion control dictates!

There's no way anyone on any diet can lose fat fast.
It takes an overall deficit of over 32,300 kJ to lose 1 kilogram (2.2 lbs) of body fat. (If you prefer the older term Calories, this equates to 7,700 Cals.) Few people can manage a daily energy deficit of more than about 2,500 kJ (about 600 Cals) – which is a decrease of about twenty-five percent of what they might normally consume. You may be able to manage a bigger deficit for a few days, but it’s usually counter-productive because you get hungry and start feeling too weak to be active. You are also likely to break out and eat junk.

If you cut your energy intake by 2,500 kJ/day, you would lose a kilogram in just under two weeks. That’s far less than most diets claim, because they’re looking at weight loss, not fat loss. Rapid weight loss is mainly due to a loss of fluid and lean tissue rather than fat.

In choosing a diet, look at how healthy it is and whether you can adopt it for life - not at how rapidly it promises weight loss. Weight accumulates slowly and when you try to lose it fast, it soon returns - usually with a few bonus kilos because the loss of lean body tissue will have reduced your kilojoule needs.

i dont know why people even bother going on diets just because their friends say they need 2 go on a diet or becuase they r told they are fat i reckon that if ur comfortable with ur weight stay that way but if ur not only then should u do something about it!!!

Have just bought the F2 diet book and read it from front to back. Just wandered about the fat content if you fancied a particular bag of crisps or something that isn't specified in the book? Also I know it says to try and put lemon juice on food, would it make any difference if it was from a bottle or a squeezy jiff lemon?

To Sarah - I really think the only way this diet works is if you stick to the rules - and it says that fried crisps and chips are a no-no. If it helps though, I have lost 7 lbs and really feel well - so its worth sticking to it (and I do have the occasional glass of wine!)

I used to do the fat unit diet (and actually still do) and lost all my weight on that. Audrey Eyton used to be a writer for Slimming Magazine who bought out the fat unit diet, hence she has it in her book now. The way you work out a fat unit was to divide the fat by 3, so if the product said there were 12g of fat divide that by 3 and you got 4 fat units. The old directory for fat units used to have 'equivalent fat units' for things that were high in sugar/calories but not fat (i.e. alcohol, chocolate, boiled sweets etc) so you have to be careful of those things.

Have been sticking to the F plan diet now for nearly two weeks, I like the food and it definately fills you up. I can honestly say I am never hungry and therefore don't sneak the odd biscuit or crisps etc like I have before so that's really good and I have lost about 5lbs. The only problem I have is I have been asked out for a few meals or a chinese takeaway and have made excuses each time as I'm not really sure what I would eat and don't want to blow the good work, unlike other diets where if you know you are going out one night you could save some points for it. I suppose the best thing to do would be to just try and pick what you want for the evening and then start again the next day on a fast-track day? Does anyone have any comments on this?

I have stuck religiously to this diet plan now for over now,3 weeks, I lost 4-5lbs in the first week but put a pound on the second week and have stayed the same since. Feel very disapointed as i hoped, like it says, to shed a few more pounds and i think i am going back to doing weight watchers as i would have lost more in three weeks sticking to that, thought i'd just have a change.

I did always feel full, especially with the breakfasts, but there is alot of preparation with the soups etc and I didn't have an alcoholic drink or anything that wasn,t in the book so can't work out why I haven't lost any more weight, especially as I have been very 'regular' and have done lots of walking, but am finishing it today as it's great feeling full but a bit pointless if you aren't losing the weight to go with it.

Maybe this diet plan just doesn't suit me, not sure why though, any comments out there, has anyone else had the same happen? I might feel a bit better, especially as this diet plan states it gives you the feel good factor! Not me, I just feel i've wasted three and half weeks of hard work, not going out, and time taking preparation for nothing really, sorry to be negative but there you go.

Your site is very useful

I started the F-2 Diet the day after the book was published in January, 13 weeks ago and have lost 30lbs, that's nearly 2.5lbs per week. I am aged 57 and was well overweight at 19st 5lbs. I find the diet very easy to stick to. As the soups and salads last for about 4 days (that's with my wife eating it as well) you only have to prepare them twice a week and they are so tasty and filling. I have noticed in the comments that alot of people have read the book,but you have to do the diet to lose weight,just reading won't shed the pounds. It is also fairly obvious that you have to cut done on drinking alcohol, you do on all diets.
My wife who is not overweight, goes to a gym where they test your body fat, and she has lost 8% since being on the diet. I think this proves that the F-2 Diet is a very healthy form of lifestyle.
This morning I have been to the Doctors as I have had high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Now all normal

I used to do the fat unit diet too and found it really easy to stick to and lost 2 and a half stone. Two babies later that lost weight and more has crept back and I didn't keep the info. Dee, what if something has 0.7 grams of fat, how many units is that, or 5 grams of fat? Is anythins 0.1 grams of fat, zero units? Would love to combine this with the F2 diet, hope you can help!!!

well I have a reasonably fast metabolism but since starting night shifts and since dating my boyfriend I have begun to gain weight. I starthed the F2 diet 1 week ago and have already lost 3lbs. The meals are really nice and I feel a lot healthier, I am also feeling a lot less tired than before.

Have been on the diet for 3 weeks now and have lost about 6Ibs, but for the last week and a half haven't lost anymore. My husband is exactly the same and we are both getting really disheartened. We are sticking to the diet except for the odd glass of wine. Am panicking a bit as going off on hols soon, and after recently having had my second baby am dreading wearing a swimsuit. Did anyone else level out for a bit, but then by sticking to it start to loose weight again? Bit worried am wasting my time. I did the original F Plan diet about 8 years ago and lost about a stone and a half, so had high expectations fromn the F2 diet - as many people have commented have found the fat unit thing a bit confusing and not very flexible.

I have been doing this diet for a few weeks now. Just wondering, can you have unlimited amounts of wholgrain foods? For example, could you have more than one bowl of cereal per day, ie. one for a snack? And does it matter if you have more than the recommended 30/40g of bran flakes or all bran in one serving? Also, I have heard that eating too many bananas in a day can be poisonous! Any comments?

Hi, Im just starting with the F2 diet but want to know if i can still have my sugar free skimmed latte's from starbucks?

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I agree with you janet. I started the F2 plan after easter and lost 4lbs in the first week. since then, I have followed the diet religiously and have put 1lb back on. I am very disheartened. I only want to loose half a stone. I did wieght watchers a few years back and although I lost the weight, by Christmas last year I was actually heavier than I was when I started on weight watchers two years before. So I followed the south beach diet and my weight dropped then stalled for 8wks until it was suggested to me to switch to F2 plan and thats when I lost the 4lbs, and now its been 6weeks and ive not lost anything

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To Louise, I have stuck with it now for about 7 or 8 weeks (have lost count) and the weight has very slowly been coming off. Myself and my husband have found our weight goes up and down a bit each week and it can be really disheartening, but generally its heading in the right direction. i have lost nearly a stone now, although its been hard going and shear determination, and excercise have been the key when a week goes by and I haven't lost anything. As I only have a few pounds to lose now and my holiday is getting closer, I have reduced the amount I'm eating at lunchtime to just having the soup and some fruit. This seams to be working. Not sure what will happen when I start eating sarnies again though. Anyway, give that a go and see if it helps. Hang on in there.

Until Kadie is desperate to lose weight, until her heart breaks because she is ridiculed day and night by the same kind of heartless sociopaths that she is, not until then will Kadie get it. I pray Kadie that you will never have to feel the pain that I have felt. I am in a fight for my life. Did I create this???? you bet. All I ask is that people try to be a little more polite and understanding with " us Obese Freaks"! When is she going to get it?

Hi, I followed this diet for two weeks, and lost 4lb. I quite liked it, but found that it was difficult to sustain it, and it wasn't the most prictical diet.

I have switched now to a diet called the Unit Diet, which I actually only started cos I thought it was the Fat Unit Diet of years ago. It's got some similarities, but it's far better.

I have lost 10lb in 3 weeks, i'm never hungry as there's always soemthing to eat (you get a list of free foods like Bananas, Poatatoes, etc). In my opinion, it's like a cross between the Fat Unit Diet, Weight Watchers and SLimming World.

If anyone wants more info it's theunitdiet.co.uk

Good Luck everyone

Debbie

I'm considering this diet, and after reading comments about amount of weight loss, I need to know how many pounds a "stone" is. This may seem like a stupid question, but I'm from Canada, and we never use that term. Thanks to anyone who will enlighten me on this.

one stone = 14 pounds, I think.

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Does anyune know whee I can get information on the fat units diet that Dee mentioned in an earlier post. I have done the diet years ago and would like to try it again. Unfortunately I lost my book. Is there any way I could get hold of one?

Hi Mazza, just read your comment and had to tell you about the jigsaw slimming diet -
w(x3).jigsawslimming.co.uk! It's fab and just like the fat unit diet. I've lost a stone in 6 weeks, very easily with a balanced diet and lots of treats!!!! Go for it Mazza!

I tried the F2 plan. Lost a little weight but found it very hard to stick to.

To work out how much fat is in a fat unit I just took the number of fat units for semi-skimmed milk (2) and the number of grams of fat in 300ml of semi-skimmed milk (5.1) and divided the grams by the units giving 2.55g of fat per fat unit.

Personally I think that the best thing about this diet is the amount of fruit and veg you eat. Up until I started it I never made my five a day and now I do regularly. One less thing to worry about!

I have the perfect diet, i might make a zillion dollars from... Dont eat so much!