The 2 Day Diet is a very similar diet to Dr. Michael Mosley’s Fast Diet but is based on a different approach to effortless weight loss.

Developed by Dr. Michelle Harvie and prof. Tony Howell , the 2-day diet includes only two days of low calorie diet per week and five days of normal 1800 calorie diet for women and 2200 calories for men.
First of all, let’s see who the 2-day diet is designed for and what are the differences with the famous Fast diet.

2-DAY DIET: WHO IS IT SUITABLE FOR AND WHAT IS IT DIFFERENT?

The two-day diet was created to allow those with more than 10 or 15 kilos to lose but cannot diet easily and does not eat in a varied and balanced way, but tends to have a disordered diet and are allergic to low calorie diets.
There are three differences with the Fast diet:

• diet days must be consecutive, for example I recommend Tuesdays and Wednesdays or Wednesdays or Thursdays. Others who don’t go out on weekends and don’t eat more than other days might do it on Saturdays and Sundays.
• the calories in the diet days are 650 and not 500.
• instead, calories on non-diet days range from 1800 calories for women to about 2200 for men, while the Fast diet only recommended eating healthier.

Furthermore, the choice of foods is limited to vegetables, yogurt, skimmed or soy milk, egg whites and fruit, broths on low-calorie days. In addition, a supplement of vitamins and minerals.
Obviously as in any diet it is:

• you need to talk to your doctor first;
• exercise on non-diet days.

HOW NON-DIET DAYS WORK

During the 5 non-diet days it is advisable to stick to a whole Mediterranean diet. This means preferring skimmed dairy products, yogurt, low-fat milk, eating a maximum of two eggs a week and limiting the consumption of red meat in favor of white meat. At the same time it is necessary to limit sweets by preferring fruit and eat a large portion of vegetables for both lunch and dinner. Finally, it would be better to eat whole foods for what concerns cereals and baked goods and to use whole flours.
This diet can give results in terms of weight loss especially in winter, making the days of holidays fall into non-diet days, even if this means eating more, but at least you will keep the weight instead of losing weight, without the risk of take it.
In the link you will find recipes that will help you make the menus tasty and balanced.
Let’s see in detail how to do the 2-day diet.

TWO DAYS DIET MENU

Breakfast: a glass of skimmed milk or unsweetened soy milk plus 100g of banana, or 180ml of orange juice plus 125g of plain plain or soy low-fat yogurt. Alternatively, a plain or soy low-fat white yogurt and a portion of extralight pumpkin pie.
For dairy products we can also choose lactose-free products, as long as they are zero-fat. 

Snack and snack: a kiwi or a plum of 100 grams.

Lunch and dinner: a vegetable cream made with vegetables of your choice, except carrots, potatoes and beets plus vegetable or meat broth without oil. Alternatively a plate of vegetables of your choice except those mentioned, cooked in a pan or boiled or baked without oil. Or try the slimming and swelling soup.
100 grams of cottage cheese with yogurt or an omelette of 150 grams of egg whites with a level teaspoon of parmesan, cooked in a non-stick pan or a 125 grams low-fat yogurt with fruit.

This menu is the same for men and women.
On page two we see the menu of the 5 days, just to have an example of our diet in the rest of the time.