5:2 diet

After watching a BBC documentary called Eat, Fast, Live Longer, I was most inspired to buy the book written by the researcher and presenter, Dr. Michael Mosley, The Fast Diet.
Its research and logic is very sound, and it appeals to me strongly because it sounds very easy to manage.
The premise is simple: eat whatever I want for five days, and fast for two (consuming just 600 cals).
The health benefits are manifold. I’m looking forward to starting it, but I won’t be posting a forensic analysis of my progress on here because it’d be boring to read.
If this concept interests you, feel free to get in touch.
I’d recommend the MyFitnessPal app to track calories on fast days (mine will be Mondays and Thursdays), and I’ve just joined a nice Facebook group called FeedFastFeast, so come on over and say hi!

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Waiting for his date. Old Compton Street, Soho 2011 Do you guys like my pictures?

Waiting for his date.
Old Compton Street, Soho
2011

Do you guys like my pictures?

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A cafe in Portobello Road, London.

A cafe in Portobello Road, London.

Damn migraines.

I get these nasty migraines. They start with disturbed vision and blind spots, accompanied with facial numbness that spreads down my left arm to my fingers. Then a pounding headache that last for hours. Yeah, I have one right fucking now.

McDonald’s

McDonald’s

mirroringthemoon: londonlife: mssapphire: Redistributes wealth among all citizens? Oh, you mean like having no health care and going all the way to the hospital to be greeted with a “I’m sorry, we can’t take you in, we don’t even have gauze. If you could buy some maybe we could take care of your wounds” or having three women sharing a bed in the maternity guard because there aren’t enough beds? Oh wait, or you mean the wonderful exchange control system which gives everyone access to foreign currency as long as they have a credit card but, downside (!), means having a 30% (or 46% this year) inflation rate so that everything suddenly costs double overnight? Or maybe it’s a minimum wage that is not even enough to pay for basic monthly food supplies (both numbers given by official sources)? No, no, no. I know what you mean now! It is having 42 violent deaths per weekend (according to the numbers released in 2012) in the capital because there are over 12 million weapons in a territory with 30 million people. Because, you know, police has no infrastructure to even write down a speeding ticket and keep track of it, let alone be in shape to deal with the abnormally high crime rates. NO! I GET IT! It’s having kids, younger than 12, on the streets asking you for food or money to get by. You know, in every single red-light? Oh no. Sorry, you meant having Las Misiones in the poorer neighborhoods which may give them access to some courses, but never, ever putting some funds for the public education system to actually improve it. Or is it having some medical modules there that have “doctors” with barely 4 years training who can only give you basic medical assistance but never, ever, actually refurbishing the hospitals and making them truly open to the population. Or is it importing most of the products which means everything, including food and medicine, is worth three times more in a matter of months instead of making a strong national industry? NOOOOOO!!! Sorry, my bad. It’s being 12 years in power and only making things worse in the long run by slapping patches on all the problems we had way before him. Oh, and also being so responsible to run for elections when he knew he had a terminal disease and stepping down before letting his so beloved country in uncertainty. Because, you know, as much as Chavism tried to link itself to socialism, I’m still waiting to see all those promises they made (repeatedly) to the people fulfilled.So yeah, an incompetent government regardless of political affiliation, no thanks. I think I stand corrected. Thank you. I must give greater credence to the viewpoint of someone who lived under Chavez, rather than my opinion from afar. Thanks for opening my eyes. I think my view was influenced by my loathing of capitalism. Please Venezuela, don’t veer down that road instead.

mirroringthemoon:

londonlife:

mssapphire:

Redistributes wealth among all citizens?

Oh, you mean like having no health care and going all the way to the hospital to be greeted with a “I’m sorry, we can’t take you in, we don’t even have gauze. If you could buy some maybe we could take care of your wounds” or having three women sharing a bed in the maternity guard because there aren’t enough beds?

Oh wait, or you mean the wonderful exchange control system which gives everyone access to foreign currency as long as they have a credit card but, downside (!), means having a 30% (or 46% this year) inflation rate so that everything suddenly costs double overnight?

Or maybe it’s a minimum wage that is not even enough to pay for basic monthly food supplies (both numbers given by official sources)?

No, no, no. I know what you mean now! It is having 42 violent deaths per weekend (according to the numbers released in 2012) in the capital because there are over 12 million weapons in a territory with 30 million people.

Because, you know, police has no infrastructure to even write down a speeding ticket and keep track of it, let alone be in shape to deal with the abnormally high crime rates.

NO! I GET IT! It’s having kids, younger than 12, on the streets asking you for food or money to get by. You know, in every single red-light?

Oh no. Sorry, you meant having Las Misiones in the poorer neighborhoods which may give them access to some courses, but never, ever putting some funds for the public education system to actually improve it. Or is it having some medical modules there that have “doctors” with barely 4 years training who can only give you basic medical assistance but never, ever, actually refurbishing the hospitals and making them truly open to the population.

Or is it importing most of the products which means everything, including food and medicine, is worth three times more in a matter of months instead of making a strong national industry?

NOOOOOO!!! Sorry, my bad. It’s being 12 years in power and only making things worse in the long run by slapping patches on all the problems we had way before him. Oh, and also being so responsible to run for elections when he knew he had a terminal disease and stepping down before letting his so beloved country in uncertainty.


Because, you know, as much as Chavism tried to link itself to socialism, I’m still waiting to see all those promises they made (repeatedly) to the people fulfilled.

So yeah, an incompetent government regardless of political affiliation, no thanks.

I think I stand corrected.

Thank you.

I must give greater credence to the viewpoint of someone who lived under Chavez, rather than my opinion from afar. Thanks for opening my eyes. I think my view was influenced by my loathing of capitalism. Please Venezuela, don’t veer down that road instead.

Source: londonlife
mssapphire: Redistributes wealth among all citizens? Oh, you mean like having no health care and going all the way to the hospital to be greeted with a “I’m sorry, we can’t take you in, we don’t even have gauze. If you could buy some maybe we could take care of your wounds” or having three women sharing a bed in the maternity guard because there aren’t enough beds? Oh wait, or you mean the wonderful exchange control system which gives everyone access to foreign currency as long as they have a credit card but, downside (!), means having a 30% (or 46% this year) inflation rate so that everything suddenly costs double overnight? Or maybe it’s a minimum wage that is not even enough to pay for basic monthly food supplies (both numbers given by official sources)? No, no, no. I know what you mean now! It is having 42 violent deaths per weekend (according to the numbers released in 2012) in the capital because there are over 12 million weapons in a territory with 30 million people. Because, you know, police has no infrastructure to even write down a speeding ticket and keep track of it, let alone be in shape to deal with the abnormally high crime rates.  NO! I GET IT! It’s having kids, younger than 12, on the streets asking you for food or money to get by. You know, in every single red-light? Oh no. Sorry, you meant having Las Misiones in the poorer neighborhoods which may give them access to some courses, but never, ever putting some funds for the public education system to actually improve it. Or is it having some medical modules there that have “doctors” with barely 4 years training who can only give you basic medical assistance but never, ever, actually refurbishing the hospitals and making them truly open to the population. Or is it importing most of the products which means everything, including food and medicine, is worth three times more in a matter of months instead of making a strong national industry? NOOOOOO!!! Sorry, my bad. It’s being 12 years in power and only making things worse in the long run by slapping patches on all the problems we had way before him. Oh, and also being so responsible to run for elections when he knew he had a terminal disease and stepping down before letting his so beloved country in uncertainty. Because, you know, as much as Chavism tried to link itself to socialism, I’m still waiting to see all those promises they made (repeatedly) to the people fulfilled.So yeah, an incompetent government regardless of political affiliation, no thanks. I think I stand corrected.

mssapphire:

Redistributes wealth among all citizens?

Oh, you mean like having no health care and going all the way to the hospital to be greeted with a “I’m sorry, we can’t take you in, we don’t even have gauze. If you could buy some maybe we could take care of your wounds” or having three women sharing a bed in the maternity guard because there aren’t enough beds?

Oh wait, or you mean the wonderful exchange control system which gives everyone access to foreign currency as long as they have a credit card but, downside (!), means having a 30% (or 46% this year) inflation rate so that everything suddenly costs double overnight?

Or maybe it’s a minimum wage that is not even enough to pay for basic monthly food supplies (both numbers given by official sources)?

No, no, no. I know what you mean now! It is having 42 violent deaths per weekend (according to the numbers released in 2012) in the capital because there are over 12 million weapons in a territory with 30 million people.

Because, you know, police has no infrastructure to even write down a speeding ticket and keep track of it, let alone be in shape to deal with the abnormally high crime rates. 

NO! I GET IT! It’s having kids, younger than 12, on the streets asking you for food or money to get by. You know, in every single red-light?

Oh no. Sorry, you meant having Las Misiones in the poorer neighborhoods which may give them access to some courses, but never, ever putting some funds for the public education system to actually improve it. Or is it having some medical modules there that have “doctors” with barely 4 years training who can only give you basic medical assistance but never, ever, actually refurbishing the hospitals and making them truly open to the population.

Or is it importing most of the products which means everything, including food and medicine, is worth three times more in a matter of months instead of making a strong national industry?

NOOOOOO!!! Sorry, my bad. It’s being 12 years in power and only making things worse in the long run by slapping patches on all the problems we had way before him. Oh, and also being so responsible to run for elections when he knew he had a terminal disease and stepping down before letting his so beloved country in uncertainty.


Because, you know, as much as Chavism tried to link itself to socialism, I’m still waiting to see all those promises they made (repeatedly) to the people fulfilled.

So yeah, an incompetent government regardless of political affiliation, no thanks.

I think I stand corrected.

Source: londonlife
It’s a beautiful day in London!

It’s a beautiful day in London!

Chelsea, London.

Chelsea, London.