5.2. Your Life: How the Revolutionary 5:2 Approach Can Transform Your HEALTH, WEALTH and HAPPINESS

by Emma Ford

5:2 YOUR LIFE: the fast way to get your life in shape.

How the REVOLUTIONARY 5:2 approach can TRANSFORM your HEALTH, your WEALTH and your HAPPINESS.

5:2 YOUR LIFE is your easy-to-follow guide to how the revolutionary principles of the 5:2 diet can be applied to key areas of your life, including:

* Fitness * Drinking * Money * Worry * Productivity * Relationships * Screen Time * Environment

We all know we should be drinking less, doing a bit more exercise and spending more time with our families than on our mobile phones. We know there must be a better, healthier balance, physically and emotionally. 5:2 Your Life is your one-stop shop to making lasting change, whether it’s spending less money, going offline, working more productively, or calming those niggling day-to-day worries.

With clear and flexible 7-step plans that move at a pace to suit you, with 5:2 Your Life you choose the area of your life you’d like to transform, turn to that chapter and focus on that area for just two days a week. There are no complicated rules and you’ll very quickly see results.

Emma Cook believes that the 5:2 ratio can help put us back in touch with every aspect of our lives and the experts agree. The book is full of real testimonies from people who have already had great success with 5:2 Your Life, including Emma, as well activities, inspiration and advice from specialists who have embraced the idea.

Be healthier, wealthier and happier with 5:2 Your Life.

Genres: Health

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Sasha · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is basically one giant opinion piece. In essence, nothing wrong with that, but I needed a little more than just personal experiences lined with random quotes by experts. You can find some wisdom in this book, but it's buried deep beneath the muck.

[Amanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

A lot of name dropping. A lot of 'I approached this eminent person and they warmly agreed with all my ideas'. Some ideas I would like to try and implement. However, generally this was a very lightweight look at adding 5:2 to other areas of your life.

[Heather · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rather tedious and mostly common sense - certainly nothing a sensible well educated person couldn't surmise for themselves. If I had ever been on a train with nothing else to read I doubt I'd have finished it. I'm also glad it is the library's book and I didn't waste money on it.

[Arne Vandenbussche · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, although the contents is not revolutionary, it makes you think about some habits and about making some progress to change them, without throwing your whole life upside down

[Tinker · Rating 2 out of 5]

Michael Mosleyn vuonna 2012 lanseeraama 5:2 – dieetti on tämän hetken trendidieetti. Itse en ole sitä kokeillut, mutta idehan on se, että kahtena päivänä viikossa syödään vain 500 kaloria (miehet 600) eikä paastopäiviä ei pidetä peräkkäin. Muuten eletään normaalisti. Guardian-lehden toimittaja ja freelancer-journalisti Emma Cook kokeili dieettiä ja ihastui. Hän päätti kokeilla 5:2 – metodia muuhunkin toimintaansa ja ”viiskakkosti” perheensä elämän. Muutoksia tehtiin kahdeksalla eri elämänalueella. Niihin kuuluivat: kuntoilu, talous, juominen, aikaansaaminen, ruutuaika, parisuhde, huolet ja ympäristö. Kun dieettipäiviä on näin paljon, ne menevät tietenkin päällekkäin. Viikossa oli yksi täysin vapaa päivä, jolloin ei ollut metodin aiheuttamia rajoituksia. Emma Cook koki tämän hyväksi tavaksi muuttaa elämäänsä. Sarja pieniä muutoksia, mutta mistään ei tarvinnut luopua kokonaan.

Kirja antaa jokaiseen kohtaan selkeät seitsenaskeliset ohjeet. Mukana on vinkkejä, tutkimustietoa ja kirjoittajan ja muiden metodia kokeilleiden henkilökohtaisia kokemuksia. Cook on myös haastatellut monia eri asiantuntijoita, joiden ohjeita hän on käyttänyt harjoitusten muodostamiseen. Kirjan ohjeita voi kukin räätälöidä itselleen sopiviksi, mutta opas on kirjoitettu vahvasti Cookin näkökulmasta. Ainakin omat elämäntapani eroavat huomattavasti tämän melkoisen varakkaan lontoolaisen kolmen lapsen äidin arjesta.

Elämä kuntoon 5:2 – metodilla on ihan hyvä opas elämänhallintaan, mutta tuskin lähtisin itse seuraamaan sen ohjeita, vaikka monet niistä ovat ihan järkeviä ja myös ennestään tuttuja.

[Lindsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

The basic idea is that if you make changes 2 days out of 5 you will be able to change plenty of things in your life and stick with the changes - sounds reasonable.
That’s it really, it could have been an article rather than a book
Planning to start with exercise and see where it goes
The book has sections on exercise, relationships, worry, environment, productivity, screen time etc

[Lisa Mcginty · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked this book. Yes I’ll agree with other reviewers that there wasn’t anything revolutionary in it, but it was easy to read and gave me a few ideas to investigate further. So I’d recommend it if you’re looking for inspiration to make some changes to your life.

[Omar Kuwatly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very basic approach to common problems in life with a lot of quotes from other books to lay the foundation of the method. Don’t get me wrong the method is great and it will help a lot of people who are in the beginner stage. But a bit on the very quick read straight forward side.

[Maree Silver · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great idea that can be used to improve all aspects of your life while remaining seemingly not to time-consuming.

[Sarah Nolan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am quite enjoying reading this book, although it's not my usual type of book. It's easy to read, as it's in small and easy to read sections, and there are good tips along the way.

[hemlet kiai · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting reading on doing small changes. Has practical steps on how to achieve this.

[Nik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple but practical tips for each area of your life...surprisingly I enjoyed the environmental section most...which I wasn't expecting! I'll definitely be putting some of the tips from that chapter into practice!