Hello everyone

So, I’m here to give this a real good go, I really need to lose around 2 stone and keep it off, I’ve known about this way of life for the past couple of years but never really given it a decent shot, I’ve been pretty active all my life, playing football and martial arts and recently going to the gym and obstacle course races, since giving up smoking a few years back I put on weight which I cant seem to keep off, I seem to yoyo a lot. This year was supposed to be the year I lost the weight and started training more in the gym and running again, unfortunately a foot injury kept me from training in January and then in Feb I had lower back problems, turns out I have a herniated disc after an MRI scan (L5/S1) It’s gradually getting better but all the exercise I can do at the moment it walking 🙁

I’m trying this as I feel until I can start training again (6 months?) the only way to lose the fat is in the kitchen, and after reading a few blogs and stories on here I’ve decided to do it properly.

I was 12st on Sunday just gone and Monday was my first 500 calorie day, I didn’t plan it out very well, which was a mistake, but I managed it and didn’t really feel too bad, then Tues and weds I kept under my TDEE, so today was day 2 of fasting, I planned it all out, but by 11.30am I was feeling light headed and was so hungry, so the plan went out of the window, fortunately I managed to eat around the 550 calories mark now and I’m feeling ok. I’ve probably burnt around 400 calories with walking today. I cheated and weighed myself Tuesday and I had 4lbs off already, but I know that can change and not counting that 😀

Anyway sorry to mumble on a lot, its not very interesting.

I was wondering what calories people ate on non fast days and if the light headedness is just a temporary thing whilst your body gets used to the change, and what you do when you struggle and get hungry?