Hi Sam,

Two things I can think of to check:

First – is your TDEE actually 2000? I mention as I know I was surprised to find mine was far less when I input my details – around 1600. This doesn’t make a huge amount of difference to calories allowed on a fast day but it could make a difference to the total for a non-fast day. On a weekly basis the loss just comes down to arithmetic – basically eating less calories than you need to stay the same (your TDEE).

And the second is really just to try to measure your non-fast day consumption as accurately as you can. I don’t like the idea of calorie counting generally – and I don’t do it myself I just have a rough guess – but when you are not losing it can be worth just checking this for a week or two to make sure you are not eating more than you think.

And I’d just pick a weekly weigh day. I always weigh the morning after my last fast day of the week (that is my lowest point) – but I know if I get on the scales on other days, it may have gone up a bit – until I complete the fast days the following week.

Good luck – and let us know how you get on!

Cath x

Hi Sam, It’s understandable to feel disappointed – you have had less calories and are excited to see if you have lost weight and then, when you haven’t, or put some on, you wonder whether it was worth it.

I think the thing is everyone is different and have different amounts to lose and so will lose (or gain) differently. I can be really good one week and lose nothing and not so good another week and lose a pound or two.

Cath’s right about the TDEE. I try not to count calories either but, after a while you get to know roughly how many calories you are eating. The concept is that you can eat what you like on non-fast days but it doesn’t mean you can eat as much as you like. If I’ve had a bit too much one day I just try to cut back the next day.

Good luck and keep us posted – Linda

Hey Sam,
I think that I would point the finger at fluid retention. I know that if I eat rice then the next day I weigh more from fluid retention. Pizza is also very salty which also leads to fluid retention.
When I know that psychologically I really need to get a good number on the scales they are two things that I avoid like the plague. 🙂
Hang in there and keep going you will have lost fat and the fluid retention should disappear pretty quickly. Bet you see a good result next week.

lol – Enjoy your hot chocolate tomorrow – would give anything for a cold breeze at the moment. 45 degrees celcius here today in Melbourne with 41 degrees forecast for tomorrow. Plenty of sparkling mineral water on the menu here – even on the non fast days. 🙂

Oh Sam that’s brilliant – it must make you feel great! And always good to have a goal to aim for – think of looking slimmer in a great outfit in April.

Keep going – you know you can do it!

Cath x

How are you getting on at the moment? Have you found any more loss? In the first four weeks, I lost 8 pounds. I am trying not to weigh myself so obsessively anymore! Trying to resist temptation until 3 weeks time to see whether there’s been a significant loss between now and then!

Hi Sam

Well done on your 10lb loss, that’s amazing.

Let me know how you get on with you next weigh in – wishing you the best of luck. I was like you before, I was obsessed with the scales, last month I was weighing myself every day and sometimes before and after the toilet, haha, maybe a bit far – but I have now stopped that, and my next weigh in will be on March 7.

I hope it is a significant amount in three weeks – I know what you mean about wanting to document yourself as you go along, but I think for my own sanity it was time to hide the scales until a few weeks away!