CALORIE COUNTING NOW…what next

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swaven

1:21 am
25 Feb 14
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I do not get it.

Why are we being careful with what we eat on non fast days, when we are told to eat anything we want and as much as we can handle without worry, guilt or calorie counting (which seems to have now popped out of the wood work).
No one in their right mind is going to gorge themselves senslessly to make up for lost eating days unless you are a glutton and weigh 600lbs and need 10,000 calories just to breathe. But I doubt that they too would struggle with overeating……we are not all that STUPID.

Wasn’t there testing completed where people were eating over 110%+to 170% of the daily calorie intake on the non fast days without gaining extra weight??
AND it mattered none.

Now, we are told not to over eat on non fast days and COUNT CALORIES(check reply from moderator).

So what is the real story????? Another fad…..?????

I AM CONFUSED.

arla

1:41 am
25 Feb 14
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It’s anything you want (ie no foods are forbidden) but not as much as you want of everything.

A suprising number of people don’t know what their normal amount ought to be. So an awful lot of people don’t count every day. Some people are counting everyday because that’s what works for them, and they assume that is what everyone else needs to do to. Also many people find it hard to let go of the concept.

The suggestion is on the FAQ page under
“What do I do if I’m not losing weight
•Keep a diary of everything you eat or drink for a week. Then look at the calorie content. Some foods may leap out. I was horrified to discover a muffin can be anywhere between 300-600 calories. Lots of evidence that people who keep an honest diary lose more weight”

So there are reasons for counting calories if it’s not working. Or if you’re utterly clueless about food. After all if Michael can have no idea that a muffin can range from 300 to 600cals then why assume everyone else knows something like that.

simcoeluv

6:37 am
25 Feb 14
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Hi:

Here is 5:2 – you eat 600 or fewer calories two days a week. The remaining five days, you eat ‘normally’. If your ‘normal’ eating is your TDEE or less, you will lose weight.

It is up to you to eat your TDEE or less – if you eat more, you will either lose weight more slowly than you think you should, or gain weight if you eat more in your five non-diet days than you subtract during your two diet days.

Good Luck!

Stef.

7:08 am
25 Feb 14
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Shaven, what you are referring to is ADF, alternate day fasting or as called by Dr. Krista Varadi, The Every Other Day Diet.

This form of eating means you fast every second day and that allows you to eat what and as much you like.

Dr. Mosley, the founder of the 5:2 diet found this form of dieting not sustainable and tried it with 5:2, which he found much more tolerable. In this case though for it to work, yes…you need to count your calories somehow as you have to stay under your TDEE on your feed days.

I understand your frustration…I have asked myself today, whether this means that I will have to count calories for the rest of my days and I guess somewhat the answer is yes.

Stef.