So the usual ‘wow it works’ rubbish. Been doing this for 6 weeks, walk fast for 2 hours a day, fairly active job, feel exhausted most of the time, take correct thyroid meds and…. Let’s see lost NOTHING.
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Hi and welcome vtf:
What is your TDEE?
How many calories (exactly) have you been eating on your diet days?
How many calories (exactly) have you been eating on your non diet days?
If you can’t answer all of these questions, then it may not be the ‘diet’.
I didn’t buy the book, but it works fine for me.
Hi vtf:
Are the numbers secret?
If your degrees have anything to do with mathematics you know the diet has to work – it can’t not work.
If you don’t know what TDEE is, this might help: http://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/tdee-for-the-curious-or-why-dont-i-lose-weight-faster/.
Good Luck!
Hi vtf:
Whatever. But you really should not blame the diet for your problems. I would guess you are not losing weight because you are eating too much food.
But, as you say, you have gone six weeks without gaining any weight. It is probably best you go back to your previous diet and (I assume) keep gaining weight.
Good Luck!
Well Sorry it hasnt worked for you, but please dont give up. Im sure you did it 99% right like most of us, but maybe your plan just needs a bit of tweaking. I lost over a stone since March, but now things have slowed for me too.In fact I put on one kg last week. So I need to tweak. This is my plan…drink more water especially on non fast days. Get more exercise if its not raining!! Eat less salt as I might be retaining water. Actually, I dont blame you if you do give up, you must be very angry. Please think about it a bit more, before you give up. I couldnt loose weight on any other diet until I tried this. So just reflect a bit before you decide…good luck !!
I would have given up weeks ago if i was just watching the scales alone, which has been stubborn. Ive had much more success with measurements. When my weight stayed the same, there was usually a reduction in inches. This has kept me motivated. Would you consider measurements instead of the scales, or even with the scales??
I agree with kindle. I didn’t have much weight to lose, only wanted to shift about half a stone. I wasn’t overweight to start with but being only 5″4 and very petite frame I knew I was carrying a little more than I needed to. I started this about 11 weeks ago and have only lost 6 lbs but my shape has totally changed. I’ve been lighter than this and fitted into the same size clothes therefore I must have lost more inches following 5:2. Unfortunately I didn’t measure when I started so not sure how many inches I’ve lost but now comfortably fit into clothes which wouldn’t have fitted 3 months ago so somethings worked. I’m 51 and also peri-menopausal and lately I’ve had a struggle losing anything before trying this. Maybe you need to experiment a bit with your calories, maybe try the lower end for a while, that amount would feel like a feast to me because my TDEE is only just over 1600. I know a fair bit about thyroid problems as mine’s been hyperthyroid in the past so I know you will struggle anyway with ours being underactive. I assume you’re on the right dose of thyroxine, you mentioned being exhausted and that’s a symptom of an underactive thyroid so maybe it would also be worthwhile getting a blood test and getting your thyroid levels checked out. Honestly this does work, there are plenty on here who would testify to that.
Good luck.
Karen
Hi again vtf:
Not interested in your bra size, but it is hard to help someone who only says it does not work and nothing else. After all, it works for tens of thousands of people.
One other question. 5:2 means you go to bed, get up, eat 500 calories while you are awake, go to bed, get up and eat normally.
Are you doing that, or one of the ‘options’?
Glad you’re not giving up vtf (hope I read you right there, your message didn’t come out quite right). Just tweak things here and there a bit, try 4:3 for a couple of weeks to see if you can kickstart some weightloss, maybe get your thyroid checked again and give it another 3 or 4 weeks and maybe you can see a difference.
Good luck.
Hi vtf:
Sounds like you are busy.
Given the information you have provided I can think of four things that might be going on. I have no idea if any apply to you, but I will list them and you can decide for yourself if any fit. And maybe someone else reading this might spot something that applies to them. In no order at all:
It might be your thyroid. You say you are on meds. If not correctly medicated, the effect is to drastically reduce your TDEE from what most TDEE calculators would estimate. That does not mean you can’t lose weight, but it does mean you have to eat a whole lot less to lose weight than a calculated TDEE would suggest. Most people in this situation either choose not to diet, or put up with very slow weight loss even after cutting their calorie intake to very low levels.
It may be your physical activity. You outlined a very active lifestyle. If you have taken on the job and physical activity you described within the last two or three months, the physical activity may be masking the fat weight loss caused by your diet. To build muscle, the body must retain water and the retained water weight masks the fat weight loss. This has a bit more information: http://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/exercise-is-dangerous-for-your-diet/.
Despite your weighing and measuring, you still may be eating more calories than you think you are. One common culprit is alcohol. Most calorie counters list about 150 calories for a 12 oz. glass of beer. But often a glass turns out to be a pint. And many people don’t realize that 12 oz. of beer can contain between 95 and 350 calories, depending on the kind of beer. Automatically counting 150 per glass can lead to some serious under estimation of caloric intake. Wine is usually listed by 5 oz. pours, but many bars (and people pouring at home) pour 9 oz. pours. Mixed drinks are listed by 1 oz. pours, but many are 1 1/2 (or more if people pour for themselves), and sometimes the mixer for the drink contains more calories than the alcohol.
A second common undercounting has to do with portion size. I know the amount I put on my plate equals about two times what a ‘portion’ is for calorie purposes. Some people don’t realize just how small a portion is. And then there are the calories in food that is tasted while cooking, or eaten off the kids plates after dinner that just don’t seem to get added into a calorie count.
The eating plan your are following might contribute to the issue if you are doing a 24 hour option rather than 5:2. Many people that do the 24 hour option eat their TDEE before the 24 hours starts, and after it ends, sometimes with 500 more in between and then wonder why the are not losing weight. If they don’t quit the diet because it is not working, they try changing the start/end times to see if that can help. What they really have to do is count calories four days a week to insure they are eating below their TDEE, because the 24 hour ‘fast’ by itself does nothing to restrict the calories they consume.
I don’t know if any of the above is helpful to you, but I’ve tried.
Good Luck!
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