Hi emstar I’m doing 4:3 coz I’ve loads to lose + I do usually split days up but have done consecutive day easy but think most seem to do Mon+Thurs to split + leave weekends free but I’ve also done occasional Sun, whatever works best for you week by week, that’s the beauty of this WOE its so flexible. Good Luck.Sue

I posted this on a different thread earlier, but see my feedback and query may be more relevant here.

I’m new to this (just started third week) so am still trying to wrap my head around the calculations, and am trying a few ways of fasting to see what works best for me in terms of how I feel/cope with the fasting. The first week I had two meals on just one day (couldn’t fit in a second that first week), finishing eating around 8 PM pre-fast day, then on the fast day I breakfasted at about 8 AM then dinner at 7 PM. Breakfast the next non-fast day was around 8 AM. That, I think, gave a fast including sleep time of 36 hours. Emstar, I lost 3 lbs that week.

Last week I tried two consecutive days. I split my 500 calories into two meals (breakfast and dinner). I last ate pre-fast on Sunday at about 8 PM then had two fasting days, breaking the fast on Wednesday at about 8 AM. That, I think, gave a fast of 60 hours, i.e. between normal eating and including sleep. That seemed to go reasonably well, though I felt a bit light-headed and sluggish on the second day. In terms of weight lost that week Emstar, I lost 1 lb 6 oz.

This week I am trying consecutive days again, but with just one meal (dinner) at about 7 PM. On Saturday I last ate something at 10 PM (I was eating out, so not a normal eating time for me – littlewing’s comment about addressing any excesses of the weekend was part of the appeal of fasting the next day!). I fasted Sunday, not eating anything until 7 PM. Today, another fasting day, I will eat at 7 PM, then will breakfast normally tomorrow at about 8 AM. That gives a fasting period of 58 hours, if I am understanding this correctly. I haven’t felt particularly hungry over these two days, and in fact feel full of beans today and have lots of energy. It may be that the one meal option works best for me (or the consecutive days). I weigh myself one day a week, Friday, so I will feed back on how this week has gone later. I’m next going to try one meal on two non-consecutive days to see how that works.

My personal preference is going to be to fast on non-consecutive days, but domestic circumstances this week and last meant that it was more convenient to try out the consecutive days option (and satisfy my curiosity at the same time).

Also interested in how Sue.Q and FastCouple’s 4:3 is working compared to 5:2.

Hi there, I also am doing the 2 consecutive days as I enjoy being alcohol free for 2 days in a row and then cutting down rest of the week and Monday/Tuesday are relatively quiet
I started off really well but have also reached a plateau and been on the same weight for the last 4 weeks now
I don’t eat till lunchtime each day and generally have soup for dinner around 7 pm
Any advice gratefully received too

I tend to eat out a lot more on weekends, so I do my fast days early on in the week, following the weekend binge. I’ve done them back to back but could switch this if I needed to. That’s the nice thing is this diet can be very flexible, as long as you do your two days in the week. One of the things that really gets to me is all the junk food around the house: candy bars, chips, cookies, etc. I really wish there wasn’t so much of this around as it would help tremendously.

look @ what these fasting scientists said from horizon
2 this blogger

http://feedfastfeast.com/2012/08/25/grabbing-the-bullshit-by-the-horns/

mariao

here is a convo i had about that
hope jeanius clarifies it for u

still confused. anybody else?

wiltldnrUSA

12:02 am on 4 Jun 13

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jeanius or michael or mimi
eventhough i have been doing this since march 2nd and have lost 20 lbs

i’m still confused over the fastdays

if i eat @7pm sun a nonfastday
then @7pm mon fastday 24hrs
then tues a nonfastday @8am is that a doublefastday or 1 1/2?

should i eat after 12am tues a nonfastday

because i’m so hungry wasn’t b4 but now i am

Jeanius

7:29 am on 4 Jun 13

Hello, wiltdnrUSA – On the schedule you quoted, Monday is your fast day, and you appear to be saving the whole of your calorie allowance until you eat one meal at 7pm, thereby having fasted for a full 24 hours (from Sun 7pm until Mon 7pm). Then, what is recommended is that you sleep overnight on the Monday, without eating anything more since the 7pm meal. Waking on Tuesday, a non-fast day, you can eat normally, breaking your fast whenever best suits you. Some people prefer to wait for as long as they can before eating on the Tuesday so that they can achieve another substantial period of fasting. (From 7pm Mon until 9am Tues, for example, is another fast of 14 hours.)
I assume by referring to 12am Tuesday, you are asking if it’s OK to break the fast at midnight, on the cusp between Monday 23:59hrs and 00:00 hrs Tues. Of course, the choice is yours – and what matters is that you find a timetable that you feel able to sustain on an on-going basis – but it would seem a shame to waste that easier-to-fast-when-sleeping overnight period by eating at midnight before you sleep, from Monday night until Tuesday morning. Whatever you’ve been doing to date seems to be successful, as far as weight loss is concerned, but if you’re finding your chosen timetable a bit of a struggle now, maybe you could try different timings. But, then, perhaps that might be just too confusing? Best wishes for further success in your efforts, whichever timings you choose.

Jeanius

7:51 am on 4 Jun 13

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Postscript to wiltdnrUSA – I am suffering the consequences of 50 years of eating just before I go to sleep, now having to take on-going high doses of drugs to not-very-successfully manage a damaged and painful gullet, so I really don’t recommend late-night eating. With all best wishes.

wiltdnrUSA your advice is great thank you. I logged on to see if two consecutive days is worthwhile as I have a busy social week this week and from reading the above and the article you quoted further up I can actually do two non consecutive days if I just have one meal. I have also realised that this is probably a better way going forward and might help my plateau. Thank you for being concise and putting all this information together

EZ. Rider, I am not a doctor but I do believe your body would tell you if you did something wrong. I think we all have to tailor the diet to our own needs and as you feel great I would not worry.

I am also a fan of switching things around. I do not follow the same routine every week, at least not for now. I am still keeping an eye on the calories I consume on non-fasting days as I do not want to consume too many without knowing it.

I also made some drastic life style changes such as giving up drinking Coke and putting sugar in my coffee. In fact I gave up drinking coffee altogether…not easy!

Good luck with it!
Stef.

Because it is just too hard!
The only thing that keeps me going on a fast day is knowing that I can eat normally the next day.

Because I want it to be a sustainable lifestyle for *me* and not a short term fad. Making it non-consecutive means I can fit it into my life and it’s my life I’m trying to change.

If it works for you, and is sustainable you can make that choice. (you can make the choice regardless, it really is whatever works best for each individual)

I am fasting every other day hence doing 3:4, non fast days on Sat and Sun. Will this be as effective as the 2:5?

Also, will my body get used to the routine and adjust accordingly so consequently hinder the weight loss?

Hi, Sorry I didn’t explain the days correctly. Non fast days are Sat and Sun, Fast on Monday, Non fast Tuesday, Fast Wednesday, Non Fast Thursday, Fast on Friday and then back to Sat/Sun non fast days. 3 fast days and 4 non fast days, 2 of the non fast days are back to back.

Thanks

Hi running:

No.

One is 4:3, the other is alternate day fasting, or every other day fasting.

I don’t think its healthy not to eat anything on fast days: the author advises to eat 500 cal for women and 600 for men. Also, if people stay on fast more than two days a week, they will be just too hungry and wont be able to maintain this program for long. There should be less focus on the amount of weight lost and more on eating more healthy and sticking to the program.