One month and nothing

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aytees

1:13 am
7 Feb 15
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Hello everyone,
I’m in Ontario Canada, and have been doing 5:2 for one month and have not lost any weight, nor have I lost inches. I’m going to try a 5:2/16:8 combo to see if that will help. I don’t over-eat on non-fasting days, and in all honestly I have no desire to count calories on those days (I’m careful as it is!). I’m sure I’m not eating too little, either. I’ve been exercising 20 minutes a day (mostly on a mini-trampoline). I’m ready to give up if I see no change this month. Very depressing, especially when I see so many success stories.

stephanieefany

4:41 am
7 Feb 15
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I know you don’t want to count calories on non-fast days, but it might be useful to keep a food diary of everything that you eat, on both fast and non-fast days, to see if perhaps you are eating more than you thought you were?

Other than that I would say – get thee to the Dr! You possibly have an underlying condition that is preventing the kilos coming off. Also, it’s worthwhile seeing if your blood pressure/cholesterol/blood sugars are coming down. Even if the weight isn’t shifting, if those numbers are good then you are getting healthy which is really the aim of the game!

Good luck!

Amazon

2:04 pm
7 Feb 15
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If you aren’t losing weight you are eating too much on non fast days. It happened to me so I counted calories for a few weeks to see where I was going wrong and give myself a better idea of portion size. It worked and I’ve now lost 4 st.

aytees

3:30 am
9 Feb 15
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Thanks for your replies. I honestly wouldn’t know how to count calories on non-fast days. I make home-made meals all the time, and would have no idea how to count the calories for those meals! I just make sure I have small portions and don’t eat sweets, bread, etc. If I have to count calories on non-fast days, then I will be sure to give up!

KJfastdiet

3:28 am
27 Feb 15
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Hi Aytees,

I agree with the others that tracking your calories is essential. I have lost over 30 lbs now but it’s taken 7 months and I did experience a two month plateau in there. When it happened, I definitely was overeating on my non-fast days. It never seemed like that much food but one or two poor choices each day can quickly negate your fasting days (especially when your tdee starts to drop). I increased to 3 fast days a week with daily tracking of all calories and the weight loss started up again.

It may seem daunting at first but it gets much easier over time. I cook at home 99% of the time. I suggest you just start by tracking what you like to eat. You will probably start to see regular meals that you have all the time. Before you cook one of those meals look up the calorie information for all the ingredients. Then divide up the meal into your usual number of servings and divide the total calories by the number of servings. Your ingredients will often have calorie information on the package. Fruits and vegetables you can look up online. Once you figure out what meals you regularly like to eat…it will be much easier to track the calories.

My fasting days are super easy now because I have “go-to” meals. The non-fasting days sometimes take a little more research but it’s well worth the time invested. If I want to eat something different than the recipes I already know, then I have to take the time to look it up. Sometimes it doesn’t happen until after I eat something but that information can be an important wake-up call for future choices (beer and chicken wings is a deadly calorie combination!)

Can I ask how are you ensuring you stay under the 500 daily calories on fasting days? Do you go the whole time with only water?