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Welcome to This way of eating (WOE) Skillz–my best advice is for you to spend the time reading the hundreds of posts on this forum–and if you havent read the book to certainly do that.
When I started 5:2 I did my homework on this site–and found my questions pre-answered and lots of helpful hints for the way forward. So spending time on this site sure pays off. Since November I have lost 5 very stubborn kgs–looking back on the past and all the money I have spent on diets each kg would be worth golden $500.
You can work out your daily calorie allowance on this site also.
all the best and from the hundreds of responses on this site the fast diet in its many forms DOES work.
Like you I’m a regular gym user. While I want to lose weight, in fact I’d be happy with just losing fat! I don’t think I lift hard enough to replace it all with muscle unfortunately. I do take creatine too but have been off it since Christmas since I didn’t think I’d get to the gym enough to make it worthwhile… hence I’m mentally pre-prepared for the scales to go back up when I restart as I WILL retain water (and fart more! :-D)
There doesn’t have to be a limit on non-fast days (so it doesn’t feel like a diet you can’t keep up forever), but it helps to stick to your total daily energy expenditure – there’s a calculator you can find from the home page. Another thing that I haven’t been good at is starting the fast after dinner. You’ll lose more fat if the day before your fast day, you eat dinner quite early, and don’t eat anything after dinner, so your fast starts at 19:30. In effect you’d then actually fast 36*2 = 72 hours out of a 168 hour week, or 3/7 of the time. This more disciplined approach will help you lose weight, if you’re not already doing it.
Bear in mind that 1 pound is equivalent to less than 1 pint of water.. so your weight will obviously vary by at least that much within a day.
As Stu says, be careful not to over-eat on normal days, if you eat 2500 calories less than you used to on a fast days but eat 1000 calories extra the rest of the time next, you won’t lose weight!
Having said that, after a week, you’re only a few days since your second (ever) fast day, so it’s not surprising you’re not seeing definite results yet. Give a few weeks to kick in before you make any big decisions!
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