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Hi Memstarina!
I have been doing the AFD for 11 weeks now. Took 4 weeks of that time off on holiday (and did not fast) Have lost 12.5 pounds as of this morning’s weigh in. Also 3.5 inches around my waist and dropped one size already. I am averaging around 1.5 – 2 pounds a week on an ADF. Best of all is the extra energy. I simply feel healthier. I find it easy to do ADF because if I have something I crave…I know the next day I can have it.
How are you finding it? How long have you been doing ADF? To answer your question…I keep the hours thing pretty simple…one day I fast…the next day I eat normally. I don’t count hours. If I fast on Sunday…then on Monday morning I fix a regular breakfast.
Happy Fasting 🙂
Carla
I have been doing ADF for six weeks now. And when it is a fast day, I really fast. Only water on those days. The really cool part is that I don’t restrain myself at all on my eating days. I have whatever in the world I want. Ultimately, in six weeks’ time, I have lost 25 lbs. It has been the easiest weight loss experience ever.
The reason I love it is that it requires almost no mental energy at all. On normal diets you have to expend a tremendous amount of mental energy on every meal. You have to stress about what to eat that is “good”, or feel guilt-ridden for being “bad”. A normal diet is, in my opinion, just an opportunity to fail three times a day and feel awful about yourself. ADF, on the other hand, requires almost no mental energy at all. On the fast days, you don’t have to wonder about what to eat or not eat. I already know I’m not eating. It’s no big deal. I can go out with other people and they can eat right in front of me. Even if I feel some hunger, it is never really a temptation for me. Besides, I only have to wait until the next day. Then, on the eating days, I get to eat whatever I want. Seriously. This past week I ate on Monday, Wed, & Fri. Monday night I had an enormous barbecue dinner with two gigantic beef ribs, sausage, brisket, bread, all the trimmings, and two beers. Wednesday night I had fabulous mexican food with chips, hot sauce, queso, tortillas, and two beers. Friday I had an outstanding burger, fries, onion rings, and a chocolate malt. And I still lost three pounds for the week.
That is, in my opinion, an awesome way to lose weight! I highly recommend ADF. It takes a little adjustment, but now I can’t even think of going back to the old ways.
Hi Tom,
I admire the fact that you are capable of being mentally tough enough to do a total fast on AD’s. I would find it very hard and since I expect this to be a way of eating for the rest of my life I have found the “normal” 5:2 way of eating really manageable. My weight loss is approx. 1/2 lb. a week on average but it is slowly going down.
Nice going.
Quick
Quick,
I actually don’t consider it being “mentally tough” on the fast days. It was a little difficult for the first 10 days, or so, but I don’t even notice it now. My body has gotten used to it. True, I do feel hunger on the fast days, but it isn’t extraordinary. It isn’t overwhelming. In fact, it isn’t anything more than just the normal level of hunger anyone might feel. And it does go in waves. I don’t even really feel anything, now, until the afternoon. And there’s another period in the evening. That’s about it. But it doesn’t require any mental toughness to not eat. As a matter of fact, it would feel more burdensome to me to worry about trying to stay under 500 calories. That requires a lot of thought. NOT eating doesn’t require any mental energy at all. The decision is already made, and I don’t even have to spend a second thinking about food during the day.
Truly, this requires almost no mental exertion at all. That’s why I know that I will be able to stick with it. Once I meet my weight loss goals, I may change to a 4:3, where it is a full fast on the 3 days, and I eat normally on the other 4. That would be really easy to maintain indefinitely, in my opinion.
So glad I saw this post today. Considering starting ADF. I started the 5:2 plan 3.5 weeks ago. I’ve lost 3 pounds, which is great since I don’t have a ton of weight to lose. However, I would like a faster loss than a pound a week…especially with the holidays fast approaching!! (I’m hosting my husband’s company Christmas program the first week of December & would like to rock a little black dress!! Ha!) I also feel like I could easily add another fast day. I feel so great when I fast & often feel like I could easily throw in another day. Think I’ll experiment this week & see how it goes. The only thing I see as an issue would be weekends.
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