beginning the journey and am confused.

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johnt

7:24 am
3 Mar 16
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I stepped on the scales and discovered I weighed 119Kg – added to this my doctor was getting concerned it was not just a matter of my age (68) but there were signs that my weight was beginning to adversely affect my health. I am reasonably fit – have a job where I do a lot of walking up and down hill every day but clearly more was needed.

Began the 5:2 this week. Fasting on Monday and Tuesday works best for me. No problems with the fasting – I rarely felt the hunger pangs. And the reward was there! I weighed myself Tuesday evening and discovered that I had lost 6 kilos! great news.

But wednesday and thursday have been a disappointment for even though I keep my intake to a round 1,000 calories on both days my weight has crept back up to about 114 -115Kg.

So here is the question: is this normal?

simcoeluv

7:52 am
3 Mar 16
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Hi johnt and welcome:

The average weight loss on 5:2 is a pound a week. Your exceptional loss was water weight loss. There is no answer for your expectations given your initial loss. Keep on with 5:2 and you will do well.

Good Luck!

MmeMonkey

7:54 am
3 Mar 16
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Yes, it’s normal. I’d recommend weighing once a week. Everybody’s weight fluctuates from day to day. If you must weigh every day, bear this in mind and look at the overall trend.

Also, we’re all a mix of fat, muscle and water and the number on the scale doesn’t tell us that much. Maybe take some body measurements to see how else you’re changing. Be patient.

Apricot

8:10 am
3 Mar 16
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Yes, it’s so important to keep hanging in there. Was reading some posts last night by Quiltybefevered, who had picked up a thread shed originally started in 2015 weighing 2012 lbs. She is now 156lbs, having ridden the same switchback we’ve just started. It’s very motivating to read things like that and get encouragement.

Apricot

1:17 pm
3 Mar 16
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You’re right, it’s very confusing, as the low fat research programmes, which were big bucks, were quite faulty in their construction and also in some cases reported findings that their data didn’t support. There’s lots to read on this if you enjoy such things. One of the best is Dr David Ludwig’s recent book, “Always Hungry? Conquer cravings, retrain your fat cells….” But even the Kindle edition is a bit pricey. Gary Taubes first did a debunk. Dr Michael Mosley’s newer book, The Blood Sugar Diet, also covers some of this ground. Animal fats are not just fine but good for you.
If you’re using a low carb diet, the advice seems to be increase your fats, which stops you feeling so hungry. But if you do this, when you take your carbs up again, either by accident for a family party perhaps, or because you’ve gone off your diet, or because you’ve gone into a maintenance stage, you must lower your fats again so you aren’t on both higher carbs and higher fats, or your weight will go up again, as will your triglycerides. You’ll notice that all the low carb diets have maintenance phases with lowered fats, including MM’s blood sugar diet.