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I think as per a lot of us on here we can get to fixated on weight and wieghing.. Since starting IF (mostly 5:2 pattern) in August I’ve only weighed myself before Christmas and then again a few weeks after New Year .. My big milestone was getting back into my favourite jeans..
I suspect I have spent most of the time since starting IF on one or another plateau.. It feels like my weight loss / shape changing happens in short bursts rather than a continous decline.
So my message is really I think expecting a continous gradual shrinkage is probably quite rare .. so just keep at the IF and it will all shift..
It is so much about managing expectations .. if you expect to loose x lb per week you will be dissapointed.. the timescale needs to be longer .. the key I think is keeping a good diary of your fast days and at tops weigh yourself monthly.
Hello, Everyone, I am 6 months in and was doing so well until about 8 weeks ago when I guess I hit the dreaded plateau. I haven’t wavered from the fasting two days a week but I think I am doing less well on my “eat” days because I don’t feel that much is happening. I don’t plan to quit because of the plateau because I am committed to this indefinitely. But, it is kind of discouraging not to notice a change in the way my clothes fit, etc. in the last two months. I am not a regular weigh-er and know that I’m better off if I don’t weigh because I could get very discouraged and so much of this is a mental thing. Like Iwillbe12st I weighed after 10 weeks (10 lbs lost!) and after 18 weeks (down another four!) but I haven’t dared get on the scale during this period of not much happening. I don’t want to get stricter with eating on eat days because that would defeat the charm of this plan–that I don’t feel that I am on a diet and denying myself the five days a week when I am not fasting. I am encouraged to read that others are hitting that plateau and will keep going and hope that I start showing some change again soon. In the meantime, no weighing, no dieting on eat days and continued hope that my medical exam shows an improvement in my numbers. At least I am down those first 18lbs. and THAT has made a huge difference in my life and my feelings about myself. At the age of 68 I had pretty much given up on ever making permanent progress in losing weight so this has been nothing short of a huge victory. Good for all of us!!!!
It’s encouraging to read these stories- I have been on 5:2 for about 6 months and have lost 15kgs. but for about six weeks now I seem to lose and gain the same 1kg over and over. I do look at the big picture and am happy with my weight loss and ideally would like to lose only another 1.5-2 kgs. as this would give me a BMI in a healthy weight range but it’s becoming increasingly frustrating. I have increased my exercise from 1 hour to 1.5-2hrs. most days and have changed to 4:3 for several weeks but the weight isn’t moving. I’m not tempted to give up, on the contrary it just makes me more determined although sometimes I think it would be better to just stop trying so hard. I also find it very hard to give up weighing myself mainly because I’m afraid I’ll gain weight and not be aware of it.
Hi:
The odds are you are eating a bit too much on your non diet days, but your increased exercise may be hampering your loss, also. Here are some thoughts on plateaus: http://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/on-plateaus/.
Good Luck!
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