Hi there,

Some possible tips for you could be – What are you drinking? Is it only water and black tea or coffee? Are you drinking enough water? Have you thought about skipping breakfast and lunch and waiting until dinner?

Do you have much weight to lose? Maybe your body is having difficulties adjusting. Stick with it but perhaps mix it up a bit to give your body a little shock?

Have you considered 3 fast days for a few weeks to kick start again?

Sorry a lot of questions I know, but something to think about.

Hiya yellowelephant, if you are doing this to lose weight then you kind of do have to pay some attention to calories (especially as you lose significant weight), you won’t be able to stick to the same pattern right until you’re down to your ideal weight (especially if exercise is a foreign concept).

Your individual TDEE will change as you lose weight, so you need to take that into account as you are losing. You don’t need to religiously count calories on your non-fastdays but it would be a good idea to have a rough idea what you’re taking in on your non-fastdays and make sure you are always roughly on or slightly under your current TDEE. You could then guarantee that you’d be down by a minimum of 2000 calories a week (or slightly more). That would equate to about 3.5-4 lb per month.

The good thing you’ve discovered is that you will be comfortable with maintaining your weight on this lifestyle once you get down to your ideal weight. You may have only lost 6lb but despite not counting calories at all you have managed to maintain rather than put any weight back on.

Yellowelephant, do not despair! Look at the positive side you have lost weight!

I would like to echo Tracy’s comments. Write down everything you eat on non-fast days. If you have a phone you might be able to download an app such as myfitnesspal or LoseIt! which makes calorie counting much easier. You might be surprised to find that you might go over for your TDE on non fast days. There are so many little things with tons of calories that I was not aware off before downloading these apps! I.e. some little cookies have a huge amount of calories. The other day I ate a tintsy caramel sweetie nust to find out it had 40 calories.

Alternatively, you might consider doing 4:3 for a week or two to get things going again. The beauty off 4:3 is that you do not have to watch your calorie intake at all!

Anyhow I wish you luck and hope you stick to it.
Stef.

Adding my voice to the “Don’t despair” chorus, yellowelephant. I’ve had a few up weeks in the six months I’ve followed the plan, meaning my weight went up a bit. They kinda bum you out at first. Now they just drive my resolve to continue. Good luck.