HI! I see 2 things, maybe 3.

First, too many carbs. Carbs are what increase insulin levels and tell your body to store fat. And they are not a necessary nutrient. Eat more protein and healthy fats.

Second, exercise is good for you but has little to do with weight loss, and will cause weight gain. Stick to a couple of very short, high intensity workouts, and maybe 1 weight session.

And three, pretty much ignore the tdee calculations. In my opinion, they are way off. I never would have lost a single ounce if I ate that much! You don’t say your age, but if you are older like me, you don’t need very much to live on.

A couple of other tips: No snacking between meals, even on non fast days. No eating after dinner. Go as long as you can or eliminate breakfast. The longer your body is without food, the more it will burn the fat you already have.

So, try that for a week, and let me know what happens!

How can it be a plateau when you’ve only been following 5:2 for 10 days?

It is not a quick weight loss method, the average loss is just under 1lb per week for women and slightly more for men.

I agree with fitnfast regarding eating, too many carbs and too many calories.
The best thing to do is calculate your TDEE on this site and select sedentary for your exercise level. Stick to that or a little below for five days and stick to 500 for a woman or 600 if you are a man, on fast days and you’ll lose weight.

What do you mean by strength training and working out? I doubt very much that you’ve done enough exercise in 10 days to gain enough muscle to show on the scales.

I’m with Amazon, it’s really early days.

I think I overdid it….was on a 5:2, but the diet was for 5 days and non fast for 2 days a week, sometimes 3. Lost about 6.4kg in the first 3 weeks .but it has slowed down.feel like I might hit a plateau soon .and I still have like 5kg to reach my goal.any ideas on what I can do?