Hello,

I recently tried I.F for about 4 months. I had great results early on and I reckon I dropped about 8 kilo’s over 2 months, maybe another kilo over the next month (drastic slow down), then the loss ground to a halt entirely. I was trying the 5:2 version of fasting, not the warrior diet etc.

So I had stepped it up, by about the 3rd month when things were slowing down. The 5:2 diet became more of a 4:3 or 3:4 diet. I started doing weight circuit training in the mornings, cycling to work, going for walks at lunch, and watching what I was eating on non fast days etc thinking this would give me the push I needed to keep losing weight. It achieved nothing, with only one kilo lost in the 3rd month, and nothing in the 4th

Now I suspect I have gone too hard and damaged my metabolism, slowing it down to a snail. Has anyone else had similar issues, and if so, was there a solution?

What I am presently doing is going off fasting entirely until the end of the year, and trying to maintain my exercise routine to prevent too much weight re-gain. Then I plan on going back on to fasting at the end of the year with a less gung-ho approach, to hopefully prevent repeating my error. But I am not really sure if that break is long enough, or if its too long?

Any advice or opinions appreciated. Thank you