I’ve found that since I started the 5:2 three weeks ago my migraines have increased. It could be from other sources (usually hormones, weather, and dehydration affect me the most), but I kind of ruled those out after the first week. In addition, I’ve had diarrhea either on my fasting day or the next day. You can imagine, I’ve been a little miserable since this began.

To figure out if it really is the fasting, I may cut the fast day down to one day per week for a few weeks and see if the symptoms continue. I just started a yoga regimen and hope to begin walking regularly.

The one thing this diet has taught me so far is that I can go awhile without eating whereas before, I thought I might faint or die if I was hungry and didn’t eat anything, haha.

My main question is has anyone had any luck adjusting the diet to help with these side effects? It’s so disappointing, but I really don’t see the benefit in making myself miserable twice a week just to lose the weight.

I definitely didn’t eat very much protein yesterday. I guess I’ll also have to figure out how to not have too much water, but just enough to stay hydrated.

I can try upping my protein and see if that helps.