I’m still a few pounds from my target weight, but as I get closer to it, my TDEE (the calories needed to maintain my present weight) goes down. To maintain my target weight would either involve eating less each day and thinking about calorie intake daily, or fasting 1 or 2 days per week and worrying less about what I eat the rest of the week. Cutting calories on a daily basis to meet the TDEE of a new lower weight never worked in the past. That’s why I would always put all the weight I lost back on. The 5:2 is easy enough to stick with. I’ve been doing it since mid May without much problem. So I intend to stick with it after I reach my goal. That way, I can eat a little more for 5 days and take it off on the 2 FD. I think it’s a good solution to permanent weight loss.

There are several maintainers here in the forum that are successfully doing this now.

@ml. There is no short cut. Initially it will take will power to break that cycle. If you stick at it for a few months you’ll find that once the cycle has been broken you wont need will power to eat the right things and eat the right amounts, it will just come naturally. Good luck.

Drink water! Drink boldly-flavored teas! If this helps control hunger on a Fast Day, it should work on a Slow Day, too.

MiracleL, ever write down what you eat on a Slow Day? Sometimes looking at that list is a deterrent to over-eating. But as bigbooty says, the longer you Fast, the less prone you will be to over-eating. It could also be that you are dehydrated. Got any long-term projects to work on for about 2 hours a day? When I was new to Fasting, I painted the upstairs rooms for 2 hours everyday with a large glass of water for company. Kept me away from the cookie jar.