Hi Guys
This is my experience since I’ve been doing the Fast Diet, that is 36 weeks now.
My target was to lose the 10 kilos I gained during pregnancy. So, my initial weight was 69kg, target weight was 59kg.

After 20 weeks of 5:2 I lost 5 kilos and a few centimetres spread around waist, hips, thighs etc. – Great.

Then, 4 weeks later no change whatsoever. Not so great. I started monitoring my daily TDEE which is 1500 calories, but I was staying within the allowance. Another 4 weeks passed, no change in weight, nor in my measurements in cm. That is 8 weeks of plateau.

So I decided to try 4:3 for 4 weeks, doing it on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
The results: I lost 2 kilos and a couple of cms around my body. Fantastic!

However, for the last 4 weeks I reverted back to 5:2 and guess what? No change again, neither in weight, nor in measurements.

My conclusions on my ‘experiments’ are:

When it comes to me and my body the 5:2 regime worked in losing fat in the first period. Now if I want to lose fat I have to go 4:3. If if stay on 5:2 I simply manage to keep the current weight, but I don’t lose any more.

This has naturally got implications for the future, for when I will reach my target weight. My worry is this: once I reach my target weight, does it mean I have to stay on 5:2 forever in order to keep my weight? Because if I switch to 6:1, as the book recommends, I might start to put fat back on.

Any thoughts? I’d be curious to know what others have experienced when switching between 5:2 and 4:3