Fasting on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
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I did 4:3 for a year after 5:2 stopped working, but 4:3 stopped working too - I think you can guess what was happening. Since I started tracking, 5:2 works fine. I can understand wanting to lose more quickly, but I decided I like my food more
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ah yes. those non fast days! i haven't started tracking those yet, but will if I hit a week where things don't move in the right direction... tracking for me feels too much like every other diet ever, but I see the sense of it....0
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My daughter and I are doing this together. She just asked me about adding a day. I wasn't sure I should advocate it. Let me know how it goes.0
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I did 4:3 for a year after 5:2 stopped working, but 4:3 stopped working too - I think you can guess what was happening. Since I started tracking, 5:2 works fine. I can understand wanting to lose more quickly, but I decided I like my food more But whatever works.
Because of your comment, I started doing the math.... I'm short and close to goal. Can't burn tons of cals through exercise, because my hr is rather low (400cals/h on a fast run is about max).
I maintain / gain slowly when...
5x2000
2x500
equals 11000 cals per week
Exercise per week 1000-1500cals
equals 12000 cals per week of food
My Tdee (calculated before exercise as this variies alot) is 1600-1700cals.
Thus I lose slowly 9000-10000 cals + exercise burns. I'm not satisfied, if I restrict more and am OK with losing the last bit slowly. As long as I don't gain, I'm happy.
This week I'm trying to get back on track and lower the amount I eat on non fast days a little. I've been having closer to 1800-2000cals a day for a while now (a bit more on some days) and have slowly gained 3lbs, because I still love eating.... Time to get back to business!
Just trying to show some of the newbies, that it's a process that needs to be reasessed once in a while. Even after almost 2yrs, I need to do this and look at my weight trend over a few months to see if it is going up, down or staying put.
Here is the proof, that I need to step in and turn it around!
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but if you squint your eyes, the graph looks like a caterpillar going down a leaf, which is a good thing. Keep up the good work - you're doing really well.0
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you know the scene in magagasar when the lion is talking to the zebra and all he can see is big dancing steaks instead of his head? that's me right now! so just had my 48 cal cuppa soup and am gritting my teeth..0
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Lol lulu. To your squint post....very nice, but I think, you need glasses
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nooo!0
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sanjoparolas wrote: »I did that and it worked for me. I still plan to fast each MWF but typically something comes up on one of the days so I figure at least I got my two days in. I am in the middle of my normal BMI now, 5ft 5in 137lbs this morning. I have been as low as 132.something on this plan. I seem to be at a stable weight, not really losing more, but that is fine with me since I never thought I'd be at this weight again and this way I don't have to buy more new clothes. I don't know what goal weight I would choose since through fasting I dropped more than I would have originally thought possible. I think fasting is great. It keeps me aware and appreciative of all the wonderful foods available (like bananas with pumpkin seeds - yum!). So I am sticking with fasting and focusing on whole foods. Obviously I eat plenty on my non-fasting days so I don't think dropping to one day a week would work out well for me! Best wishes to you on your journey to your goal!
When you did mwf fasting did you do a water fast or eat low calorie? Thanks ◡̈0 -
I targeted 500 calories on my MWF fasting days.0
