Any Low Carbers doing 5:2 or 4:3 willing to share food diaries with me?

carom

Hi, I have been lurking around doing kinda doing some fasting but not properly. Today is my first 500 cal fast day. I am eating low carb and have been very strict with my calories but I can see I will need to let that go for this IF to be successful. Hubby and I watched a doco last night on BBC about 5:2 and he is now keen, YAY! He will be starting next week. I have a lot more weight to lose than him. Anyone keen to share their journey? please 'friend' me

Foamroller

You don't have to give up lowcarb for IF. Depends on how you wanna play your calories.

I went other way, I started on 5:2 and 16:8, then got headaches. Googled it, found atkins flu etc. I reckoned that going in and out of the flu was a waste of energy. Reseached some more and found that being Fat Adapted, using fat as main source of energy + ketones, probably would keep more even energy levels. So I took the plunge and added lowcarb too on the non-FD. Lost 12-13 kg between sept-nov 2014. Then another 2 kg dec-jan. Sorry don't quite remember. Maintained scale weight since then, but have gone down sizes from L to S. Size XS in undies. Still do IF eating window and lowcarb/keto.

No regrets!

Add me if you want, but look in the weeks I actively dieted.

carom

Wow! Foamroller! that is so good Thanks for that info, do you count calories on your non-FD? or just eat low carb and not worry? It does freak me out to think about not counting calories but I think it is ruling me a bit too much.