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Krislynell

mzjamocha wrote: »

I love it. Please feel free to add me. There is some solid research to the benefits of brief fasting. I have lost 4lbs on the plan and finally found freedom from obsessing over food. Ive noticed appetite decreasing on non fast days, more energy. My average caloric intake is about 1300-1600 calories so I have experienced steady weight loss. Nothing drastic. This is legit. Reviewed reasearch articles on PubMed by Dr. Varady. Will also be blogging about my experience.

Did you blog about your experience? What's the blog so I can check it out?

I'm thinking of trying this. .....

ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken

I am a huge vegetable lover. I go through periods where really I just crave vegetables and they will make up most of my calories for some days. These days are very easy for me in terms of feeling full. The added benefit is the calorie intake is very low on those days even when I add a dose of butter or cheese to my meals. I love eggs and usually have a stash of boiled eggs in the fridge that I will eat as-is or make into deviled eggs or egg salad which I may eat rolled in a lettuce leaf or on a celery stalk, or I will make something like a spinach and goat cheese omelette or fritata. I have not done the actual diet you mention however, but buy default some of my days do end up very low calorie. I have not had a day like that in a while because I feel compelled to publish my diary and MFP does not allow a calorie intake of less that 1,000 to be published.

I will add this plan is not for everyone. I have no problem going for long periods between meals. I tend to be busy and quite honestly I have to set a reminder to eat and drink. Other people get real hangry, tired, sluggish and maybe even hypoglycemic if they aren't used to the low calorie days. In short, listen to your body. If it feels as if you are benefiting and feeling well then keep it up. If you feel consistently bad on the 500 calorie days then maybe consider raising the calories by 50-100 ticking it up a little at the time until you find your best tolerated low calorie level.

Dogmom1978

Here's the problem with these "fads"; once you lose the weight and stop doing this 500 calories every other day, you will most likely gain back your losses. Also, I personally feel I would pass out if I only ate 500 calories every other day. How will you have energy to work out? Or do you only work out the days you get to "eat normally"? I also don't understand what you mean by "eat normally". Would you still track calories on the "eat normally" day? Weigh foods or eyeball them?