Anyone tried the 'Eat Every Other Day' diet?

endlessfall16

Aaron_K123 wrote: »

No I haven't tried that diet. I also haven't tried the diet where you hire someone to kick you in the balls anytime you pick up a donut. I typically just try to moderate my intake while increasing my activity level.

LOL. Read like a very effective warning to guys. I only went with "dangerous" just to be inclusive.

But I agree with the sentiment.

lorrpb

No, it is a ridiculous plan IMO.

Christine_72

The main draw for me was it was easier to diet every other day then 7 days a week! The fasting days were freeing for me, as i didn't have to think about what and when to eat, it was just my 500 calorie dinner and done and dusted.

sijomial

lorrpb wrote: »

No, it is a ridiculous plan IMO.

I'm not even clear exactly what the plan is - are you?

The OP needs to respond to clarify what exactly she is doing, it's very vague as presented.
If it's the Krista Varady ADF diet then it's not even supposed to be calorie counting on the high days - it's ad lib eating which would commonly be somewhat over maintenance but not enough to cancel out the fasting days where only c. 25% of TDEE is consumed.

When I did 5:2 I was concerned that people focussed only on the 2 fast days and didn't actually follow the 5 day normal eating part and restricted those days too. That's a people problem not a program problem.
A bit like the many people on here who follow every day calorie restriction routines but restrict too much.

crzycatlady1

Christine_72 wrote: »

I had 30lbs to lose and lost 24 of those in 4mths doing ADF. I had no problems with it, and it didnt ruin my metabolism or cause me to binge on my up days. These books helped me through.

All 3 are great books, they were the blueprint for what I did for my initial weight loss phase