Calorie counting and Fasting.

jcrfts
jcrfts Posts: 5 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Dear all and MFP.
I’m a calorie counter and regular logger of foods Ive eaten. I’m now going to try fasting for 2 days a week but MFP won’t let me post on those days... how can I get around this?

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  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    You mean you can't close your diary? So don't -- many people never do.

    (Just because I want to make sure it's clear, even though likely unnecessary, with 5:2 you eat at maintenance on the other days, the fasting is not in addition to the normal deficit.)
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,415 Member
    If you're doing 5:2, you still eat some food on the fasting days.

    I haven't closed my FOOD page in years. Completing the entry doesn't affect anything except posting to your feed if you have that enabled.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    Just please do not say you are doing a 48 hour water fast once a week.
  • endermako
    endermako Posts: 785 Member
    NovusDies wrote: »
    Just please do not say you are doing a 48 hour water fast once a week.

    I have a feeling they are and that is why it won't let her complete the day because it's giving the under 1000kcal warning
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,091 Member
    firecat1987 wrote: »
    NovusDies wrote: »
    Just please do not say you are doing a 48 hour water fast once a week.

    I have a feeling they are and that is why it won't let her complete the day because it's giving the under 1000kcal warning

    Well, it also wouldn't let her close her diary on the fast days (500 to 800 kcal/day, IIRC) in the 5-2 protocol, so there's really no way of knowing unless OP comes back, which sadly seems to happen less often than not returning.

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