Intermittent Fasting help

victoria6h

I'm a newbie to intermittent fasting and I just have some questions! I've been following mfp for a few months now and I'm just stalled and getting bored of it.

I plan to do 5:2 which is like "fast" for only two days a week (eating 500 calories on these two days) and eat normally on the other 5. and join it with the 8- hour diet so like fast 16 hours a day and eat during the other 8, but how do I calculate how much I should eat on my non fasting days??

Like should I eat at my bmr x activity level, my tdee, or the number of calories mfp tells me to eat? Or something completely different? I'm just a bit confused on the whole process! And if anybody has had any luck with fasting like does it really work? Thanks!

RodaRose

Go to the groups. Join one of the fasting ones.

blastbeat78

I follow 5:2 and 16:8. On my 16:8 days I eat 1,500 cals which is 15% below my TDEE as I want to lose a couple of pounds and lower my BF %.

blastbeat78

Go to the groups. Join one of the fasting ones.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/8005-5-2-fasting
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/49-intermittent-fasting