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I have been doing EM2 ZWL since April 23, 2012, I lost 8.5 pounds since then. The first week I lost a pound, second week I lost 1.5 pounds. Third week scale went up but I never recorded it so I do not remember how much. By three weeks after I recorded that second loss, I was down another pound. The next week after my gain I was trending down already but it took a couple of weeks the go below where I had been. This is from diet alone, since I had the stroke I walk only when I need to, I cannot really exercise at all. It trends about a pound a week. Lots of folks seem to change to EM2WL because of plateau. Not me, the low calorie diet was working (23.5) physically but mentally I was liking my reading that people said they no longer had the urge to binge. Could I eat more some days - sure. I am 44 & sedentary so my calories are not as high as some! But I used to remember going to bed hungry every night before and I do not miss that. And contrary to what I read my primary goal IS weight loss. With my "sanity" being a close 2nd. Even before when I lost 58 pounds on the VLCD ( & I mean Very Low- I was on a physician supervised protein shake fast) , I was always waiting for the other shoe to drop. I may still feel like that when I get to my goal but somehow I do not think as much.
I am all about doing what works as long as you are not hurting yourself or anyone else. If you hang in there - you may join the rest of us by having success. Personally, I try to only talk to others that get it - too much hating out there out there. Good luck!0 -
Ps - I never did the full reset - this was eating between BMR & TDEE-15% cut.0
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