Up day/Down day or Alternate Day Fasting

I don't have any feedback yet because I've only just started, but I've just started my second week of 5:2 fasting (2 days fasting per week), I cut down to 500 calories per day on my 2 fast days, and try to net 1900 calories on my non-fast days (1900 is the level that MFP set to maintain my current weight).

I'd love to hear how other people get on with it. I split my fasting days up because I'm so hungry the day after a fast that I could never even contemplate 2 days in a row, and because I'm trying to maintain my higher activity levels and can feel the slump by the end of a day fasting. I eat my calories early in the day - I find a good breakfast of ham/bacon and eggs keeps me full for most of the day, where lots of little 100cal snacky meals do nothing to satisfy my hunger. I keep 100cal back for the end of the day and have a yoghurt before bed, because I struggle to sleep on an empty stomach. On non-fast days I eat as normal (I overindulged a little last week, but I'm aiming to control myself a little better this week, now I'm back to work)

If I weigh-in the day after a fast, I've found I lose between 1-1.5kg, but most of that goes back on once I start eating again.

Feel free to friend me - I'd love to hear how other people get on with this

Hi, I have been on this diet for two weeks and have lost 6lb, I find that it is fine in the week, but at the weekend is a real struggle, so have been giving myself an extra day after a feed day on the weekend so I can have a drink and feed my hangover the next day. I am hoping I will gain a little more self control and stick to every other. I am 11st 4lb now with a bmi of 25.8 and am hoping to get to 10st 7lb and a bmi of 23 and then I want to do the 5:2 diet to maintain my weight. Fingers crossed it works!

Me too!
I'm doing 3 DOWN DAYS @ 500 cal Mon/Wed/Fri
My UP DAYS are 1800 cal Tues/Thurs/Sat
And I have a MID day on a Sunday at about 1200 cal... that way I can recover from a few glasses of wine on Saturday night!!!

Please add me as a friend for support if you like......I don't have any friends yet :sad:

There is now a 5:2 group which I have posted my week 2 results to. Somewhere on this forum I posted my week 1 results, but I could not find it for anything. Basic summary: Week 1 I lost 4 lbs, week 2 I lost 3. I am currently in the middle of week 3.

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