I just thought I'd let you know that I stuck with it.

Week 1 - 10lb loss
Week 2 - 4lb loss

Im happy with that.

A few struggles to stay within my cals on DDS otherwise as STONE in a fortnight with pudding and cream every Up day. YAH this works for me.

Hello! I am Holly/ I am 25, a mother, and I work full time as a Safety Specialist. In 2011 I saw a picture of myself that made me realize that I had gained WAYYYY too much weight! I was up to 225, only being 5'7" with an average build. In January of 2012 I lost 30 lbs, by March I found out I was pregnant and took time off until December when I was released to begin working out again. After my pregnancy I was back up to 225 and knew I had to make a change. Last year I lost 45 lbs. I am now averaging out around 180 and have been since August. I started a new workout regime and go as often as possible.

I came across IF on here and then found JUDD which I believe is more suited for what I am looking into. Today is my second DD and I am actually excited. Yesterday I ate foods I hadn't had in years! I have a wedding to be in come the beginning of June and I want to get down to a comfortable weight by then. Of course when you are a bridesmaid is almost always seems like the others who are chosen are skinny minnies!

Feel free to add me! I am looking for friends who do not criticize diary entrys because I leave mine open. It helps to keep me accountable.

:drinker:

What are thoughts on keeping the up days the amount the calculator says? I'm trying it but I'm scared it's too much!

Give it a fair try and then adjust from there after a week or two.

I did the up day calories for sedentary and tried for 500 (planned - 600 often in reality) for down days. Then since I was set for sedentary I sometimes eat some exercise calories on up days.

It should mostly be a matter of how fast you are losing weight - and not a matter of losing versus gaining.

What are thoughts on keeping the up days the amount the calculator says? I'm trying it but I'm scared it's too much!

I am trying to stay with the allotted 2000 cals. I am finding it a struggle to eat quite that much consistently. In fact I went over twice at the very beginning - over eating because you are scared you will never get food again - but after that I am eating more veg which is filling and my stomach is shrinking so I am too full.

When you think about it, if this WOE is scientifically supported, why do we trust the down day very low cal intake, which is in conventional thought bad for you, but don't trust the up day normal range of calories?

PS - Ive been avoiding the alcohol calories that would put me over:laugh:

Your absolutely right. I am trying my best to follow what the given calories were and we will see this weekend how that worked. I'm seeing changes tho....something is working;)

Hi Lisa. Glad you are having great luck with the JUDDD way of life. I have been on this for just 3 weeks. I've lost 2 lbs but see inches lost. I'm new but love it! I had a hysterectomy at the age of 29 and been in menopause for years. I'm 37 this year. I have a slower time losing but the weight does stay off. My highest was 216. I'm currently 158. Many others are having wonderful results! Wishing you the best! Jen

I have been doing intermittent fasting and wanted something a but more organized to follow.
I think this will fit my natural ups and downs in appetite since starting IF.

I look forward to meeting you all.

Hi guys,

I have been losing weight for my wedding last year with MFP, but I gained half of that weight back on now - and I don't like it. I find it really hard to get back into the counting-everything at the moment so I thought I am giving these alternating programs a go. I am also giving up alcohol, chocolates and cakes for lent, so I won't be going overboard on the normal days. :bigsmile: I have around 30-35kg in total to lose, and my first goal is 10kg - ideally by July.

I never done any JUDD/fasting/5:2/4:3 so far, but find the idea very intriguing. Do I need to buy a book and follow any rules apart from eating around 500/600 cals on low days and normal on the other days? Do you have any tips/tricks or maybe just your experience to share? I am planning to have Mon/Wed and the occasional Fri as low day, as I find it easier to control my intake on working days than over the weekend.

Today is my first low day - though I am already on 460cals after my lunch (and including my coffee in the afternoon) - not sure what to do with dinner tonight. Just cooked veggies probably. How are your low days looking? Does anyone mind sharing a typical low day? :flowerforyou:

Thank you all for reading/replying/your time!
Me

Disclaimer: I am hoping to be more active on here again, though I can only acess the forums during work, so my main interaction would be on the normal homepage - so please feel free to add me as friend! :happy:

Hi!

I'm pretty psyched about this UD/DD... I'm also intrigued by Matt Stone's Eat More to Weigh Less but don't know much about it..

Anyway, I've tried like hell to lose weight over the last 2 years and most of the time, nothing happens.

So I'm trying JUDD.

My question is .. my BMR is 1627 calories a day (down from 2100 calories resting metabolic rate when I started 'dieting' 2 years ago).

To do JUdd, it says you eat 20-25% of your calories. Does that mean I should be eating 325 to 406 calories a day?

I thought it was 500 or less which is what I did so far.

I guess I need to cut back more.

Like Jchrisman (HI JCHRISMAN!) I love coffee with half and half and will have to cut that out on Down Days. I can drink lemon tea.

THanks for any feedback.

Hoping this works for us all.

Wenda

Hello Everyone!
I've seen different information on intermitent fasting recently, and then I saw Dr. Varady's book was recently released and after reading the reviews I just had to pick it up. I am amazed at the research and the addtional health benefits, besides weightloss. I've been alternating days for roughly a week now along with my hubby and so far so good.

I've lost a little, but coupled with excercise my overall physique is changing for the better. In the book it states to weigh every day and then take the average of the 2 days, but this is frustrating as the weight flucuates between up and down days, and weight can fluctuate about 2lbs on any given day anyways. I was hoping to see more progress on the scale, but I may be eating a bit too much on up days. I imagine many people do initially, until they get accustomed to the down days, which are getting better for me.

I had already started T25 workouts in the mornings and also do Zumba. I've continued to do my workouts without much issue - the fact the I generally workout first thing in the morning helps as I normally don't eat anyway.

Hoping to see some movement on the scale in the next few weeks!

After trying almost every diet this is the only one I can actually do and it works.