Sounds like you are doing really well. Weight loss really does show in the face and makes people look younger! Also a good move to see a nutritionist.

The bulk of my weight loss occurred before I did FMD as I was logging all my food and very determined. I started dieting in October and had lost 40lb by the time I started FMD in February. From memory I lost about 7lb doing FMD and put on about 2lb when I started eating normally again. So all up a 5lb loss in the 5 days. I also lost 3cm off my waist which has stayed off.

I'm about to do my second round of FMD tomorrow. Will log my weight and waist measurement in the morning and see how much I lose second time round. Will report back!

First, let me say I don't lose weight easily. I'm short and old and female, and any program I follow, even at 1,000 calories a day, I generally lose a couple of lbs. a month, if that. Even MyFitnessPal told me this, at the lowest calories it would put me on (1,200 per day) it told me I would lose 1/3 of a lb per week, lol. My cousin told me about FMD and I had to try it right away. I've done intermittant fasting before, the 16/8 eating window, and it actually helped me maintain my weight for a year without really counting calories. Even though I lose slowly I seem to be able to maintain on what seems to be pretty high calories. Anyway after my 5 day FMD I have lost 3.4 lbs. which is amazing for me. My pants have noticeably loosened around my waist. I would love to lose about 6 more, as I have gained some in the last year (when I stopped doing my 16/8 intermittant fasting!) So I put my calories to 1,000 on MFP and made my macros favor fat with enough protein and carbs to be satisfying and I think it'll be ok for continuing to lose, slowly... What is awesome aboyt the Fasting Mimicking Diet is that I am not craving the surgary things or the fatty salty things! And is it just me, or is food tasting so damn good right now! A half grapefruit tasted so wonderful I was savoring it like desert. :-)

Yes I’ve been making some bad choice too lately. I think I’ve eaten all the chocolate in the house so hopefully I can get back to it and ditch the sugar stuff.

Once a month! It's doable. And inbetween, I'm doing 16/8 intermittant fasting just to hold on to my losses. I tried to stick to 1,000 cal. a day to continue to lose more but it got too hard. I have however held on to the weight loss by doing 16/8. I have followed 16/8 intermittant fasting on and off for a few years, and it helps me to maintain without trying very hard or tracking food. If I want to lose however, I have to do more than that, like track my food and keep to lower calories. If I do FMD once a month for 5 days and lose a couple of pounds that way, it would be so much easier than tracking food all month. I may continue the FMD even after reaching my goal just for the health benefits.

Hey, @tg701 - how did you Fasting Mimicking Diet go for you? I am doing that this week. Friday, I'll go back to my regular diet (mostly plants, based on Eat to Live). So far, I am loving this enough to plan to do this monthly for a while.