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  • Eating days vary between 1800 and 2200 calories, though I aim for 2000 (so up from 1200 which clearly was not healthy and seemed to burn more muscle than fat). The two fasting days, I desperately try not to eat anything (I drink lots of water though), but the book says 600 is OK. I initially made the change because I…
  • After losing 40 pounds I stalled for a couple of months. Increasing exercise and pushing calories extremely low (seldom above 1200) didn't move the needle at all. Then I changed to the 5:2 method while cutting back on exercise, and 20 pounds fell off in a few weeks. I don't think 5:2 is necessarily better than exercise,…
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