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Fair point, that was what I was concerned about
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Quick one. Having taken your advice I'm considering going back to aiming for ~1800 calories (1lb week loss) rather than ~2300 (maintenance) but sticking with 5:2 fasting rather than alternate day. I figure the 1800 calorie target will be good to aim for in general but then leaves the 500 calorie wiggle room for some…
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Thanks everyone for your help and advice!
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Thanks and I appreciate the logic, I've only just started using MFP and properly monitoring as part of this dilemma, I could be reading into things too much and proper food logging will be the solution all by itself. Just feel like I'm eating so much more on non-fast days now. Previously I would skip breakfast, have a…
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I've never been active exercise wise so not much change there. In which case the calories in could have increased but I was mindful of that which caused my change to alternate day fasting instead of 5:2 and also reducing non-fast calories. I guess using MFP properly and monitoring my calories may cause the reduction in…
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I was 13 stone about 18 months ago but I can't seem to start heading back in that direction, quite the opposite!
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Ok fair point, but considering I was reducing my daily calorie intake quite significantly and increasing my fasting but still putting on weight I can't imagine I was undoing all of that calorie reduction at the weekend pushing me past by TDEE and increasing weight. Especially as we do try to keep it healthy and don't…
