The FastDay Forum

So I have been doing 5:2 for about 3 weeks now, and have lost some weight but not sure how much as I don't own scales. I will do my 500 cal day fine, but then the day after (also the day before) I seem to overeat so much! In sort of a panicked way, as if to think, oh I know I won't be eating this tomorrow so even though I'm not hungry I'll eat it now anyway. I'm starting to get into a bad habit of it.. tonight for example I feel physically sick because I have eaten so much
Does anyone else have this problem? Or does anyone have suggestions on how to deal with it?

You can not control what you don't measure. You need a scale to tell if you're actually overeating.

Me! I've been doing this for four months and I still do it.

I think a few of us have experienced this at the beginning, it happened to me to a certain extent then it stopped by itself when I got more used to fasting. I agree with Michael that you need to weigh or measure so that you know if you are losing, and if you are I would give it a few more weeks and see if it doesn't sort itself out.

I have been suffering from this recently. I'm not sure I've entirely licked it yet, but what I am trying to do is be more mindful about my eating. When I go for something or go for more, I ask myself if I am hungry. If I'm not, I don't eat it. If it's between meals, I ask myself if I can just wait, and if not, if there is a healthier option.

I feel that one of the advantages of 5:2 is that it teaches you that being a bit hungry won't kill you, and in general seems to sort of change your appetite. I have to admit now that I feel uncomfortable pretty quickly. I don't like that feeling, and it's definitely wasted calories, so I try not to let it happen. It doesn't help you if your next day is a fast day--if anything it makes you hungrier.

I have the same problem but for a different reason. When I started this WOE I was surprised at how my overeating problem improved, but I'm a comfort eater and have a stressful life so I regularly go back to pigging out on non fast days.

So my eating pattern is all over the place - a fast day followed by a careful day, then a couple of days when I can't stop eating, another fast day, more overeating etc.
I still managed to lose the weight and I'm hoping to get the overeating under control eventually.

Good luck sweet21, I hope that your non fast eating will revert to normal soon.