Milly107 wrote: It seems strange that I'm having to virtually force myself to find the extra calories on feed days as I was struggling to even hit the 1200 of before but find them I did.
I know there's a division of opinion on this point but I often see people say that they can't eat their full Up Day allowance (for JUDDD ADFers) and is it OK to eat a lot less. By and large, veteran fasters on other forums advise that people should eat as much of the UD allowance as possible and not aim for long-term reduced calories on the non-fast days as this seems to be associated with reduced metabolic flexibility.
It would be really helpful to have some idea of how many people have been helped by eating to the notional TDEE, not reduced calories on their UDs at particular points on their weight change journey. Much must depend on the variability of TDEE between individuals and how responsive someone's metabolic rate/output is to calorie intake. E.g. Suppversity's discussion of a recent calorie shifting study:
http://suppversity.blogspot.co.uk/2014/ ... x-fat.htmlIt's one non-blinded/non-controlled study - and what is needed is enough high-quality, long-term assessments to yield enough useful data to allow a sound systematic review - but it's of some interest as it is elaboration and some confirmation of the previous paper by these authors.
