When I'm on fasting days my calorie intake should only be 600 cals.. SO if I do 800 calories and exercise the same day and burn 200 calories it brings it down to 600 for the fast day.. Is this wrong? Or should I be ONLY eating 600 calories, exercise so the total would be 400 calories for the day? Please advise.. Thank you!
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You may consume up to 600 cals, regardless of how many cals you burn off that day. So you don't get to eat more just because you burned some off. Nice and simple 
No you can't subtract the exercise I'm afraid! The calculation of how much you can have on a feed day takes account of the exercise you do and on a fast day you can have 25% of what you're allowed on feed days.
If you have your food at the end of a twenty four hour fast with nothing to eat in-between then I really wouldn't worry about going over your 600 cals as long as its not too often. It's not like you have to hit 600 cals dead on or you will fail. It's the overall effect that will make the difference i.e. the overall calorie deficit. Are you doing weights or cardio? From my own experience I can highly recommend walking and resistance training. It's working wonders for me (but I can't guarantee it will work for anyone). I don't eat extra calories to compensate for the exercise though.
The main thing I'm trying to say is that 5:2 fasting makes losing fat easy - give it a go, and if at first you don't succeed, adjust, and then try again.
The main thing I'm trying to say is that 5:2 fasting makes losing fat easy - give it a go, and if at first you don't succeed, adjust, and then try again.
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