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The only problem I've encountered so far, after a month on 5:2, is insomnia on my fast nights. I have poor sleep to start with, but my sleep on fast nights has been extremely poor and disrupted, leaving me feeling dreadful the next day.

I've tried saving nearly all my calories til the evening meal, having a high protein meal for dinner, and taking a prescription melatonin tablet at bedtime, all to no avail.

Last night I finally slept a bit better — still broken sleep, but an improvement on my usual fast night insomnia.

I can't tell whether this was from:

1) Doing a bit of exercise (weights) before bed. Rose my heart rate, but not a sweat.

2) Eating a vegetarian meal, and having a small yoghurt before bed.

3) Turning up my electric blanket to medium; I've noticed that I feel very cold on fast nights, so maybe being too cold is causing the insomnia? Normally the lowest setting is fine for me during autumn/winter, but last night the middle setting was just comfortable.

4) My body j...

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Nearly 5 years, my how time flies. My current weight is 135, and I have decided to start fasting more often to get to my goal of 128. Anything between 128-132 is good these days. I have been around...

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With two big holiday events in the past 10 days, my eating parameters have suffered a bit to say the least! For some reason I just could not get myself to fast this past week AT ALL, plus those two events...

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I feel like I've entered the doldrums of weightloss, where everything goes sooooo sloooowly.... But I've finally touched the 152's! Yay! And I went clothes shopping this past weekend (my body was looking...

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Popped back up to the 155 range this morning (10/30/2017), but feels like this is the ceiling instead of the floor this time, which is encouraging. Besides, my monthly cycles appeared today, so must allow...

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I'm currently shifting a lot of my mindset and methods this week, so I'm jumping off the weeks and switching to days. This is, after all, a whole life kind of thing, right? Besides, I don't like having...

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Good luck, @moderatemeals! I think you'll love this way of life!
Losing 1.6 pounds is hardly a plateau! You are not going to keep losing at the same rate as the beginning. You should be very happy with 1 pound a week!
Thanks for the comment, cblasz.
Maybe this WOE is so successful that everyone's lost the weight and got on with their lives! I can hope ...

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Yes, it is terribly dead here, especially lately. I think that people either just have all the information they need or have stopped this WOE. It is a shame. But stick around. It seems to go in waves....

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