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It's so dispiriting when a slide and regain happens but well done for recognising it and persevering to discover the pattern that best suits you.

Good Luck!
" I can do without breakfast if I'm doing 5:2 but not every other day. It just makes me feel so depressed. "

I think that's an interesting observation. I often feel this is why different fasting rhythms can affect us so much. I disliked ADF/DODO because of the relentless pressure of the pattern and was relieved to switch to 4:3 with predictable days (and have stayed in this pattern since 2011). And, I can see why you need your breakfast (or, at least, prefer it) with ADF.

You're wise to recognise the warning signs of a feeling of deprivation and manage it with breakfast and other plans. One of the Spinardi phrases that occurs to me often is something like, "The extent of a rebound is governed by the sense of deprivation and restriction in the period that led up to it".
Sorry I actually meant day 15 Ahhhh!
Thank you SSure for your wise words. You are right. Fear for the future is unhelpful. I just don't want to get onto that whole diet treadmill and I wonder if DODO isn't that. What I have always loved about 5:2 is that it is sustainable. But is DODO?
"I do have a small worry that it won't be sustainable beyond April and then, I might put the weight on again when I go back to doing 5:2."

I came across an expression recently which was permutations around the phrase: "Fear doesn't prevent pain; it does prevent life".

A tad clunky but it's an interesting perspective on the notion that our fears are typically around the future, and our apprehensions around it, but it might be less exhausting for us if we keep our attention in the present, as it's only in the present that we can control our responses to circumstances, behaviour and actions. The future will just have to unfold - and it might unfold for the better if we are grounded in what we *can* control.

Well done for your successful fasts so far - and you do have some useful plans to facilitate more fasting success. :)
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