The FastDay Forum

Hi all,
I've been following 5:2 for 3 weeks now and have seen no weight loss or loss of inches. I know it is early days yet but others seem to be losing weight from the word go. I am sticking rigorously to 500 cals on fast days (Tuesday & Friday) and eating normally on others. My only slight variation is that I am still eating 3 times on fast days - boiled egg for breakfast around 7am, tuna salad around midday and soup and yoghurt with blueberries around 6.30 plus lots of water with a squeeze of lime. I dropped about 0.3kg after my first day but then went back to my start weight and up 0.3kg on the following two weeks. I don't exercise but my TDEE is around 1500cals maintenance and 1200 for fat loss. Anyone else seen this?

Hi kathy and welcome!

Your TDEE is quite low at 1500kcals, so you need to eat 25% of this on a fast day which is 375kcal. Sorry!

Also, maybe check your calories on feast days for a week or so and make sure you are not going over the 1500kcal too much.

HTH

Thanks Jemima, for the information but not the bad news! I didn't realise that you had to modify the calories for your TDEE. I am not too worried about losing a lot of weight. Does anyone know if the other benefits would accrue if I ate more than 25%? 375 cals doesn't sound much.
I checked my normal diet over a couple of weeks a month or two ago - I'll have to dig out the figures again and compare them.

[carorees]

Hi there

An alternative is to add a semi fast day (a 4.5:2.5 regimen, if you will)! That would mean eat normally on 4 days (1500 cals), fast on two days at 500 cal (or less if you can manage it), keep to 750-800 cals on one day. That might drop the average intake just enough to start the weightloss. Or you could go 4:3 if you prefer.

Or if you exercise, your TDEE goes up and you should see a weight loss.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do.