The FastDay Forum

SO glad the scale is moving in the right direction for you again. 1510 calories on feast days seems a little low, unless you aren't working out at all? I haven't seen much mention of exercise in your blogs, so maybe that is a good number for you if that's the case. Anyway, now that you have the math figured out, I am sure you will start seeing some serious progress!

Thanks Jamie! Yup, seems like I've found the key (for me). It is a shame that I have to restrict/count calories on feast days but hopefully I won't have to do it forever. The MFP target (which is 1530 btw, I got it wrong first time) is because I set it to 'lose 1lb a week'. I know you should set it to 'maintain' if you're fasting, but I thought I'd try this for a few weeks and then increase slowly to a slightly higher amount. And I do go over on some days so I don't think I need to worry about not eating enough! I don't work out, but I do try to do 10,000 steps at least 3-4 times a week. Well, it's working for now anyway, so fingers crossed it will keep going in the right direction.

I do the same thing with SparkPeople. I have it set to lose one pound per week, because my fasting only gives me a total weekly deficit of 3600 calories and I want to be losing two pounds per week. So I figured setting SparkPeople to configure my calorie range for a one pound loss, plus the pound I lose from fasting will give me two pounds.