Fasting 2 days, yo-yoing for 5
Posted: 16 Apr 2014, 13:49
When I started doing 5:2 I thought I'd found the answer to my weight problem. I was around 170lbs last January 2013, and gradually getting heavier. I started fasting at the end of January and lost weight slowly but at last I had found a way of reducing my energy intake that I could stick to indefinitely. I reached my lowest weight, 156 lbs around the begining of August 2013. Since then although I have continued to fast twice a week except for a couple holidays, I haven't been able to lose.
My current weight averages around 160 lbs. For the last few weeks I have been doggedly recording everything I eat & drink on MFP and trying to find a way of cutting what I eat an non-fast days but I haven't found anything that works for me. I stick to something for a little while, lose a pound or two, but then give in & end up bingeing and putting it back on - I'm just like a yo-yo dieter on 5 days a week.
Easter weekend is looming, and I have decided to relax and stop recording what I eat for a while, except on fast days.
Perhaps I have lost as much as I can on this regime, and will have to be satisfied that I am healthier than I was and have maintained my lower weight for over 6 months.
If anyone has any thoughts, comments or suggestions I would really appreciate your feedback.
My current weight averages around 160 lbs. For the last few weeks I have been doggedly recording everything I eat & drink on MFP and trying to find a way of cutting what I eat an non-fast days but I haven't found anything that works for me. I stick to something for a little while, lose a pound or two, but then give in & end up bingeing and putting it back on - I'm just like a yo-yo dieter on 5 days a week.
Easter weekend is looming, and I have decided to relax and stop recording what I eat for a while, except on fast days.
Perhaps I have lost as much as I can on this regime, and will have to be satisfied that I am healthier than I was and have maintained my lower weight for over 6 months.
If anyone has any thoughts, comments or suggestions I would really appreciate your feedback.