Time for an update. The last few weeks I'm not really sure what I've been doing. Week 3 of the BSD kind of went a bit off track. I didn't go crazy but didn't stick to 800cals, still low carb and I think under TDEE. I found it really hard to eat carbs and still do. I had pasta one day and got a stomach ache from hell, not bothered with pasta since and don't think I will again. The stomach ache has put me right off the stuff (can't be a bad thing).
Since week 3 I've had days that I stuck to 800cal and under 50 carbs (BSD) and days that I've had upto 1000cals and under 50 carbs. I've had a few days that went over that on cals and carbs but I don't think over TDEE. I think I'll stick to what I'm doing at the moment. It's very doable and I'm happy with the speed of the weight loss.
In the last 3 weeks I've had a 1lb gain, the next week was just over 2lbs lost and today I'm down just over 2lbs again. Today I weigh 166.2lbs. Really happy about getting under my 12st (168lbs) sticking point.
5:2/4:3
Start weight: 186 lbs
After week 8: 176.4 lbs
-9.6lbs in 8 weeks on 5:2/4:3
BSD start weight: 178.6 lbs (weight after non-fastday)
After week 2 : 169.6 lbs (just under 3.5 lbs lost this week. 9lbs lost in 2 weeks)
After 3 weeks of a more relaxed BSD : 166.2lbs (3.4lbs in 3 weeks) (ok, can now see how much relaxing the plan has slowed the rate of loss. I should have lost that in a week. I think I need a rethink
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Total weight loss in 13 weeks : 19.8 lbs (1 stone 5.8 lbs)