I am one of the few on this thread who support 6:1 over 5:2 for weight maintenance, but that is not to say that everyone should follow that lead as I am only doing what works for me which might not necessarily be what works for others on this forum. Firstly, I don't like the idea of possibly having to fast for two days every week for the rest of my life, and I am the kind of person who would therefore, just get fed up with fasting after a while especially when I don't need to lose any more weight.
A 6:1 routine therefore solves that boredom with fasting, as I no longer having to fast as often. Furthermore, the fact that I am combining my 6:1 routine with daily weigh-ins means that I am also in control with the outcome of that, which therefore means that 6:1 has a much better chance of working with that. By tracking what happens with my daily weigh-ins, I can then re-act to too big a weight gain by having a reduced calorie day on the following day, without that necessarily having to be a full fasting day.
The beginning of this week has already proved to be a good example of that because after fasting on Monday and losing 4 pounds with that, I then over-indulged a bit on Tuesday and gained three of those four pounds back again. I then reacted to that by having a reduced calorie day yesterday with a calorie intake which wasn't low enough to make it a full fasting day, but which was still enough for me to lose those three pounds again (in fact, my current weight is now 0.2kg less than what it was after my actual fasting day on Monday).
That means that I can now relax into a full feeding day today and if I gain too much weight with that again, I can then have another reduced calorie day tomorrow similar to what I had yesterday, before relaxing a bit more over the weekend with a similar calorie intake to last weekend. I am confident that this will be enough to maintain my current maintenance weight range. That therefore means that it is really on on three days of every week where I am having to be cautious about my calorie intake (including my Monday fasting day) which is no more than the number of days per week where those who are doing 4:3 are having to be careful about their calorie intake.
That is of course, one day more than what would be the case with 5:2 but since those who are doing 4:3 can very happily live with being careful on three days per week, I can also happily do likewise because at the end of the day, that also means that I am less likely to over-indulge on five days of any week, in any case than what would be the case with 5:2.
A 6:1 routine therefore solves that boredom with fasting, as I no longer having to fast as often. Furthermore, the fact that I am combining my 6:1 routine with daily weigh-ins means that I am also in control with the outcome of that, which therefore means that 6:1 has a much better chance of working with that. By tracking what happens with my daily weigh-ins, I can then re-act to too big a weight gain by having a reduced calorie day on the following day, without that necessarily having to be a full fasting day.
The beginning of this week has already proved to be a good example of that because after fasting on Monday and losing 4 pounds with that, I then over-indulged a bit on Tuesday and gained three of those four pounds back again. I then reacted to that by having a reduced calorie day yesterday with a calorie intake which wasn't low enough to make it a full fasting day, but which was still enough for me to lose those three pounds again (in fact, my current weight is now 0.2kg less than what it was after my actual fasting day on Monday).
That means that I can now relax into a full feeding day today and if I gain too much weight with that again, I can then have another reduced calorie day tomorrow similar to what I had yesterday, before relaxing a bit more over the weekend with a similar calorie intake to last weekend. I am confident that this will be enough to maintain my current maintenance weight range. That therefore means that it is really on on three days of every week where I am having to be cautious about my calorie intake (including my Monday fasting day) which is no more than the number of days per week where those who are doing 4:3 are having to be careful about their calorie intake.
That is of course, one day more than what would be the case with 5:2 but since those who are doing 4:3 can very happily live with being careful on three days per week, I can also happily do likewise because at the end of the day, that also means that I am less likely to over-indulge on five days of any week, in any case than what would be the case with 5:2.
