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It’s definitely working. Once again I’m aware that you always lose a lot early on but I am finding it relatively easy. The only thing that perhaps I find irritating is that I’m logging calories on non-fast days (i.e. “eat what you like” days). This tends to undermine that sense that you don’t have to think about eating and what everything “costs” all the time. But the only reason I’m doing that is because I like to get MFP’s “in five weeks time” predictions for my spreadsheet. And actually it has an upside because I tend to keep within MFP’s calorie budget for the day, including exercise calories.

Lost: 2lbs
Lost so far: 8.8lbs
Average Weekly Loss: 2.93lbs
Weight: 274.4lbs (19st 8lb)

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So this is my first full week of IF/5:2. When I last wrote I’d done one day of fasting. I have now done three (including today) and the rest were “normal” days. Which sometimes meant eating normally but at least once meant eating quite a lot. I’m tracking my calories every day at MFP but I’m happy to go over and I am “eating my [exercise] calories” on non-fasting days.

However I’m aware that almost anything works for the first few weeks so I’m hoping to rein in the excess a little and MFP’s idea of what I need to be doing to lose a lb a week seems to me generous enough for a normal day.

Lost: 3.4lbs
Lost so far: 6.8lbs
Average Weekly Loss: 3.4lbs
Weight: 276.4lbs (19st 10lb)

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So… I’m doing it again. And a bit like when I started Lesamy it’s partly by accident. With Lesamy I started out wanting to get fit so I wouldn’t get out of breath easily and ended up weighing myself to see if I’d lost any weight. This time I started doing some walks in the evenings, largely to get me out of the house and because I thought the exercise would help my mood, and give me time to think. That was about a week ago and I noticed that I’d started to lose weight.

What I’d realised though is that I want to do something a bit more sustainable, also something where I’m not necessarily exercising every day. That tends to make me tired which leads to a certain weariness which doesn’t help the motivation. So I’ve decided to do Intermittent Fasting, specifically the 5:2 version – which means you fast for 2 days a week and eat what you like the rest. “Fasting” means 600 calories, which is low but I can do that for a day if I know I can eat what I like the next day.

I will keep up the exercise but I’ll have at least two days off, probably the fasting days but not necessarily. It’s tempting to make Mondays both a fast and exercise day since it should help me weigh-in a little lower. But we’ll see.

Anyway, here’s my first week’s numbers – and yes they’re good, and yes I know if you do anything after not bothering for a while you tend to lose a good bit at first.

Lost: 3.4lbs
Lost so far: 3.4lbs
Average Weekly Loss: 3.4lbs
Weight: 279.8lbs (20st)

Created by MyFitnessPal – Nutrition Facts For Foods