Anyone want a partner to start diet tomorrow?

[LudlowStreet]

Feeling fatter than I've ever been. The 4/3 starvation plan has worked in the past but keep falling off now, need a buddy to keep me steady.
My plan is to start tomorrow with a Michael Mosley three day 50 calories per day fast. Followed by 500 calories fast Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays after that eating normally the rest of the time.

Anyone interested in joining me?

Can I join you? I have done something similar in the past which worked, and now I need a kick start! I am 10 stone 6 and I am 5'5".

Day one new week, 500 calorie fast today.
Weight 10st 11lbs, scales hovered between 10/11lbs.

Ah just seen the above reply to me, that’s great!

I’m back on 800 calories a day this week.

so far today I’ve had a mela replacement shake for breakfast, a cup of soup and a cheese string.

i weighed yesterday to get another starting reference and I’ve actually lost a pound since I last check so I was pretty happy!

Bed soon, think I've stayed below 500 calories :)

Eating day today!
Weight 10st 9lbs this morning.

I'm interested in joining you! I need some accountability. I have recently gained around half a stone due to medication and I'm feeling quite insecure in myself (and can't afford to buy a whole new wardrobe!!)

Watching with interest. I've never heard of this and don't think I could fast for 3 days without passing out! But I desperately need to lose weight, I'm 12 stone at the moment and want to lose at least 1.5 stone.

> eating normally

I was shocked to discover a ginger nut biscuit has 90 calories.

If you go back to 'eating normally' you won't see much progress, if normal to you is more than your recommended calories.

I had an office job. Morning. Toast and marmalade when I first got up. 300 calories. Cereal a bit later. 300. Tea and biscuits at work, a couple of rounds, 250 calories. A few times a week maybe a McDonald's. 1000 calories. Maybe a yoghurt around 4 pm 50cal. So that's already almost 2000, and as a sedentary woman I need about 1500. Drive home, maybe a chocolate in the car . 100cal. Then I'd have maybe spag bol, 400 cal, maybe some ice cream, 100 cal.

I've not done anything massively greedy, like sit over a whole bucket of KFC, but that was something like 2500 calories.

If I ate 'normal' one day, then 50 cal the next day, then 'normal' again, unless normal is really healthy, you won't make progress.

What helped me was intermittent fasting plus keto to not feel hungry.

Long term lifestyle changes. When I make stir fry, I fry the veg, take out my portion, then add noodles to the pan for DC.

I never eat in the car anymore. Small things.

I don't think that's eating normally for me. I know I eat too much (otherwise I wouldn't be overweight). I don't eat that much though, maybe 5% more than I should.

Checking in!

im 3lbs down this week, sticking to my 800 calories a day. I think if I start exercising too I can lose more per week! Been keeping up with tonnes of water which is helping me feel fuller for longer

Low eating today, doing OK. Weight this morning 10st 10lbs.

Eating day today had fruit salad with a little bit of granola for breakfast. Weight this morning 10st 11lbs (wtf?)

This is a myth!!!

@WilkinsonM it really isn’t a myth.. eating too few calories slows your metabolism, and your body starts to hold onto calories instead of burn them. That’s biological science.

It really is.
yo-yo dieting over a long period of time slows your metabolism but being in a calorie deficit WILL lead to fat loss. If starvation mode was real then anorexics and people in famine areas wouldn't be skinny!
There is no mechanism by which being in a calorie deficit for a few days/weeks leads your body to hold on to fat stores. It's not physically possible.

I've always felt this to be really implausible when you see victims of starvation though!

Monday morning, weight 10st 10lbs. 500 calories to play with today.
Had Friday, Saturday, Sunday off as went away for the weekend.