Desperate measures for desperate times.

[Pickypolly]

I’m 50, perimeno, fat and getting fatter by the day.
I’ve started 5:2.
But 5:2 the other way around, 800 cals a day for 5 days, eating ok 2 days.
Breakfast:
1 weetabix, soya milk (about 50mls) milled linseed mix .

Lunch: 1 small banana, one small apple. (Or small bunch of grapes or 6 cherries)

Snack 1 dark chocolate rice cake.

Tea: very small bowl of rice(about 5 tablespoons) a small bowl of vegan veg in a sauce (sweet &sour or lentils in curry sauce)
Or sometimes beans on whole wheat bread.
1 decaf coffee, lots of water.

All journaled on MFP.
Still I gain weight.
I’ve upped my steps too.
I’m about 98% plant based.

What the fuck else can I do?

His advice is go real, food that existed when your grandmother was a child and avoid the process food.

I love this advice tbh!

Sorry I misunderstood your diet. Anyway I've said my piece, hope you find a way to a healthier body

I highly recommend you read into fasting - it’s not for everyone but has absolutely changed my life. This has been the first January in my whole adult life that I’m not on a ‘health kick’!
‘Delay Don’t Deny’ is a good book to start with. I saw it recommended on here! Also the intermittent fasting stories podcast.

For anyone who care about their health, I would advise AGAINST high protein in the quantity suggested some posts above. High protein is linked to increase in cancer, diabetes, and other metabolic syndromes.
Until the age of 65, one should eat around 0.8 gr of protein /kg of bodyweight. If overweight /obese, the amount of protein should be calculated using the adjusted bodyweight. After the age of 65 we need more. The OP is 50, she doesn't need that much

On protein and mortality here www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3988204/

It is important to note, the body can't store the proteins it doesn't need and will convert them in sugar then fat. So bad idea to overdo anything.

@Cormoran it's worth noting this line in the discussion of that article

"This may explain why the strong association between protein intake, IGF-1, diseases, and mortality reported here has been poorly understood and controversial"

Also the source of protein matters too, I.e. not a lot of red meat, more from beans, salmon, chicken, yoghurt, pulses etc

Also also the 0.8 RDA figure is based on a 140 pound person. Guessing OP is a bit more than that, like myself, so 100g of protein from healthy sources isn't 'too much'. Especially if put together with resistance and weight training.

For overweight people you need to use the adjusted weight
From Valter Longo to Christopher Gardner, all university professors recommend lower protein even with training.
Maybe consider it since excess protein will end up in fat.