Re:Losing 100 pounds in 276 days
by wirrbel on Monday June 25, 2018 @01:28PM
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I recently started 5:2 fasting, on five days I try to eat roughly maintenance, I also eat a slice of my coworkers birthday cake.
On two days, I limit my intake to 600kcal which I eat at lunchtime (I prepare a bento box with rice, vegetables and meat). You do the math, and it boils down to a caloric reduction diet roughly. The difference is, that I am only hungry on two days during the week, and I feel like going a day with almost no food is not harder than doing a constant deficit every day.
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> going a day with almost no food is not harder than doing a constant deficit every day
A high fat diet will do a lot to make a caloric deficit a matter of habit, and not iron-strong will :)
Intermittent Fasting and low-carb high-fat food can readily sustain 16-20 hour fasts without the hunger or cravings. It's also really satiating when you do start eating.