Week 8 of Alternate Day Fasting

This morning I was pleased to be down to 171. So even though I was only down 1 pound last week, I made up for it be losing 3 pounds this week. I tried to eat a bit less over the weekend, even skipping breakfast on Sunday. I guess that worked, but I didn't feel very good yesterday. It was perhaps my most difficult fasting day yet. I was pretty hungry occasionally, but the biggest problems were feelings of weakness and light-headedness. The great thing about fasting days is how cool it makes me feel. Yesterday it was about 80 and humid in the house, but I stayed pretty comfortable.

Week 7

This week I only lost one pound. That is a bit discouraging, but I'm not too surprised. I started to do some strength exercises this week, which is probably building muscle mass. Hopefully that increased mass will soon start to burn more fat, so that the weight loss can continue. Current weight: 174 lbs.

Week 6

My weight loss continues at a steady 2 pounds per week. This morning I was 175 lb. In the past week my eating was totally unrestrained on the eating days. Those two weekend days when I eat all I want are really fun. Another interesting thing is that even though we are in the height of allergy season here in Kansas, I haven't had itchy eyes at all. I've had just a bit of sneezing, but the symptoms have been very tame. Most springs have been really difficult for me. Perhaps I'm just becoming less allergic, but I suspect that the diet is helping. It has been theorized that since allergies involve an inflammatory response and alternate day fasting reduces the inflammatory response, the diet could help to reduce allergies. I sincerely hope so.

Week 5 Report

Last week I lost another 2 pounds! My average weight loss on a (modified) alternate day fasting diet is now 3 pounds per week. Considering that it took me five weeks of feeling hungry every day to lose 5 pounds on a "normal" calorie restriction diet before I started fasting, this is really nice. I'm only hungry three days per week, and even on the fasting days I probably only feel hunger for about a total of thirty minutes during the day. I'm certainly going to continue on until I reach my goal of 170 pounds. In fact, this has been so painless that I'm probably going to move that goal even lower, so long as the weight continues to come off at 2 lbs per week.