Week 21 of ADF

I am happy to be holding at 158 lbs this week. I have been feeling tired and weak much of the time, so this week I increased my food intake to around 700 calories on fasting days. That means I eat about three servings of fruit/vegetables in the afternoon, and then several servings of fruit and vegetables for dinner. I think it has boosted my energy a bit, although it makes me even more hungry in the evenings, I think. I may need to add a bit more food in the evenings on fasting days.

Week 20 of ADF

This morning I weighed in at 158 lbs. Now my average weight loss is 1.7 lbs per week.

Week 19 of ADF

This morning I weighed in at 160 lbs! It is nice to finally break that barrier. I guess I am still slowly losing weight. This past week I noticed that fasting days seem easier if I don't eat anything until about 4:00 pm. At that point I start eating a few fruits and vegetables, and then don't eat anything more after 6:30 pm. Eating anything earlier in the day just seems to make me more hungry. It fits my theory, that fasting is easier than calorie restriction. In other words, I find it easier to eat nothing for most of the day rather than to eat a little all throughout the day.

Week 18 of ADF

Today I'm at 161 pounds. I was really strict about the diet this week. I stayed well below 300 calories on fasting days and did not splurge on eating days. Since I'm not back to the 2 pounds lost per week, I guess that I'm really in a plateau for weight. That is probably fine, because most experts think 161 pounds is plenty thin for my height of 6 feet. I find it intersting that I'm eating the same but losing very little now compared to when I started the diet. It seems that my body "knows" how fat it is and it is losing down to this level in a response to ADF. It did not lose the fat because it was starved for calories, but rather due to the physiological/gene expression changes brought on by the fasting. At least that is what some authors suggest, and so far it makes sense according to my experience.