Week 23 of ADF

This morning I was still at 156 lbs. Perhaps taking in up to 1000 calories on the "down" days is going to be my maintenance level. I feel pretty good eating 1000 calories. I usually don't eat anything but fruit until dinner, and then just eat some fruit, vegetables, low fat dairy, and bread. It's easy to have a meal with about 700 calories in it so long as it is nearly fat free. If you eat anything with much fat in it, you can be over 1000 calories before you know it. I have been getting rather hungry in the evenings, but the best solution for that is to drink a glass of water, or perhaps eat another piece of fruit. The nice thing about eating more on the down days is that I have a bit more energy to work and do things.

Week 22 of ADF

This week I increased my approximate calorie max on "down" days to 1000 (although I don't count very carefully and so am probably well below this still). Despite this rather large increase in food intake, I continued to lose weight. This morning I was at 156 lbs., down 2 lbs from last week. I find that when I eat more on the "down" day I am less likely to gorge on the "up" day. But I still did have some fantastic meals and snacks this week. But I'm also still finding that eating more actually makes me feel more hunger on the down day. Yes, you get the pleasure of eating more, but the feeling of huger is much stronger. If I stay below 300 calories, my stomach never growls, but this week my stomach has been growling loudly.