5:2 Intermittent Fasting

[eaton53]

Originally Posted by Lucy_C

It isn't daily.

5:2 IF is eating your maintenance calories five days a week and eating 500-600 calories on the other two, non-consecutive, days. The result is a weekly calorie deficit of about 3000-3500 calories which is approximately 1 pound per week - a perfectly safe and acceptable weight loss amount.

I do 600 calories three days a week.
Occasionally I do zero on Friday.

[PriscillaVanilla]

Does anyone else find you don't eat as much during your non-fasting times? I thought I would be more hungry once I started eating meals during my non-fasting hours, but I'm not.