BarryandCaron - I think the book says it's 25% of the daily calorie intake you would normally have to maintain your weight. I think I would find 400 too difficult so I've been doing 500 cals and Mon/Wed/Fri so that I get the weekends off. (Although if I find I'm not losing weight I then have a bit of room for adjustment).

I'm now on my 3rd week. I found the first two weeks I was getting headaches/light headed but now they seem to be getting better. Am trying to remember to drink plenty of water.

Thank you Violet's Mum. How do you calculate the maintaining calorie intake? I should have 1200 calories to lose weight.

Caron

There is a calculator here;

http://www.johnsonupdaydowndaydiet.c...-the-diet.html

I went to alternatedaydiet.com and it jumped me to this - Dr Johnson is the author of the book. It has some other info on there too. Im halfway through reading the book on my kindle app

Actually I've just gone back to that section in the book, it's 20% to start with (it's just that I'm doing between 20-25%).

Many thanks, 20% only gives me 442 calories so I'm going to do the same as you between 20-25%.

20% gives me 433 which I think I'd struggle with, but 25% gives me 542 so I reckon if I stick to 500 I should be ok as there's a bit of a margin of error based on how much exercise you do. I do a lot of walking during the day on school/preschool runs and I wasnt sure whether to select light or moderate exercise (I chose light in the end).

Well I joined this group on the day it was set up but I knew I wasn't ready to start at that time. However, since then I've had the humiliation of having to ask for a lap belt extension on my flight down to Cardiff and I am now in the right frame of mind to start!

Just weighed in this morning at a whopping 18st 1lb

A few people at work are doing it now too...they are all 'fasting' on a Tuesday and Wednesday so I think I will fall in line with them, that way I won't be tempted by someone nipping to the chippy at lunchtime (and I'm less likely to do it either as the others would give me a hard time!)... we all work 4 x 12hour shifts Monday to Thursday so hopefully this method will be a success.

Good luck everyone x

Myra, just be careful, i'd worry about doing two days in a row. Can you not split them up? I feel it would be easier to do it that way.

Little update on me Sorry i haven't been around much.

Have stuck rigidly to the plan, day on, day off... and am now just about 10lbs lighter so am very pleased. Have been going to the gym and trying to get exercise in on up days too. Am finding that my calorie counting every day(on my fitness pal) it works so much better so i don't go ridiculously mad on up days.

Hope everyone is getting on well xx

Cath, the 2 days together is just an alternative version of the AFD.
Think they call it the 5:2 diet. Because of my shifts and travel time, I think it will work out fine as I really only eat at work on those days... Up at 5am showered, dressed and out the door. Home at 19:45 cuppa, showered, bit of Dibbing and FB then bed.
I'll see how it goes... I've just been an bought what I'll be taking to work those days ( cuppa soups, mini bananas, small sized loaf, fun size apples, mixed salad leaves and cold meat ) I'm hoping as it's only two days I won't get fed up too quickly

Oh yes i know of the 5:2 way of doing it, just not sure i could do the days together. Most people i know have spread them out, like Monday and Thursday. x