u/Psychological_Cost18

I've been fasting and dieting on and off for the last 15 years. The last time I made a major push was over 10 years ago when I got under 190lbs (46M , 6"1' for reference). Happy to share that I've been back on my fasting journey since March of this year (with a 2 month break in there too even) , and am at my lowest weight since 2016. It hasn't always been easy but lately been getting used to eating most every other day (ADF).

CW: 199.8

SW: 236

36.2 down so far!

weight loss graph

I started my fasting journey about 3 months ago at 236lbs, 6'1" 42M. My goal weight is 189lb. Not surprisingly I saw some massive gains at the beginning of my fasting journey but the last month I've been basically stagnant. The graph only shows longer fasts, I've been doing a combination of OMAD and 18:6 the other days except for 9 days with no fasting. I've been trying to approach the journey with sustainability in mind by not fasting/minimally fasting on trips and planning fasts around nights out to dinner, etc so the effect on my family/social life is minimal. Up until recently I was not weighing myself frequently only doing so when I was deep into a fast typically so that's probably the rock bottom weight for each of those. As of now, I'm trying to get a better idea of where I'm at so have started more frequent weigh-ins to hopefully stop worrying so much as I've been putting pressure on myself with the infrequent weigh-ins. I'm trying to just trust the process as I've been feeling a lot healthier, heartburn is gone, body inflammation gone, better quality sleep, and just feeling healther. With that said, I really want to make positive progress. The last month has felt tough as I've lost almost no weight in a month though despite still fasting frequently.

As of this point, I've been eating whatever I want between fasts and I'm wondering if I just need to start counting calories again. My loseit app says I can do 1,773 calories a day and still lose 2lbs a week. I also am thinking I could additionally (or just do this) , move to keto as I have in the past.

Thanks for any thoughts, I am continuing the effort but wanted to post to hopefully alleviate this growing discouragement that I'm trying to squash. I know others have worked so so much harder than me and your amazing efforts have encouraged me so much, thank you everyone.