r/AlternateDayFasting

Hiii! I’m a 25F, 5’7”, currently around 143 lbs, and my goal is to get down to around 130 lbs. I’m trying to lose weight while still feeling strong and maintaining/building some muscle.

I’ve been wanting to try ADF, but I’m definitely struggling with the eating-day part. I can make it through a 36-hour fast, but once I’m finally able to eat, I get SO antsy about food and end up wanting to eat basically everything I have planned for my eating day within like 3 hours 😭. I think part of it is the anticipation of finally being able to eat again.

I’m hoping to find someone who is in a similar boat and wants to keep each other accountable without making it super obsessive or competitive.

I’m pretty active already and walk a lot, and I want to continue incorporating the gym while I work toward my goal. I’m not looking for someone to encourage extreme restriction. I’d much rather have someone who can help me stay consistent and talk me down when I’m getting overly focused on food.

Ideally, we could message each other throughout the day and send little things like “Did you go on your walk yet?” “Gym time!” “How’s your fast going?” or just check in when motivation is low 😂.

My goal is 143 to 130 lbs, but more than anything I want to feel better in my body and build habits I can actually maintain.

If you’re also trying to lose ~10–20 lbs, doing ADF/IF, or just trying to get more consistent with walking and the gym, message me! 🫶

Bonus points if you’re also the type of person who needs someone to tell you to stop thinking about food and go for a walk

No BS details.

I eat on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Not true ADF but I keep a very careful eye on my calories and the fasting during work days is great for my mental.

No restrictions as of now... may do it purely to help my eczema but right now CICO is my best friend along with the fasting.

315lbs. on 9/15. Just weighed in tonight (10/9) at 297.5lbs. 24 days between the two.

I usually eat between 3000-5000 calories on my eating days.

My expenditure estimate on MacroFactor is about 3300 cals a day. So I track on a weekly basis allowing me to eat more or less based on how I feel that day and I have it set to lose 1.5lbs/wk.

I walk 7k-10k steps most days. I drive a semi-truck for work. Very sedentary besides my walking. I am home on weekends typically.

My fasts are a minimum of 36hrs. Sometimes it goes as far as 48 hrs. Cuz I dont like to eat when Im working.

I had been laid off in the beginning of September. It is a cut throat situation as my husband had been laid off three years ago and since then he was unable to return to work due to the market. I was the breadwinner. He does food delivery because he has electric car. Doing food delivery while having to buy gas is not really viable in terms of earning. In other words I am stressed.

ADF helped me to lose tons of weight and get in the best shape of my life. I picked up serious yoga and it intensified my physical strength and progress. But idiotic layoff presented a serious challenge as I started GETTING HUNGRY when normally I wouldn’t be. It was hard to fast. Especially before sleep. Cortisol at play.

I gained 3 pounds and i do not want to go there again.

I looked up online if ADF can help me with stress and found resounding NO. Internet tells me to “be kind to myself” and eat to suppress stress. I do not want to. Internet tells me that ADF is too much right now and it is okay to gain weight. I do not want to! I want to improve my health and not to decline. Counting calories is not my idea of balance. I hated it all my life and if anything there is stressful is that. Eating three full meals a day is the path to continuous hunger for me. So I am going to tap into ADF which was my lifeline before.

My husband who is in the same boat with me is practicing ADF successfully through stress. He does 3 fasting days a week and loses about 1-2 pounds a month.

What is your take on ADF while stressed?