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Resumed fasting after holidays and can't lose weight

I do OMAD everyday, i eat once a day for 1 hour and then fast the rest. This is how i maintain my weight and sometimes i lose some, depending on what i eat when I break my fast.

I went for vacation for 2 weeks where i broke all barriers and ate whatever I wanted all day and gained 4 kg. Now that my vacation is done i am fasting again to lose the weight i gained. However, for the first time, 2 weeks have passed and i am not losing any weight. I have cut sugar for 2 weeks and i am only eating healthy food (salad, chicken, eggs). I am minimizing carbs to the minimum also.

Just to mention before my holidays i was a heavy sugar eater, like i can 5 bars of chocolate everyday, but this never affected my weight loss for some reason. I used to maintain my weight by doing OMAD.

Did this happen to anyone or can someone understand what is happening?

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Happening to me right now. Went a bit off the rails in December (2 weeks of maintenance, not even cheat days where I went over TDEE). Resumed strictly on Jan 1st. Did my first weigh in for the month and my weight is still the same.

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I’m guessing your body really liked the sugar and is reluctant to part with it. I suspect it will give up after a while and weight loss will occur. If you really want to see a quicker result, you may want to do a 36 or 48 hour fast. Burn it out of your system.

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Two weeks? Give it another 2 weeks.

Hormones, salt intake, even bowel movements can cause swings in weight.

And while it’s okay to eat <1000 calories for a short time, I wouldn’t recommend going from bingeing for 2 weeks to severe caloric restriction for 2 weeks often.

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