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Up and Down and Frustrated. Need help.

So I’ve been doing IF for 26 days and I lost 7 pounds in the first 10 days. Then I put 3 pounds back on in the next 16 days.

Not sure what I’m doing wrong. Started on a 14/10 schedule and moved up to a 15/9 and frequently 16/8. Severely curtailed my alcohol intake, most days to zero.

Suggestions are most welcome.

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lots of data missing

Are you tracking your fasts with an app? Are you accurately and honestly tracking it all? Its very easy to say “yeah ive been fasting for 2 months” when in reality I only hit the fast point 10 days out of 20.

Are you eating too many calories, are you eating too few calories?

Are you weighing yourself at the same time of day? Oddly enough you do weigh more at different times of the day

Unfortunately its not as easy as saying “do this or that” but lots of things can be happening. There is also plateauing that you just need to work through.

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Stick with it. You’re not necessarily doing anything wrong, and you’ve lost 4 lbs in a month, that’s a pound per week! Some things to consider:

Essentially, unless you know in your heart that you’ve been overeating, 2 weeks of data isn’t enough to say something’s wrong. Be patient with yourself and keep at it!

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