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Wouldn’t recommend 5:2 if you’re commuting a bunch and then playing football. Intermittent fasting is much better suited to high output/athletic stuff and has some other supposed benefits. Takes a bit of getting used to but is fine.
Stop eating sugar, stop drinking alcohol (or massively reduce both).
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Thanks, Sunday was pretty hard. I'll give intermittent fasting a Google, see how it would synch with my everyday.
I play football once a week, mainly as a kick about with friends, but my main excersize is playing hockey and training for that. It requires quite a lot of planning to fit food around at the best of times, which is what led me to the structure of the 5.2.
I have gained 0kg, but lost none either. Small steps.
AWu-Tang
If I write something here then I have to at least attempt it right? Makes it real so I might actually put the effort in....
Since september I have put on 12 kg, so need to lose at least that much to get me back to a reasonable weight. I have been on holiday, then injured, then christmas, and now have a sizable stomach developing and become noticeably slower. Considering I have never tried to lose weight before this might be hit and miss. Im going to try the 5:2, and extend the commute from 20km to 25km. Hopefully this, the sport I do anyway, and a reduction in drinking back to pre holiday and christmas levels will see me start losing fat.
The worry is that I will suffer on match days, so I will time my fast days for sunday and tuesday so I will hopefully have some energy for Saturday.
As of this morning I'm 94kg.