I had six months of steady progress with intermittent fasting and a slow but consistent downwards trend. Then fell off the wagon last month and basically just ate when and what I felt like. Put a shocking amount back on that way. There wasn't one specific trigger, just an accumulation of factors and a few weak moments that stuck. Going back to my previous habits to (a) get back to where I was and (b) beat it by the end of the year.
At least this time I know methods that work and that I can do it. Statistically those who succeed are not those who never fail, but those who recover from failure.
Pretty much the same. Was IF for half a year, lost 24ish kg over that period, average 1kg a week, put on a bit of lean muscle, at least going by my back of the envelope calculations on bf% calcs. I only have a scale, which I hear are wrong, but it should be consistently wrong for this purpose if that makes sense
Unfortunately had a brutal convergence of stressors in August, exams and some work projects coming due and the stress knocked me off sometime in July and I've put 5 or so kg back on.
Like you said though, I know it can work, I have the evidence now. I was pretty low in January when I decided "fuck it let's try one more time before giving up forever"
I think I'm going to work in some stuff from the body building world though. Cycle the diet/cutting with maintenance periods rather than trying to white knuckle it all the way down to my target weight. Realistically I figure I'll fuck up again, so might as well plan for it, schedule it, and mitigate the damage at that time.
So getting my diet back to whole foods in September, back on IF by October, planning a break for holiday season, just Xmas, I don't live in yankistan so Thanksgiving isn't a problem.
Any ideas fellow farmers on how to overcome a plateau? And yes I know this isn't Reddit but I'm a member here not there.
I can only say what helped me with plateaus, YMMV.
Switched from cardio to calisthenics/kettlebells. I'm sure gym weight stuff would work too but I'm in the boonies and not travelling to the city just for a gym. I was walking cross country probably 10k a day, cut that in half and used the saved time for the above. No idea if it was actually the difference in excercise type or just the change in routine. Maybe switching from walking to swimming or cycling would have helped just a much
Eating more, especially protein and fat. I wasn't quite keto consistently but I made my protein and fat intake a non negotiable at 1g/lb and 0.5g/lb respectively to eat first each meal and after that there just wasn't that much room for loads of carbs anyway. Stopped counting calories after a while because I was consistently coming in under my maintenance eating like that.
Mixed in fasting. Started with IF mainly for convenience and decomplicate my life but ended up really enjoying it. When I was on it and started stalling I threw in a couple 24 hour fasts here and there
