Slow

Well, I finally broke down and bought a scale. The verdict - 340 lbs. Basically 10 or so pounds lost for the first month. I was concerned about eating too much on my off days so, except for the weekends, I'm basically fasting every day and eating supper at night = anyone familiar with the fast five, well this is more like a fast 2. I fast from approximately 6 p.m. to 6 p.m. and then eat during a two hour window. I lost a lot of weight in the past by just eating whatever I wanted from 7 a.m. in the morning until around 10:00 a.m. Unfortunatley, it is far more difficult to go through the rest of the day without eating after eating early, particulary from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at night. So here's my one month assessment of IF in general -

The good:
Easy to follow (well it is for me - certainly compared to most diets).
Because it's easier to follow, it's easier to stick with
Allows for a lot of leniency regarding what you eat that one meal
In my case, it allows me to eat dinner every night
I generally feel better following the IF lifestyle

The not as good:
Weight loss is slow- I'm seeing about 1.5 pounds a week but compared to gaining weight, it's nice to be going the other direction.

I'm sticking with IF just because I like it far better than what I was doing before which was just eating haphazardly without a plan and usually feeling guitly about eating. With IF I now just eat once a day in the evening and I eat because I need to eat, not just because I want to eat. Still a fan - I'm thinking I should incorporate some light to moderate exercise and see how that effects my results every week.