Questioning Intermittent Fasting

AnvilHead

senecarr wrote: »

bruhaha007 wrote: »

Dr Mercola interviewing Dr Varady does a very nice job explaining IF and she backs it with studies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzkVmXe9NMU

Dr. Mercola...

MercoLOLa. One of the biggest crackpots out there. He sure sells a lot of books and products to people who don't see through his junk science though.

jordiblu

I have been practicing IF for years - way before became a trend- and it's very helpful in keeping me fit yet satisfied
Basically I eat from 10am-6pm
Typical calorie is 1600-1800 daily and double that on weekends
I eat only whole foods no chemicals or anything processed
I also don't eat dairy or gluten
I have a very high fat diet (good fats) and protein tons of vegetables and fruit
The key is not that you're able to shovel tons of food in a short window of time but rather to give your body a chance to detox at night when you're least active
I get up at 5 am and I workout in the morning so my appetite is large during day light and I go to bed early (by 10 pm) so I don't need extra energy at night
When I close the kitchen at 6 or 7 pm I know that it's my time to wind down and get into relax mode
FYI I do drink wine at night and have been for 20 years
I'm 5'7" and weigh 120
Works for me

FunkyTobias

senecarr wrote: »

bruhaha007 wrote: »

Dr Mercola interviewing Dr Varady does a very nice job explaining IF and she backs it with studies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzkVmXe9NMU

Dr. Mercola...

DanSTL82

All Intermittent Fasting is, is a "trick" to get you to pay more attention to what you're eating so you eat less calories. It makes absolutely no difference what time of day you're eating when it comes to weight loss. All that matters is that, on average, you're at a caloric deficit on a daily basis. Any other fads and tricks people have thought of are just gimmicks that only "work" because it gets people to eat less in general, which is *really* what is working.

Scamd83

kakitis wrote: »

I am on IF for bit over a week now, and must say - I love it so far! Probably, easiest weight-maintenance plan I've come across. Mind, I've never really been a breakfast-person, so I alternated my plan to 19:5 schedule. I fast from ~9PM-15PM and break fast ~15PM-8PM. Sometimes changing the hours to later, if I have a workout.

However, although this helped me to lose excess water-weight over the week, I am still questioning the point of the IF in general... If you starve yourself (that I guess is why you lose weight) and then basically are allowed to binge for 8 hours (not binge really, but eat all your macros) that can be a lot of food! And also normally in the evening, before sleep... how the hell does that even work, lol?

Of course, I do make smart choices and still base my food on higher protein intake, less carbs, etc.. but still?

Anyone else on IF and what are your reviews in a longer run?

What's with the use of the words starve and binge? Nothing about this tells you to starve and binge. There is a huge difference between fasting for a period of time/eating all of your calories in another one and starving yourself/binging.

ClosetBayesian

jordiblu wrote: »

I have been practicing IF for years - way before became a trend- and it's very helpful in keeping me fit yet satisfied
Basically I eat from 10am-6pm
Typical calorie is 1600-1800 daily and double that on weekends
I eat only whole foods no chemicals or anything processed
I also don't eat dairy or gluten
I have a very high fat diet (good fats) and protein tons of vegetables and fruit
The key is not that you're able to shovel tons of food in a short window of time but rather to give your body a chance to detox at night when you're least active
I get up at 5 am and I workout in the morning so my appetite is large during day light and I go to bed early (by 10 pm) so I don't need extra energy at night
When I close the kitchen at 6 or 7 pm I know that it's my time to wind down and get into relax mode
FYI I do drink wine at night and have been for 20 years
I'm 5'7" and weigh 120
Works for me

What are you detoxing from?

ndj1979

kakitis wrote: »

I am on IF for bit over a week now, and must say - I love it so far! Probably, easiest weight-maintenance plan I've come across. Mind, I've never really been a breakfast-person, so I alternated my plan to 19:5 schedule. I fast from ~9PM-15PM and break fast ~15PM-8PM. Sometimes changing the hours to later, if I have a workout.

However, although this helped me to lose excess water-weight over the week, I am still questioning the point of the IF in general... If you starve yourself (that I guess is why you lose weight) and then basically are allowed to binge for 8 hours (not binge really, but eat all your macros) that can be a lot of food! And also normally in the evening, before sleep... how the hell does that even work, lol?

Of course, I do make smart choices and still base my food on higher protein intake, less carbs, etc.. but still?

Anyone else on IF and what are your reviews in a longer run?

all IF is, is an eating strategy to get you into a deficit, that is all.

I did it for about six months and generally enjoy it; however, i could not make it fit into my lifestyle and I went back to eating about four times a day.

robertw486

EQComics wrote: »

All Intermittent Fasting is, is a "trick" to get you to pay more attention to what you're eating so you eat less calories. It makes absolutely no difference what time of day you're eating when it comes to weight loss. All that matters is that, on average, you're at a caloric deficit on a daily basis. Any other fads and tricks people have thought of are just gimmicks that only "work" because it gets people to eat less in general, which is *really* what is working.

ndj1979 wrote: »

kakitis wrote: »

I am on IF for bit over a week now, and must say - I love it so far! Probably, easiest weight-maintenance plan I've come across. Mind, I've never really been a breakfast-person, so I alternated my plan to 19:5 schedule. I fast from ~9PM-15PM and break fast ~15PM-8PM. Sometimes changing the hours to later, if I have a workout.

However, although this helped me to lose excess water-weight over the week, I am still questioning the point of the IF in general... If you starve yourself (that I guess is why you lose weight) and then basically are allowed to binge for 8 hours (not binge really, but eat all your macros) that can be a lot of food! And also normally in the evening, before sleep... how the hell does that even work, lol?

Of course, I do make smart choices and still base my food on higher protein intake, less carbs, etc.. but still?

Anyone else on IF and what are your reviews in a longer run?

all IF is, is an eating strategy to get you into a deficit, that is all.

I did it for about six months and generally enjoy it; however, i could not make it fit into my lifestyle and I went back to eating about four times a day.

Do these "tricks" or strategies apply to people who are gaining weight by eating in an IF fashion?

It's simply a way of eating, and no more or less any guarantee of weight control than any other method of eating. Is three, six, or any number of meals a day NOT a strategy for eating?