Intermittent fasting friends

shawnaleigh210
shawnaleigh210 Posts: 118 Member
edited December 2024 in Motivation and Support
Any other intermittent fasters here? I've decided to give it a try this week. I'm down 44 lbs so far this year, but my weight has slowed down dramatically. Some weeks it doesn't move at all. I still have about 20 lbs to lose, so thought I'd give this a try. Gonna mix things up a bit and try something new!

I'm starting out with the 16/8 (16 hours fasting/8 hours eating). It's only day 2, and so far I seem to be doing ok with it. I'm a big breakfast person. I normally eat right after I get up, so this is definitely a change for me. I end my fast at 11 a.m. and eat until 7 p.m. So far, I'm surviving. We'll see how the rest of the week goes, lol.

I would love to have more IF friends, so feel free to add me if you'd like! ;)

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  • YvetteK2015
    YvetteK2015 Posts: 654 Member
    I'm doing this now too. Also the 16/8, but I skip breakfast. My window can go from either 1-9pm or 2-10pm. I find that if I eat breakfast, I'm hungry all day long. So I'm giving this a try. I do have my coffee in the morning though.
  • roamingtiger
    roamingtiger Posts: 747 Member
    What are the benefits of this?
  • YvetteK2015
    YvetteK2015 Posts: 654 Member
    roamingtiger wrote: »
    What are the benefits of this?

    For me, it's just a different tool to lose weight. I began to realize that if I ate breakfast, I was so hungry all day long. Nothing would control how hungry I felt. I also realized that if I put off eating until the afternoon, I wasn't hungry like that, and I had better control over my caloric intake. 16/8 just refers to the number of hours you fast, and the number of hours in which you can eat. I like it so far.


  • shawnaleigh210
    shawnaleigh210 Posts: 118 Member
    roamingtiger wrote: »
    What are the benefits of this?

    Some people like it because it helps them to stay within their calories for the day. It also helps your body to enter into a fat burning mode. I've been getting my cardio in first thing in the morning while I'm in fasting mode, to burn stored fat.

    The link below explains it pretty well...

    http://jamesclear.com/the-beginners-guide-to-intermittent-fasting
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