One meal a day and fasting for 20 hours

rinigirl76

Is anyone else doing this? I have my coffee with stevia and half and half then drink water ( 64 oz a day) till I want a diet dr. pepper .. and wait for 2:40pm to come around so I can eat my snack.. then eat dinner around 4:30-5:30 pm ish.

I have more energy and see my stomach shrinking!

Alatariel75

Cool! How many calories a day are you eating?

bigmuney

There is some research supporting this type of fasting

_sacar

I'd like to get to a point of trying this. Right now I am just emotionally reliant on food. Working on breaking that cycle first, then I'll do it! Not every day, but here and there.

bigmuney

I got started by overeating late one day so I could push my first meal later the next day

_sacar

bigmuney wrote: »

I got started by overeating late one day so I could push my first meal later the next day

This is good advice. I'll keep that in mind for sure.

Iamsimpleguy

What your dinner plan how many calories and macros you want to take?

queenliz99

I usually eat two meals a day so I can eat a big meal at dinnertime with my family.

tcunbeliever

I usually eat 2 meals a day...1pm and 7pm...as long as you are getting sufficient nutrition, eating one meal is quite enough, and probably make meal prep a lot easier!

DebSozo

I do better with Intermittant fasting also. Not everyone enjoys it. My waistline/abdomen has gotten smaller, and I'm not really hungry in the mornings anyhow. So it works for me. Plus I don't have to fuss with food except for my lunch and dinner which makes me happy.

VintageFeline

I often just have breakfast then a late lunch/early dinner so I can have either a large or calorie dense meal. I may need a snack before bed but for the most part it keeps really full.

TeaBea

I would have trouble coming up with adequate nutrition and a decent number of (minimum required) calories all in one meal. If you can, that's great.

FYI: your stomach isn't shrinking.....that's just an old wives tale.

cnbbnc

20hrs would be pushing it for me, but I started doing 16:8 IF this week and really like it. Funny because this is how I ate when I was overweight. I would eat a crap ton of food in the evening, then be full until lunch the next day.

I've gone back to that way of eating (minus the excess calories of course) because I just enjoy eating bigger dinners and evening snacking. This way I can eat in the pattern I prefer and stay within my calories much easier. I don't know why I haven't been doing this all along.

amusedmonkey

My personal issue with that would be protein. Eating 70-120 grams of protein in one meal would be extremely hard for me. It would make me gag. I wonder how those who do it handle that.

_sacar

TeaBea wrote: »

I would have trouble coming up with adequate nutrition and a decent number of (minimum required) calories all in one meal. If you can, that's great.

FYI: your stomach isn't shrinking.....that's just an old wives tale.

Hey if the spare tire around that region shrinks, it's all good!

elisa123gal

I've been doing 16 hours of fasting with an 8 hour window of eating every day. I can't see myself ever fasting for a day or longer periods of time.... but there are several fasting patters or i.e.: eating patters going on out there.

For the past two weeks.. I've been simply skipping breakfast and eating from 12:30- 8:30 ... It has been interesting... a few observations..

once I eat. I have no cravings.. I eat less..I've actually naturally cut portions in half and leave food on the plate when I never ever did that before in my life. This eating breakfast nonsense to keep from binging later is actually all wrong.. eating breakfast just keeps me thinking and wanting food all day long.

- exercise. I did it on the last hour of my fast..expecting to most likely feel faint and weak. Nope..totally absolutely fine...when before when I ate all day.. I had regular trouble with maintaining my blood sugar during hour long cardio workouts.


It is pretty bizarre .. and great.. it isn't magic... some think they can stuff their faces during the eating window.. but I don't do that.. and yes.. i can tell i'm losing weight.

TeaBea

_sacar wrote: »

TeaBea wrote: »

I would have trouble coming up with adequate nutrition and a decent number of (minimum required) calories all in one meal. If you can, that's great.

FYI: your stomach isn't shrinking.....that's just an old wives tale.

Hey if the spare tire around that region shrinks, it's all good!

Yeah - that's probably what she meant.

kschwab0203

I would be starving! I admire people that can go that long without eating. I usually start to feel the effects of no food by 15 hours of not eating.

mumbles2013

I'm doing IF too. I fast for 19 hours and then eat 1350 cals when I'm eating later in the day. I love it!!!!! It has really helped to stop me bingeing because in that 5 hours I'm stuffed and can't eat a single thing after my window closes. I have a better relationship with chocolate too as I still have it daily whereas before when I diet I cut everything out and feel miserable and quit.
I've only been doing it for a week and tomorrow is weigh in day. I definitely feel lighter so I know I've lost something. I'm really looking to lose 28lbs by Xmas so tomorrow I know I'm saying bye to 187lbs on the scales!!!!!

lemurcat12

TeaBea wrote: »

I would have trouble coming up with adequate nutrition and a decent number of (minimum required) calories all in one meal. If you can, that's great.

FYI: your stomach isn't shrinking.....that's just an old wives tale.

This. I think it's great if it works for you, and I can see how reducing the eating window would help with calorie control for many. For me, trying to get, say, 1500 nutrient-dense calories and my protein goal in one meal wouldn't be possible. I like 3 meals, no snacks, but have considered skipping breakfast so I could increase the size of lunch and dinner or add in a late afternoon snack (I eat dinner quite late).

bigmuney

I start everyday with a 500 calorie chocolate bar to kick off my 8 hour window lol