Intermittent fasting quick fat loss

didknot226

I have tried it for almost 2 and 1/2 month and lost 27 lbs. easy to follow and healthyyy style.

Azdak

Woo!

didknot226

I really recommend it because it works

Alatariel75

There are many ways to intermittently fast. What's your split?

trigden1991

IF didn't make you lose weight, a calorie deficit did.

elisa123gal

Yes.. I do 16:8 and it is a game changer.. i love it... i don't count calories.. it is freeing and it stops cravings and overeating. All of a sudden.. you have control over food. It has been amazing for me. All I do is skip breakfast at eat at 12:30 or 1:00.

didknot226

Great to hear that! Unfortunately for me, I have to keep counting calories or else won't lose the weight. But hey, as long as it's working:)

didknot226

Ok here is the thing. I do IF and I try to stay and 1200 calories. So far great results. I do 16 hours fasting and 8 hours eating window.

crzycatlady1

trigden1991 wrote: »

IF didn't make you lose weight, a calorie deficit did.

This.

I've done IF in various forms over the past few years and I like it because it helps me adhere to my calorie goals. But my weight is controlled by my calorie intake, not IF by itself.

crzycatlady1

didknot226 wrote: »

Ok here is the thing. I do IF and I try to stay and 1200 calories. So far great results. I do 16 hours fasting and 8 hours eating window.

Thanks for clarifying-so you mean IF helps you stick within your calorie deficit goals. That's why I like doing it too-if I start eating in the morning I tend to graze all day. Having an IF window that starts at noon eliminates this and I have a much easier time sticking to my calorie goals

Great job on your loss so far OP!

KANGOOJUMPS

I do it, am all for it, it works.

didknot226

What helped me the most is skipping breakfast. I just drink coffee in the morning. So left with all my calories to enjoy lunch and good dinner. Light dessert too

crzycatlady1

didknot226 wrote: »

What helped me the most is skipping breakfast. I just drink coffee in the morning. So left with all my calories to enjoy lunch and good dinner. Light dessert too

Drinking my tea right now, good till noon today

didknot226

Time will go by quickly. Enjoy ur tea.

snickerscharlie

The longer I can delay eating, the easier it is for me to stay within my allotment. I find that once I do start eating, it wakes up the foodie monster who then wants to be appeased until bedtime.

I, too, skip breakfast which is easy for me to do. I've never been a breakfast person. I will have my coffee (because coffee!) and vitamins in the morning, but then I have nothing except water until lunch, which is usually between 1:00 and 2:00.

This leaves me lots of room for a good dinner and a few munchies in the evening watching TV.

As has been noted though, there's nothing magic about IF. All it provides is a means for some people to control caloric intake and stay on track.

CattOfTheGarage

It's very individual. Doesn't work for me (I get grumpy and melodramatic if I skip meals) but some people definitely find it easier to stick to their goals eating this way.

dfc4

trigden1991 wrote: »

IF didn't make you lose weight, a calorie deficit did.

That is true but IF is a good way of getting that deficit

TeaBea

didknot226 wrote: »

Ok here is the thing. I do IF and I try to stay and 1200 calories. So far great results. I do 16 hours fasting and 8 hours eating window.

You lost weight because you ate 1200 calories a day (the default minimum for women before exercise).....meal timing had nothing to do with it.

However, meal timing may have helped you be more consistent....consistency is good.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/49-intermittent-fasting


You do know it's not just fat loss right? Large(r) deficits often sacrifice a larger % of existing lean muscle mass than moderate deficits do. There's a trade-off for fast.

Hornsby

IF is a great to eat at a deficit for some. Glad you found it.

didknot226

Yes finally something is working for my body.

IremiaRe

Love it, too... I would much rather eat two substantial meals than try to stretch my calorie budget over to breakfast, which I have never, ever liked, or wanted. I am so not a morning person... the idea of eating before noon is just icky.

catrina0789

This is something that I want more information on. If i stop eating at like 8pm and dont eat breakfast until 12pm thats is fine? what do I do the other hours? do i try and get at least 1200 cal. in that time frame?

SalvationMountain41

I love it as well. I started with 14/10, but three months in, I settled into 16/8. I still count calories, but like IremiaRe, I enjoy not having to stretch my calories across the day. I am also a compulsive eater, so not having to think of food past 7:00 pm (for me) is liberating.

IremiaRe

The idea is that you fast for however many hours - some people fast for 16, others for 18 or 20 - but then you eat during the remaining hours.

Yes, you can eat the whole 1200 calories during your 4, 6, or 8 hour window. When the window occurs is up to you - so if you ARE a morning person - your food window could be from 6am to 2pm... or whatever time works for you.

the rest of the time, you drink water... lots of water... or tea, or black coffee - basically anything sugar/calorie free.

Danny_Boy13

I have tried it but it is a love hate thing with me. Although my progress on my lifts did not suffer any but anything that demanded a lot of cardio did. I need carbs a good 8-10 hrs to process and ready to use instead of 5-6 before like I was doing. When I was logging times on my laps that is what my records were showing anyhow. Once I went back to my usual times were back down to their normal.

catrina0789

my kind of thing, Im going to try this and pray it works

mathlymom

How does this work? I am not familiar with intermittent fasting. This is first of hearing this term.

ClosetBayesian

mathlymom wrote: »

How does this work? I am not familiar with intermittent fasting. This is first of hearing this term.

There are a few variants of it. It is what the name suggests - fasting intermittently. One option is to restrict the time you eat/drink calories during the day to a few hours ("eating window"); 16:8 (16 hours in which you don't consume calories, 8 during which you can) is popular; there is some evidence to suggest that a 16:8 schedule may affect hormone cycles adversely in some women, so 14:10 is another option (14 hours in which you don't consume calories, 10 in which you can). It's not a license to eat everything under the sun - you still need to maintain a calorie deficit, so if you had 1500 calories a day before IF, you still have 1400 calories; eating them in a smaller window during the day means your meals may be bigger, depending on how you choose to re-distribute those calories. Some people do 20:4 and have one hell of a meal in that four hours. It's a matter of preference. Other options include a 5:2 split, where someone eats maintenance calories for five days out of the week and 2 days at 1/4 (I think, I could be wrong) their maintenance calories, or alternate day fasting (similar principle). There's nothing extra-magical about IF, it's just a matter of how you distribute those calories during your day. I like a 14:10 split, personally; it's a fun challenge, especially on weekends when I know my husband and I will have a glass or two of wine after the kids go to bed; since wine is calories, I adjust my meal timing such that I don't have the first meal of the day until around noon, so I can have my last glass of wine around 9:30PM and still stay within a 10 hour window.

nerdyshashank

Is IF advisable for endomorphs

malibu927

nerdyshashank wrote: »

Is IF advisable for endomorphs

Since body somatotypes aren't a thing, it's advisable if you can work with it.

I've fallen into a 14:10 pattern for the most part and it works for me because I don't feel the need to snack midday.