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Anyone combining 5:2 with 16:8?
Mom2annie
Posts: 177 Member
(Cross-posted on IF group)
Newbie here (4th week of IF). I tried EODD/ADF and it started getting difficult to maintain...particularly on weekends. As of yesterday, I switched to a hybrid of 16:8 and 5:2. So far so good... I'm happy that I only have to deal with two 500 calorie fast days a week (and avoid them on weekends). I'm sticking with a 16:8 window each day.
I'm curious if anyone else combines the different methods and how it is going (or went) for them. Is it a bad idea to combine them?
Also, where can I read about the physiological effects (explanations) of IF? I've seen lists but I'd like to really understand each effect. I have to use (or lose) an Audible book credit by tomorrow before canceIling my free trial, so if there is a one-stop book that you recommend, please let me know. Thanks!
Newbie here (4th week of IF). I tried EODD/ADF and it started getting difficult to maintain...particularly on weekends. As of yesterday, I switched to a hybrid of 16:8 and 5:2. So far so good... I'm happy that I only have to deal with two 500 calorie fast days a week (and avoid them on weekends). I'm sticking with a 16:8 window each day.
I'm curious if anyone else combines the different methods and how it is going (or went) for them. Is it a bad idea to combine them?
Also, where can I read about the physiological effects (explanations) of IF? I've seen lists but I'd like to really understand each effect. I have to use (or lose) an Audible book credit by tomorrow before canceIling my free trial, so if there is a one-stop book that you recommend, please let me know. Thanks!
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I did it for a while but started eating around a small, around 100 calorie snack, usually pretzels sometime in the morning.
It just felt helpful for post fast days. I also seem to be able to hold off eating meals later, useful for my usual 1,000+ calorie meal on Friday.1 -
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3946160/
This link I have found pretty informative on the physiological effects, if you can understand the scientific speech. I had a bit of trouble. I needed my nursing textbooks next to me to translate a couple of times lol.
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"Eat, Stop, Eat" by Brad Pilon has the science but is understandable for laymen
This article sums up IF too:
https://authoritynutrition.com/intermittent-fasting-guide/
I stacked protocols with success. BUT, I highly recommend to not force too many things at the same time. It's easy to get overwhelmed by too many rules in the start.
Over time as prolonging non-eating hours reduced hunger, I've naturally drifted towards a OneMealADay (OMAD) lifestyle or 20:4. If someone told me 5 yrs ago, I wouldn't have believed them, cause at the time I had to eat every 4th hour or get low bloodsugar. I truly love great tasting food, but I also looove the freedom from feeding that fasting provides me.1
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