Weekend IF

newheavensearth

Hi everyone. I inadvertently started IF on weekends because of sleeping in late followed by fasting exercise, usually ending around 1pm. I found that it helps keep my calories in check on weekends. Will this, combined with keeping to my deficit during the week, be good enough to help my weight loss start up again? Weekends have been my downfall lately. Eventually I plan on lightening, and moving back breakfast during the week so I'm doing IF daily.

TIA.

leanjogreen18

Any calorie deficit regardless of how you do it will result in weight loss.

The key is making sure you are logging correctly, most people advise getting a food scale.

Having said that I do IF. I have 2 meals a day, brunch and early dinner. It helps me to have larger portioned meals and keeps the late night snacking at bay for me, plus I'm not hungry in the mornings.

Other's bank calories (which I've done too). You eat say 50-100 calories less each day during the week so you can eat them on the weekend. As long as you stay in an overall weekly deficit you will lose.

cmriverside

IF, in itself, does not cause weight loss. It's still about calories.

Is that you in the right picture on your AV? If so, you are already at a healthy weight? It becomes imperative to log everything you eat accurately when you are at this point.

Food scale, well-vetted entries in the database list, every single bite. It took me nearly a year to lose the last 15 pounds, and I did all that. It's just slow.

Patience is the name of the game when you're already at a healthy weight - or close to it. Set your goal for 1/2 pound per week, and eat back those exercise calories.

newheavensearth

cmriverside wrote: »

IF, in itself, does not cause weight loss. It's still about calories.

Is that you in the right picture on your AV? If so, you are already at a healthy weight? It becomes imperative to log everything you eat accurately when you are at this point.

Food scale, well-vetted entries in the database list, every single bite. It took me nearly a year to lose the last 15 pounds, and I did all that. It's just slow.

Patience is the name of the game when you're already at a healthy weight - or close to it. Set your goal for 1/2 pound per week, and eat back those exercise calories.

Yes that's me. I still have about 10 lbs to go. I'm set at 1/2 lb a week for 1380 calories. I'm just that short.

newheavensearth

My response got cut off !

I do have my calories set for 1/2 lb per week.
So I know there's not any room for me to play around with the numbers. I do eat back about half of my exercise calories. But being patient with these last lbs is something I need to work on.

Thanks for the advice!

crzycatlady1

Sounds like you have a solid plan to keep your weekends in check IF can be a great tool for helping with calorie adherence!

leejoyce31

IF helped me with calorie adherence. The eating plan itself doesn't inherently cause weight loss, but it kind of reminds me of the people on low carb who say it helps them with hunger which in turn helps with their calorie deficit. The longer I fast, the longer I can go without eating. I get a little hunger sometimes, but I have learned to ignore it and it eventually passes. I didn't know that at first.

I do 16:8 IF, but some days I go a bit longer. Yesterday, I think I went around 18 hours. Today I haven't eaten so far and that's been about 17 hours. I probably won't eat anything for another hour or so.