Intermittent Fasting - Thoughts? Comments?

Azdak

I eat from 8 am to midnight and fast from midnight to 8 am.

fatvegan88

I follow 16:8. It works for me even though I haven’t lost much weight. It’s helping to break the cycle of constantly having to eat or snack on something. I have my first meal at noon and a second larger meal around 5 or 6. I do drink a lot of tea and water though in the morning and sometimes I have them with lemon. If I’m really hungry I also have a small snack at 3. I do find that I can’t have any sweets or sugar with my second meal. If I want something sweet I have to have it at lunch because a ravenous hunger will consume my body if I have it with dinner.

potatovegan

I like to do the 16:8 fast a couple times a week. It's really just a matter of skipping breakfast and not eating after 8pm the night before. I think it's good to let your stomach growl once in a while, lol.

erizo19

I've tried both 5:2 and 16:8.

I didn't love 5:2, it gave me this crazy nervous energy (and insomnia) on fast days (although it got better after the first few times). I could see myself doing it again just to shake things up, though. I've also seen it work very well for one friend who didn't like to count calories, too.

16:8 is closer to my preferred eating style, so it wasn't as much of a challenge. The hardest part was skipping my morning coffee.

With both of them, I found that by the time I did eat, I was satisfied with smaller portions - seemed like my stomach shrunk a bit since it wasn't always working. But I still found that over time I preferred to eat a light breakfast and a light lunch, then a heavier dinner, rather than sticking with the 16:8.

hhijill

I have been using Isagenix nutrition for nearly two years, and intermittent fasting is an important part of our program. I typically use our supported cleanse product one day per week, though you can cleanse two days back-to-back if your weight loss goals are bigger or if you are pushing through a plateau. There is a lot of science behind the concept of allowing your digestive system a rest and the benefits are beyond weight loss. For me, knowing I have a cellular reset to look forward to helps keep me on track. If I have had a "cheat" meal or drank a little too much wine one night during the week, I don't feel like all has been lost. Cleansing gives me grace. I also believe not eating for a day is mind over matter. I am not hungry, but initially the conscious effort to not eat is the toughest part. Overall, I have lost 25 pounds, dropped from a size 10 to a size 4, and I feel better at 40 than I think I have ever felt before. Isagenix has not only been a tool for transformation; it has become a lifestyle that works for me. I do find it interesting that this app does not support fasting days, as I know many people and programs believe in its effectiveness.

AnvilHead

^ OP, Ignore this woo. There is no valid scientific basis for "cleanses" or "cellular resets" and none of that has anything to do with any of the principles of intermittent fasting in the first place. The idea of "allowing your digestive system a rest" is about as valid as the idea of "allowing your respiratory system a rest" by not breathing for a day or so. Isagenix is a MLM scam, nothing more.

Here is some actual science-based information about the validity of "cleanses" and "detoxes":

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-detox-scam-how-to-spot-it-and-how-to-avoid-it/

https://sciencebasedpharmacy.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/the-detox-delusion/

daraalt

i love IF!! some days i do 2 meals a day, some 1. when i first started i gradually went from 3 meals to 2 to 1. i wanted to make sure that i didn't have a hypoglycemic reaction. i actually did an 8 day water fast after that. it reset my system. now i do about 2 meals a day, eating after 10 am (sometimes noon) and stop eating by 6 ish. my body does not need to eat when i wake up. and eating only 2x a day keeps the insulin spikes down. because every time you eat your insulin goes up. and we don't want that.

sijomial

daraalt wrote: »

i love IF!! some days i do 2 meals a day, some 1. when i first started i gradually went from 3 meals to 2 to 1. i wanted to make sure that i didn't have a hypoglycemic reaction. i actually did an 8 day water fast after that. it reset my system. now i do about 2 meals a day, eating after 10 am (sometimes noon) and stop eating by 6 ish. my body does not need to eat when i wake up. and eating only 2x a day keeps the insulin spikes down. because every time you eat your insulin goes up. and we don't want that.

Actually yes you do as that's how your body is supposed to work!
It's a real problem if your pancreas doesn't work as it's supposed to.