Intermittent fasting newbie!

LauraSrock18

Hey All! I’m getting bored in my journey so I’m wanting to try something new! I’ve heard good things about intermittent fasting, wanting to try it!

I’m not wanting to try an extreme intermittent fasting window since I’m a newbie! Any advice or suggestions? (I’d rather be able to eat later in the day rather than early)

Also, any success/benefits with Intermittent fasting to break a plateau or weight loss stall?

Thanks!

Silentpadna

If you've not done it, the first few days take a bit of getting used to. Black coffee mid-morning usually does the trick for me.

LauraSrock18

Silentpadna wrote: »

If you've not done it, the first few days take a bit of getting used to. Black coffee mid-morning usually does the trick for me.

What’s your eating window?:)

leftsox

I'm new to it too...try watching Dr Berg on you tube on it he explains it very well.

mhopel

I like Ivor Cummins who talks about the time restricted eating:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiVFtRlObZk&t=9s

He mentions this site:
http://Burnfatnotsugar.com for more resources. I just started this two days ago agree about the coffee it helps.
My eating window is 11:30am-6:30pm.

jjpptt2

Intermittent fasting simply says WHEN you can it... it has nothing to do with what you eat or how much you eat. Your success or failure with it will come down to your ability to maintain a consistent calorie deficit. Any benefits to IF beyond the calorie deficit are, at best, widely overstated.

kommodevaran

As you lose weight, your maintenance level drops, and the maximum rate of loss, drops. If you're not losing weight, you're eating at maintenance. To keep losing weight, you may have to decrease calorie intake, but you definitely need to be mrore patient. So my suggestion is to stop expecting weight management to be exciting, and learn the mechanics of it, instead, and figure out how you can implement that into your real life and your actual preferences. You can eat whenever you like - it's the total calories over time that determines your weight. More isn't always better. When it comes to dieting, hard is never better. It's whether you can stick to a plan for the long haul that defines its success.

marchutchisonsaxon

I’ve been doing IF for 6 weeks now and have found no real positives in it other than saving me 15 mins in the morning.
My eating window is 11am to 6pm and I’m fine at night and first thing in the morning but by 9am I am absolutely starving and my concentration levels drop massively until I eat at 11.
Today is my last day on it and then I’ll go back to eating oatmeal when I get up

sijomial

leftsox wrote: »

I'm new to it too...try watching Dr Berg on you tube on it he explains it very well.

Beware "Dr" Eric Berg is a discredited quack and snake oil salesman.
https://casewatch.net/board/chiro/berg.shtml

sijomial

"I’d rather be able to eat later in the day rather than early."
Sounds like skipping breakfast will make adhering to your calorie goal easier. I'm a regular breakfast skipper and prefer a bigger lunch and dinner (& snacks!).

"Also, any success/benefits with Intermittent fasting to break a plateau or weight loss stall?"
Nope. Tried two IF protocols (5:2 & 16:8) and my weight always tracked my long term calorie balance.

Downside for me of 16:8 was that it turned me into an obsessive clock watch compelled to eat as soon as my window opened and I felt more restricted not less restricted for the same calorie allowance. YMMV and it's worth a try to see if it helps your adherence.

Silentpadna

LauraSrock18 wrote: »

Silentpadna wrote: »

If you've not done it, the first few days take a bit of getting used to. Black coffee mid-morning usually does the trick for me.

What’s your eating window?:)

My eating window is generally 11am to 7pm (I'm up by 330am and into work by 530 or 6). But for me it's pretty casual. Sometimes it's 2pm to 8pm - other times I "cheat".

IF is not magic. It's a tool for adherence because I like more food in my meals. So when I "cheat", I'm usually not cheating on calories, just on timing. For example, I IF most days, but every once in a while I'll go ahead and have some eggs for breakfast and maybe some fruit. I'll have a smaller lunch or less snacks throughout the day - but for me that makes the eating later in the day harder because I have to be more disciplined.

As to all the other stuff about "fat for fuel" - most of that is either nonsense or at best insignificant compared with the discipline of keeping your energy balance in control (i.e. deficit if you're trying to lose fat, balanced if you want to maintain, surplus if you want to gain muscle).

psuLemon

Personally i hate it and never got past the insane hunger when i was doing 16:8. For me, i found 3 large meals are much better.

Just play around with it to see how you can adhere the most

All1971

Don't make life too complicated - just skip breakfast. Make sure you get enough protein and fiber to feel full when you do eat.

kds10

All1971 wrote: »

Don't make life too complicated - just skip breakfast. Make sure you get enough protein and fiber to feel full when you do eat.

Exactly...just skip breakfast and do not eat after supper and don't tell anyone. I find the moment you mention the word "fasting" people tend to get all opinionated, etc. Yet if you told people I am eating less calories (without telling them that you are skipping breakfast and don't eat after supper) they wouldn't bat an eye. I made the mistake of mentioning it to a few people and then I am constantly asked how is the "fasting" going?

tlwagner78

I tend to eat on a 19:5 window with one full healthy meal and a small snack (with fats) about two hours after my previous meal. If my snack is to high in carbs I tend to be hungrier first thing in the morning.