Intermittent Fasting 16/8

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  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    jmsouth4 wrote: »
    I was under the (possible) misconception that IF 16/8 would kick your metab. butt into gear and help with loss. NO?? All thoughts welcome. I'm in a stall and trying the easiest way possible to shake it

    No!!
    If you just called it skipping breakfast it wouldn't sound quite so "sciency" would it?

    Personal experience of two different forms of IF is that my weight tracked my calorie balance just like when I was eating 3 meals and 3 snacks, 2 meals and 3 snacks, 3 meals and no snacks......

    Beware of lot of the soundbites cherry-picked from IF research and taken wildly out of context. Studies on different species or different IF protocols are commonly extrapolated to suggest (not prove) a benefit solely based on possible/maybe/perhaps/needs more study actual outcomes.

    First step to addressing your stall would be double checking your logging accuracy and long term trends - just changing the time of day you take in the same calories isn't likely to achieve anything unless that timing change affects your intake directly.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    jmsouth4 wrote: »
    I was under the (possible) misconception that IF 16/8 would kick your metab. butt into gear and help with loss. NO?? All thoughts welcome. I'm in a stall and trying the easiest way possible to shake it

    I've done 16/8 for years. I lose, gain or maintain weight according to my calorie intake. Calories are what matter, not what time you eat them.

    There is a lot of derp and woo surrounding intermittent fasting at the moment, it's the latest fad. As sijomial said, a lot of cherry-picked and/or out of context information is being put out there, none of which has been scientifically proven through research on humans.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    stephyjones2018 wrote: »
    I wake up hungry everyday!!! Hunger comes and goes but it’s hard to wait until 12 to eat 🙄😀

    Then why not eat when you are hungry and eat less when you aren't?
    You could make your eating window 8am - 4pm if you really want to have a fixed eating window at all.
    Not being hungry in the morning would be a more logical choice to pick a 12-8 eating window.

    Don't set out to make a process harder, there's no bonus points for suffering!
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    jmsouth4 wrote: »
    I was under the (possible) misconception that IF 16/8 would kick your metab. butt into gear and help with loss. NO?? All thoughts welcome. I'm in a stall and trying the easiest way possible to shake it

    I've done 16/8 for years. I lose, gain or maintain weight according to my calorie intake. Calories are what matter, not what time you eat them.

    There is a lot of derp and woo surrounding intermittent fasting at the moment, it's the latest fad. As sijomial said, a lot of cherry-picked and/or out of context information is being put out there, none of which has been scientifically proven through research on humans.

    same here Ive done all three doing 16:8 and sometimes 18:6 and while in the weight loss phase(deficit) I didnt lose any faster during fasting than I did not fasting and eating the same amount of calories but eating breakast when not fasting,becuse the calories were around the same amount. still in a deficit though for the weight loss
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