Intermittent fasting

chocoberrycherry

I started my intermittent fasting about a week ago and I haven’t lost any weight. I do 16/8 . I work night shift so sometimes I’ll have a yogurt or some almonds if I’m starving, should I be not eating at all? I drink lots of water and eat as healthy as I can. I also work out 30 mins a day. What am I doing wrong?

solieco1

Are you tracking and weighing all of your food and drinks? Calories are what really matter no matter when you eat them. For me IF just makes me overeat within the window. You may do fine with it but you have to still count and measure to be sure you are in a deficit.

steveko89

You can do IF and still not be in a calorie deficit. Have you been tracking your intake over this period as well?

RandomBotUser

I do If most days but you HAVE to be in a calorie deficit to see real weight loss. And if you are maybe its water weight? Too much sodium?

tammie614

you should definitely track what you are eating. perhaps try changing your fasting hours since you are a night shift person?

_Calvin_

"should I be not eating at all?" No you should not during the 16 hour fasting window if you are doing IF. You should only eat during your 8 hour feeding window. As others mentioned, make sure you do not overeat during that window which is easy to do because you can be very hungry especially when you first begin IF. Keep trying, I noticed that after a while (for me, after the 1st week) I became less and less hungry during my fasting window which makes it a lot easier to abstain from food. FYI, I'm doing 20:4.

J72FIT

chocoberrycherry wrote: »

I started my intermittent fasting about a week ago and I haven’t lost any weight. I do 16/8 . I work night shift so sometimes I’ll have a yogurt or some almonds if I’m starving, should I be not eating at all? I drink lots of water and eat as healthy as I can. I also work out 30 mins a day. What am I doing wrong?

Be patient...

J72FIT

chocoberrycherry wrote: »

I started my intermittent fasting about a week ago and I haven’t lost any weight. I do 16/8 . I work night shift so sometimes I’ll have a yogurt or some almonds if I’m starving, should I be not eating at all? I drink lots of water and eat as healthy as I can. I also work out 30 mins a day. What am I doing wrong?

Is that outside of your eating window?

colwellk

You shouldn't be consuming any calories at all during your fasting window on IF, so if you're snacking during the fasting hours, it's not IF. But you should think about how to schedule your windows in a way that works for you. For me, I sleep 10p-6a and work 8a-4:30p. When I was doing 20/4, I was eating 5-9p. I found that waking up during the fast, the workday wasn't too bad for me. But you may find that you need to eat a good meal before your workday. Say you work 10p-6a and typically sleep 8a-4p. Maybe you want to have your eating window be 4-12, so you can eat when you wake up and again before your shift and a late "lunch" at midnight. Or maybe you want your eating window to be midnight to 8, so you are only fasting for a part of your shift.

I ended up switching to two 24-hour fasts per week. It works for me and isn't a restriction in my lifestyle with my family and friends. I do lunch to lunch, noon to noon, and I find that easier. I'm only hungry at bedtime the first day.

dsboohead

IF does mean no snacking in your 16 hour window. Track it all in your 8 hr window.

calabrdm

If you eat the Almonds, you break your fast. Search on Youtube for the intermittent fasting complete guide by Thomas DeLauer. When I started, I watched that. You can ONLY have water (add a teaspoon of salt) to ward against dizziness, pure green tea, black tea and black coffee. I do two 24 hour fasts a week... dinner to dinner. When I eat dinner on my fasting day, I only eat 500-600 calories. When you break your fast, you should drink a cup of BONE broth. Your first meal should be a protein and a fat. I eat scrambled eggs and macadamia nuts. It is easy peasy... Costs nothing... and I lost 16 pounds already since January 1.

lleeann2001

chocoberrycherry wrote: »

I started my intermittent fasting about a week ago and I haven’t lost any weight. I do 16/8 . I work night shift so sometimes I’ll have a yogurt or some almonds if I’m starving, should I be not eating at all? I drink lots of water and eat as healthy as I can. I also work out 30 mins a day. What am I doing wrong?

You are eating in your fasting window. Honey, you are not supposed to eat at all during that window. There are things you can drink that wont break your fast. Fledge Fitness, Thomas Delauer and Dr. Berg on You Tube have some good videos about it....😀

lin_be

lleeann2001 wrote: »

chocoberrycherry wrote: »

I started my intermittent fasting about a week ago and I haven’t lost any weight. I do 16/8 . I work night shift so sometimes I’ll have a yogurt or some almonds if I’m starving, should I be not eating at all? I drink lots of water and eat as healthy as I can. I also work out 30 mins a day. What am I doing wrong?

You are eating in your fasting window. Honey, you are not supposed to eat at all during that window. There are things you can drink that wont break your fast. Fledge Fitness, Thomas Delauer and Dr. Berg on You Tube have some good videos about it....😀

Even if she’s breaking her fast, if she’s maintaining a calorie deficit than she should be losing weight.

lleeann2001

calabrdm wrote: »

If you eat the Almonds, you break your fast. Search on Youtube for the intermittent fasting complete guide by Thomas DeLauer. When I started, I watched that. You can ONLY have water (add a teaspoon of salt) to ward against dizziness, pure green tea, black tea and black coffee. I do two 24 hour fasts a week... dinner to dinner. When I eat dinner on my fasting day, I only eat 500-600 calories. When you break your fast, you should drink a cup of BONE broth. Your first meal should be a protein and a fat. I eat scrambled eggs and macadamia nuts. It is easy peasy... Costs nothing... and I lost 16 pounds already since January 1.

thats AWESOME CALAB! I LOST 10 IN 3 weeks.

MyLittleLeos

I started IF last Monday and I am down 7.8 pounds (1 week). I am eating between 1 pm and 9 pm. I only drink water during the fasting time.