Anyone Intermittent Fasting AND Plantbased?

BriVillamor

Curious to know how these would pair??. Since being plantbased is generally high carb I’ve been considering I.F. to help.

kimny72

BriVillamor wrote: »

Curious to know how these would pair??. Since being plantbased is generally high carb I’ve been considering I.F. to help.

To help what? What are your goals?

If your goal is weight loss, that comes down to calories. Macros, food types, eating schedules, etc can make hitting your calorie goal easier or harder, and different people will find different strategies easier. Eating higher carb will not keep you from losing weight, unless it messes with your appetite and causes you to eat over your calorie goal.

I'm not either IF or PB, but I'm sure there are folks here who are both Good luck!

LyndaBSS

I eat in an 8 hour window but don't call it IF. Some people would. Meh.

I eat pescatarian which is plant based with seafood, eggs and some dairy.

I stay in a calorie deficit and lose weight.

Good luck with your journey!

VegjoyP

Im primarily plant based with fish, lower card and higher fat to protein. It is about total calories however by IF, it can benefit digestion, possible to go into ketosis and some have improved insulin response. Many here go mainly by calorie counting. Thats bottom line, adding criteria is personal preference. I do not see any issue with it, go for it!

NovusDies

Since one is a style of eating and the other is a meal timing tool there is no conflict.

The question to ask is this going to make whatever your goals are easier to achieve or harder? I suggest treating a different meal timing plan as an experiment. If it makes things easier for you then it is a success. If it makes it harder you don't need it.

lemurcat2

I eat 100% plant-based from time to time. One of the common ways to do IF is to cut out a meal and eat only two times (and within a window). For me, it would be extremely difficult to get to my protein goal on 100% plant-based if I only ate 2x/day.

Of course, you can eat 3x or more within your window, if that appeals to you, and then it would just depend on whether you could hit nutritional goals and calories eating that way within your chosen window.

I say try it and see if you like it. However, since you said "Since being plantbased is generally high carb I’ve been considering I.F. to help," it's worth noting that neither being lower carb (or not high carb) nor meal timing really matters for weight loss, calories are what matter. For some being lower carb or limiting eating times (for example, I don't snack) help them reduce calories without counting or more easily stick to their calories if they are counting, but that's going to vary by person.

lalalacroix

Being higher carb doesn't interfere with weight loss if you are in a calorie deficit.

WinoGelato

These are not mutually exclusive nor are they mutually inclusive. IF is about eating your entire days worth of calories within a set period. The foods you choose to consume during that period can be of any sort and that includes plant based.

apullum

You can eat plant based foods on any schedule that you prefer.

Neither being plant based nor IF will do anything special for weight loss, if that's what you're looking for help with. Weight loss is 100% caused by consistently being in a calorie deficit. It does not matter what specific foods you eat or what eating schedule you follow, unless those things help you achieve a calorie deficit.

If you're looking for some other type of help, please specify what it is that you need and we may be able to give you advice.

PWHF

Tried IF with plant based, went back to meat/fish because of the sodium levels in meat substitutes as I need a lot of protein.

lrsirius

I am plant based and eat 16/8. I was able to drop 20# fairly easily using IF. I found IF taught me to be okay with feeling hungry, that hunger is transitory. I also feel more satiated as my meals are a little closer together.

DaddieCat

LyndaBSS wrote: »

I eat in an 8 hour window but don't call it IF. Some people would. Meh.

I eat pescatarian which is plant based with seafood, eggs and some dairy.

I stay in a calorie deficit and lose weight.

Good luck with your journey!

I'm the same. I often only eat in an 8 hour window, but that's just my lifestyle and not specifically IF, although I could probably claim it as such.

I've been Plant Based for over a decade and eating this way for the majority of my life.

I'm not sure how the two are expected to correlate, though. Neither is magic and together they are just two different ways of eating that may or may not help one adhere to a reduced calorie diet depending on your own choices.

PWHF wrote: »

Tried IF with plant based, went back to meat/fish because of the sodium levels in meat substitutes as I need a lot of protein.

And this, this is just nonsense. There are crap tons of ways to get protein on a plant based diet that aren't meat substitutes. A plant based WoE necessitates that one educate themselves quite a bit if they plan to do it in a healthy fashion, not to mention optimally... it sounds like you could have used some more help in that regard. Check out the stickies on the forums for help with that. THere's a great one floating about somewhere about where to get your money's worth from protein sources, and while it's not a plant based list, plant based sources were included last I looked, iirc.

J72FIT

kimny72 wrote: »

To help what? What are your goals?

^^^This...

kshama2001

BriVillamor wrote: »

Curious to know how these would pair??. Since being plantbased is generally high carb I’ve been considering I.F. to help.

"High carb" per se is not an impediment to weight loss. When I was in Costa Rico I ate tropical fruit all day long, plus rice and beans twice per day. I find those carb sources very filling, and lost a size without even trying.

However, if you are getting your carbs from accidentally vegan foods like Oreos, you may not get much satiety for a lot of calories

I knew plenty of healthy and fit vegan who likely ate upwards of 60% carbs. They made legumes the backbone of their diet.