New & intermittent fasting!

xchloehamilton

Hey!
So I’ve used MyFitnessPal for a while, admittedly on & off because unlike literally everyone else - when I see progress I don’t think of it as motivation to carry on but I see it as “oh yay I can have a donut” aaaaand then we’re right back into the bad routine lol!
But recently I’ve decided to try intermittent fasting due to finding it hard to be an a routine of eating well through the day as I work night shift & so I’m piling on the pounds again!
I’m trying the 16:8, my 8 “eating hours” being 16:00 to 00:00.
3 days in & all seems to be going well! However I am open to any tips/tricks as to how to stay this motivated

AuthorMatthewV

Hey, good luck with the fasting. I’ve tried it in the past and really struggled due to my work and family schedules. I didn’t find I was that much hungrier during the evening.

Keep at it and make it your daily routine. Keep us updated!

Isabelisik

I have been doing if and somedays omad on and off, depending on my schedule, for over a year. I find it very easy and i think it definitely works.
Coffee is my biggest supporter, if you dont like coffee, you can go with green tea or any tea actually, ofcourse with no sugar 😊 keeping yourself busy is the key during the fasting time. After a while you just dont feel like eating anyways.. however, in my opinion, dont forget to give yourself a break now and then, like a nice breakfast/brunch on every other Sunday 😁
You will do it 💪💪

yellowsnowdrop

I've been fasting for quite some time & quite happily do 19/5 or 20/4. I use an app called Fastic tho there's plenty of others out there. I just feel so much better doing this. I eat from 15.00 to 19.00 or 20.00 & do my workouts fasted. I'm 62.

xchloehamilton

@yellowsnowdrop wow! 20:4 sounds amazing but at the minute what I struggle with most is fitting my three meals into 8 hours so I imagine squeezing them into 4 would be difficult! I chose 16:00 to 00:00 due to my work schedule & sleeping once I finish work in the mornings. So far so good, but would love to cut down my eating hours. Thanks for the advice! I’ll download the app and have a look 😁

xchloehamilton

@Isabelisik I’m finding it okay at the minute, albeit only three days but I feel like I’ve got a good routine going! Though this is my first night off work since I started & because I didn’t sleep for as long today I feel like I was hungrier earlier than I usually would be! But I stuck it out until 4 o’clock anyway lol🤗
Will try with coffee from here on out, I wasn’t too sure before as I’d read online that only water was best for fasting hours🙊

Thanks for your advice!

xchloehamilton

@AuthorMatthewV aw really! I feel like this will work for me with my work schedule - though tonight is my first night off since I started & I did feel hungrier earlier than I usually would today so I’ll have to try curb that in future!🙈
Thanks for your support🤗

NacaMDI

I have just started intermitentna diet too, 16/8...so far so good. I use "Fasting tracker" , just because it feels good when it tells you you are doing good job lol.

Freddi_O

xchloehamilton wrote: »

Hey!
So I’ve used MyFitnessPal for a while, admittedly on & off because unlike literally everyone else - when I see progress I don’t think of it as motivation to carry on but I see it as “oh yay I can have a donut” aaaaand then we’re right back into the bad routine lol!
But recently I’ve decided to try intermittent fasting due to finding it hard to be an a routine of eating well through the day as I work night shift & so I’m piling on the pounds again!
I’m trying the 16:8, my 8 “eating hours” being 16:00 to 00:00.
3 days in & all seems to be going well! However I am open to any tips/tricks as to how to stay this motivated

Hi there, very similar boat to yourself as far as on/off relationship with MFP. Also when I was able to get to peak fitness a few years back with calorie counting and HIIT, I held off pretty well, but work stress, wedding planning and the pandemic meant huge changes to my fitness regime... Here we are!

I started intermittent fasting on the 10th of April and I'm combining it with carb cycling where low-carb/high-fat days are more like Keto days. I use coffee/tea/water during my fasts. So far, on high-fat days, I tend to be okay with hunger. High-carb days definitely trigger more of an insulin spike and leave me more hungry the following day. I also exercise on high-carb days and plan to take every other Saturday/Sunday off, with OMAD thrown in occasionally until I hit my goal. Currently using the Fastic app to track, no complaints so far.