Eat Stop Eat..how it's worked for me.
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Started my first fast last night at 6:00pm. I told myself I'd start with a 20 hour fast for the first one so I've only got 1.5 hours left. It's only skipping breakfast and having a late lunch, really. I can do that!
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I plan on starting my first fast tonight at around 8. That'll give me time to make dinner after I get home from the gym. I plan on taking the day off tomorrow from the gym. WIth being my first fast I want to see how I feel. I'm afraid I may be a little too weak. Let you know how it goes!!!
So I was just thinking after I posted this, that maybe it would be easier for me to start my fast today after lunch. Then not eat again until lunch tomorrow. I could definitely get away with this b/c my husband is out of town. When he is here I would definitely have to do the fast during the day b/c he wouldn't be crazy about me not eating dinner.
Would it be counterproductive if I drank coffee in the morning during the fast? One cup of coffee is always a good appetite suppressent for me.
coffees, teas, and even diet sodas are ok during the fast if they are no calories... so you can't add cream, sugar, etc to your coffee....0 -
I want to try this. My daily calorie limit is set to 1200 and sometimes that just seems like too little and if I eat my exercise calories I won't lose anything. I've been very inconsistent with my diet (especially over the last month). I'm shooting to lose a pound a week. My weigh-in's are Fridays, so I'm going to start Friday and try to do this twice a week.
My weekly maintenance calories is 10500
My goal is a net of 7000 to lose 1 pound
Plan:
F = 1350
Sat = 1800
Sun = 1350
M = 600
Tu = 1350
W = 1350
Th = 600
Total = 8400 calories - I will burn at least 1400 calories through exercise and not eat them to make my goal of 7000.0 -
I plan on starting my first fast tonight at around 8. That'll give me time to make dinner after I get home from the gym. I plan on taking the day off tomorrow from the gym. WIth being my first fast I want to see how I feel. I'm afraid I may be a little too weak. Let you know how it goes!!!
So I was just thinking after I posted this, that maybe it would be easier for me to start my fast today after lunch. Then not eat again until lunch tomorrow. I could definitely get away with this b/c my husband is out of town. When he is here I would definitely have to do the fast during the day b/c he wouldn't be crazy about me not eating dinner.
Would it be counterproductive if I drank coffee in the morning during the fast? One cup of coffee is always a good appetite suppressent for me.
coffees, teas, and even diet sodas are ok during the fast if they are no calories... so you can't add cream, sugar, etc to your coffee....
Perfect! I only drink black coffee any way!!0 -
I want to try this. My daily calorie limit is set to 1200 and sometimes that just seems like too little and if I eat my exercise calories I won't lose anything. I've been very inconsistent with my diet (especially over the last month). I'm shooting to lose a pound a week. My weigh-in's are Fridays, so I'm going to start Friday and try to do this twice a week.
My weekly maintenance calories is 10500
My goal is a net of 7000 to lose 1 pound
Plan:
F = 1350
Sat = 1800
Sun = 1350
M = 600
Tu = 1350
W = 1350
Th = 600
Total = 8400 calories - I will burn at least 1400 calories through exercise and not eat them to make my goal of 7000.
You inspired me. I never thought about actually laying out a weekly plan like this. I did my own;
Monday (cardio)- 1200 calories
Tuesday (cardio)- 1750
Wednesday (weights)- 2250
Thursday (weights)- 2250
Friday (cardio)- 1200
Saturday (weights)- 2500
Sunday (weights)- 2500
This gives me a weekly deficit of just over 3600 calories, and gives me plenty of calories on the weekends, which will be my only non-fasting days. All other days I'll be fasting 16-18 hrs, from 10pm until I get off work the next day. This means I can eat maintenance on the weekends and still lose around 1 lb a week while eating plenty right around my workouts to avoid muscle loss.
I'm stoked about this.0 -
I want to try this. My daily calorie limit is set to 1200 and sometimes that just seems like too little and if I eat my exercise calories I won't lose anything. I've been very inconsistent with my diet (especially over the last month). I'm shooting to lose a pound a week. My weigh-in's are Fridays, so I'm going to start Friday and try to do this twice a week.
My weekly maintenance calories is 10500
My goal is a net of 7000 to lose 1 pound
Plan:
F = 1350
Sat = 1800
Sun = 1350
M = 600
Tu = 1350
W = 1350
Th = 600
Total = 8400 calories - I will burn at least 1400 calories through exercise and not eat them to make my goal of 7000.
I need to this...How do I fugure all the calculations? I am 5'3'', 33yr F and currently 150lb if anyone would like to offer up a plan? LOL thanks!0 -
My typical "plan" is
Sunday - 600
Monday - 1400
Tuesday - 1600
Wednesday - 600
Thursday - 1400
Friday - 1400
Saturday - 1700
It doesnt usually pan out exactly, and this week I am doing my fast today instead. But this is my ideal plan! (including exercise calories - but I usually only dip into them 100-200 and a little more on the 1600/1700 days) Cutting out sweets and most grains has helped drastically. The higher calorie days I am trying to eat more carbs and allow myself some grains if I want them, but eventually will cut em out entirely.
Today I am doing a 36 hour fast. I didn't really mean to, but it is working so far, and I'm not hungry. Sparkling water with lemon has helped!! I have till 7am tomorrow. which is fine since I'm going to bed soon
I won't do this very often but it's interesting to try. I really am realizing what triggers feelings of "hunger" rather than actual hunger!! I'm thinking one 36 hour fast per month may be beneficial, but we'll see. 0 -
I need to this...How do I fugure all the calculations? I am 5'3'', 33yr F and currently 150lb if anyone would like to offer up a plan? LOL thanks!
My advice would be to come up with how many calories you need in a week to lose whatever weight you want per week.. then, subtract two days' worth of calories for the fasting days (maybe 400-500 for one meal) then divide the rest up between the remaining 5 days (even or not - you could have one or 2 higher cal days). It can be flexible too, ie. this week I changed my normal fast from Weds. to Tues. No big deal, it would be ideal to have 2 days between each fast though.0 -
Today is the 1st day of my goal for the ESE. My first fasting day will be Monday.0
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Tomorrow is my first fast (low calorie) day. I'm going to start off doing 18-20 hours then work my way up to 24 hours, so tomorrow, I'm going to have coffee for breakfast with a 100 calorie snack, then have a semi-big lunch (not going over 600 for the day). I'll be fasting from noon until breakfast the next day, so that should be about 20 hours.0
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Good luck Stewie! I'll be fasting from tomorrow at 8am to tues. at 8am.
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Ate dinner late last night, so this is going to be an unusually long feeling fast for me until 9 p.m., but I think it should be okay. Figuring out already a nice healthy salad with some protein for dinner. My eating habits have been HORRIBLE the past four days, so definitely needing a reset big time.
SkierElle - Love the new pic.
Stewie316 - You can do it!
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I'm definitely going to try this - it might be just what I need to kick start that last 5-10 lb loss0
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I need to return to this. It's been hard cause hubby hasn't left town for a while and I also became obsessed with food and sugar again. This is what I need to get the sugar monkey off my back and get on track. ESE definitely works great for me, I just have to push myself into it.
Edit: I want to do the lean gains, I have tried it a bit but I work out in the am and am not taking bcaa, plus I find it hard to be consistent with my fasting window and find myself ravenous when the fast ending time comes. Maybe after i reset my system with ESE....0 -
I'm fasting today, started last night at 6:30, not hungry yet, going good :bigsmile:0
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To read later0
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I didn't make it, once I got home I was so hungry, I just gave up. I'm going to give it another go, but I'm going to wait until the week of the 1st since I'm going to be on vacation for the rest of the year. If I quit again, then I'm just going to have 2 low calorie days, that way I can eat through the day, but it would just have to be completely healthy to not go over 600-800 calories.0
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I have been failing at this so badly. And the scale is reflecting it. So I am at it again. Started 10 p.m. last night. I'm actually probably going to go for 28 hours as I probably won't eat until I get up tomorrow morning at 2 a.m. But then again, I may only make it til 6 pm for dinner. So it's either a 20 hour fast or a 28 hour fast depending on how my schedule goes. Would definitely never go all day without eating usually, but hate eating late at night, which has been my biggest downfall lately. No self-control. Need to definitely reset. We will see.0
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lol OF course your going to lose weight when your not eating!0
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Um yup. Actually not doing it so much to lose weight. Rather to reset my thinking and body and give it a break from all the junk I've been consuming. Strangely enough, it actually helps me to focus on something other than weight, food, and calorie intake for just one day, and then it leaks into the following days. But I'm definitely not one of those people who can starve themselves. I LOVE FOOD!!!!lol OF course your going to lose weight when your not eating!0 -
I have been failing at this so badly. And the scale is reflecting it. So I am at it again. Started 10 p.m. last night. I'm actually probably going to go for 28 hours as I probably won't eat until I get up tomorrow morning at 2 a.m. But then again, I may only make it til 6 pm for dinner. So it's either a 20 hour fast or a 28 hour fast depending on how my schedule goes. Would definitely never go all day without eating usually, but hate eating late at night, which has been my biggest downfall lately. No self-control. Need to definitely reset. We will see.
You need to make a plan. Your saying "well it might be this many hours, but maybe not". This is a recipe for failure. Start with the entire thing planned. What your last meal will be, when the fast will start, when it will end, and what you will eat when it ends.
I normally hate cliche's, but this one is true; if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Don't say probably. Don't say maybe. Say "will" and then get on with it.0 -
Finally doing it again. I'm done at 7 but am going to bed after an overnight shift, so may be 24+. Hopefully this will help flush all the sugar out of my system. I gained 6lbs since thanksgiving (3 this week) and though I know a lot is water it's making me feel like a cow0
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I normally hate cliche's, but this one is true; if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Don't say probably. Don't say maybe. Say "will" and then get on with it.
Okay, then I resolve not to eat for 20 hours straight. I only have one more hour to go. If I hold out longer, all the better.0 -
I go this email from Brad Pilon.
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Sometimes it's easy to forget why we do the things we do. And it's also easy to forget what's important.
With Fasting, it's not the hormonal stuff that's the most important.
It's the mental part.
For fasting to work it must be associated with positive reinforcement.
When you finish a 24 hour fast, you should feel really good. Because you finished.
You accomplished your goal. You won.
The problem occurs when you get USED to fasting.
Once your used to fasting.. you forget about the positivereinforcement.
And this can lead you to using fasting as PUNISHMENT.
Not good.
Fasting should not be a punishment.
As an example:
You have a bad night of eating..so you FORCE yourself to fast the next day.
You are now associating Fasting with something negative.
This can make fasting STOP working.
It can lead to binging before and after.
Bottom line: Don't use fasting as a punishment (Simple message)
Always remember, fasting should be positive.
So if you want to make sure Eat Stop Eat keeps working remember to keep it positive. Don't use your fasts as a punishment, use it as a tool to lose weight, and build positive momentum.
just a friendly reminder for this holiday season.
Your friend,
Brad
www.EatStopEat.com0 -
I did my first fast a few days ago and made it all 24 hours includig a great workout of elliptical, biceps and boot camp without a problem. I flet great, was energized and mentally focused. It was so nice not to have to think about food, when to eat what to eat how much to eat which normally consumes my day. I am on my second one now and the same thing although I am on the last 2 hours and for me it is tough. Right now I am sitting at work surrounded by cookies, muffins...(holidays in a hospital food) but the knowledge that it is my fasting day is making it so much easier to just walk away! One more hour and my chicken, brocolli and 1/2 sweet potato is waiting. I hope this helps me break my plateau but most improtantly I have reconnected with what real physiologic hunger is and am making better choices other days because I can say I am really not hungry.
Has anyone lost a significant amount of weight doing this?
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Thanks Firedragon. That definitely makes sense.
I completed 20 hours and ate relatively healthy for the evening. I find I'm really hungry this morning though, but am craving fruits and vegetables for some reason. That can't be bad thing 0 -
why is it I can fast for 24 hours yet on "regular" days I have a hard time giving up bedtime snacking ugh!! Well this is the end of my second fast and maybe it will give me the self control to finally kick the nighttime habit. I definately am drinking more water which will be a healthy habit as well! For all you skeptics try it. I have prescribed to the eating every 3-4 hours for years but recently felt obsessed with food this is helping switch my focus to listening to hunger cues instead of just eating because I have to.0
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I did my first 24 hour fast yesterday..ok, ok it was like 23.5! I will agree with a lot of people that have said it is a lot easier when you're busy. I had a dentist appt, some errands to run, and a hair appt so I really didn't have time to dwell on the fact that I hadn't eaten. I'm stil not sure about working out on a fasting day but we'll see maybe next week I'll try it!0
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Hi guys, I hope everyone had a great Christmas! I'm back at work for the first day today, wishing I wasn't....
I started my fast last night at 6:30 hoping to clean out my system some from all the goodies, so far no gain from xmas though, yay!
Have a great day! :bigsmile:0 -
Hey! I'm trying to get back at it too. Had a great Christmas with my in-laws in Tahoe, and actually didn't gain any weight. Phew! I guess that shows that my metabolism hasn't been affected negatively by the ESE way of eating...which is great.
I already ate breakfast today, and I'm meeting some friends for dinner tonight, so I'm going to start my fast tonight after dinner. I really want to commit to a full 24 hours. I really want to kick into high gear come January 1st..... eating healthier and working out harder
Hope everyone had a great holiday!!0
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