Intermittent Fasting...Anyone else?

imrianec

I came across fasting years ago, but intermittent fasting and the idea of fasting as a lifestyle hit home with me. I already regularly skip breakfast or dinner, so the transition wasn't so hard.

Basic intro: Intermittent fasting (IF) is a way of eating that focuses more on when you eat instead of what (healthier choices always suggested). Either IF'ers choose a day or two a week where they completely abstain from food, only water and black coffee or tea, or they restrict their eating to a specific time window each day, and fast the remaining hours. A third compromise method for beginners is to simply reduce calories two days a week instead of a full fast, to 1/4 of your daily recommended caloric intake.

The second way is what I have chosen, although I did the first option several times. I eat between Noon and 8pm everyday, and only water before and after. Only rarely does this leave me hungry, and I certainly have been sleeping better. I have also noticed some of my stomach troubles have subsided. Since everything you eat takes 6-8 hours to digest, eating this way gives my body time to properly digest the food I have eaten, and then to start burning off stored fat for the rest of the time.

I have yet to see an actual number loss, as it has only been two weeks, but man do I feel so much better and less bloated. I am definitely looking forward to this as a lifestyle choice, as it just fits in so perfectly to my current eating style. And it allows me to either space out my calories or scoot them for a bigger restaurant dinner, without feeling like I have severely sacrificed all day for it.

Anyone interested, I suggest you look into Intermittent Fasting, the studies are showing incredible health benefits of eating this way. And before anyone posts anything on "Starvation Mode" please do your research. It's such a beautifully twisted myth, lol.