YouTube infor about Intermittent Fasting & Carb cycling

ElidaBravo

Hi y'all,

Elida here.....So I have just learned about IF...intermittent fasting and I have to admit that I am totally intrigued by this weight loss method. I learned about this inadvertently.....by watching weigh tloss motivation stuff on YOUTUBE. Dude theres a TON of stuff, where have i been? Am I the last person to discover youtube for fitness info?

Ok......back to how i learned about IF.....I started with one channel, a great young personal trainer named Brenda Turner @ leansecrets.....she talked about carb cycling.,....her info led me to Amazon and a few downloadable books later.... Anyway I spent that last few evenings.... of watching a ton of funny, stupid, or awesome and very entertaining videos from the latest bunch of fitness youtubers......whew and THATS how i learned about IF. I read all i could get my hands on over the last few days....,and i've watched countless videos. I am totally going to try this approach for myself.

What i've known about nutrition over the years:
i spent years and years believing that I absolutely positively had to eat a hearty protein based breakfast 200-350 calories...and then eat something every 3 hours or so.....to keep my metabolism revved up.....and to keep my insulin levels stable. I still believe in the insulin impact on weightloss

What i have had problems with was the food prepping and constant planning thats required with this type of daily food intake. I was always having to prepare, pack and think about food all day long.

AND if i had a bad food day....where i ate poor quality, high fat foods at dinner after already ate my healthy daytime snacks.....I'd literally gain weight over nite. ( water weight perhaps, but nonetheless)

For me....the constant eating didnt always work correctly . Ok, it worked for me when i was in my 20's and 30's and I was working out like crazy. It works if you're disciplined and your snacks are low calorie....and your meals are balanced....yes of course it has worked for me.

BUT I'm in my 40's, i'm hormonal, have been uber stressed and for 7 months i didnt have time to cook & prep for the week.... I tried to adapt the above to my school schedule......but i gained 20 pounds over the 7months i was a full time student.
I ate quality foods.....but i was so concerned with sticking to what i'd known for so long......3 meals....2 snacks.....quality foods.....and i totally gained weight. No, before you ask....i wasnt working out.....just full time student in a very stressful program. I was gone from home a total of 10hours each day. I didnt make the time to workout.

Example of what a food day: breakfast steel cut oeatmeal at 9am..........turkey sandwich & blackberries at 1pm......cheese/apple at 3pm......dinner 6pm........ Ok,,,,,the above would have had my metabolism working all day long......I NEVER EVER felt like my stomach was empty.

Bottomline......the definition of insanity is constantly doing the same thing, hoping for a different result......WELL I am going to try something radically different for me....my experiment began last night.

elida