Intermittent fasting?

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  • 4theking
    4theking Posts: 1,196 Member
    I have done IF since last year and it has helped me to be lean for the first time in my life. I agree, the weekends are harder. I sometimes only go 14 hours Sat or Sun. I'm not worried about an hour or two on the weekend.
  • bbabs99
    bbabs99 Posts: 51
    Starting this today. (technically not, I ate late last night, and I'm eating at noon, trying to start getting on the right schedule of stop at 8, start at 12). This seems really interesting, I'm excited.
  • skinnyfat14
    skinnyfat14 Posts: 107 Member
    I'm excited too. Evenings are the hardest for me so I figure the later I start eating the better. For those already doing it, do you try and eat relatively healthy during your eating time or you splurge a bit?
  • 4theking
    4theking Posts: 1,196 Member
    I'm excited too. Evenings are the hardest for me so I figure the later I start eating the better. For those already doing it, do you try and eat relatively healthy during your eating time or you splurge a bit?

    Me too on the evenings.......Definitely harder. I eat junkfood everyday.
  • skinnyfat14
    skinnyfat14 Posts: 107 Member
    I'm excited too. Evenings are the hardest for me so I figure the later I start eating the better. For those already doing it, do you try and eat relatively healthy during your eating time or you splurge a bit?

    Me too on the evenings.......Definitely harder. I eat junkfood everyday.

    I love junkfood!! I wish I didn't but I seriously do lol. Do you stay within a calorie range?
  • 4theking
    4theking Posts: 1,196 Member
    I'm excited too. Evenings are the hardest for me so I figure the later I start eating the better. For those already doing it, do you try and eat relatively healthy during your eating time or you splurge a bit?

    Me too on the evenings.......Definitely harder. I eat junkfood everyday.

    I love junkfood!! I wish I didn't but I seriously do lol. Do you stay within a calorie range?

    Yes, but I eat what I want. Life is too short to not enjoy what you are eating. If I didn't like what I was eating, I would not be successful.
  • skinnyfat14
    skinnyfat14 Posts: 107 Member
    I'm excited too. Evenings are the hardest for me so I figure the later I start eating the better. For those already doing it, do you try and eat relatively healthy during your eating time or you splurge a bit?

    Me too on the evenings.......Definitely harder. I eat junkfood everyday.

    I love junkfood!! I wish I didn't but I seriously do lol. Do you stay within a calorie range?

    Yes, but I eat what I want. Life is too short to not enjoy what you are eating. If I didn't like what I was eating, I would not be successful.

    And yet you still lose weight? Well I hope am I this succesful in it. I'm close to 13 hours right now and I'm hungry but I thought it would be worse.
  • 4theking
    4theking Posts: 1,196 Member
    I'm excited too. Evenings are the hardest for me so I figure the later I start eating the better. For those already doing it, do you try and eat relatively healthy during your eating time or you splurge a bit?

    Me too on the evenings.......Definitely harder. I eat junkfood everyday.

    I love junkfood!! I wish I didn't but I seriously do lol. Do you stay within a calorie range?

    Yes, but I eat what I want. Life is too short to not enjoy what you are eating. If I didn't like what I was eating, I would not be successful.

    And yet you still lose weight? Well I hope am I this succesful in it. I'm close to 13 hours right now and I'm hungry but I thought it would be worse.

    Yep! I am actually trying to gain weight now but lost all my weight eating ice cream, among other things, daily.
  • I was going to try this today. I went from 5:30 pm yesterday until 10:30am today. I started to feel faint and felt like I was going to vomit (I was drinking green tea). So apparently I did the 14 hour fast. My question is do you do this daily? I have always heard/read that never to skip breakfast as it slows metabolism but this IF is saying different. Please enlighten me. :)
  • mleoni092708
    mleoni092708 Posts: 629 Member
    Anyone who can do this, to me, is amazing. Let me tell you, if I had to go that long without eating, I feel bad for anyone who would cross my path! I eat small meals every 2.5 to 3 hours during the day until bedtime. Plus I find if I wait too long to eat, I'm frantic and eat waaay to much and feel terrible. I'm curious to know how you keep it together to get through it?
  • 4theking
    4theking Posts: 1,196 Member
    I was going to try this today. I went from 5:30 pm yesterday until 10:30am today. I started to feel faint and felt like I was going to vomit (I was drinking green tea). So apparently I did the 14 hour fast. My question is do you do this daily? I have always heard/read that never to skip breakfast as it slows metabolism but this IF is saying different. Please enlighten me. :)

    As your body gets used to it, you will feel better. It does not slow metabolism. Studies say it takes around 3 days of not eating for your metabolim to start slowing. I skipped breakfast daily to lose close to 70lbs and hit my goal a few weeks ago.
  • I was going to try this today. I went from 5:30 pm yesterday until 10:30am today. I started to feel faint and felt like I was going to vomit (I was drinking green tea). So apparently I did the 14 hour fast. My question is do you do this daily? I have always heard/read that never to skip breakfast as it slows metabolism but this IF is saying different. Please enlighten me. :)

    As your body gets used to it, you will feel better. It does not slow metabolism. Studies say it takes around 3 days of not eating for your metabolim to start slowing. I skipped breakfast daily to lose close to 70lbs and hit my goal a few weeks ago.

    THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU! Wish someone had told me that a LONG time ago. Breakfast is actually the time of day I don't "need" food as I'm never hungry. Is this a daily thing you do? Or just a couple times a week? I thought of also trying the zigzag calorie intake just to see what works best for me. Opps just answered my own question...lol
  • 4theking
    4theking Posts: 1,196 Member
    I was going to try this today. I went from 5:30 pm yesterday until 10:30am today. I started to feel faint and felt like I was going to vomit (I was drinking green tea). So apparently I did the 14 hour fast. My question is do you do this daily? I have always heard/read that never to skip breakfast as it slows metabolism but this IF is saying different. Please enlighten me. :)

    As your body gets used to it, you will feel better. It does not slow metabolism. Studies say it takes around 3 days of not eating for your metabolim to start slowing. I skipped breakfast daily to lose close to 70lbs and hit my goal a few weeks ago.

    THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU! Wish someone had told me that a LONG time ago. Breakfast is actually the time of day I don't "need" food as I'm never hungry. Is this a daily thing you do? Or just a couple times a week? I thought of also trying the zigzag calorie intake just to see what works best for me. Opps just answered my own question...lol

    Yep, do it daily. I also spiked my calories over maintenance once a week to help with my fat loss.
  • skinnyfat14
    skinnyfat14 Posts: 107 Member
    What exactly does 'spike your calories' mean?
  • Thankyou! This helps so much! :) want my body fat to go down by 5%. I guess I'm the label "skinnyfat" right now.
  • What exactly does 'spike your calories' mean?

    If it's what the zigzagging is, it's when 1 or 2 days a week you up your calories more than the other days but so your total weekly calorie intake is the same. that's if I'm understanding correctly.
  • missikay1970
    missikay1970 Posts: 588 Member
    i frequently went 12-14 hours without eating. i didn't know i was onto something. LOL now to increase to 16 hours really wouldnt' be that difficult for me. we typically eat dinner at 6:30 p.m. and until recently, i wasn't eating again until around 9:00 or later the following morning. (recently i have started eating breakfast at 6:30 a.m.) anyway, this is interesting, thx for the post :smile:
  • skinnyfat14
    skinnyfat14 Posts: 107 Member
    What exactly does 'spike your calories' mean?

    If it's what the zigzagging is, it's when 1 or 2 days a week you up your calories more than the other days but so your total weekly calorie intake is the same. that's if I'm understanding correctly.

    ahhh ok. Do you do this right from the start or maybe after hitting a plateau?
  • 4theking
    4theking Posts: 1,196 Member
    What exactly does 'spike your calories' mean?

    If it's what the zigzagging is, it's when 1 or 2 days a week you up your calories more than the other days but so your total weekly calorie intake is the same. that's if I'm understanding correctly.

    ahhh ok. Do you do this right from the start or maybe after hitting a plateau?

    I did this the entire time. I ate around bmr for six days and 2x bmr on my spike day.
  • What exactly does 'spike your calories' mean?

    If it's what the zigzagging is, it's when 1 or 2 days a week you up your calories more than the other days but so your total weekly calorie intake is the same. that's if I'm understanding correctly.

    ahhh ok. Do you do this right from the start or maybe after hitting a plateau?

    Sounds like at any time you want to lose.
  • couponfun
    couponfun Posts: 714 Member
    Okay so I've returned to the board and admit this is the first time I've heard of the IF. Sounds like something I kinda do naturally HOWEVER, here's my dilema.

    I get up for work at 1:30 a.m. by the time 7 am comes (usually when everyone wakes and I eat) I've had 6 cups of black coffee with sugar so I can work (one sugar, one stevia) - so since there's sugar I guess that it doesn't count.

    I'm on 26 pills a day plus a weekly chemo shot. I CANNOT let my sugar levels dip because I will pass out, which has happened, and if I stress my body too much I get to the point of having a major lupus flare.

    Is there ANYONE on this that is on regular medications/has other conditions that has been able to do this successfully? TIA
  • siabevis
    siabevis Posts: 811
    Agreed!
  • couponfun
    couponfun Posts: 714 Member
    Agreed!

    BTW I've got to say I'd KILL for abs like yours :flowerforyou:
  • skinnyfat14
    skinnyfat14 Posts: 107 Member
    Agreed!

    BTW I've got to say I'd KILL for abs like yours :flowerforyou:

    ME TOO!!
  • Anyone who can do this, to me, is amazing. Let me tell you, if I had to go that long without eating, I feel bad for anyone who would cross my path! I eat small meals every 2.5 to 3 hours during the day until bedtime. Plus I find if I wait too long to eat, I'm frantic and eat waaay to much and feel terrible. I'm curious to know how you keep it together to get through it?
    yeah i was the same (and am the same) but strangely if i DONT have breakfast I can go through to 18-20 hours (stop at 630pm the night before, eat again 3-4ish pm the following day)
    I have found I am also a bit better at going longer than 3 hours before my small meals on the 5 days a week I don't do ESE.
    If I have breakfast-I want morning coffee, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea etc. Which is fine as it still comes to 1200-1400 cals a day but find the 2 days doing ESE means I can relax a bit on the weekend and still lose weight (slowly. dont have much to lose and therefore its sloooow whether i like it or not.)
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