Intermittent Fasting. Anyone tried it?

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  • ThatsNotMine
    ThatsNotMine Posts: 75 Member
    oh how funny, I'm doing this anyway! I didn;t know it had a name!

    I only eat between 9-5 at present and it's helped me make heathier choices and stopped the late night pop tart grab.
  • iris8pie
    iris8pie Posts: 224 Member
    *bookmarking*
  • graelwyn
    graelwyn Posts: 1,340 Member
    I have toyed with the idea of this, but I think for someone who is prone to binge eating, it could go one of two ways, and I fear for me, it would increase the urge to binge, as I tend to binge when my blood sugar gets low. I also, on a day I did just about go 16 hours without food, experienced the most intense hunger pains.
  • Nataliaho
    Nataliaho Posts: 878 Member
    I have toyed with the idea of this, but I think for someone who is prone to binge eating, it could go one of two ways, and I fear for me, it would increase the urge to binge, as I tend to binge when my blood sugar gets low. I also, on a day I did just about go 16 hours without food, experienced the most intense hunger pains.

    For me the hunger pains have passed, I don't really get them any more. In relation to binging, I guess it depends if you are truly prone to extreme binging at night, i.e. 500+ calories or if you just snack. Intermittent fasting has had the opposite effect for me, I generally have 300-500 cals left after dinner to have dessert or fruit or a snack or whatever I want. I find that is more than enough to satiate my desire to snack at night.

    I think in the past when I really overdid it at night it was because I felt like once I had snacked a bit, I'd already ruined my day and may as well keep going. Knowing that the snack is all part of the plan and nothing to feel guilty about, helps keep me in line.
  • jodycoady
    jodycoady Posts: 598 Member
    I think it's good to do a little fasting at times. Keeps your body guessing. Besides I'd prefer for my body to feed off the damn fat I already have stored :)

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