"8-Hour Diet" Plan?
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I'm on my fourth day of the 8 hour diet and it really isn't that hard to do. I don't think it is a fad either. It's just controlling the timeframe in which you eat. I will let you know if it seems to help. I exercise regularly and try to eat as healthy as I can. Figured I'd give it a try just to see if it makes a difference. The book promotes healthy eating.0
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This is actually my first day on this. I'm a cubical dweller for 40+ hrs a week so it's *very* easy for me to graze all day. And then I get home and have to make a big meal for my family of 4. On average I'm up at 630 and go to bed at midnight. Quite a long day to stretch calories out! So hopefully this will help me get things back on track!
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I do 18/6.... Not because I read it somehwere, it's just what works for me. I did read about it after I'd worked this out on my own before ever hearing about it.
"Breakfast" to me is at about 3 hours after waking - about 300-500 cals. My next meal is 5-6 hours later, about 1000-1200 cals. Then I go to bed about five hours after that. Only litte deviation is my 150 calorie coffee right after I get up...so I guess that makes it more like 15/9ish.
I've been maintaining on this pretty effortlessly. Of course, there are days I go off-plan - but for the most part this is my style.0 -
I've read about the 8 hour diet, did a little research and thought "What the heck, try it". So I've been on it on for going on two weeks. My eating frame is from 8-4, then I fast for the rest of the time. I found it very difficult the first 5 days to not eat in the early evening, as I work and don't get home to make supper until 5pm. But I adjusted my eating schedule and really feel great. I'm less hungrey and haven't over ate. I haven't weighed my self but that's not why I'm trying this. I really just want to put a little balance in my eating schedule. I would like to try and get rid of the bad snacking habbits in the evening. It also makes me drink way more water after my eating schedule is done, which has to be a good thing, right? It's very easy to do, I use my app to count my calories and for my weight loss goal, I only intake 1260 calories on the good days 0
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So glad that a couple of the people commenting have at least read the book. The science behind the eight hour diet is extremely interesting and it is a cumulative analysis of several years of research and other fasting plans. When you read about the science behind how our stomachs, liver and digestive systems actually work and relate it to how we as a society eat it makes so much sense why we have become obese. He probably should not have called it a diet because it is not in any way what we expect a diet to be, in fact, he says in the beginning that this will go against everything we have ever learned about diets.
I started it on Monday. I am eating 11am-7pm everyday, trying to get my 8 super foods in and haven't done much with the 8 minutes of exercise. I eat what I want. I have lost 1 pound as of this morning and began my period this morning, which this should have been a weight gain and bloating week! Tuesday morning I experienced a significant reduction of bloating. I wish that I had measured before starting because as of today I am wearing jeans I haven't been able to button in 6 months and a bra with the same problem. Even though the scale is not dropping huge amounts (or maybe it will) the inches and significant lessening of bloating that I carry in my stomach area is incredible. I love not "dieting" I am still eating "normally" and trying to get the 8 super foods in as well. I just don't eat after 7 and only have some water and my coffee before 11. I feel good and I am not having the afternoon sleepys and my evening indigestion has subsided. I also have more energy.
This is easy. I really recommend you read the book if you can, check it out at the library or it is cheaper if you put it on your kindle. I am excited to see what the next few weeks bring.0 -
I do 20/4 and I love it. It's not a "fad diet", in fact it's not a "diet" at all, it's simply an eating schedule. After a week or two, your ghrelin stops spiking throughout the day so you stop being hungry. I just eat dinner and that's it. I'm never hungry before dinner anymore.0
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This. Choosing to IF is no different than choosing to eat 5 meals a day with 3 strategically placed snacks in between them to "stoke the metabolism" (lulz.) It's not a magical diet method, it's just an eating schedule. Some people prefer it, because we like eating larger portions of food. I'd much rather eat 1 1500 calorie meal, rather than a bunch of 300 calorie "snacks." Plus I work in retail, I don't have the kind of schedule that allows me to stop and eat every hour, on the hour.I eat from 11 am - 6 pm and it works if you have problems with binging. I don't understand the people laughing and saying it's not a "quick fix" all it does is change your eating schedule, you still eat the same amount of calories.
There are also a lot of people who put on weight due to mindless grazing all day, setting a hard time window of when they can eat helps break that habit, making calorie control easier.
Bottom line, it's all personal preference, and really, the only thing that's a joke in this thread is the actual book in question, as there is plenty of very good, very scientifically sound information available for free on the internet, like leangains.com. Martin does an excellent job of explaining things. Also, agreed that IF may not be beneficial to women, but there really isn't anywhere near enough information out there to really make a firm conclusion yet.
I wish I had read this before googling intermittent fasting and trying to figure out what on earth people were talking about!! That being said, I'm gonna give this a shot. I usually work til 7, so always fail at the no eating after 7 (eat dinner after I get home), but have never thought to up my breakfast, either. I usually eat right when I get up. And I'd rather a large calorie meal myself than the 300 calorie ones, I never feel full!! Am interested to see how this works out since I am a woman, LOL! Maybe I'll follow yours, but do it 12-7 or 1-8? Although I usually start feeling dizzy/faint if I get too hungry...... guess I could drink a lot of water or try something small until I get used to it.
I also don't understand what 20/4, 16/8..... is is just fasting 20 hours/eating 4? (Sorry, this is really the first I've heard of fasting that didn't involve two to three days- and wasn't members in a church)0 -
im in no position to judge anyone for researching or wanting to try ways to lose the weight. i have a ton of weight to lose myself. but it all boils down to how bad you want it and what your willing to do to make it happen. any fad diet like an 8 hour diet is going to have its set backs. we all need to learn how to change our habits. our bad habits got us here! we have to be accountable for what we eat and how much we exercise. if you stick to a calorie goal and an exercise goal your going to get results. for me i have had to work out on a daily basis an hour or more to lose a pound or two a day. for me it works cause i have the time. but others in the real world work and take care of kids. kids and husbands have certain meal demands. also being on the go we tend to eat out more and rely on convenience foods. for example, one of my bad habits was a morning ritual of getting an ice coffee at mcdonalds. with that i would order breakfast. so a large caramel ice coffee is god knows how many calories. then i would order two burritos on top of that. just the food is 600 calories. then the coffee! even if you can make changes like that, it will help! and that is a life style change. not a quick fix.0
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I do 20/4 and I love it. It's not a "fad diet", in fact it's not a "diet" at all, it's simply an eating schedule. After a week or two, your ghrelin stops spiking throughout the day so you stop being hungry. I just eat dinner and that's it. I'm never hungry before dinner anymore.
What else do you eat during those 4 hours if you are just eating dinner?
I'm thinking I might try just lunch and dinner.0 -
I started this yesterday and so far so good... My sleep schedule is a little different than most so I eat from 4pm-12am and fast the rest of the time.0
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I love it.
This is a just simply intermittent fasting.
Leangains is just another 'program' that comes from the basics of intermittent fasting which is NOT a fad, but has been around for ages. People just like to present the information with different titles and call them diets. haha.
There are many health and weight loss benefits to intermittent fasting. If you're interested in information on the health benefits there's a great youtube webinar by Dr. Michael Lara. (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZZWOXhoFpo) It's not a fad, but proven effective. Since beginning intermittent fasting, my body composition has changed for the better. It works for me, and fits my lifestyle. 0 -
There has been harsh criticism about this approach, mostly people calling it a fad diet.. Well, some people consider Weight Watchers a fad diet, as well, so to each their own.. Didn't stop me from buying this book and actually READING what the plan entailed. So happy that I did! I have a very busy schedule and I was eating at all hours of the day and night. I'm just fitting in all my meals within an 8 hour period now, when I am most active. 5 pounds down so far... Been pretty painless too! Starting my regular exercise routine of Zumba and weight training today, excited to see the positive outcomes from this.. Obviously, not everything will work for everyone, but check it out for yourself and see if it's something that you can incorporate into your lifestyle of healthy eating and physical activity. IF has gotten me out of my plateau and 5 pounds down after not seeing the scale move for weeks.. I'm pretty satisfied right now!0
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You might take a look at my amazon.com ebook, The 4-Hour Diet is better than The 8-Hour Diet. It shows and analyzes daily weight variation over a 2-year case study that demonstrates an exponential decay of excess body fat, even if you pig-out during the 4-hour unrestricted eating interval.0
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It's Intermittent Fasting that somone changed the title of, put it in a book, and is now selling it for money.
I personaly follow Leangains, which has been around for quite some time. As said many times throughout, it isn't a "diet", just an eating schedule. Biggest, leanest and strongest I've been to date on it as it helps with recovery.0 -
Someone please smack me to stop from laughing......please......:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
There are no quick fixes. Set goals, eat right, exercise = WIN
TRUTH^^^^ It's really that simple, guys! It may not be easy but it's certainly not that complicated.
Do you two have any idea what Intermittent fasting really is, or know what you're talking about? IMO making people feel like they need to eat breakfast, 6 small meals a day, every 3 hours... blah blah blah... is making things complicated.
Intermittent fastting simply says "Hey, don't like to eat breakfast? Cool. You don't need to. Eat when you get hungry." I think you'll find that after a day or two of IF the 'fasted' periods leave people with MORE energy and a decreased appetite.
Its not a fad diet, it's merely freeing people up from thinking that they need to 'stoke their metabolic fire' by eating little puny snacks all day. Regardless, I've always said "don't knock it til you try it" so unless you two have EXPERIENCE doing IF that you'd like to share, perhaps you should just keep an open mind or, at best, keep your opinions to yourselves.0 -
The leangains plan of eating is very effective, provided your training is done at a very high intensity. If you don't train at very high intensity, you'll probably see more harm than good by following the plan.
It is not a quick fix. It actually takes a fairly long time to see significant results from doing it. Its purpose is to provide people who find the idea of bulking and then cutting too much of a hassle for body recomposition (muscle gain + fat loss) and are willing to wait forever and a day to see results.0 -
i have heard of it and its not a fad. my cousin moved to turkey this year and thats how they eat over there. i have heard that it works and i did lose a little bit when i tired it but i didnt stick to it and i wasnt exercising either. i would imagine if you stuck to healthier foods and exercised you would drop weight quick.0
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I follow the lean gains approach and eat in a 6-8 hour window always fasting for 16 hours.
This plus lifting heavy 3 times a week ive seen the inches fly off the weight go down but only fat loss and no muscle loss maybe even some gains as im stronger and leaner.
i eat all my calories in that feeding window took me a few days to get into it but in my opinion this is my new lifestyle i couldnt go back to the 'normal' way of eating 3 meals a day and eating 6 meals spaced evenly throughout the day isn't practical.
This method works for me and is routine so i stick to it i don't diet s that causes people to give up.0 -
...I use my app to count my calories and for my weight loss goal, I only intake 1260 calories on the good days
Great that your using IF but please up your calories to a healthy intake follow the TDEE and BMR information, the idea is to eat your normal intake of food. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/937709-in-place-of-a-road-map-ver-3-00 -
I haven't heard of it but it has that dreadful word in the title. lol So I would stay away. :-)0
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I haven't heard of it but it has that dreadful word in the title. lol So I would stay away. :-)
If you have no knowledge on a subject why comment.
It is not a diet it's a lifestyle change in eating patterns
If you would like to lean more there are many methods of Intermittent Fasting but I always recommend Lean Gains.0 -
I would recommend reading Leangains.com to ANYONE who wants to look awesome, whether they intend to follow intermittent fasting or not. Martin Berkhan has put together one hell of a website about how the body responds to food and to different types of training. It is information that you need to know, regardless of what kind of nutrition plan you are following, and the best part is that it's entirely free. You don't need a book written by some guy who is just trying to make money off Berkhan's work.
I think IF works best for people who are already fairly lean and are trying to get leaner. And it is not a diet; it is most definitely a lifestyle. My favorite thing about it is that I get to eat big meals every day. If I spread my calories over 3+ meals a day, I just find myself eating small meals and never feeling satisfied. If I save most of them for the end of my feeding window, I get to eat a big, satisfying dinner AND dessert, stay under my calorie limit for the day, and go to bed feeling great.0 -
I actually just started incorporating this into my fitness and health approach, and I really like it. I generally don't feel well when I eat later... which I will unless I set boundaries for myself, even little snacks. I crave cereal in the morning, but don't feel well if I have it. If I make myself eat some protein package, I usually end up eating more than I would like for the day as well. I'm going to try it out for a month and see how complicated it makes things, if it's adaptable then I think it will stay!0
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I would recommend reading Leangains.com to ANYONE who wants to look awesome, whether they intend to follow intermittent fasting or not. Martin Berkhan has put together one hell of a website about how the body responds to food and to different types of training. It is information that you need to know, regardless of what kind of nutrition plan you are following, and the best part is that it's entirely free. You don't need a book written by some guy who is just trying to make money off Berkhan's work.
I think IF works best for people who are already fairly lean and are trying to get leaner. And it is not a diet; it is most definitely a lifestyle. My favorite thing about it is that I get to eat big meals every day. If I spread my calories over 3+ meals a day, I just find myself eating small meals and never feeling satisfied. If I save most of them for the end of my feeding window, I get to eat a big, satisfying dinner AND dessert, stay under my calorie limit for the day, and go to bed feeling great.
Spot on, word for word my sentiments.
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Just when I think Rodale can't sink any lower (and I subscribe and enjoy several of their magazines) you see a line like:Eat what they like and shift the aging process into reverse.....and
Sharpen their minds and cut their risk of Alzheimer’s and other brain diseases..
my BS detector goes on red alert..........0 -
I know a lot of people who have had success with intermittent fasting. Personally, I tried it and it didn't work for me (perhaps because I have PCOS which messes with your metabolism but don't quote me on that). I think the best thing to do it TRY it out and see how it goes. I don't regret trying IF at all because the process taught me more about how my body works and how it responds to different things. Also, it was super fun to eat giant meals :-)0
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