Intermittent fasting?

babyangelica2010

Anyone do this? I'm reading a lot of conflicting info on it. Some say you eat 500 cals some days and whatever you want other day, but I thought it was eating the first meal of the day at noon or later and eating 2-3 big meals a day. So, what is intermittent fasting?

babyangelica2010

Really? Nothing?

amanda6393

There are various methods for intermittant fasting....

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/why-fast-part-six-choosing-a-method/

Personally, I don't eat anything after dinner on Friday nights until Saturday afternoon (about 18 hours) but I haven't been fasting for that long. Plan to increase duration and do it more frequently.

chrisdavey

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/599982-intermittent-fasting-faq

paleojoe

I have been IF'ing for a couple years now... easiest way I have found to get really lean. Takes the stress out of making sure you do not eat too much.

http://thesimplesaloon.com/on-becoming-lean/

http://bradpilon.com/introduction-to-intermittent-fasting/

Some links to get you started.

Best, J

darkguardian419

definitely read that as 'fisting' I'm going to leave now...

MonkeyBars

http://www.leangains.com/

hilliardjoe

Could also be called "skipping a meal".

jonnythan

Tried it. For one day. Thought I was going to die and decided it wasn't for me.

spirit80

I skip meals all the time. Just get busy and forget to eat.

keeponkickin

I dislike breakfast so it makes it easy for me to do IF. Works well.

AliceNov2011

You can do it any way you like. The point is that you have a day or two of very low calories (500-600) split up however you want, and then eat "normally" the rest of the week for a net WEEKLY average of whatever your magic number is. That means you can have a night out or some other higher calorie day without worrying about it.

It's also a good practice to teach yourself that you won't die if you miss a meal. Very good discipline.