Fasting after 5pm?

eattolivetoeat
eattolivetoeat Posts: 10
in Health and Weight Loss
Does it work? Is it better than spreading out your calories throughout the whole day? Personal experience? :)

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  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    End of day calorie and macronutrient totals will primarily dictate change in bodyweight. If you want to fast for preferential reasons, knock yourself out.

    I choose to fast during the daytime and stuff my food-hole at night because I like eating massive dinners and I'm not much of a breakfast person.
  • DanaDark
    DanaDark Posts: 2,187 Member
    I naturally eat between noon and 8pm personally. I simply am not hungry till noon, and dinner time for me is 7pm. After that, I don't eat unless I am going to snack on some popcorn or notice I am under my nutritional needs.

    If eating TOO much is a problem for you (turns out, wasn't my weight loss problem), then fasting after a set time may work. What it does is limits your calories. Many times if we snack late night we SAY "Oh, just a bite..." but what we do is "OM NOM NOM..." and eat the whole thing lol.

    You should try the intermittent fasting thing (fast for 16 hours, eat in an 8 hour window). Half the "fasting" period is spent sleeping anyway, so it isn't hard to follow.
  • pattyblair51
    pattyblair51 Posts: 12 Member
    I find I do better if I don't eat after 5 or even earlier. I work 12 hour shifts so I am usually pretty hungry when I get home at seven. I actually feel better also If I quit earlier probably because I sleep better.

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