5 hour fast?

Not quite. I eat 2/3 of my calories between 6:30 & 9:30 pm, which is about 2100 - 2200.

Protein shake in the morning after the 5 am work out & about 800 calories mid day. Works for me. I find if I save all my calories for the evening it's a bit much for me.

I say its your body, experiment. You only live once!

I eat only between the hours of 11a and 7p. I begin eating that late in the morning because A) I'm not hungry in the morning and if I do eat, I become ravenous throughout the day. I've never been a breakfast person so this works for me. I still drink my green tea in the morning, but I just won't eat.

And don't be put off what people say on here. You find what works for you and stick with it. Everyone has an opinion and no one is an expert.

Not quite. I eat 2/3 of my calories between 6:30 & 9:30 pm, which is about 2100 - 2200.

Protein shake in the morning after the 5 am work out & about 800 calories mid day. Works for me. I find if I save all my calories for the evening it's a bit much for me.

You are not stoking your metabolic fire, which leads to sub optimal weight loss. I would suggest eating something every 10-15 min to maximize your metabolism

Noted. Does a beer every 10-15mins work just as well? I can handle that.

and yes....

I agree about the starvation mode. What you're doing by eating this way is sending signals to your body that you will only get to eat at certain times. Your body reacts by storing fat because it thinks it will only get food at these times. Do yourself a favor and eat several small meals and snacks everyday. This will lead to optimal (and healthy) weight loss!

Short term fasting does not slow down metabolism. Net fat storage does not occur in a calorie deficit.

Uh, no. I have too much going on with three kids under 4, school, a 3 month old puppy, a house to clean, food to cook, a husband, etc. There's no way I could get through everything without eating every few hours. Plus, my stomach can't hold a day's worth of food all at once, I'd probably get crazy hungry while the rest of my family ate meals, and I'm trying to set a good, healthy example for my kids. That means modeling healthy eating habits that they can mirror.

Starvation Mode!!!!!!!

Not sure if sarcastic or ignorant.

Have an inkling that it's sarcastic...just from what I have seen elsewhere!

I agree about the starvation mode. What you're doing by eating this way is sending signals to your body that you will only get to eat at certain times. Your body reacts by storing fat because it thinks it will only get food at these times. Do yourself a favor and eat several small meals and snacks everyday. This will lead to optimal (and healthy) weight loss!

*Shake my head*

It takes much longer than that to go into "starvation" mode. Your body doesn't start storing fat after not getting food for a few hours.

Not sure if sarcastic or ignorant.

*Shake my head harder than you*

It takes much longer than that to go into "starvation" mode. Your body doesn't start "STARVING" until you have not had food for "Weeks" along with depleting existing fat reserves.

You can NOT store fat by not eating.

Fat is stored when insulin takes excess blood glucose and further breaks it down to triglycerides that can penetrate the cell wall barrier. In order to have excess blood glucose, you must EAT foods that are digested into blood glucose.

By not eating, aka "starving", you enter a state called Ketosis, also known as fat-burning-mode.

I agree about the starvation mode. What you're doing by eating this way is sending signals to your body that you will only get to eat at certain times. Your body reacts by storing fat because it thinks it will only get food at these times. Do yourself a favor and eat several small meals and snacks everyday. This will lead to optimal (and healthy) weight loss!

*Shake my head*

It takes much longer than that to go into "starvation" mode. Your body doesn't start storing fat after not getting food for a few hours.

Not sure if sarcastic or ignorant.

*Shake my head harder than you*

It takes much longer than that to go into "starvation" mode. Your body doesn't start "STARVING" until you have not had food for "Weeks" along with depleting existing fat reserves.

You can NOT store fat by not eating.

Fat is stored when insulin takes excess blood glucose and further breaks it down to triglycerides that can penetrate the cell wall barrier. In order to have excess blood glucose, you must EAT foods that are digested into blood glucose.

By not eating, aka "starving", you enter a state called Ketosis, also known as fat-burning-mode.

Lol

I second the lolz

Is there a medical reason to do this?

My approach has always been eating 5-6 small meals a day spaced out with a few hours in between each meal/snack, with lots of water & not eating a few hours before bed. I would not want to eat all my calories {and that many cals} in such a short time span.

Is there a medical reason to do this?

That's all good and there's nothing wrong with it, but there's no added benefits to doing what you're doing over eating all of your calories in just one meal before bed.

Is there a medical reason to do this?

My approach has always been eating 5-6 small meals a day spaced out with a few hours in between each meal/snack, with lots of water & not eating a few hours before bed. I would not want to eat all my calories {and that many cals} in such a short time span.

Is there a medical reason to do this?

That's all good and there's nothing wrong with it, but there's no added benefits to doing what you're doing over eating all of your calories in just one meal before bed.

You're right about this. Maintaining the caloric deficit is key. However, holding that deficit as long as possible before consuming food helps progress. Eating fewer times with less time in-between meals helps in many ways to aid fat loss.

Starvation Mode!!!!!!!

Ugggg, seriously?

He was trolling.

I agree about the starvation mode. What you're doing by eating this way is sending signals to your body that you will only get to eat at certain times. Your body reacts by storing fat because it thinks it will only get food at these times. Do yourself a favor and eat several small meals and snacks everyday. This will lead to optimal (and healthy) weight loss!

*Shake my head*

It takes much longer than that to go into "starvation" mode. Your body doesn't start storing fat after not getting food for a few hours.

Not sure if sarcastic or ignorant.

*Shake my head harder than you*

It takes much longer than that to go into "starvation" mode. Your body doesn't start "STARVING" until you have not had food for "Weeks" along with depleting existing fat reserves.

You can NOT store fat by not eating.

Fat is stored when insulin takes excess blood glucose and further breaks it down to triglycerides that can penetrate the cell wall barrier. In order to have excess blood glucose, you must EAT foods that are digested into blood glucose.

By not eating, aka "starving", you enter a state called Ketosis, also known as fat-burning-mode.

I can't figure out if you're arguing with me or the person I quoted, but if me, I have nothing to respond to since you didn't contradict anything that I posted...

Edit: Re-reading this post, I honestly can't figure out what you're even talking about...

What I'm saying is:

You don't store fat when you don't eat. The idea of starvation mode, and metabolic downturn, is a dogmatic myth.

There is plenty of research to back this up.

Sources? There is research that fasting for more than a few days does in fact slow down your metabolism: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3661473

The key is that it is long term fasting, not short term fasting, that sends the body into starvation mode.