Intermittent fasting - how did it work for you?

sunlover89
sunlover89 Posts: 436 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm very curious about intermittent fasting. I understand how it works but I'm not sure how to do it exactely. Should I eat in 'windows' or just not eat for 24h 2 days a week. What's been your experience with it? What has been your eating schedual? Has it really sped up your fat burning?

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  • ElleBee66
    ElleBee66 Posts: 128 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/66-intermittent-fasting

    Try this group and the FAQs they have on the first page.
  • crodriguez94
    crodriguez94 Posts: 105 Member
    bump
  • AntWrig
    AntWrig Posts: 2,273 Member
    it worked well for me. However, going back to eating whenever I wanted to works better.
  • AbsoluteNG
    AbsoluteNG Posts: 1,079 Member
    join the if group. Some people do it just for the potential health benefits as those guys tend to be older. Others use it as a way of not having to think about food every 3 hours. You can be more productive that way. If your busy at work then u have no time to think about food. Tends to be harder to fast on weekends as ur bored so u got more time to think about food.



    If u are trying to lose weight then u still have to eat at a deficit but people on IF count the entire week calories instead of 1 day. Breaking fast can also cause some diherrea so break fast with a fruit, salad, and some carbs before fat and proteins. I hear it's because ur dugestive system has to lubricate itself again with fats
  • dawsey100
    dawsey100 Posts: 1
    I have been following the 24 hr twice weekly IF system since February this year and have lost over 25 lbs and found it easy to keep off :) You can follow my progress here

    http://www.intermittentfastreview.com
  • uclown2002
    uclown2002 Posts: 79 Member
    I didn't like the look of alternative day fasting as I think not sustainable (for me) long term.

    I did/do 16/8 known as leangains (www.leangains.com) and found it incredibly easy. You fast for 16 hrs and feed in an 8 hr window, for me 2-10pm suits me best.

    I have a couple of friends who do 16/8 and chuck in 1 or 2 full 24 hr fasts and they are seeing great weight loss.

    I started 20/4 known as the Warrior Diet. Although it has many benefits I found it harder than 16/8. At moment I'm probably doing a 50/50 split between 16/8 and 20/4.

    I'm looking to maintain my weight so was very surprised to see a 5lb weight loss in 3 weeks, so I firmly believe IF has sped up my metabolism.

    Overall, life-changing for me. After all these years I am in total control of my food, and found a program that I can stick to for the long haul.
  • koyongi
    koyongi Posts: 12 Member
    I leaned out on a 16/8 split, but put on weight overall. If I didn't ever need to make weight for various sports, I wouldn't care.
    But, I started out pretty lean and I'm a strength athlete, so it's probably a results-not-typical.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    I've been doing the 5:2 version for just over a month (5 days in the week eating sensibly, 2 days fasting - not consecutive).
    Seems to be working as I'm both lighter and leaner and not as hard as I thought to get through the fast days My profile has a link to some background info. f.y.i. fast days are c. 500 cals for women, 600 for men.

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