Intermittent Fasting

I do the Leangains method on most days. The recommendation for women is a 14 hour fast/10 hour feed window. Don't expect it to be a miracle magic trick, losing weight is still ALL about the deficit. Here is a helpful calculator for calories and macros. http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/

BUMP doing this too looking for input

Yeah its weird - I did crash intermittent fast with a 1200-1500 calorie diet for a week and a half. By the fifth day all my hunger went away and by the end of 1.5 weeks I had dropped 12 lbs.... though on the last 3 days I cut my calories down to around 1000... what we will do for the beach haha

I found that IF actually helped suppress appetite a lot by the 5th day... didn't feel hungry at all even eating 1200-1500 calories in ONE meal and walking 3 miles almost every day.

--It has a negative affect on your health if you're doing it for weight loss purposes and not attempting it in the proper way...

Intermittent Fasting is good -- However not on a regular basis
Some people take it to the extreme where they fast for days (which puts your body into starvation mode and makes the body hold on to the fat even more) at a time which in turn leads to stress on the body and long term health issues such a Ulcers etc

If you're doing it intermittently -- *doing it at intervals not continuously* - Only then will you experience the health benefits in addition to having your nutritional requirements met daily especially at times of fasts

Not Losing Weight is one thing but your health is most important because it is at risk if fasting is approached in the wrong manner or for the wrong reasons

Yeah ur right - starvation mode makes u get fat fast once u fall off the wagon...

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--It has a negative affect on your health if you're doing it for weight loss purposes and not attempting it in the proper way...

Intermittent Fasting is good -- However not on a regular basis
Some people take it to the extreme where they fast for days (which puts your body into starvation mode and makes the body hold on to the fat even more) at a time which in turn leads to stress on the body and long term health issues such a Ulcers etc

If you're doing it intermittently -- *doing it at intervals not continuously* - Only then will you experience the health benefits in addition to having your nutritional requirements met daily especially at times of fasts

Not Losing Weight is one thing but your health is most important because it is at risk if fasting is approached in the wrong manner or for the wrong reasons

Sorry if this seems counter productive to anyone else on the thread (and don't let me talk you out of trying the IF idea because an aquaintance of mine mentioned she was doing IF and that it took her a while to START loosing weight but once the ball got rolling she's been steadily loosing) HOWEVER: the reason I find this subject interesting is because I am having issues eating enough calories (due to the medication that I take that kills my appitite) and when I first started my meds 4 years ago I lost a lot of weight very quickly but I guess at some point (can't really pinpoint when) my body got used to not eating because I started putting on weight. Basically the way my body has been running for the last four years is : 1st meal at about 1pm (unless I get busy with things on my lunch break and don't actually stop and think, "Hey self it's LUNCH time - you need to eat" 2nd meal between 6-7 pm and last meal (the only one I am ever actually hungry for) at 9 or 10 pm. So I guess I have kind have been inadvertantly fasting (?), however I still managed to gain weight and I didn't understand why until I read about the whole "starvation mode" thing which makes sense because even when I do eat I don't think I was hitting 1200 c a day before (though I wasn't counting calories before MFP either) and despite trying, I still find it difficult. I have other issues that, I speculate, may have stemmed from the under eating, too, and I was hoping that when some one went into the damages done to the body they might be able to give specifics. I have heard a lot about hormones but no one ever says which ones? Thanks to anyone who reads this and has an answer

less calories u consume less likely to maintain/build muscle = lower quality of life IMO.

Sorry if this seems counter productive to anyone else on the thread (and don't let me talk you out of trying the IF idea because an aquaintance of mine mentioned she was doing IF and that it took her a while to START loosing weight but once the ball got rolling she's been steadily loosing) HOWEVER: the reason I find this subject interesting is because I am having issues eating enough calories (due to the medication that I take that kills my appitite) and when I first started my meds 4 years ago I lost a lot of weight very quickly but I guess at some point (can't really pinpoint when) my body got used to not eating because I started putting on weight. Basically the way my body has been running for the last four years is : 1st meal at about 1pm (unless I get busy with things on my lunch break and don't actually stop and think, "Hey self it's LUNCH time - you need to eat" 2nd meal between 6-7 pm and last meal (the only one I am ever actually hungry for) at 9 or 10 pm. So I guess I have kind have been inadvertantly fasting (?), however I still managed to gain weight and I didn't understand why until I read about the whole "starvation mode" thing which makes sense because even when I do eat I don't think I was hitting 1200 c a day before (though I wasn't counting calories before MFP either) and despite trying, I still find it difficult. I have other issues that, I speculate, may have stemmed from the under eating, too, and I was hoping that when some one went into the damages done to the body they might be able to give specifics. I have heard a lot about hormones but no one ever says which ones? Thanks to anyone who reads this and has an answer

I'm under eating too but there is a theory that calorie restriction can help prevent aging, at least studies on mice have proved this and many people are trying it too. Without trying to lose weight, my normal calories are probably around 1000 but then I'd go to parties and receptions and have wine, vodka & cranberry juice, etc... And that resulted in weight gain. Now I'm really under eating because I'm just not hungry from the effects of IF and also trying to lose all the alcohol weight. So far I feel fine, even on days I've had less than 300 calories. But I'm packing those calories with tons of vitamins and nutrients, protein powder, green & red powder, fiber, and a LOT of supplements. For 300 calories, I'm probably getting more nutrition than most McDonalds eaters get in a week. So the issue is, is it calorie consumption or nutrients we should be concerned about?

I have heard that extreme low calories can affect a man's libido but nothing about it affecting women's. It hasn't affected mine in a negative way at all. Kind of the opposite. It can make you more in tune with all your senses. Especially while fasting. And I think women feel more depressed if they feel fat rather than eat too little. At least that's true for me...

And in my experinece = low calories turns men into women and makes them prone to depression - I am never going back to extremely low calories.

Sorry if this seems counter productive to anyone else on the thread (and don't let me talk you out of trying the IF idea because an aquaintance of mine mentioned she was doing IF and that it took her a while to START loosing weight but once the ball got rolling she's been steadily loosing) HOWEVER: the reason I find this subject interesting is because I am having issues eating enough calories (due to the medication that I take that kills my appitite) and when I first started my meds 4 years ago I lost a lot of weight very quickly but I guess at some point (can't really pinpoint when) my body got used to not eating because I started putting on weight. Basically the way my body has been running for the last four years is : 1st meal at about 1pm (unless I get busy with things on my lunch break and don't actually stop and think, "Hey self it's LUNCH time - you need to eat" 2nd meal between 6-7 pm and last meal (the only one I am ever actually hungry for) at 9 or 10 pm. So I guess I have kind have been inadvertantly fasting (?), however I still managed to gain weight and I didn't understand why until I read about the whole "starvation mode" thing which makes sense because even when I do eat I don't think I was hitting 1200 c a day before (though I wasn't counting calories before MFP either) and despite trying, I still find it difficult. I have other issues that, I speculate, may have stemmed from the under eating, too, and I was hoping that when some one went into the damages done to the body they might be able to give specifics. I have heard a lot about hormones but no one ever says which ones? Thanks to anyone who reads this and has an answer

I'm under eating too but there is a theory that calorie restriction can help prevent aging, at least studies on mice have proved this and many people are trying it too. Without trying to lose weight, my normal calories are probably around 1000 but then I'd go to parties and receptions and have wine, vodka & cranberry juice, etc... And that resulted in weight gain. Now I'm really under eating because I'm just not hungry from the effects of IF and also trying to lose all the alcohol weight. So far I feel fine, even on days I've had less than 300 calories. But I'm packing those calories with tons of vitamins and nutrients, protein powder, green & red powder, fiber, and a LOT of supplements. For 300 calories, I'm probably getting more nutrition than most McDonalds eaters get in a week. So the issue is, is it calorie consumption or nutrients we should be concerned about?

I have been fasting 16+ hours a day for a year now. I love it, and don't see ever stopping. My health has improved immensely since starting IF, and it was pretty good to begin with.

And in my experinece = low calories turns men into women and makes them prone to depression - I am never going back to extremely low calories.

... Excuse you?