"8-Hour Diet" Plan?

In the end, it will always be finding a way you are comfortable with eating at a caloric deficit.

That's what it boils down to.

I'm not a big proponent of diets in general. I think it takes a lifestyle change, so to me all diets are fads. You have to learn to eat clean and lean...and exercise. IMHO

In respnose to JulieJustSayin - I wouldn't treat it like a "diet". I am looking to make lifestyle changes - although I must say that being a working mother, I don't see it as a realistic goal to eat "clean and lean" all the time. I'm trying to make smaller changes that I can stick to. Then gradually make bigger changes as time goes by and I've managed to stick to the smaller changes. Does that make sense?

It doesn't have to be all the time...that is more of what I would call a diet mentality...I make mistakes and bad choices etc...but if you are dedicated to eating better, more veggies etc..and small changes, well they become bigger changes and bigger successes. I know it is hard with kids, my boys won't eat a lot of the veggies I like to eat...but they also see a good role model and they try. Sounds like you've got the right idea.

. I think that someone's trying to make a buck off of desperate people "You can't learn anything about this diet unless you purchase...."
The diet doesn't seem all that bad, but I wouldn't go out and purchase anything

leangains.com

I havn't spent anything but some of my time

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/training-day/201212/greatest-weight-loss-myth-ever-told

:noway: Yet another idiotic fad diet!!

. I think that someone's trying to make a buck off of desperate people "You can't learn anything about this diet unless you purchase...."
The diet doesn't seem all that bad, but I wouldn't go out and purchase anything

leangains.com

I havn't spent anything but some of my time

Yes, leangains. To be honest, I wouldn't even consider the "8 hour diet" to be IF, as IF is really 18/6, minimum. Personally, I'd skip the "8 hour diet" money making grab, and spend some time on leangains. Or, check out "Eat-Stop-Eat" as that's an alternate intermittent fasting approach, and I honestly prefer it to the leangains approach.

why? i was considering eat stop eat but wasnt interested in buying his book. Is that 16/8? I thought it was 24 fast every 2-3 days?

I do this very thing, but I am not into "lean gains" or any other guru prompted fad diet.
My reason for eating in an 8 hour window is for calorie control and discipline.
It worked well for me.

There is nothing magic about it.
You can google "intermittent fasting" for more info, but just beware.
As some have already mentioned, there are loads of fluff for sale with guys making this out to be something it is not.
Just give it a go, and see if you get results. I sure did!

Sounds like a boot-leg remake of Intermittent Fasting, IF works.

I've been considering trying IF, a lot of the time I'm up from 7am to 11pm/midnight, that's a long time to make my calories stretch. I don't really consider it a fad from what I've learned so far....it's just about timing, not putting any foods off limits, or supplements, pills...etc. The only reason I'm hesitant is I work shift work so every week is different for me, may be harder to find a good 8 hour window where I can be consistent.

In line at the grocery store I saw a magazine that said "Lose 8 pounds in a day with grapefruit!". Now, that's a fad diet, haha.

Meal timing is of no importance. You could eat your total daily calorie goal at one sitting. However, the only main objective to this is to find what works for you. Who said you "had" to eat breakfast? You don't. I am one of those people who needs fuel first thing in the morning because that's when I do my most heaviest training.

As long as you are getting proper nutrition and you are in a calorie deficit, you will have weight loss. You don't have to follow some ridiculous plan or go out and buy books on eating certain foods at certain times, ect. If anything, pick up The New Rules of Lifting for Women.


Also for IF, most of the research done showing positive effects were completed on male subjects, and hormonal differences do play a huge role. There is some research done showing females responding NEGATIVELY to fasting:

■ One study (1) found that while IF improved insulin sensitivity in male subjects, female subjects saw no such improvement. In fact, the glucose tolerance of fasting women actually worsened.

■ In another study (2) in response to fasted cycling training, men showed greater skeletal muscle adaptations when fasted. Women had better muscle adaptations when fed.


(1) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15833943?dopt=Abstract
(2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20452283

I eat from 11 am - 6 pm and it works if you have problems with binging. I don't understand the people laughing and saying it's not a "quick fix" all it does is change your eating schedule, you still eat the same amount of calories.

(My mother always told me "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." - I wish more people were raised this way!)

My mother used to say this too....but that was before the internet existed. :laugh:

I eat from 11 am - 6 pm and it works if you have problems with binging. I don't understand the people laughing and saying it's not a "quick fix" all it does is change your eating schedule, you still eat the same amount of calories.

This. Choosing to IF is no different than choosing to eat 5 meals a day with 3 strategically placed snacks in between them to "stoke the metabolism" (lulz.) It's not a magical diet method, it's just an eating schedule. Some people prefer it, because we like eating larger portions of food. I'd much rather eat 1 1500 calorie meal, rather than a bunch of 300 calorie "snacks." Plus I work in retail, I don't have the kind of schedule that allows me to stop and eat every hour, on the hour.

There are also a lot of people who put on weight due to mindless grazing all day, setting a hard time window of when they can eat helps break that habit, making calorie control easier.

Bottom line, it's all personal preference, and really, the only thing that's a joke in this thread is the actual book in question, as there is plenty of very good, very scientifically sound information available for free on the internet, like leangains.com. Martin does an excellent job of explaining things. Also, agreed that IF may not be beneficial to women, but there really isn't anywhere near enough information out there to really make a firm conclusion yet.