Intermittent fasting friends!

CoachTommyB
CoachTommyB Posts: 43
in Food and Nutrition
Hello,
I just starting Intermittent fasting this week with anywhere from a 4 to 6 hour eating window. I would love to make some friends who are also into it, so that i can see how other people have in their diarie set up. Please give me some thoughts on this subject with your eating window time frame, and please friend me!!! If this is a successful way for me to lose weight and keep it off i would love to be apart of an iF community


Also i plan on trying to be a beachbody coach at the end of my p90x, hence the coach at the beginning of name!
Thanks!
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  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
    I do 20/4. You should join the IF board on here, too.
  • Shadowknight137
    Shadowknight137 Posts: 1,243 Member
    Hey, I do that. Feel free to add me, dude. :)

    And yes, joining the IF board is probably a good idea for questions and the like.
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/66-intermittent-fasting
  • mrsgeneric
    mrsgeneric Posts: 143 Member
    Whats this? How does it work
  • Shadowknight137
    Shadowknight137 Posts: 1,243 Member
    Whats this? How does it work

    Imagine if there was a magical search engine that allowed you to ask such questions and found them for you...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_fasting
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    Whats this? How does it work

    Imagine if there was a magical search engine that allowed you to ask such questions and found them for you...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_fasting

    Lol, I often think this when reading some topics on here, but then I think, if everyone just used search on here, or google, would there be much of anything left in the forums to read or respond to ?
  • anamika7v
    anamika7v Posts: 9
    Hi,

    I am planning to start my IF today. I will be doing 18/6. Anybody lost weight on IF? if so please let me know how long would it take to lose 30 pounds on IF.
  • squatsandlipgloss
    squatsandlipgloss Posts: 595 Member
    Started 16/8 yesterday. After having a few days of really difficult losses, I dropped a lbs overnight. Not sure if that is the IF or the 2 slices of cake I had :P
  • tiddlebit11
    tiddlebit11 Posts: 182
    Hey :)

    i do about about 20/4 per day (even though i usually space it out in my food diary differently for convenience)

    Feel free to add me!

    Loving IF - it just fits into my lifestyle so well :)
  • galvinator93
    galvinator93 Posts: 5 Member
    Hello everyone!!
    I didn't do the same type of intermittent fasting as you guys (I don't think!) But I did the 5:2 diet for a while. Fasting for two days of the week. I lost about a stone in two months and felt so much healthier (I did it as well as more exercise and eating healthily on the non-fast days!)

    I have't fasted for a few weeks but I have been still losing weight due to better eating and more exercise. But I think I want to get back into it again to encourage weight loss.

    Thoughts?
  • anamika7v
    anamika7v Posts: 9
    Good to hear from you all. I needed company to continue IF until I reach my goal. First day did go well, I will weigh every week and will record my weight loss.

    @squatsandlipg - Sometimes we are tempted with desserts. Did you lose your 33 pounds with IF?

    @tiddlebit11 - I might also try 20/4, I need to lose weight fast.

    @galvinator93 - If you are already losing weight with diet and exercise why do you have to Fast. Probably you could do 1 day of fasting for cleansing.
  • Yeller_Sensation
    Yeller_Sensation Posts: 373 Member
    Hooray for another IFer!

    I'm 19/5. See ya in the IF group! :flowerforyou:
  • anamika7v
    anamika7v Posts: 9
    Hey..Is there a separate forum for IF group other than this..?
  • m76b
    m76b Posts: 1,498 Member
    16/8 started yesterday... its good so far... feel free to add me if u like
  • anamika7v
    anamika7v Posts: 9
    Hi..I am new to this website..still exploring...where can I add you?
  • CoachTommyB
    CoachTommyB Posts: 43
    I don't know how long it would take, I just started If. I think no matter what if you want to lose weight its calories in vs. calories out .If i just way to specifically hit fat, and its great if your doing some kind of resistance workouts. You can lose quite a bit of weight in 3 months if your dedicated.
  • CoachTommyB
    CoachTommyB Posts: 43
    Hello everyone!!
    I didn't do the same type of intermittent fasting as you guys (I don't think!) But I did the 5:2 diet for a while. Fasting for two days of the week. I lost about a stone in two months and felt so much healthier (I did it as well as more exercise and eating healthily on the non-fast days!)

    I have't fasted for a few weeks but I have been still losing weight due to better eating and more exercise. But I think I want to get back into it again to encourage weight loss.

    Thoughts?

    Ive thought about doing the 5:2, was the two days hard? I would like to do it, however i work out alot so I don't want that to suffer because of the fasting. Also WHAT IS A STONE? haha Iv'e heard that before but exactly how much is it?
  • galvinator93
    galvinator93 Posts: 5 Member
    It's hard at first but once you're into it its quite easy!! If I stop fasting for a week or so I really miss it. Generally fasting for a day doesnt affect my workouts, if anything the workouts help supress my hunger!!

    I think I'm definitely going to start fasting again next week, (I'm visitng family at the moment so fast is very difficult!)

    Oh I think stones are a British weight measurement.?! haha, one stone is 14lbs!!!
  • anamika7v
    anamika7v Posts: 9
    Dedication is what I lack. Will try to do resistance workouts atleast 3 days a week.
  • anamika7v
    anamika7v Posts: 9
    I cheated today, so planing to do 5:2 this week. When you do 2 days of fasting, does it have to be continuous days?
  • conorpatmanCHANGED
    conorpatmanCHANGED Posts: 253 Member
    Hello everyone!!
    I didn't do the same type of intermittent fasting as you guys (I don't think!) But I did the 5:2 diet for a while. Fasting for two days of the week. I lost about a stone in two months and felt so much healthier (I did it as well as more exercise and eating healthily on the non-fast days!)

    I have't fasted for a few weeks but I have been still losing weight due to better eating and more exercise. But I think I want to get back into it again to encourage weight loss.

    Thoughts?

    Ive thought about doing the 5:2, was the two days hard? I would like to do it, however i work out alot so I don't want that to suffer because of the fasting. Also WHAT IS A STONE? haha Iv'e heard that before but exactly how much is it?

    1 stone=14 pounds
  • Sendosi
    Sendosi Posts: 13 Member
    I've been intermittent fasting for a while now, a little more than 6 months total actually. Personally I'd say it's the best thing I've tried, my energy is WAY better than when I used to eat throughout the day! I hit the gym 6 days/week.
    5 days resistance training followed by 1 day of cardio. The main reason I started doing IF was to lose fat, but the reason I continued doing it, is because it just feels right.
    At least that's my opinion on it, I don't really have much to lose given I'm in the military and I've been working out (on and off) for over 4 years total.
    Feel free send me a mail or add me if you have any questions about IF or training in general. I'd be more than happy to help out!
  • clairemc26
    clairemc26 Posts: 7 Member
    A cautionary word for anyone thinking of going down the intermittent fasting route.

    This hasn't worked for me at all and there are suggestions emerging that it's not always a good idea for women*.

    I haven't found it difficult to stick to 500 calories on fast days and have worked out some good, very low calorie meals. However, I have slept poorly on fast nights, I have gained weight (not much, but still) and I have become increasingly preoccupied with food. I've also had to work my running regime around fast days - I'm not one of those people who can run for miles without fuel.

    I took up the IMF more as a cancer prevention strategy than for weight loss but I've reluctantly admitted that my overall health and wellbeing isn't being served well by this regime. The most uncomfortable effect is the psychological one - I feel like I'm losing the plot with normal eating on non-fast days, which I guess explains the weight gain.

    I've hung in there for about 6 months because the science is persuasive. I certainly haven't felt unwell on it and I'm definitely not anti giving it a try. My husband has lost weight and seen his cholestrol level fall so I'll continue to support him with it.

    *http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/373665/Caveman-fasting-diet-may-leave-women-diabetic
  • honkytonks85
    honkytonks85 Posts: 669 Member
    A cautionary word for anyone thinking of going down the intermittent fasting route.

    This hasn't worked for me at all and there are suggestions emerging that it's not always a good idea for women*.

    I haven't found it difficult to stick to 500 calories on fast days and have worked out some good, very low calorie meals. However, I have slept poorly on fast nights, I have gained weight (not much, but still) and I have become increasingly preoccupied with food. I've also had to work my running regime around fast days - I'm not one of those people who can run for miles without fuel.

    I took up the IMF more as a cancer prevention strategy than for weight loss but I've reluctantly admitted that my overall health and wellbeing isn't being served well by this regime. The most uncomfortable effect is the psychological one - I feel like I'm losing the plot with normal eating on non-fast days, which I guess explains the weight gain.

    I've hung in there for about 6 months because the science is persuasive. I certainly haven't felt unwell on it and I'm definitely not anti giving it a try. My husband has lost weight and seen his cholestrol level fall so I'll continue to support him with it.

    *http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/373665/Caveman-fasting-diet-may-leave-women-diabetic

    I read this article but couldn't find anything that suggested fasting lead to diabetes in women?
  • Poods71
    Poods71 Posts: 502 Member
    I did IF and lost about 2 stone (28 lbs). I started off fasting every second day but when I got near goal I kept my weekends free and only fasted 3 days. I feel that the fasting helped me realise that I didn't need as much food as I thought I did and it was better than constantly denying yourself, if I really wanted something I just reminded myself I could have it tomorrow. I now just do calorie control but I am seriously considering going back to IF and doing 2 days, just so that I don't have to be so strict at the weekends. Oh, I also found that I had much more energy and my mood was much better. I thought that was because I had been put on Thyroxin for my thyroid but I am still on the Tyroxin but my energy is rubbish now. Hoping going back to the fasting might boost my energy and mood again.
  • Oncebittentwiceshy38
    Oncebittentwiceshy38 Posts: 127 Member
    Whats this? How does it work

    Imagine if there was a magical search engine that allowed you to ask such questions and found them for you...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_fasting

    Really if you're going to use sarcasm when someone asks a perfectly legit question on a forum board, telling them to go to Wikipedia would not be the best advice to give. My kids aren't allowed to use it as a source on any school papers because of it's inaccuracies.
  • JamesBurkes
    JamesBurkes Posts: 382 Member
    Yes, well worth joining the IF group. There's also an active group on Facebook.

    I lost 20 lbs working out 6 days a week and tracking calories on MFP. Then I stalled for a year (yes, a year!). Nothing seemed to work - carb cycling, calorie cycling, adding additional cardio etc etc) and despite careful food tracking on MFP, the numbers just did not see to add up - there's certainly more to it than "calories in/calories out" IMO.

    Anyway, I started Eat Stop Eat in February and since then have been losing about 1.5 to 2 lbs a week - and all fat too as my measurements are all unchanged apart from my waist, which has dropped 3 inches.

    I fast for two 24 hour periods (8pm dinner to 8 pm dinner) per week, and i generally try to eat Leangains-style on the other days although I do have to have an early breakfast on a couple of days due to super-long bike workouts with friends which are just impossible to do fasted.

    I love this way of eating - it gives me more control over what I eat than if I just tried to eat at a small deficit every day, and in my experience it is also more effective than generating the same weekly deficit over the whole week rather than in two days. I know technically this shouldn't be the case, but practical experience show that it is, for me at least. The fasting days can be tough at first, but by the 3rd or 4th session I had gotten used to it and you just tend to forget those triggers that make you eat (like, "Oh, it's lunchtime - I'm hungry!") That said, the last 4 hours or so are still tough, but you CAN get through them and my God, do you enjoy that meal when you finally get it!

    In addition, I'm recovering faster after workouts and some niggling tendinitis issues have also started to heal up despite nagging at me for several months. It's not for everyone, but for "all or nothing" people like me, it works like a charm.
  • Sendosi
    Sendosi Posts: 13 Member
    A cautionary word for anyone thinking of going down the intermittent fasting route.

    This hasn't worked for me at all and there are suggestions emerging that it's not always a good idea for women*.

    I haven't found it difficult to stick to 500 calories on fast days and have worked out some good, very low calorie meals. However, I have slept poorly on fast nights, I have gained weight (not much, but still) and I have become increasingly preoccupied with food. I've also had to work my running regime around fast days - I'm not one of those people who can run for miles without fuel.

    I took up the IMF more as a cancer prevention strategy than for weight loss but I've reluctantly admitted that my overall health and wellbeing isn't being served well by this regime. The most uncomfortable effect is the psychological one - I feel like I'm losing the plot with normal eating on non-fast days, which I guess explains the weight gain.

    I've hung in there for about 6 months because the science is persuasive. I certainly haven't felt unwell on it and I'm definitely not anti giving it a try. My husband has lost weight and seen his cholestrol level fall so I'll continue to support him with it.

    *http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/373665/Caveman-fasting-diet-may-leave-women-diabetic



    Let me see if I understood you correctly, or if I'm just being stupid for misunderstanding.
    Did you say you ate only 500 calories on fasting days? If so, you've misunderstood the concept of IF.
    You might have read about the muslim fasting, lol!
    If you actually did only eat 500 calories on fasting days, I could tell you right away, you did a big mistake.
    IF is based upon how we humans lived way back when we didn't have food served on silver plates for us.
    Back then, people didn't have food to eat, so they were basically going hours and hours without food. When the hunters killed an animal, they feasted. Ate a lot, in other words.
    That lifestyle has been mixed with modern science and what not, which is how IF is born. IF is based on that lifestyle, where you basically don't eat anything for hours, and then you have a eating window where you eat a lot (the hunters brought you food!).
    In that eating window, which normally is between 8 and 4 hours, you eat your caloric needs, which is not 500 calories.
    How does IF work if you eat just as much as before, you might think. The body produces more hormones, which eases the process of both burning fat and building muscle (isn't that amazing?).
    That's just IF in a nutshell, don't hate on me for not going into details on what the hormones are, thought I'd just tell the basics :)
  • StaticEntropy
    StaticEntropy Posts: 224 Member
    A cautionary word for anyone thinking of going down the intermittent fasting route.

    This hasn't worked for me at all and there are suggestions emerging that it's not always a good idea for women*.

    I haven't found it difficult to stick to 500 calories on fast days and have worked out some good, very low calorie meals. However, I have slept poorly on fast nights, I have gained weight (not much, but still) and I have become increasingly preoccupied with food. I've also had to work my running regime around fast days - I'm not one of those people who can run for miles without fuel.

    I took up the IMF more as a cancer prevention strategy than for weight loss but I've reluctantly admitted that my overall health and wellbeing isn't being served well by this regime. The most uncomfortable effect is the psychological one - I feel like I'm losing the plot with normal eating on non-fast days, which I guess explains the weight gain.

    I've hung in there for about 6 months because the science is persuasive. I certainly haven't felt unwell on it and I'm definitely not anti giving it a try. My husband has lost weight and seen his cholestrol level fall so I'll continue to support him with it.

    *http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/373665/Caveman-fasting-diet-may-leave-women-diabetic



    Let me see if I understood you correctly, or if I'm just being stupid for misunderstanding.
    Did you say you ate only 500 calories on fasting days? If so, you've misunderstood the concept of IF.
    You might have read about the muslim fasting, lol!
    If you actually did only eat 500 calories on fasting days, I could tell you right away, you did a big mistake.
    IF is based upon how we humans lived way back when we didn't have food served on silver plates for us.
    Back then, people didn't have food to eat, so they were basically going hours and hours without food. When the hunters killed an animal, they feasted. Ate a lot, in other words.
    That lifestyle has been mixed with modern science and what not, which is how IF is born. IF is based on that lifestyle, where you basically don't eat anything for hours, and then you have a eating window where you eat a lot (the hunters brought you food!).
    In that eating window, which normally is between 8 and 4 hours, you eat your caloric needs, which is not 500 calories.
    How does IF work if you eat just as much as before, you might think. The body produces more hormones, which eases the process of both burning fat and building muscle (isn't that amazing?).
    That's just IF in a nutshell, don't hate on me for not going into details on what the hormones are, thought I'd just tell the basics :)

    Actually, alternate day fasting (ADF) is a very valid form of IF, supported by a lot of research. I don't know where the 500 calorie "24 hour fast" came from (I'm guessing it is part of that documentary and new book that is recently making the rounds), but all the studies I've seen on the subject of 24 hour fasts (up to twice a week) revolves around no caloric intake other than low calorie beverages like water, tea, and black coffee. To use your analogy of the hunters bringing back food, which I dislike because of the connotations to the paleo lifestyle, what happens when the hunt is unsuccessful? I'm sure hunters weren't batting 1.000 back in the day.

    On the subject of women and fasting, although there isn't much research on it, it has been found that IF tends to be harder on women than on men. The solution to this is for women to have (or at least start with) a much larger feeding window, usually around 10-12 hours per day, and reduce it as they grow accustomed to it. Also, a lot of problems that people (both men and women) face on IF is that they don't eat enough during their feeding window. Whether you are practicing ADF (5:2) or leangains (16/8) style IF, your weekly deficit (or surplus if bulking) should still be the same as with a more traditional diet.
  • Sendosi
    Sendosi Posts: 13 Member
    A cautionary word for anyone thinking of going down the intermittent fasting route.

    This hasn't worked for me at all and there are suggestions emerging that it's not always a good idea for women*.

    I haven't found it difficult to stick to 500 calories on fast days and have worked out some good, very low calorie meals. However, I have slept poorly on fast nights, I have gained weight (not much, but still) and I have become increasingly preoccupied with food. I've also had to work my running regime around fast days - I'm not one of those people who can run for miles without fuel.

    I took up the IMF more as a cancer prevention strategy than for weight loss but I've reluctantly admitted that my overall health and wellbeing isn't being served well by this regime. The most uncomfortable effect is the psychological one - I feel like I'm losing the plot with normal eating on non-fast days, which I guess explains the weight gain.

    I've hung in there for about 6 months because the science is persuasive. I certainly haven't felt unwell on it and I'm definitely not anti giving it a try. My husband has lost weight and seen his cholestrol level fall so I'll continue to support him with it.

    *http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/373665/Caveman-fasting-diet-may-leave-women-diabetic



    Let me see if I understood you correctly, or if I'm just being stupid for misunderstanding.
    Did you say you ate only 500 calories on fasting days? If so, you've misunderstood the concept of IF.
    You might have read about the muslim fasting, lol!
    If you actually did only eat 500 calories on fasting days, I could tell you right away, you did a big mistake.
    IF is based upon how we humans lived way back when we didn't have food served on silver plates for us.
    Back then, people didn't have food to eat, so they were basically going hours and hours without food. When the hunters killed an animal, they feasted. Ate a lot, in other words.
    That lifestyle has been mixed with modern science and what not, which is how IF is born. IF is based on that lifestyle, where you basically don't eat anything for hours, and then you have a eating window where you eat a lot (the hunters brought you food!).
    In that eating window, which normally is between 8 and 4 hours, you eat your caloric needs, which is not 500 calories.
    How does IF work if you eat just as much as before, you might think. The body produces more hormones, which eases the process of both burning fat and building muscle (isn't that amazing?).
    That's just IF in a nutshell, don't hate on me for not going into details on what the hormones are, thought I'd just tell the basics :)

    Actually, alternate day fasting (ADF) is a very valid form of IF, supported by a lot of research. I don't know where the 500 calorie "24 hour fast" came from (I'm guessing it is part of that documentary and new book that is recently making the rounds), but all the studies I've seen on the subject of 24 hour fasts (up to twice a week) revolves around no caloric intake other than low calorie beverages like water, tea, and black coffee. To use your analogy of the hunters bringing back food, which I dislike because of the connotations to the paleo lifestyle, what happens when the hunt is unsuccessful? I'm sure hunters weren't batting 1.000 back in the day.

    On the subject of women and fasting, although there isn't much research on it, it has been found that IF tends to be harder on women than on men. The solution to this is for women to have (or at least start with) a much larger feeding window, usually around 10-12 hours per day, and reduce it as they grow accustomed to it. Also, a lot of problems that people (both men and women) face on IF is that they don't eat enough during their feeding window. Whether you are practicing ADF (5:2) or leangains (16/8) style IF, your weekly deficit (or surplus if bulking) should still be the same as with a more traditional diet.


    I'll be honest with you, I don't know much about the ADF, and i must've skipped the part where she mentioned she did ADF.
    Though I do agree with you on most parts, I would also point out that I did not mean that people ate as much back in time as they do now. But the way they ate, was somewhat the same as IF. My point was that IF origins from that kind of lifestyle, and as I also mentioned, with mix from new science, it brought us to what we now call IF.
    I also skipped the part where I would normally advice to start of with larger eating windows and slowly lower the time, simply because it seemed she was educated enough about IF itself, but got her calories wrong.
    Although it still didn't clear my mind on why the 500 calories. What confused me even more, is 500 calories after a 24 hour fast? I mean, 500 calories in one day after a 16-20 hour fast is bad enough.
    And arguing about ADF is above my level of knowledge of IF, so if the calories actually are right, I apologize if I confused any minds out there. I was simply refering to the refular IF.
  • x3na1401
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    Hey guys. I'm in need of more friends ????????????

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