Eating 'window' e.g. 8am - 4pm work for anyone?

annabellemayh
annabellemayh Posts: 69 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I've read that simply limiting the window of time in which you consume food can help you lose weight? Has anyone had experience of this or is it just another fad?

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  • kikicooks
    kikicooks Posts: 1,079 Member
    I's not a fad, it's just eating your calories in less hours than you probably normally have, intermittant fasting. It can help some people because they enjoy eating 2 or 3 bigger meals instead of smaller meals throughout the day, so it really depends on the individual. I'm sure some others here will chime in with their opinions but Google Lean Gains and you can get some info on the intermittant fasting concept, or do a search here.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Just a fad. When you eat has no affect on weightloss. What about people with jobs? This totally wouldn't work for them and yet they still lose weight.
  • krawhitham
    krawhitham Posts: 831 Member
    No, because I eat most of my calories between 5pm and 10pm because me and my bf's job/lifestyle so that wouldn't quite work for me ;)

    I've been losing 1 lb per week.
  • Healthy_4_Life2
    Healthy_4_Life2 Posts: 595 Member
    It's not a fad. I do IF (intermittent fasting) and my eating period is between 3 pm- 9 pm. I have my usual morning coffee. I also workout better at fasted state. This works for me well. I am not hungry in the morning and my hunger is always later in the evening. I eat approximately 1800 calories daily. Waiting to eat my calorie later help me not to keep going over my calorie and end up overeating all the time. When I used to force myself to eat breakfast because I was told it's the most important meal of the day. I wasn't really hungry, but would incorporate breakfast. I would be out of calories by 6 or 7 pm. This was hard as I am a student who stays up late at night to study. Generally, the time of the day you ear have minimum to no effects on weight loss. But if you tend to get hungry or binge later in the day, it may help to reserve calories until later.
  • Healthy_4_Life2
    Healthy_4_Life2 Posts: 595 Member
    No, because I eat most of my calories between 5pm and 10pm because me and my bf's job/lifestyle so that wouldn't quite work for me ;)

    I've been losing 1 lb per week.
    ^^^^^This is definitely me too!!^^^
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  • Clash1001
    Clash1001 Posts: 85 Member
    It's calorie deficit, at the end of the day.

    Some people find if they have less time to eat, they will eat less calories. If they are 1,000 calories above maintenance in a shorter window, they would gain weight.
  • The_1_Who_Knocks
    The_1_Who_Knocks Posts: 343 Member
    Ok, I have a question loosely related to this that I would like opinions on. I generally would agree that what time you eat has very little bearing on your weight loss.

    What I am curious about is if on your weight training days you jam most of your calories and protein in the hours just before and after your weight training, will more of those calories go toward building / maintaining mass even if you are on a deficit for the whole day, and will it thus help you burn more fat?

    I know that sounds like a complicated question, but hopefully somebody with some knowledge will understand it lol.
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  • The_1_Who_Knocks
    The_1_Who_Knocks Posts: 343 Member
    Ok, I have a question loosely related to this that I would like opinions on. I generally would agree that what time you eat has very little bearing on your weight loss.

    What I am curious about is if on your weight training days you jam most of your calories and protein in the hours just before and after your weight training, will more of those calories go toward building / maintaining mass even if you are on a deficit for the whole day, and will it thus help you burn more fat?

    I know that sounds like a complicated question, but hopefully somebody with some knowledge will understand it lol.

    No. I work out fasted. I always have. I stop eating at 8pm, get up at 4, workout out, and don't eat until noon. I find it really super easy. Most of you thinking you're "starving" is in your head. If you ate all your calories the day before, you are not starving. And, if you are going to eat all your calories today, you will not be "starving you body". LOL. It's mental, not physical.

    I will say this, however. Meal timing for weight loss has been proven to have no effect.

    meal timing for athletic performance does matter. Sometimes, a lot. Sometimes, not a lot. Because I'm not training for anything except myself, it's OK. But, if I were training for performance, I'd pay more attention to your question and learn about meal timing for performance for my specific needs.

    You didn't really answer the question I asked, but I appreciate you trying.
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  • The_1_Who_Knocks
    The_1_Who_Knocks Posts: 343 Member
    Ok, I have a question loosely related to this that I would like opinions on. I generally would agree that what time you eat has very little bearing on your weight loss.

    What I am curious about is if on your weight training days you jam most of your calories and protein in the hours just before and after your weight training, will more of those calories go toward building / maintaining mass even if you are on a deficit for the whole day, and will it thus help you burn more fat?

    I know that sounds like a complicated question, but hopefully somebody with some knowledge will understand it lol.

    No. I work out fasted. I always have. I stop eating at 8pm, get up at 4, workout out, and don't eat until noon. I find it really super easy. Most of you thinking you're "starving" is in your head. If you ate all your calories the day before, you are not starving. And, if you are going to eat all your calories today, you will not be "starving you body". LOL. It's mental, not physical.

    I will say this, however. Meal timing for weight loss has been proven to have no effect.

    meal timing for athletic performance does matter. Sometimes, a lot. Sometimes, not a lot. Because I'm not training for anything except myself, it's OK. But, if I were training for performance, I'd pay more attention to your question and learn about meal timing for performance for my specific needs.

    You didn't really answer the question I asked, but I appreciate you trying.

    I did. Read carefully.

    Not really.

    I'm not asking a question about being hungry. I don't know where the stuff about starving being in somebody's head is coming from, not part of my question at all.

    I am asking a question about cycling calories to preserve muscle, and if that can help you lose fat faster. The only thing I learned from your post is that it is something you don't practice, not in small windows of time anyway. Eating at the time you eat after your workout is still well within the time when your muscles are rebuilding though.

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