Intermittent fasting?!?

and he great thing about the fasting windows is you dont ahve to think about or plan out food much. YOu dont sit and wonder what am i going to have for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack. etc.

I make a quick sandwich in the AM and eat it whenever I get hungry during the fast. Quick, easy and very little time planning, eating and thinking about food.

Studies can prove anything...you will find so for and some against. If you don't want children in the future...try it and see if it works for you. If you do want kids later, I would do some more research and see if you are willing to take the risks (that may or may not really be real).

I have done IF with a noon to 7 p.m. eating window - I don't find that it has helped me in any way with weight loss. But it's hard to compare - since you can't do IF and not IF at the same time. The same reasons the studies aren't really credible IMO, different people different results, same people different times....

Good luck to you regardless of what you choose! And, congrats on your loss!

Um. Noon to 7pm eating window?
That can be a very normal eating window for so many people and if that is what you are basing your opinion that it doesnt work then, well........

If you would have eaten at a deficit then it would have worked and seen some of the fasting benefits, but since you did a half assed version of it I wouldnt say it doesnt work.

I count my calories everyday and intermittent fast everyday.
I eat all my calories for dinner in 6 hour window (5-11pm)

I have been practicing for two years, IF turned my health around, cured my sinusitis, cleared my problem skin.

I follow more of the guidelines of the WARRIOR DIET and LEANGAINS IF systems.

IF goes back to our natural ways of living, our inner rhythyms. We were hunters, hunting all day for food and feasting at night.
Now we eat all day and abuse our systems with a constant digestion. Constant digestion of food takes away from body's housekeeping and cleansing internally.
Thats why over time people get all these diseases, aka junk built up overtime. No rocket science.

Since starting IF back in August, my health markers have gotten a TON better.
BP in August was at 133/73
Just about a month ago, I was at 104/72

I have only be IFing for about 3 weeks but in those three weeks I have broken my plateau and lost 4.6 pounds. I do the 16:8 and it works for me. I am no longer feeling hungry all the time, except when I exercise. Even then I only eat a small snack and try to make sure I get all may calories in.....that's been difficult the last day or so...not as big of an appetite. I attribute that to the heat because it is very humid here. I plan on continuing to do intermittent fasting until I reach my weight loss goal. I have also recently started zig zagging my cals also. Good luck to you on this journey. Need some support just send me a friend request.

How do you like zig zagging your calories. This is my second week and I am more happy with it than when I tried 5:2 (had serious constipation). As someone who goes twice, sometimes three times a day, 5:2 was not for me.

I was down 2 lbs last week after zig zagging, will definitely stick to it and see where it takes me. I find it a lot better than eating the same calories every day. I do not eat back my exercise calories.

I've had success with it in the past and have just started it again yesterday. I dropped my calories down and it's the only way I will be able to stay at or under 1250. I will fast for 15 hours and eat during a 9 hour window (splitting the difference between the recommended 14 for woman and 16 for men). I won't fast on the weekends, but still be sure to be within my calorie goal. Weekend fasting just doesn't fit my lifestyle. M-F works for me. Give it a try for two weeks and see if it's something you can maintain.

I have only be IFing for about 3 weeks but in those three weeks I have broken my plateau and lost 4.6 pounds. I do the 16:8 and it works for me. I am no longer feeling hungry all the time, except when I exercise. Even then I only eat a small snack and try to make sure I get all may calories in.....that's been difficult the last day or so...not as big of an appetite. I attribute that to the heat because it is very humid here. I plan on continuing to do intermittent fasting until I reach my weight loss goal. I have also recently started zig zagging my cals also. Good luck to you on this journey. Need some support just send me a friend request.

How do you like zig zagging your calories. This is my second week and I am more happy with it than when I tried 5:2 (had serious constipation). As someone who goes twice, sometimes three times a day, 5:2 was not for me.

I was down 2 lbs last week after zig zagging, will definitely stick to it and see where it takes me. I find it a lot better than eating the same calories every day. I do not eat back my exercise calories.

I haven't been doing the zig zag very long but so far I like it. Some days are harder than others when my calories are really low...like today. But I just keep myself busy and drink lots of water. lol

You can start at an 8 or 10 hr feeding window and then scale back.....

Important thing to keep in mind, is to keep your calorie intake on point.

IF is not a magic bullet......u still have the Calories In vs. Calories Out equation that is in play

Starting IF today. A couple of questions:

Do you eat anything during your fasting window? I am reading conflicting info.

Is it better to start with a bigger eating window?

Any other advice?

Generally speaking, no.

However, there are some people who partake in a "fat fast." That is, they consume only a source of fat (the prime one usually being bulletproof coffee, though some will eat coconut oil straight). This isn't considered breaking the fast, because a fat-only "meal" doesn't raise insulin levels, so the body stays in what's generally considered the "fasted" state.

There are also some people who will consume branch chain amino acids (BCAA) for workout performance reasons. I don't know much about that one, though, so I can't really comment further.

Whether it's better to start with a larger eating window depends largely on where you're starting and where you want to end up. If you're starting with eating 5-6 meals a day and feel like you're starving at each, then you'll probably want to wean yourself slowly by removing meals every few days. However, if you're already only eating 3 meals, and especially if you eat on the lower-carb end of the spectrum, then you might be able to dive right in to a 16:8 routine.

I do BCAAs pre-workout
More of an insurance policy, to protect the muscle I do have.

But if you consume enough protein...on the order of 1.0 - 1.25 gr / lb of body weight....then you can go either way with them