16:8 IF Diet - No results after 3 weeks

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  • in_the_stars
    in_the_stars Posts: 1,395 Member
    "My body has learned what hunger is. Most people eat when they are bored, thirsty, or when the clock tells them it is time to eat when in reality our bodies dont need to eat that often"

    I eat when I'm hungry, I drink when I'm dry.
  • EddieEHitler
    EddieEHitler Posts: 52 Member
    My TDEE is a rather generous 2,494 calories per day. My 24hr period is usually 7pm to 7pm as this seems to work better; especially for the fasting days. I try to eat between 500-600 calories on these days and to be honest, it has been fairly easy so far. Another important lesson I've learned is that I don't eat my excercise calories. I don't even bother logging them anymore. Since making these changes this have been going well so far!
    If you are following the TDEE method then you are eating your exercise calories.
    You wouldn't then log the calorie amounts burned as you should already have included your exercise calories in your TDEE calculation.

    Don't confuse the two methods.

    That's not true and I'm not getting confused. I deliberately selected the sedentary profile so that my calorie allowance would be at it's lowest. So no, I am not eating my exercise calories.
  • EddieEHitler
    EddieEHitler Posts: 52 Member
    If I drink creatine during my fasting period I'm doing it wrong right!? Not supposed to have any calories correct?

    No you're not doing it wrong. Some folk can go 24hrs without eating anything at all but the 5:2 method based on the book allows 500-600 calories in any given 24hr period. If you are following this then provided you stay under the calorie recommendation for fasting days then you'll be fine.
  • ALISHAWILLIAMSON
    ALISHAWILLIAMSON Posts: 57 Member
    It's now about 6 months in...how'd it go?
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