Intermittent Fasting

I was thinking about doing this, but then i realised i am a hungry monter in the mornings, i can easily go without food during rest of the day, except for dinner.

Is there also a fasting way that allows you to eat breakfast and dinner only? Ofcourse i can do it, but not sure if there is a fasting term for it.

Right now i am doing IIFYM, doing a fasting i am pretty sure i won't hit my macro's. Ofcourse i will then need to lower my calorie intake for the day first by i think another 600-800 (cause this is what i eat for lunch and snacks during the day)

I also am afraid i might faint during my workouts in my lunchbreaks. So need to change my workouts to evenings, after dinner then.
And does fasting allows you to drink coffee and water all day, or is that also only when you are supposed to eat?

This story kinda got my attention now, and wanna learn a bit more first about it before trying it out 3-4 weeks

You could do 5:2 fast diet. There's a support group on here with a lot of helpful people on it.

How do you combat headaches on that type of eating schedule? I know if I wait too long I get a headache.

Thanks everyone for the info and comments. I'm just starting IF on a trial basis, trying to find out what eating window works best for me and if this way of eating will help me start losing weight again. This thread has been very encouraging!

During my last month or so of school I tried out IF with an 8 hour window. I lost five pounds in a month doing that, mainly because I taught myself to avoid unnecessary snacking and I learned how it felt to really be hungry. Since I was limited in time, I also naturally made healthier, worthwhile choices. I unfortunately had to stop it once I came home for summer because of having to eat with my family's schedule, but I do plan to get back to it in a month when I go back.
Eating from either 11 to 7 or 12 to 8 worked for me. I would have a small lunch, snacks (bananas, yogurt), and whatever I wanted for dinner. I remember one day one of my clubs had free pizza and I binged on four pieces and ate lightly for the rest of my eating window and surprise surprise... no weight gain. It's a great way to manage calories.
You have to be careful not to get too extreme, though. At times I took the "I'm really not that hungry" a little too harshly and would end up not eating nearly enough for the day. I know that messed up my metabolism short-term. It definitely takes some experimenting, but it is a nice asset to weightloss. I will probably do it M-F and take Saturday and Sunday off.

I was thinking about doing this, but then i realised i am a hungry monter in the mornings, i can easily go without food during rest of the day, except for dinner.

Is there also a fasting way that allows you to eat breakfast and dinner only? Ofcourse i can do it, but not sure if there is a fasting term for it.

Right now i am doing IIFYM, doing a fasting i am pretty sure i won't hit my macro's. Ofcourse i will then need to lower my calorie intake for the day first by i think another 600-800 (cause this is what i eat for lunch and snacks during the day)

I also am afraid i might faint during my workouts in my lunchbreaks. So need to change my workouts to evenings, after dinner then.
And does fasting allows you to drink coffee and water all day, or is that also only when you are supposed to eat?

This story kinda got my attention now, and wanna learn a bit more first about it before trying it out 3-4 weeks

The 5:2 diet allows you to eat as you would normally for 5 days of the week. On 2 days a week (which days are up to you, together, space, doesn't matter) you eat a total of 500 calories for women and 600 for men. You can split those calories in half and have 2 meals or have it all in 1 meal. Only water, coffee or tea with no sweeteners or dairy.

My husband presented the IF idea to me in July 2012 and I initially thought he was crazy. I was brainwashed to believe that my metabolism would suffer; I would die of starvation; and I would suffer "hunger headaches" as well as hypoglycemia... Here we are almost 2 years later and I still love IF! The beauty is that your eating window can be tailored to your lifestyle (my window is usually between 1 PM & 9 PM). The key is to ensure that you don't overdo it with the calories during your eating window. I did log my foods when I was trying to lose, but now that I am in maintenance I still IF but don't currently log (I am very mindful of what I eat though). I recommend IF because I've been very successful so far with it (over 80 lbs lost & maintained) and gaining lean muscle mass while losing fat.

this all sounds really interesting to me...BUT I reckon I could very easily overdo it in an afternoon/evening and also If I get toooo hungry I can easily eat a dinner's worth of food whilst prepping dinner!!

further tips? x

HobbitSithLord wrote: »

I think that if IF suits your natural eating habits you can have a ton of success with it. There's so many people just naturally AREN'T HUNGRY until later in the day. I'm one of them. When I started out, I was forcing myself to eat breakfast and sometimes having to choke lunch down. Then I'd hit dinner, my 'natural' big meal and I'd go over or close to it and I was always on edge about eating.

That's what happens to me. I'm hungry at night. But I've always been told to eat 5 meals instead of 2 or 3.

Sorry I read slow, I'll try black coffee tomorrow. Can I still have my lemon water in the morning?

Water just with a lemon wedge.

Great thanks, I love warm drinks. Thanks for the great advise and for sharing

hi everyone,i have joined this group today,wats about this fasting ,it sounds intresting,Can some one elaborate this for me...

Awesome...I am doing Fast-5 and yes IF simply is the best way of living for me...:)

I did IF for 4 months and lost 20 lbs. I ate in a 6-8 hour eating window. It really decreased my cravings. You can have bulletproof coffee in the am. I would just put some coconut oil in my tea in the am. It isn't for everyone and you have to figure out what works for your body.

I do it, it's easy and I don't feel deprived most of the time. I tend to cut out dinner, and eat all day! As long as I still eat at a deficit, I lose. It's cheaper, simpler and it works. I am still healthy and have enough energy for workouts. If I feel like I need to eat though, I eat. Nice post!

HLindsayA wrote: »

Hey everyone,

So, as someone earlier mentioned, for those of us that are typically not hungry until later in the day, this way of eating normally works for me. The caveat to that being, I MUST have my coffee in the morning, and I absolutely can not drink it black. Does anyone have this issue?

Thanks!

Ok, I don't know if I can explain this right, BUT: Recently, I've been to a lecture at my university by a professor of molecular biology who explained some experiments related to the influence of nutrition on ageing and health. He put in a lot of information in one and a half hours, so I don't rembemer all the explanations in detail.

Long story short, he said that using a small amount of plant based milk in your morning coffee does not ruin the effects of intermittment fasting. Sorry I can't really give you any hard facts :-) It was something about the antioxidants in the coffee...