Intermittent Fasting, What's your take on it?

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matgh124
matgh124 Posts: 25 Member
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So I have been following the Hodgetwins, Low Carb Cory and Elliot Hulse on You tube and I'm often times hearing about this Intermittent Fasting. and how it helps with weight loss and kind of makes the body healthier through detox and etc. But what's your take on it? If you have tried it has it helped you? have you noticed muscle gains and a good amt of fat loss?
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  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
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    Which form of IF are you interested in? I've done 16:8 and had good results with it, but 5:2 or JUDDD aren't something I've tried.
  • Iwishyouwell
    Iwishyouwell Posts: 1,888 Member
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    I've lost the last 80 lbs IFing. It's the perfect way for me to lose and maintain. Looking back on my late teens/early 20s, when I was my smallest, I was doing some form of IFing to lose and maintain and just didn't even realize it.

    It's great for people who are able to go long periods of time without eating. That feels natural to me. I'll be IFing likely for the rest of my life, and gladly so.
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
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    its just an eating schedule. if you have no problem staying within your allotted daily calories then there is no real benefit.

    that being said, it helps some people tremendously due to the fact that they are able to eat bigger meals within their eating window, and many find that it helps reduce hunger throughout the day
  • matgh124
    matgh124 Posts: 25 Member
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    Which form of IF are you interested in? I've done 16:8 and had good results with it, but 5:2 or JUDDD aren't something I've tried.

    Thanks for responding. I'm right now trying 16:8 for now. Thinking I'm going to do this for about a week or two and then work my way up to doing 5:2.
  • AdrianBry
    AdrianBry Posts: 138 Member
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    I use it and been using it before I even knew about due to my busy schedule. It's basically skipping breakfast. I usually fast 16+ hours a day and workout while fasted to increase fat loss. I haven't lost muscle mass.

    It's not for everybody (like any other diet) have to find what is best for you
  • matgh124
    matgh124 Posts: 25 Member
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    I use it and been using it before I even knew about due to my busy schedule. It's basically skipping breakfast. I usually fast 16+ hours a day and workout while fasted to increase fat loss. I haven't lost muscle mass.

    It's not for everybody (like any other diet) have to find what is best for you

    Thanks for the advice bro. I'm also pretty busy (work full time and go to school) and I only have a chance to go to the gym in the evening. do you think I will still benefit to working out "un-fasted"? my schedule is usually fasting from 9pm until 3pm the next day. Thanks
  • thavoice
    thavoice Posts: 1,326 Member
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    I use it and been using it before I even knew about due to my busy schedule. It's basically skipping breakfast. I usually fast 16+ hours a day and workout while fasted to increase fat loss. I haven't lost muscle mass.

    It's not for everybody (like any other diet) have to find what is best for you

    Thanks for the advice bro. I'm also pretty busy (work full time and go to school) and I only have a chance to go to the gym in the evening. do you think I will still benefit to working out "un-fasted"? my schedule is usually fasting from 9pm until 3pm the next day. Thanks
    Love it.
    I do 3 twenty four hour fasts a week and find it easier and easier. It has re-taught my body what hunger is and now even on the days/weekends when I can eat whatever I found myself eating much, much less as I get full faster.
  • Scarlett_S
    Scarlett_S Posts: 467 Member
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    It works for me. For whatever reason, I never want to eat in the mornings or right after the gym. If I hold off and have an early lunch (11-11:30) I easily stay in my calorie allotment for the day because I tend to want to eat more at night.
  • lolabluola
    lolabluola Posts: 212 Member
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    It's probably not for everyone - but I've been doing this since May now and I don't think I would ever take it out of my lifestyle... it simplifies my life and makes me feel fantastic. :) good luck!
  • jason_adams
    jason_adams Posts: 187 Member
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    I had a lot of success with the 8 hour diet. I needed to work my way into it as making it to the start of the 8 hour window was a big challenge. I took it in steps and 1 hour increments by backing up breakfast. Aiming for 9, then 10, then 11. Eventually I could get to 12 or 1 and not really notice. Being VERY busy at work also helped. I had to switch back to monitoring (hello MFP!) once I got a new project that was much slower paced and where I was often working on my own. I started eating out of boredom. I'm slowly trying to creep breakfast back up to 10am onwards, and cut eating @ 7pm. It's tough with early morning lifting and the family schedule, so I'll play it by ear and track calories to keep things in order.

    So as the poster above said ^^ it's what works for YOU that's important. But it's definitely worth a try!
  • cccoursey
    cccoursey Posts: 116 Member
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    I use it and been using it before I even knew about due to my busy schedule. It's basically skipping breakfast. I usually fast 16+ hours a day and workout while fasted to increase fat loss. I haven't lost muscle mass.

    It's not for everybody (like any other diet) have to find what is best for you

    ^ This is how it happened for me as well. I am not much of a breakfast person. So I just eat once I get home around 2pm.
  • Bostonsoul
    Bostonsoul Posts: 151 Member
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    I read this as intermittent fisting....god I need help.
  • sevia121
    sevia121 Posts: 2 Member
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    I do 16:8, Skip breakfast, eat between 11am to 7pm. If I'm strict with it it causes weight loss like none other. I can drop 4lb a week, as long as I keep my meals normal sized and paleo-esque (healthy). I also noticed I never ate breakfast in HS when I was at my lowest weight, so I was probably doing IF without noticing it too...
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
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    It's not if you're breastfeeding, pregnant, or if you exercise strenuously. It's not for me. But I've heard it really works and it's not unsafe.
  • littlefoot612
    littlefoot612 Posts: 156 Member
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    I don't think it necessarily helps weight loss, it's just another way to do it. Calories in/calories out will still be how you lose weight, IF is just a different way to schedule when you get those calories in. It's personal preference, I prefer to eat daily and I have no problem losing weight that way. As for detoxing, I do that several times a day, mainly on account of how much fluid I consume daily.
  • Meerataila
    Meerataila Posts: 1,885 Member
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    It seems to curb my appetite and give me energy. Ironically, because I do a combo of 5:2 (with usually no food at all on fast days) and one meal a day on most days, I'm a high carb vegan who spends most of her time in ketosis. I think that helps with the energy and appetite, at least in my case, since I was in and out of low carb for two years before this and so I'm very keto adapted.
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
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    It seems to curb my appetite and give me energy. Ironically, because I do a combo of 5:2 (with usually no food at all on fast days) and one meal a day on most days, I'm a high carb vegan who spends most of her time in ketosis. I think that helps with the energy and appetite, at least in my case, since I was in and out of low carb for two years before this and so I'm very keto adapted.
    do you mean low carb?

    also, how do you manage low carb veganism? serious question, that must be tough
  • HangoverSquare
    HangoverSquare Posts: 128 Member
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    I think I've read of this on NPR.

    If my calorie goal is 1450 per day, then if I decided to do intermittent fasting, I'd do 500 calories for 2 days, and my normal goal for the other 5 days? Or how does this work?
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
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    I think I've read of this on NPR.

    If my calorie goal is 1450 per day, then if I decided to do intermittent fasting, I'd do 500 calories for 2 days, and my normal goal for the other 5 days? Or how does this work?
    basically your supposed to eat at maintenance every day except the 2 that you "fast"
  • HangoverSquare
    HangoverSquare Posts: 128 Member
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    If I wanted to try this, then I'd eat my 1450 calories between 12 noon and 7pm and then not eat again until noon the next day?

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