Intermittent Fasting?

coreenbarlow wrote: »

For those who eat this way (IF) when do you workout? Before your first meal, in the middle of your eating window? After your eating window? And why do you work out at that time?

At the moment, I'm fasting between 9pm and noon (15 hours). I eat something with carbs the night before (pasta, rice, potatoes etc) and then I work out between 9am and 11.30. I like to work out before eating, and sometimes I'll have coffee before working out. I feel much more energised, although I start to flag around 11:15, which gives me time to go home and shower. On the days I work out later, I go for a jog in the mornings.

It just feels much better to me.

lesliereloaded wrote: »

Contemplating on wether to try this or not...I've heard that your body will go into "starvation mode", but I have done some research online and many sites have said it is just simply a myth? What are your thoughts on it? ... And for those who don't know what this is, it's fasting for 16 hours and eating for only 8 hours of the day, this supposedly helps your body burn fat much better/faster.

Do your research either in the specific IF groups here, or other places online. Otherwise very few people here have any relevant knowledge to share. Ignore everyone who dismisses it that have never personally tried it. There are a lot of those types here.

My personal experience has been very positive. I generally do 16:8, my life & eating have been greatly simplified. I know others that have tremendous success with the 5:2 variation and have dabbled in that one some myself. It involves a little more planning ahead than I am able to commit to, but for some, it works great.

@coreenbarlow‌ I generally work out between my 2 meals. I eat lunch at work, workout after work, eat a big dinner after that. However if its a weekend... that can vary. If I am doing low intensity cardio/hiking, I will always workout before my 1st meal. If I am doing strength, that sometimes will come before my first me, sometimes between meals just depending on how I feel that particular day.

I LOVE Intermittent Fasting. I do 16/8. It stops food cravings and it doesn't even feel like a diet; I plan to do this for the rest of my life because it's simply an awesome lifestyle. Workout before eating if you can, and afterwards have plenty of carbohydrates, like a smoothie with fruit.

I sort of eat this way without "trying". I try to not eat until after 11, usually 12, and I try to stop eating around 8. Maybe not quite 16:8 every day, but I go to bed feeling a little hungry and postpone eating as long as I can in the morning just so I can not stress about having snacks and staying on track.

snowflakesav wrote: »

I have tried fasting. I didn't find that it had any special weight loss magic. I didn't have more energy after 3 or 4 days. Nothing magic happened. I slept more and was unable to exercise with any intensity. Never again.

My results were in line with what one would expect to happen metabolically to the body with fasting. The muscles and brain which rely on carbs for energy don't function as well.

There are a lot of kinds of fasting. I am talking about eating nothing for several days at a time.

That isn't really Intermittent Fasting, though. So it isn't the same thing at all.