Intermittent fasting for women

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  • brala90
    brala90 Posts: 16 Member
    I live IF!
  • Tay617
    Tay617 Posts: 70 Member
    I'm on week 3 day 4 of IF
    I do IF Monday - Friday I break fast around 1130-12 Friday afternoon and then I'm "regularly" eating until I stop eating Sunday night by 9pm, I find that I'm used to it now so even on my "off" day I end up IF
  • Tay617
    Tay617 Posts: 70 Member
    but so far I have been getting used to it making sure I'm not wrecking my hormones, so I haven't been intensely measuring body fat, I barely weigh myself any way. but for some reason now in the 3rd week I'm starting to feel the hunger more, the second week I had some days where I was way under calories.
  • ASKyle
    ASKyle Posts: 1,475 Member
    It only works if you still track your food and are in a calorie deficit.

    It works for me because I don't eat breakfast anyway.
  • jumpingborderterrier
    jumpingborderterrier Posts: 16 Member
    I did it for 2 weeks. I liked the break from thinking about food in the morning rush. Hated bonking in my weight training class one morning. Felt light headed and clammy. I quit after that.
  • ArmyofAdrian
    ArmyofAdrian Posts: 177 Member
    jumpingborderterrier wrote: »
    I did it for 2 weeks. I liked the break from thinking about food in the morning rush. Hated bonking in my weight training class one morning. Felt light headed and clammy. I quit after that.

    I take 10g of bcaa right before the gym in the morning then another 10g every two hours until my first meal of the day at 1pm. No bonking. Learned that from Andy Morgan at ripped body .jp
  • WholeFoods4Lyfe
    WholeFoods4Lyfe Posts: 1,518 Member
    I do it and am also following a LCHF diet. I generally only eat between 1pm - 6pm. I kind of sort of break fast in the morning with my coffee, but it doesn't affect my hunger levels so I'm not worried about it. I am very rarely hungry between meals. M-F I tend to eat twice a day and many weekends I only eat once.
  • reddeament
    reddeament Posts: 51 Member
    I've been doing it for 2 weeks (14-15 hour daily fast) and am happy with the results so far so have kept going (tbh I'm strict with during the week, but less so during the weekend).

    Have found that a black coffee in the morning helps me get through to 1pm before I start eating :)
  • LaarainNYC
    LaarainNYC Posts: 90 Member
    I'm on my fourth week of Fast-5, haven't quite gotten down to a five-hour window yet. I'm liking it so far. I'm not super strict yet (I do sometimes allow myself a splash or two of unsweetened almond milk during my window) but have noticed significant appetite correction. Haven't had a problem working out, but I'm not lifting heavy right now.

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