Intermittent fasting

RoxieDawn · September 2016

We something a bit different than most do on a form of IF..

My husband is doing 5:2 for the second time. It REALLY works well for him. I do a 24 hour fast, once week on one of his fasting days .. We both break the fast day at dinner.. works for the cook in the house. I transfer the deficit across the rest of the week so I can eat more on non fast days.

Maintenance is 16:8 or what I call back to normal for us.

xxNatalie34xx · September 2016

I did IF when i was losing weight the first time around. Unfortunately i stopped using IF when i had 20 pounds left. but i was still able to keep the weight off. I lost 50 pounds in 2 months on IF

. It really works and i would suggest it to anyone. I'm totaly starting IF again!!

mababauta · September 2016

Thanks to everyone for posting their experiences. I've done my research and am going to try it to break a plateau. I'm just not sure on my fasting window yet.

Treadmillmom1st · September 2016

Knights0985 wrote: »

swabyhall wrote: »

Knights0985 wrote: »

I just started IF 16:8 about a week ago. Lost 3 pounds that I was stuck on for weeks. I'm really enjoying doing it.

Does it matter when u do the 16 hrs fasting?

No. As long as you're fasting for 16 and eating during your feed window. It will work.

Can sleep hours be factored into the 16 hours of fasting?

corsayre8 · September 2016

Treadmillmom1st wrote: »

Knights0985 wrote: »

swabyhall wrote: »

Knights0985 wrote: »

I just started IF 16:8 about a week ago. Lost 3 pounds that I was stuck on for weeks. I'm really enjoying doing it.

Does it matter when u do the 16 hrs fasting?

No. As long as you're fasting for 16 and eating during your feed window. It will work.

Can sleep hours be factored into the 16 hours of fasting?

yes, that is part of what makes the 16:8 so easy to follow.

workinonit1956 · September 2016

I love IF! I've been doing at least 16:8 since July 1st. I started at 184 (5'3", female, 60) and am currently 169. My clothes are getting baggy, and I've gone down a jean size.

amazn2017 · September 2016

julierockhead wrote: »

I've been doing IF for many months now, (a daily 8 hour eating window) and it made all the difference. Leangains.com is a great place to start learning about IF if you want information based on good science.

I will check it out, thank you!

omnisis · September 2016

I'm not typically one to get sucked into "fad" type diets or lifestyle changes but I am running 16:8 IF right now because I hurt my back and can do little more than walk for exercise. Nonetheless I've been able to achieve similar or better weight loss results as when I was working out 5-6 times a week. I still think it still comes down to CICO, but the IF style of eating fits into my lifestyle quite well and I feel like I am better able to manage my consumption under this eating regime.

Because it's so easy for me to maintain, I'm considering continuing to run IF after I've reached my weight loss goals and after I resume exercise again. I also really like the feeling of not being in a constant state of digestion when I'm awake and not having to worry about getting breakfast if I'm in a hurry. If it works for you and you are getting results no reason to change.

KetoneKaren · September 2016

Interestingly enough, in contrast to the poster who indicated that IF may produce maladapative eating patterns, (which is likely to be absolutely true for some people), for others IF fits their lifestyles quite well. I quite naturally have 1-2 days per week that I just have very little appetite, so a 5:2 IF pattern works for me. For people who can't face food in the mornings, a 16:8 IF pattern may work beautifully. If it isn't a hardship, why not?

SnazzIT · September 2016

I love IF, my profile pic says it all. I lost all the weight with little or no exercise through Fast:5 and interspersed with 3-5 day full water only fasts...in the past I lost with exercise but always gained weight back as fast as I lost it. IF maybe is much slower but I know it will be permanent loss because its a lifestyle not a diet.

MrsKila · September 2016

I like it too. It is now for the most part second nature.

RredSonja · September 2016

MKEgal wrote: »

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23244741
Double trouble: restrained eaters do not eat less and feel worse
"high levels of dietary restraint do not appear to reflect actual caloric restraint, it has been found to be a risk factor for a wide array of maladaptive eating patterns. ... restrained eaters do not eat less than they intend to do"

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18325547
"We examine the comfort food preferences and consumption patterns of women with highly versus less developed schemas for cognitive restraint, emotional and situational eating ... complex eating schemas weaken biological signals and produce maladaptive patterns... High schematics reported a lesser post-consumption increase in fullness than low schematics. Low schematics favoured low and high calorie foods equally, their choice motivated by pleasure and positive emotions."

For me, intermittant fasting 16:8 isn't a 'complex eating schema'. It is how I ate naturally, when I was at a healthy BMI. It was when I started eating breakfast in college that my weight gain began. It is pounded in to us that we MUST eat breakfast, MUST eat three meals and three snacks per day. That, to me, sounds like a complex eating schema. I don't eat breakfast, and I'm not hungry until 12:00 or 1:00. I find it easy to stay within my calorie goals, and it's much easier to listen to what my body wants when I don't stuff it with food when I am not hungry.

GottaBurnEmAll · September 2016

Yeah, I'm not getting the whole "complex eating scheme" either.

16:8 just naturally fits into my hunger pattern. I found out I was an IF'er after coming to these boards.

I learned long ago that eating an early breakfast made me hungrier for the day, so I started putting it off later and later. I'm not going to argue that IF is magic or superior. What I am saying is that some people, it's a good choice because it suits their hunger pattern and/or works well for them to regulate their appetite when they're controlling their calories.

b1gwillystyle · September 2016

I am definitely not a believer anymore that it's ALL about calories in and calories out. I have noticed incredibly better results IFing consuming the same amount and type of calories as I did when I would eat them throughout the day. My experience IFing has reinforced the research I've seen on it. There's definitely something to be said for fasting. It has literally changed my life and I love it.

frankiesgirlie · September 2016

I've been a 16:8 faster for about 35 years, really longer than that.
It was just the way I naturally ate. I never ate breakfast and found that eating lunch made me tired during school and then later in life, at work.

Now my work schedule has me at my computer up till 11 or 12 at night, so it just fits.

I do 3-11pm on the days I work late. Days that I'm up super early (before 8am) for one reason or another I'll do 1pm to 9pm.

I'm so used to it that it's never an effort. My stomach "tells" me when it 3pm. Don't even have to look at my watch!

MrsKila · October 2016

Another intermittent fasting week, and I feel great!

stephenmoralee · October 2016

Hi i have been doing IF for two months now, my belly is almost gone

I do a 5 -6 calorie intake window from 12:30 - 17:00 (so instead of 16/8 lean gains it's more like 18/6
i'm down about 15 Kg in 10 weeks and am very pleased wioth the results.
Wich you can see on my Profile Pictures

stephenmoralee · October 2016

b1gwillystyle wrote: »

I am definitely not a believer anymore that it's ALL about calories in and calories out. I have noticed incredibly better results IFing consuming the same amount and type of calories as I did when I would eat them throughout the day. My experience IFing has reinforced the research I've seen on it. There's definitely something to be said for fasting. It has literally changed my life and I love it.

Yeah í agree, i was Training and eating up to six meals a day (grazing) tsking on about 2200 cal.
since 2 months IF (i counted my cals the other day which i don't usually doi anymore) and saw that i was taking on 2500 - 2800 cal a day wich is a few hundered more that on the six meal Thing.

ktothema · October 2016

I did 5:2 and lost 6 stone, maintained it fabulously switching to 16:8 on fast days. Back on the 5:2 after a summer of abject naughtiness, and feeling much better for it.

YvetteK2015 · October 2016

When I would eat breakfast, I was soooo hungry for the rest of the day. I would go over my calorie limit. Then a few days, I didn't eat breakfast, just ate lunch or dinner, and my hunger was completely under control. I listened to my body tell me when I was hungry, and that led me to 16:8. It's been great so far.

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