Intermittent fasting - 30 pounds lost

Abbysmum2010 wrote: »

I am not at all sure that I can drink my tea without a little milk (usually skim) and some Splenda. I have tried and tried to get consistent info on whether Splenda will cause a problem but I get different info from different sources. What say you all?

acmorris77 wrote: »

In February, My doctor told me I had high triglycerides and needed to be on medicine unless something changed. Losing weight was one of the things I needed to do in order to get my levels in line. She gave me the list of foods to avoid such as red meat, fried foods, and processed carbohydrates. Also, she told me that she recommends intermittent fasting as part of my daily eating habits and gave me an 8 hour window to eat every day. She said that the longer your body fasts (within reason) the longer it stays in fat burning mode. The Triglycerides live in the fat and will therefore be reduced.


So, I took the advice, started cutting back on red meat and processed foods and only eat within 7-8 hours. I usually eat from 11am to 6 at this point. Obviously, you have to stay within your calorie goal and can't eat 10,000 calories during your eating window. It's still calories in and calories out. But, IF has definitely played a role in me losing 30 lbs. since March 1st. I used to eat breakfast even when I wasn't hungry and be starving 2 hours later. Now, I eat breakfast/lunch around 11 and I'm not hungry until dinner. I have not been too strict with my foods meaning that I still drink wine, eat carbs, etc., but make sure my calories are at a WEEKLY deficit and follow my IF window. If I go over on the weekends, I just eat a bit lighter 2 days during the week. I haven't felt hungry or deprived at all and lost a good amount of weight and I attribute this to IF.

I realize that there are extreme ways to use IF such as 5 normal days and 2 very low calorie days, but that's not what I've done here. Every BODY is different, this may not help others, but if you're not a breakfast person, or a dinner person, trying to shorten the window of when you eat each day can be beneficial.

My triglycerides are normal now and I'm feeling great!

The_Original_Beauty wrote: »

I would love some 16:8 friends

ProvenceBelle wrote: »

Can someone please explain 18:6? Or how to find out? I have never heard of IF until this post. Thanks!

blukitten wrote: »

Great post- I just started IF and am doing the same as OP- I eat breakfast/lunch around 11 or 12 ish- I wait until I am actually hungry. I lost 6lbs so far and actually love it. I struggled for a long time to get the scale moving in the right direction again but this seems to have helped.

I have PCOS and hypothyroid so getting the scale to move in the right direction has been challenging for me but with IF I haven't changed the way I eat - this is a process for me and one I am not currently spending too much time on focusing on- I am mindful of what I eat but not restrictive which has really helped me I think.

I started IF from reading about it on MFP - one of my friends started doing it so I researched it- thought- hey I eat this way on the weekends usually anyway (weekends I am notorious for only eating one large meal during the day)- I should do this during the week too, and it works! I have found it makes it easier for me to stay under my macros as well without much effort cause the way I naturally eat isn't that bad- and with eating just two meals- its easier to stick to under my calories. I go off of it sometimes like tonight I will be indulging in an alcoholic beverage or two or three - lol- outside my eating times but that's ok to do for me once in a while.

So glad to have finally found something that is working- now I can work on other things too like exercising more- which I need to do!