intermittent fasting and skipping breakfast myths

I came across IF a couple days ago on here and starting reading about it. I'm basically on my 1st full day. I ate breakfast yesterday but then didn't eat again until 1 and stopped at 9. I'm holding out until 1 to eat today and so far it's not too bad.

There were a few things that I liked when I was reading about this. Please tell me if I have it wrong because I'm just hearing about this for the first time. It seems as though your body is burning actual fat during the fasting hours and then building muscle during eating times (if you are working out and trying to do that). That is basically my goal for this year so I thought I would give this a shot and read a few articles that stated this. Also, there is the idea that it's easier to eat less because you are doing it in a shorter time frame. That does not seem to be the case for others who posted above, but it did work out that way for me yesterday. We'll see what happens today.

I'm not sure I could do more than 16:8, but I'm just over an hour away from eating and so far it's not too bad.

Do you all eat like this daily or do you do it for a certain amount of time (like 30 days) and then take a break? I told myself I would give it 30 days to see how I feel. I eat a mostly whole food/paleo diet and wasn't interested in making diet changes, but was intrigued by changing the hours of eating.

crzycatlady1 wrote: »

It would be interesting to see what would happen if not eating in the morning became a widespread practice?

It would! I wonder if it is to do with workers needing fed before a morning of manual labour? Before most of us were just sitting at desks all day. I am a public health nutritionist in the UK, so while I know the science behind public health recommendations, it has been interesting while losing weight to see what has worked for me and for others (and how that differs from general public health advice).