I IF 16:8 because it's easy to when fat adapted and it helps me keep my calories in check. I'm looking into doing extended fasting (3-5 day) for other reasons.

I naturally fell into a 18:8 IF schedule. Personally, I think the schedule you are looking at is better, but I am in the majority who skips breakfast. I only do it this way because of I have an 11 yo daughter and my wife and I have made it a point since she was born to have dinner together 6 nights a week.

While traveling, I have tried it the way you propose and I think it provided slightly better FBG readings, although it is hard to be sure with such a limited amount of data.

I really like breakfast, also....or I should say I really like eating. The biggest shock for me in this WOE is not being hungry. I spent 40+ years of my life being hungry nearly 100% of the time, so realizing one day that I wasn't actually hungry was weird for me.

I have transitioned to having eggs for either lunch or dinner 3-4 times a week (or more sometimes) just because I really like them and not eating breakfast anymore could not mean not eating "breakfast" foods for me.

I fell into this after I was already in maintenance in terms of weight, so I can't speak to that. I do think it has helped with my BG readings, and since that is the primary reason I eat this way, that is important. Since BG corresponds to insulin, it seems it would make sense that this would help with weight loss if that is your goal. I know many in this group have found success using IF, although not all.

After converting to IF, many will throw in a 24 hour or longer fast periodically. It is significantly easier to do when LCHF and when you get used to the 16:8 schedule.

WOE stands for 'way of eating'.

I am also a 16:8 faster. I normally don't eat before noon and finish eating around 8 PM. The only day I consistently eat breakfast is Sunday because that is a family thing with my father and sister.

johnnylew wrote: »

cstehansen wrote: »

I really like breakfast, also....or I should say I really like eating. The biggest shock for me in this WOE is not being hungry. .

Thanks! What is WOE? We need a glossary of acronyms!

We do....Here's a link, but it's located in the launch pad which has a lot of useful information....You should go in there and explore...

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10081444/glossary-of-terms-abbreviations-and-acronyms?new=1

Bonny132 wrote: »

Cadori wrote: »

I IF 16:8 because it's easy to when fat adapted and it helps me keep my calories in check. I'm looking into doing extended fasting (3-5 day) for other reasons.

Actual fasting, egg fasting or another type of fasting? I have pondered the question of doing an extended water fast for 24-48hrs (I'll break it when I am feeling hungry, and my body has plenty of fuel to consume in the meantime)

I usually do IF, I eat between 12-8pm simply as I am usually not hungry before lunch.

Ideally a water fast. A broth/coconut oil fast if I need it. For me it would be for increased immunity and cancer prevention. I'd love to build up to a couple 7 day fasts a year. I've been listening to Fasting Talk with Jimmy Moore and Jason Fung and reading a lot on the fasting sections of the 2 Keto Dudes forums.

I have done 24 hours once. For me, hunger was not really an issue. I struggle with habit/boredom eating. If I do a full day or longer again, I will make sure I have my day planned to stay busy. I did have a cup of bone broth, so it wasn't 0 calories, although it was pretty close. I think I would have either died or killed someone if I had tried it back in the days of eating the SAD.

Hot water has spread across my team at work, I can name 10 people in my office who now drink hot water daily. I got the advice from a colleague of mine, and I admit I laughed at the time. But I was having massive sleeping issues so the coffee had to go. I was sooooooo missing my hot drinks but herbal teas did not hit the spot, so I tried it, not looked back since, and slowly more and more people in my team have started to drink hot water too. It has also made me drink more cold water, don't know why. These days I have no issues hitting my water target on my working days, I easily chug down 8 cups/2 liters of water a day at work alone, plus I do 1 or 2 salted bullion's too to ensure I get enough salt. Actually getting used to using a lot more salt, was harder than starting to drink hot water.

Check the IF group here too: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/discussions/49-intermittent-fasting

Have tried the morning/midday eating; works ok but the major con is shoving too much food into the system early in the day causing lethargy, drowsiness, & bloating. I found it to be less productive for getting work done during the day. However, night time eating presents its problems with exacerbating GERD & cardiovascular activity estimated at 15minute intervals (if you read between the lines).

Hope this helps, fasting has to fit-in with the individual's lifestyle. If you simply like breakfast food, who cares what time of day it is? Nothing wrong going against these so called social norms

Similar to @mmultanen

I am a sort of accidental faster, no real science behind it, I'm just not really hungry most mornings. I generally eat a 2 egg omelette with spinach, tomatoes, bacon and cheese at around 11.30/midday and that sees me through until dinner at around 7.30.
I'm rarely hungry or tired anymore, although if I am hungry I'll grab a small snack.

Eating this way seems to work well with my calories goals. I think because I'm having 2 satisfying meals rather than 3 smaller ones, mentally I don't feel short changed and I'm not trying to squeeze calories out of additional meals that my body actually doesn't want or need.

Hope you find what work for you

I'm a 16:8 keto faster too! I've never been a big breakfast eater, so I have keto coffee in the morning and don't eat until after 2.00pm. As I'm quite hectically busy with various activities and projects at the moment I can't always get my dinner as early as I'd like, but if it gets to 9-10pm and I haven't eaten I don't beat myself up too much if I don't leave the full 16 hours until I eat again! I have over the past few of weeks also had at least 1, sometimes 2 sub-500cal fasting days per week too, usually at weekends. I first tried it to kickstart weight-loss during a 10 day stall, and it seems to have worked - following the fast I lost 4lb and have continued to steadily lose since then...

I do IF 2 to 3 days a week. My reason is to help increase insulin sensitivity in my cells (aka lower insulin resistance).

It's interesting to me when I read about someone doing 16:8 fast. This was the norm when many of us were growing up. Snacks were rare, perhaps popcorn on a Saturday evening watching TV. We didn't have snacks when we went to the movie theatre either. 3 meals a day and no snacks was our norm. Now it is considered a fast.

suzqtme wrote: »

So for anyone who does a 16:8 or similar fast schedule: Out of curiosity, when you have an 8 hour food window, do you eat 2 or 3 meals during that time or do you include snacks, too? No judgement, just wonder what that looks like. I'm thinking of suggesting something like this to my DH who has been eating keto but tends to graze throughout the days when he isn't at work. He doesn't want to do 24 or 36 hr IF like I do.

I do 2 meals, no snacks - 1 meal at around 1pm and 1 at around 7 pm.

I tend to get closer to an 18:6 schedule most days, but I don't stress it, I eat if I'm hungry in the morning.

suzqtme wrote: »

So for anyone who does a 16:8 or similar fast schedule: Out of curiosity, when you have an 8 hour food window, do you eat 2 or 3 meals during that time or do you include snacks, too? No judgement, just wonder what that looks like. I'm thinking of suggesting something like this to my DH who has been eating keto but tends to graze throughout the days when he isn't at work. He doesn't want to do 24 or 36 hr IF like I do.

I generally eat lunch between 11:30 and noon and then dinner around 6-6:30. Two or three times a week I might have a snack between if lunch was smallish as it is usually the larger of the two meals.