Intermittent Fasting Support Group?

Thanks Lady Gecko!

Congrats on your weight loss! 3 rounds of HCG seems tough!!! I only did one and I am trying my best to keep the weight down in maintenance because I don’t know if I will be able to follow it so diligently the second time around.

I know I should probably be asking you this in the HCG thread, but what else are you doing in P3/P4 to stabilize your weight? I am about 5 lbs above my lowest weight and trying to get it back down then stabilize… looking for solutions...that's how I found this thread.

Okay, I am going to read up on ESE and try it out! Thanks so much! Good luck on your next HCG round!

What happens when you hit your goal weight? What does maintance look like?

Thanks!

This is estimated maintenance for LG method.

Recomp:
workout days: +20%
non workout days: -20%

When I was looking to lose fat, LG IF worked for me. I am now in recomp mode.

I've been doing Leangains 16/8 for 2 weeks now, but after some further research into the health benefits of fasting beyond weight loss I decided to try to incorporate a 24 hour fast in once a month. I'm on my first one today with 3 hours left and it just got difficult. I think going for a walk might help.

Today is my "IF" day.
I currently have one IF day a week, usually Tue or Wed. I eat normal breakfast and lunch. Liquids only 1 pm to bedtime and break my fast around seven the next day. Basically an eighteen hour fast. I haven't been unusually hungry at breakfast, but my post fast breakfast is more protein than my usual weekday breakfast.
This has worked so well I'm considering "IF" twice a week. Its been a painless way to lower my average weekly calorie intake.

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This really interest's me. Im going to do some research and see if this will work for me... im really struggling to drop any weight and i feel like i have just hit a wall!
How much weight have you lost from IF over what period of time?

Started IF after finding this page.
http://www.justinowings.com/b/index.php/me/a-low-carbohydrate-diet-mixed-with-inter
It was on that page that LG was also mentioned. After doing some research I've decided to go with the Fast-5 style of IF. Basically its fasting at 19/5. Meal time is between 5PM-10PM. I've been on a lo-carb diet since April and will stay on it with it going forward. I did try a 30 hour fast several days ago and it felt good but I think I can manage 19/5 better. You can get the Fast-5 free ebook if you register on their site> http://www.fast-5.com/
Will report back on how this works after a week. Good luck to all starting an IF schedule.

Congrats on your success so far!!! I am on day 3, its 10:20 am, and I'm not ravenous!!!! I broke fast at 10am the first day, 10:20 the second day. I'm astonished because I was a bit hungry as I went to bed last night. I recognize my hunger, but it isn't overwhelming me. I think I'm getting to that point where you can get the hunger out of your head. I'm going to make some tea, have some sparkling water, and see if I can hang in there until 12.

I have lost two pounds in the first two days. I've been warned that it does slow down, but its really nice to see things heading in the right direction.

i dont think i will ever eat a different way after doing IF for a few weeks now

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This really interest's me. Im going to do some research and see if this will work for me... im really struggling to drop any weight and i feel like i have just hit a wall!
How much weight have you lost from IF over what period of time?

I've consistently lost 1-2lbs per week since I started on June 22nd. I'm doing the lean gains 16/8 with the occasional 24hour fast thrown in (every other week). I'm down 6 lbs. And that's with a crazy wedding weekend thrown in eating out or someone else's cooking for 4 straight days.

Thanks
I think im going to give it a go!
i would most likely fast from 9pm - 1pm the following day making it a 16hour fast with roughly 8 hours of this that i would be sleeping... is that and Ok place to start?

Bump *

This really interest's me. Im going to do some research and see if this will work for me... im really struggling to drop any weight and i feel like i have just hit a wall!
How much weight have you lost from IF over what period of time?

I've consistently lost 1-2lbs per week since I started on June 22nd. I'm doing the lean gains 16/8 with the occasional 24hour fast thrown in (every other week). I'm down 6 lbs. And that's with a crazy wedding weekend thrown in eating out or someone else's cooking for 4 straight days.

Thanks
I think im going to give it a go!
i would most likely fast from 9pm - 1pm the following day making it a 16hour fast with roughly 8 hours of this that i would be sleeping... is that and Ok place to start?

That's exactly what I do now. I started with a 14 hour fast first (ate between noon and 10) but after a week I upped it to 16. And yes I'm not perfectly rigid. If I get invited to lunch with co-workers at noon sometimes I'll go, or if there's a Sunday family brunch sometimes I eat earlier. But 90-95% of the time I stick to that window.

On another note I dropped almost 3 lbs for my official weight in this week! I think I was holding onto water last week. I'm down 9 lbs since starting IF and 15 overall!

Hi everyone!

I'm doing my first 18 hour fast today, with about an hour left and I'm getting a bit lightheaded. I've got a yogurt to break the fast with before I go home from work. I'm going to read back through this thread later as I'm really interested in everyone's experiences.

Bump... Great info!! Thanks

rileysowner - thanks for the input - I am thinking I probably dehydrated myself because I had a terrible headache all last night. And I am not normally prone to headaches. I had about 6 cups of water, which I know is too little, and didn't realize I had to have much much more than that when fasting.

I'll try again next Friday or Saturday and let you guys know how it went!

Nicole

I started doing every-other-day Intermittent Fasting about 3 weeks ago, at that time not having heard of LeanGains or Eat Stop Eat. I did it based on research I read about its effectiveness in animal studies at lengthening lifespan and improving blood health markers, and also because I noticed one day that I was about 20 lbs over my ideal weight and past 25 BMI. I figured it was worth a try, and I haven't looked back or even lost step since I started. It's very surprising how much easier it is than I though it would be.

About a week ago I did buy "Eat Stop Eat" as I was doing research so I could defend my new diet to friends and family (veteran dieters, many of them, who are afraid of the dreaded Starvation Mode). Since Mr. Pilon's only caution against doing more than two days a week is that it reduces flexibility in the diet, and I had no problem with that whatsoever, I just continued with my alternating days thing.

I've been getting good results so far. Lost about 10 lbs, and insofar as I can tell from my inexpert use of a fat caliper, almost all of that has been body fat, and my lean mass has stayed about the same (doing mostly body weight exercises to keep up muscle). The caliper measurements have a lot of variance when taken by an amateur like me, but the trend still seems significant, and the visual results are encouraging as well.

I plan to step down to a once or twice a week fast once I reach my goal just to maintain good health for the long term. Hopefully it all pans out!