I've been doing it for quite some time...I do like having bigger meals and feeling full!!!

Have been doing 16:8 on and off for a while, I love it, have lost nearly 3 st (41lbs). Combined with LCHF works for me. Find it helps not to eat too much wheat or sugar, not good for me, as much as I might want it.

I started IF last week. I lost 10lbs. I am still eating 1700 calories a day, with more clean wholesome foods. I feel great and am not even hungry in the morning. I do 16:8 and threw in one eat stop eat. I am going to stick with it.

I was debating whether to raise that issue, Sabine. I used to eat primal and there was a lot of speculation in those groups about how IF wasn't as effective for women due to the influence of cortisol and stress. The theory was that dietary stress can encourage weight loss in men but slow weight loss in women. Mark Sisson has some articles about it on his site.

For me, it's a moot point now because I can't eat larger meals over a shorter period of time because I can't tolerate that much fat at once (which is why HFLC is also not an option). I did experiment with it back in my primal days but did not find it effective, though primal didn't work well for me in general. I respond better to low fat/high carb for weight loss and always have, maybe because I'm already a stress case drowning in cortisol. Different things work for different people.

I do a 5:2 fast. Calories within whatever range I need to hit other days, nothin' but water (coffee, i let myself have a little milk in it etc) on two days a week. I do it mondays and thursdays. If something comes up socially or whatever, I just shift the days. Works great for me as far as weight management. I thought I'd get weak or dizzy or something on fast days (carried almonds etc with me when i first started), but never, ever have. In fact I feel better and calmer on fasting days. I work out normally, from cardio and HIIT to strength training (if a weight training day happens to fall on a fasting day I do have one of those muscle milk lite things with 28g of protein post workout. I realize it's basically chocolate milk with a bunch of chemicals but seems efficient re muscle recovery and I eat really well most times).

24-36 hour fasting may seem scary or drastic but it's really not. I feel fine and it's actually easier for me than debating whether i can eat this or that or more of either. For example if I'm fasting on a day I'm traveling, the "calories don't count if you eat them in the airport" rule doesn't even need to be put into effect ; )

There is lots of evidence to support that it has lots of health benefits beyond weight management. The one thing to look out for is I sometimes get kind of binge-y on the day after a fast, and that sort of spoils the whole point.

The reason I don't do the daily one or eat stop eat is because I find it hard to stick to something i have to do every day due to changing circumstances, schedules, social things, travel etc., and i feel I'd be constantly "failing."

I tried IF (16:8) a few years ago and it worked very well. In my experience, I lost about seven to eight pounds in three or so weeks. However over time, the holidays, of course, and my recent trip in January to the Dominican, I've gained back the weight, approximately 10 pounds. I am on it again. I drink coffee and water only until noon, then I have fruit, usually a banana, and go for a 45 min power walk. Lunch next, which I have to keep fairly light because a heavy meal doesn't sit too well after fasting for me. Sometimes a snack prior to dinner, but not always, and then dinner before 7pm. Really a 17:7 IF. No snacking for me after; water and tea only. I watch my caloric intake as well for the first few weeks, then raise up to maintain. I have a cheat day on the weekends. I am on day five now and will weigh in on Sunday. I am trying to make sure I get enough nutrition. Has anyone got experience with the "Greens" powder supplements? Perhaps I'll search the forums on that one.

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