16 hour fasts
AliCatz
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Anyone do the 16 hour fasts every day? If so add me please!
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Anyone? Lost 3.5 lbs so far in 2 weeks.2
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I do - it's not a big deal, I just eat breakfast, lunch an dinner 3-4 hours apart. Isn't that pretty normal?3
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I'm on a 16/8 schedule most days. Add me if you like.0
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Pretty much... Im not pedantic about it as meal timing is irrelevant to weight loss, "fasting" just happens to fit my schedule.3
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I do it too. Just a way of eating that helps me control calorie intake. Been doing it for almost a year now.3
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I do also. Just fits my schedule well . I don't like to eat late at night and I'm up early but don't eat right away. So it just works out0
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16/8 has been really helpful for me. I just have to stay consistent with it.0
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Was doing the 12 hour fast but saw the research (somewhere in here) about truly needing to do it for 14 hours for the really positive effects to happen. So, I moved on up the totem pole....doing 16 hours now (from 7PM until the following morning at 11AM). It really does fit my schedule. The only thing that might be an issue is that I really enjoy training in the morning but can not train fasted. So, I train at lunch. I go to lunch after 1PM so I have enough time to get some protein and then my carbs in before the training session. The gym is one mile down the street....so no issues there.
I really enjoy this - so far!5 -
CWShultz27105 wrote: »+1
Was doing the 12 hour fast but saw the research (somewhere in here) about truly needing to do it for 14 hours for the really positive effects to happen. So, I moved on up the totem pole....doing 16 hours now (from 7PM until the following morning at 11AM). It really does fit my schedule. The only thing that might be an issue is that I really enjoy training in the morning but can not train fasted. So, I train at lunch. I go to lunch after 1PM so I have enough time to get some protein and then my carbs in before the training session. The gym is one mile down the street....so no issues there.
I really enjoy this - so far!
There aren't any benefits gained by fasting for 16 hours as opposed to 10 or 12 hours...not sure what you think is happening, but it's simply a way to schedule feedings. There still has to be a calorie deficit for weight loss - and the loss isn't greater by fasting for fewer or more hours.
Here:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10615049/alan-aragon-on-intermittent-fasting7 -
That said, I eat 16:8 most of the time, purely because I like to have a couple big meals and if I spread them 5-7 hours apart it works for me. I've eaten that way all my life...they just decided to name it IF. ::shrug::3
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I’m thinking of doing the 16 hour fast maybe twice a week. Is that enough for weight loss ?2
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Tried it, didn't work for me. Now just doing a low calorie diet and working much better, lost nearly 10kg in 6 months.2
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bossmanbing2102 wrote: »I’m thinking of doing the 16 hour fast maybe twice a week. Is that enough for weight loss?
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bossmanbing2102 wrote: »I’m thinking of doing the 16 hour fast maybe twice a week. Is that enough for weight loss ?
It's not for weight loss.4 -
bossmanbing2102 wrote: »I’m thinking of doing the 16 hour fast maybe twice a week. Is that enough for weight loss ?
Calorie deficit is required for weight loss. Meal timing is irrelevant.7 -
I started just cutting out my evening snack, as it really was mindless eating and I’m never hungry in the morning. I don’t really think of it as a fast, just eating a couple to three meals with no snacking. I’m way less hungry. I’m still pretty new at this though, and only cut the snacking because it helps limit my calories.0
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I do but I'm not strict. Some days I don't eat until 6 pm, some days it's more like 3pm. I just like saving my cals for the end of the day. Always up for more friends. Sent OP a request.0
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livingleanlivingclean wrote: »bossmanbing2102 wrote: »I’m thinking of doing the 16 hour fast maybe twice a week. Is that enough for weight loss ?
Calorie deficit is required for weight loss. Meal timing is irrelevant.
QFT0 -
bossmanbing2102 wrote: »I’m thinking of doing the 16 hour fast maybe twice a week. Is that enough for weight loss ?
Cico is where it's at. Love your username!0 -
I usually only eat between 6-10pm if I can help it, it's just always been my internal eating schedule. I don't get hungry during the week at work and sometimes I go out to lunch on the weekends but then that's typically my one meal of the day, sometimes with a snack later. It's definitely the easiest way for me to stay in a deficit or maintain weight, depending on where I'm at with my goals.0
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