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Fasting

brndeveney
brndeveney Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Does anyone fast?

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,462 Member
    Indeed some people do.

    What kind of fast? There are many different forms. What are you trying to accomplish?
  • DebLaBounty
    DebLaBounty Posts: 1,169 Member
    Nope. Makes me cranky and tired when I don’t have fuel to get me through the day.
  • brndeveney
    brndeveney Posts: 3 Member
    Trying to jumpstart again after the holidays
  • blambo61
    blambo61 Posts: 4,372 Member
    See Intermittent Fasting, OMAD, and 5:2 forums. I do a 20:4 to lose (eating ad libitum in the evenings - tell full and then some grazing) and I do a 16:8 to maintain (about a 600-kcal lunch [salad], and eating ad libitum in the evenings).
  • Feelx956
    Feelx956 Posts: 14 Member
    I do a 16:8 fast and keto, they work good together for me.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    Do you mean 16:8? 5:2? A juice fast? A commercial fast where you only eat certain things? A traditional fast where you don't eat anything for 24 hrs or more?
  • Seitnyx
    Seitnyx Posts: 33 Member
    I do intermittent fasting. I eat from 12pm-8pm every day. Basically after 13 hours your body starts to feed off of your fat so if you fast for 16 hours, your body is burning fat for 3 hours straight. It’s stopped me from snacking as much and it’s not that hard to do. Right when I’m getting really hungry, it’s time to eat
  • gtm197
    gtm197 Posts: 58 Member
    Fasting is an eating plan, not a diet. You still have to cut calories to lose weight. However, there are a lot of non-weight loss benefits to intermittent fasting. (Search YouTube “Benefits of Intermittent Fasting.” For me personally I use a 18:6 plan. It has stopped my cravings and snacking. It has helped with my insulin resistance.
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