Intermittent fasting
lilac00
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Hello all! Starting my journey once again. I need to lose 100lbs. I’m interested in learning more about intermittent fasting and if anyone has found success with it. Thanks for your feedback!
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There are a couple versions. Meal timing helps many people keep a calorie deficit, others not so much. It doesn't hurt to try it out and see if it's for you.
I attempted 5:2 for awhile; sounded great, 2 days of strict dieting and 5 days of maintenance. I couldn't get the 2 very low calorie days to work for me though. But I do "zig-zag" my calories in a way that suits me. Eat a little less than goal Monday - Thursday and use the extra "banked" calories for the weekend. Weekends were always a downfall.
Here are links to a couple groups with lots of info......
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/49-intermittent-fasting
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/100058-5-2-fasting6 -
I have actually had great success with 16:8 or 18:6 - other protocols have never appealed to me - but it's no big deal and I cringe having to refer to it as fasting, protocols and codes - not eating all the time has made me more confident I won't starve to death even if I don't eat small meals at exact, arbitrary times, and it makes me more flexible because I can do things more independently from eating. It's not a magic trick. I keep a stable weight because I eat just the amount of calories I need.2
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16/8 is my jam. I’ve never been a breakfast person but was eating it because “they say” you should. I have significantly less brain fog without it. I’m currently going between a 16/8 some days and a 23/1 others. On days where I can load at least 1k calories at lunch I go for it, I never want dinner after a lunch like that anyway.
Ultimately, try it. If it works for you, great. If it doesn’t, at least you know.5 -
I eat on a 16/8 schedule most days. Works for me - mostly because I don't usually exceed my calorie target if I don't eat my first meal until 2 to 4 pm in the afternoon. Eating late into the evening was an issue for me - so I am taking advantage of that tendency.3
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Other than weekends I eat 16/8 as I find it quite easy to miss a conventional breakfast out of my routine even after going a morning a workout.
somedays I push through to a 20/4 .. although since using MFP and tracking calories rather than guessing, I have been doing 20/4 less and less as I am no longer over eating at the weekends and just dont have the energy to go 20hrs without food.
I like IF if I dont start to eat I dont have any issues with snacking .... but after the 1st meal of the day I really find it hard not to snack or graze, so IF nicely closes that opportunity to eat a load of stuff I dont want to. Its also useful for undercutting calories during the week if you know you are going to be over eating at the weekend3 -
I usually do 16:8 - 18:6 but on occasion just because I'm busy and not crazy hungry I do a 36'er. If you want more info on fasting an easy to understand resource is https://idmprogram.com/blog/1
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i switch it up 20/4 to 18/6 to some 24 hour fast it works as long as you maintain a good diet during feeding window or ar lest it did in my case0
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Do you know this site
https://www.dietdoctor.com/benefits-fasting
I’ve recently adopted ketogenic eating and intermittent fasting.
Diet Doctor site is a wealth of information on LCHF, Keto, fasting.
Life-changing stuff.
Best wishes3
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