Intermittent fasting...I am sure this has been discussed prior but...
kds10
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...I have started to implement this into my life. It is not as bad as I thought, I do 16 hour fast daily with an 8 hour eating window. Although I was reading that for women they should do a 10 hour eating window instead but I am kind of getting used to the 16 - 8, so not sure yet if I should switch it. I finish supper at 5:30 and no morsal of food until 9:30 the next morning.
I like it, I feel more in control of me eating and yes before bed I am hungry and until I eat mid morning I am hungry as well but other than being uncomfortable it is manageable. On the weekend we went out for buffet and for many years I would use the build up to knowing that there is a function coming up to blow it until after that day then start fresh...this is how I gained weight. Now since I implemented IF I did not do that...I had a light breakfast mid morning then the buffet, light supper then fasted the rest of the evening, night and late morning. I find it seems so much easier than my years of all or nothing, trying this or that. I have 30 lbs to lose.
Anybody else do Intermittent fasting?
I like it, I feel more in control of me eating and yes before bed I am hungry and until I eat mid morning I am hungry as well but other than being uncomfortable it is manageable. On the weekend we went out for buffet and for many years I would use the build up to knowing that there is a function coming up to blow it until after that day then start fresh...this is how I gained weight. Now since I implemented IF I did not do that...I had a light breakfast mid morning then the buffet, light supper then fasted the rest of the evening, night and late morning. I find it seems so much easier than my years of all or nothing, trying this or that. I have 30 lbs to lose.
Anybody else do Intermittent fasting?
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I don't DO intermittant fasting but my pattern of eating falls into the category
I'm not hungry when I wake so I generally don't eat until around 2pm
As soon as I eat I do start getting hungry, pushing myself to eat breakfast wasn't helping me as I would fast run out of calories
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I am, but I haven't formalized it, so I just eat meals. I eat breakfast around 10, lunch around 1, dinner around 5. Structure, good habits, routines, eating partly on autopilot. But because meal timing is just a tool, and too rigid rules is a recipe for failure, I just use this setup as a rough guide. It sounds so silly to call eating every day "fasting", but maybe people really are used to eating all the time.3
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I do 16/8. It works well for me and helps me stay within my calorie goals. I’m a woman and have heard women may do better Fasting for 15 rather than 16 hours, but I’ve tried both and didn’t notice a difference.2
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Im just doing the research but currently my eating pattern is 16/8 so I figured Id look into IF and its benefits.2
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It is my eating pattern however I do drink cream in my coffee which Im seeing some say it doesnt break your fast and others say it does. I was looking into the rules for fasting. Up until a few days ago I didnt know about IF or that it was what I was basically doing but at that time it wasnt done for any particular reason. Now Im trying it deliberately and waiting to see what if any benefits I notice.1
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Fasting for 16, (at least)0
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"If you like eating that way and it helps you meet your goals, it is of considerable benefit" means that the fact that it helps you meet your goals IS the most important and worthwhile benefit.
If you're spending your time and energy on IF in order to achieve some (unspecified and relatively magical) benefit beyond being best able to meet your goals, I submit that it would be more profitable to spend your time and energy coin elsewhere.4 -
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If you're taking in calories, you're breaking your fast. And it makes no difference, to anything!It is my eating pattern however I do drink cream in my coffee which Im seeing some say it doesnt break your fast and others say it does.
Simple. Fasting = "not eating"! But there is no intermittent fasting police! You can eat whenever you like!I was looking into the rules for fasting.
If there are any benefits of doing something, you'll get those benefits, regardless if you're doing it deliberately or not!Up until a few days ago I didnt know about IF or that it was what I was basically doing but at that time it wasnt done for any particular reason. Now Im trying it deliberately and waiting to see what if any benefits I notice.3 -
JerSchmare wrote: »When I was a kid, it didn’t have a fancy name or definition. It was simply called, skipping breakfast. Not sure why everyone makes a big deal out of it.
But now it's a fad and people have discovered that they can give it a name and make magical claims and write books about it and make money and stuff.12 -
JerSchmare wrote: »When I was a kid, it didn’t have a fancy name or definition. It was simply called, skipping breakfast. Not sure why everyone makes a big deal out of it.
Preach. I had no idea that what I've been doing for years would suddenly start having so much derp attached to it I'd start to become embarrassed to admit to doing it.
I still like to say that I just skip breakfast since "intermittent fasting" really sounds a lot like catchy phrasing to me, and I've avoided fads my whole life.5 -
JerSchmare wrote: »When I was a kid, it didn’t have a fancy name or definition. It was simply called, skipping breakfast. Not sure why everyone makes a big deal out of it.
But now it's a fad and people have discovered that they can give it a name and make magical claims and write books about it and make money and stuff.
It's really sad making, isn't it? Those of us who have been skipping breakfast for years can sum it up quite simply: we're less hungry throughout the day when we do that, so that's what we do. End of story. No magic woo involved.
But I guess that's not sexy enough. I guess that's pretty much a sentence you could write about all of the accurate information about dieting and fitness, though.4 -
I'm a woman and I have no trouble sticking to an 18:6 schedule. I usually eat between 1pm - 7pm. AKA skipping breakfast. No ill effects.4
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GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »JerSchmare wrote: »When I was a kid, it didn’t have a fancy name or definition. It was simply called, skipping breakfast. Not sure why everyone makes a big deal out of it.
But now it's a fad and people have discovered that they can give it a name and make magical claims and write books about it and make money and stuff.
It's really sad making, isn't it? Those of us who have been skipping breakfast for years can sum it up quite simply: we're less hungry throughout the day when we do that, so that's what we do. End of story. No magic woo involved.
But I guess that's not sexy enough. I guess that's pretty much a sentence you could write about all of the accurate information about dieting and fitness, though.
basically lol. Once i begin eating i just want to keep eating. So i just put off eating. Easy. No magic fairy dust no fancy names needed its just how i eat. I fail to see why its become such a big thing lol3 -
I'm also a woman that only eats 6-8 hours a day with no issues. It just helps me keep my calorie deficit..2
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I only did IF to eat bigger meals, like many have said, it's nothing special. No diet is special, diets are only tools that can help us, but nothing more. No diets cause greater fat loss than another calorie for calorie. I did IF on my last cut and it wasn't any different than my previous cuts without it. I didn't lose fat at a better or faster rate, it was equal. All IF did to me is make my caloric deficit less miserable than my previous cutting where I was eating 5-6 small meals.2
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JerSchmare wrote: »When I was a kid, it didn’t have a fancy name or definition. It was simply called, skipping breakfast. Not sure why everyone makes a big deal out of it.
Haha!
I used to think this but realized I DO eat breakfast... but really late!0 -
...I have started to implement this into my life. It is not as bad as I thought, I do 16 hour fast daily with an 8 hour eating window. Although I was reading that for women they should do a 10 hour eating window instead but I am kind of getting used to the 16 - 8, so not sure yet if I should switch it. I finish supper at 5:30 and no morsal of food until 9:30 the next morning.
I like it, I feel more in control of me eating and yes before bed I am hungry and until I eat mid morning I am hungry as well but other than being uncomfortable it is manageable. On the weekend we went out for buffet and for many years I would use the build up to knowing that there is a function coming up to blow it until after that day then start fresh...this is how I gained weight. Now since I implemented IF I did not do that...I had a light breakfast mid morning then the buffet, light supper then fasted the rest of the evening, night and late morning. I find it seems so much easier than my years of all or nothing, trying this or that. I have 30 lbs to lose.
Anybody else do Intermittent fasting?
If you are hungry in the morning then you should stop. The only reason to skip breakfast is if you are not hungry and/or if eating breakfast makes you hungrier through the day. Why be uncomfortable without a reason?
I have skipped breakfast since the mid 90's and I have gained PLENTY of weight in that time. I continue to skip breakfast now that I am dieting because eating it does indeed make me hungrier.
Most people that eat 3 meals at the standard times are probably 12:12 or close to it. What exactly to you think happens in the extra 4 hours that doesn't happen in the previous 12?
IF as a diet is not a real thing. Sometimes I think it is a prank to see how many people will fall for it. If you think about it everyone that eats and then stops for any period of time is intermittently fasting.
The only way to lose weight is to create a calorie deficit.
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JerSchmare wrote: »When I was a kid, it didn’t have a fancy name or definition. It was simply called, skipping breakfast. Not sure why everyone makes a big deal out of it.
Lol...yeah...I pretty much ate this way for most of my adult life. I put on 40 Lbs over the course of 8 years eating this way because, while I didn't eat breakfast and didn't have anything until lunch, after that it was a free for all up until the end of dinner...including lots of beer.2 -
@KSJR78 and anyone else curious...anything besides water, breaks a fast. A true fast means no digestive enzymatic activity. The whole purpose behind fasting only works if we abide by our biology meaning make our enzymes work when they are supposed to work. Let's say you eat between 12pm and 8pm but have a coffee at 6 am when you wake up, the caffeine, cream or anything besides water causes enzymatic activity and will stop your fast. People can still see results by doing this because they are not digesting much and calories are very low and they arent. People can argue all they want and say they see results. They may see results, but for different reasons other than fasting, such as eating better, actually tracking what they eat, which is good, but its not intermittent fasting.2
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And IF is NOT a diet. Its just a habbit of eating. diet reflects on what you eat, not how. I can eat pizza, poptarts and pringles between 8 am and 9 pm, the next day i can do it between 12pm and 8pm and it still be considered fasting but with an awful diet! Actually It doesnt sound that bad...0
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one more time...skipping breakfast people. Yeah you may have been doing it before or actually may not have the point is, we have more info on it now, more people can connect and discuss. If everyone has been doing it for so long, then its not a fad. Fads are short lived which some of you claim its not the case. We just have more info on it! There is no magic...nothing fancy, its a way of eating. But books are made and its now "a thing" because most people do it wrong and clearly have questions.2
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NickyGee2015 wrote: »one more time...skipping breakfast people. Yeah you may have been doing it before or actually may not have the point is, we have more info on it now, more people can connect and discuss. If everyone has been doing it for so long, then its not a fad. Fads are short lived which some of you claim its not the case. We just have more info on it! There is no magic...nothing fancy, its a way of eating. But books are made and its now "a thing" because most people do it wrong and clearly have questions.
Something that's been around forever can be a fad. It happens in fashion all the time. Someone famous wears a long flowing skirt, and all of a sudden for a whole season every woman walking down the street is wearing a long flowing skirt. They've been around forever but now everyone's wearing them, they're a fad. Then a celebrity wears corduroy pants to a premier and for 6months everyone wears corduroys, until they go back in a drawer because the fad wears off.
Same thing happens in the diet/fitness industry. Right now IF and Keto are the hot thing that everyone is high on. A few years from now, there will be a new diet or fitness trend plucked out of obscurity to be what all the books and articles will be about. There will still be folks doing keto and IF, but it won't be the latest "magic pill".
If you spend any time on the forums, you'll see after about a month that every other thread is some variation of "Starting IF <and/or Keto>, anyone getting results?!?". A few years ago it was Paleo and Crossfit. Nothing wrong with any of them, it's just the industry spinning the wheel again.3 -
ruqayyahsmum wrote: »I don't DO intermittant fasting but my pattern of eating falls into the category
I'm not hungry when I wake so I generally don't eat until around 2pm
As soon as I eat I do start getting hungry, pushing myself to eat breakfast wasn't helping me as I would fast run out of calories
Omigosh... There are others like me!0
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