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Intermittent fasting- just an acceptable way of starving yourself?

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  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
    MeanderingMammal wrote: »
    andrewbrownketo wrote: »
    I.F. actually has proven medical benefits, along with weight loss benefits. Even fasting for longer has medical benefits...

    Aside from the weight loss benefits, I.F. has been proven to increase fat oxidation, increase insulin sensitivity, and inhibit the occurrences of age associated diseases.

    Could you point at those studies please, I'd be interested to read that.

    I don't know anything about so called "health" benefits, but I have been playing around with a 14/10 time restricted window and it does seem to have some effect on appetite, so far. My leptin and ghelin is all messed up. Maybe this will help? who knows!?!?
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    i like to eat late night and dont like to eat in the morning. Meal times are a human creation....I choose to eat how i wanna eat not how im told i should be eating. That in no way means im starving myself. I love food. I love food so much that this way of eating keeps my calories in check. Theres nothing wrong to not eating when im told lol trust me im not starving
  • TonyB0588
    TonyB0588 Posts: 9,520 Member
    aliblain wrote: »
    I’ve noticed a few people saying that they are combining different types of IF diet (doing 5:2 and 16:8 for example) or limiting their eating window to a very short time. I like IF but part of me is uneasy about the way it makes skipping meals acceptable. What we reckon? Is IF just a way of people disguising disordered eating as an acceptable diet?

    Not sure about "acceptable". To me it's a way with a "brand name", just like people get all carried away with the actual brands of the clothing and shoes they wear nowadays.
  • d4_54
    d4_54 Posts: 62 Member
    Do what makes you happy. You are more likely to be able to stick to it. As long as you eat the correct balance of calories it doesn’t matter when you eat or even what you eat when it comes to weight loss. I eat most my calories at night as it's when I am most hungry.
  • Katzedernacht
    Katzedernacht Posts: 266 Member
    I don't like IF at all , I prefer to distribute my meals on the day, but if it works for someone, cool.
  • ktravis2
    ktravis2 Posts: 30 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    Why do you think it's disordered? Several of the people who do it on here have said they never ate breakfast before IF became a fad. Some people can't eat early or they'll be ill, or they may be tempted to graze/overeat all day. And some just prefer to eat more calories later. If they're getting adequate calories/nutrition, there's nothing wrong.


    Agreed!
  • TotalFitnessMindBodySoul
    TotalFitnessMindBodySoul Posts: 5 Member
    I think that the 16:8 is perfectly acceptable. They're still getting in the same amount of calories. And there's no true "rule" to when you have start your fast. Some do better if they work it so that they still have breakfast at a normal time, they just stop eating earlier in the evening that they may have before they did IF.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    Skipping breakfast is totally normal, lots of people do it. It’s not “starving yourself”
  • CSARdiver
    CSARdiver Posts: 6,252 Member
    It's a tactic to manage appetite signals. Just as with any other tactic it has the potential to be effective if implemented correctly.

    It isn't a one sized fits all solution, but if it works for you...go with it. I do something like this, but it's more eating light meals at breakfast and lunch as this is my active time and a full stomach inhibits performance. Night time is my cool down and relax time and where I eat ~70% of my daily caloric intake.
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