Intermittent fasting
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IF and daily fasting or eating windows are a great tool, but the bottom line is the tool is to manage eating overall calories and macros in a 24 hour window and extending that out. Then after reaching your goal managing your energy intake like a checkbook. People who don’t do IF or DF (is that a thing?, it should be because people always get it confused with IF). People who don’t do IF can achieve the same results when they manage their energy intake with other tools. Not against IF at all, but every day does not have to be the same, and every person can use any tool including IF
Anyway, great work with the calorie deficit over time that really got you the results.
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JennyAnne101 wrote: »Whats IF ? well done by the way
There’s a group here on MFP devoted to intermittent fasting.
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huntersvonnegut wrote: »JennyAnne101 wrote: »Whats IF ? well done by the way
There’s a group here on MFP devoted to intermittent fasting.
Can you tell us what is the group named?
Thank you,1 -
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What does 16:8 & 5:2 mean? Sorry this is new to me...0
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charityanne2 wrote: »What does 16:8 & 5:2 mean? Sorry this is new to me...
16:8 - fasting for 16 hours a day and eating within an 8-hour window only, such as 12-8 PM. You might also see people who do 14:10, 18:6, etc.
5:2 - eating 500-600 calories on two non-consecutive days out of the week and eating at maintenance on the other five days. This is a way for people to create a calorie deficit but not want to eat low every day.0 -
I do it but I don’t know if it’s doing anything for me.2
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I noticed that eating breakfast makes me hungry all day. I've read the experts say to eat breakfast because it's the most important meal of the day and it jump starts the metabolism?? But it just makes me hungry, no matter if I eat protein and/or carbs!! I just recently started intermittent fasting, and I love the 16:8 eating schedule. I hold off on eating my first meal until noon or 1:00 pm, and just drink water and coffee. I don't have any issues getting hungry until then when I don't eat breakfast. I only eat lunch and dinner and a snack or two, and get to eat more calories for each meal and seem to fill up better with the larger calorie allotment. Usually I end up with extra calories to use at night for snacking and that works better for me. I am close to my goal weight. I plateaued for a couple months, and maybe it's just a coincidence, but when I started IF my weight loss started back up again.5
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Flyingfingers51 wrote: »I noticed that eating breakfast makes me hungry all day. I've read the experts say to eat breakfast because it's the most important meal of the day and it jump starts the metabolism?? But it just makes me hungry, no matter if I eat protein and/or carbs!! I just recently started intermittent fasting, and I love the 16:8 eating schedule. I hold off on eating my first meal until noon or 1:00 pm, and just drink water and coffee. I don't have any issues getting hungry until then when I don't eat breakfast. I only eat lunch and dinner and a snack or two, and get to eat more calories for each meal and seem to fill up better with the larger calorie allotment. Usually I end up with extra calories to use at night for snacking and that works better for me. I am close to my goal weight. I plateaued for a couple months, and maybe it's just a coincidence, but when I started IF my weight loss started back up again.
I am the same way. If I eat breakfast I am hungry all day. I've lost 51lbs (since I started tracking) and I love it!2 -
I did IF last year and lost 25 pounds. I just started back last week. I want to lose 20 more. I do 16 hours of fasting and 8 hr eating window. I eat breakfast at 12, lunch around 3 and dinner around 7:30. Last years go round made a hugh impact on my health. I didn't gain, but was able to maintain the weight loss, and I stopped IF. So now it's time to begin again. I don't crave or graze. If I want to eat something in between I'll have some pecans or almond milk. Sometimes an orange. I just try to watch what I eat. I also do walking aerobics at home and take a yoga class.2
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Congrats you look incredible!
I love IF because I am genuinely not hungry until around 2pm, so I have a small meal then and then eat the rest 10pm-1am. I didn't do it for weight loss, my body just prefers eating that way. I hate snacking throughout the day and having to stop and make time to eat. It is easier to get up and get a ton of stuff done and then finally come home and eat the rest of the night lol. Food also tastes 10x better when you are extra hungry for it.2 -
I've always wondered....isn't intermittent fasting just a fancy term for "skipping breakfast"?5
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Can IF 16:8 be done 7:30-3:30? I am always hungry for breakfast but rarely hungry for dinner. I just force myself to eat something for dinner.1
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I have always heard you can "fast" which ever hours work best for you- so yeah you can eat breakfast and fast at night if that is best for you.0
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I'm sold on my IF too! Great job! I just hit 30 pounds lost today since January 17th. Finally, something I can easily stick with for a long as necessary. And my sugar cravings and snacking habit are completely gone. And I very rarely even feel hungry. I fast 18 hours a day and eat for 6. Feel so much better. 25 more pounds to go for my next goal.7
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jasminedmarks wrote: »Great transformation OP!! I never heard of IF before reading this post and I'm wondering if I've been doing IF and didn't even realize it. I eat in the morning between 7 am and 8 am, then I don't eat again until my lunch between 12 pm and 2 pm. That's all I'll eat during the day until the next morning. Is that considered IF?
yes you are doing IF 17-18 hrs a day fast 1 -
I don't really understand why there are so many people who think IF is an idiotic philisophy!
I asked a question about a fasting schedule and I got the majority who don't get and crushed it.
Now if my thinking is correct isn't it just a schedule of eating?
Why do you guys do it?
Besides creating a calorie deficit, there is a lot of science behind the fact that intermittent fasting makes the body more efficient at buring fat. So you get the benefit of both.7 -
wait, there are pictures of me before I got my tattoos....does that mean its not really me ?
which pictures are me and which are somebody else?
OP, you look great!!2 -
IF is SO much more than just losing weight. I would suggest those of you who have questions read the book The Obesity Code. It explains the what/why/how of IF and eating 'cleaner' as well. My DH has even decided to do IF which has shocked me. Now his weight is normal, but he has been convinced of the health benefits of it after reading that book.9
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Wow -- GREAT job!!!2
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AzaleaGirl wrote: »I don't really understand why there are so many people who think IF is an idiotic philisophy!
I asked a question about a fasting schedule and I got the majority who don't get and crushed it.
Now if my thinking is correct isn't it just a schedule of eating?
Why do you guys do it?
Besides creating a calorie deficit, there is a lot of science behind the fact that intermittent fasting makes the body more efficient at buring fat. So you get the benefit of both.
Would love to see that 'science.'7 -
Kicking butt!!! I am on week 4 of if 16:8...
Loving it so far! Found a cool tracker if anyone’s interested...
https://lifefastingtracker.app.link/lu9hXjj1hO
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I'm 48 yo man and today is Day 5 of intermittent fasting (IF). I'm doing 20/4 IF and really like it.
Friday 3th August : 188 lbs
Round 49 (#1) - 186 lbs
8/06 - 186 lbs I started my IF
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8/08 - 184.74 (-1.26)
8/09 - 184.52 (-0.22)
8/10- 184 (-0.52)
8/11
8/12
8/13
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8/15
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oups no round here cant edit my post. Anyway where are you Intermittent faster fan? I lost 2 lbs so far in 4 days. today is my 5th day. No hunger, not tired and i feel very well. Yesterday i had to work at my office late until 6:30PM so i did 22,5 / 1,5 instead of 20/4. 4
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oups no round here cant edit my post. Anyway where are you Intermittent faster fan? I lost 2 lbs so far in 4 days. today is my 5th day. No hunger, not tired and i feel very well. Yesterday i had to work at my office late until 6:30PM so i did 22,5 / 1,5 instead of 20/4.
Awesome congrats!!
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oups no round here cant edit my post. Anyway where are you Intermittent faster fan? I lost 2 lbs so far in 4 days. today is my 5th day. No hunger, not tired and i feel very well. Yesterday i had to work at my office late until 6:30PM so i did 22,5 / 1,5 instead of 20/4.
But how how many calories a day are u eating?0 -
Rightt now i'm eating 1500 calories but i do lot of fast walking (an average of 400 cal per day). With IF 1500 cal is a lot of food.2
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Thanks Paul0
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singingflutelady wrote: »
It really isn't a lot - I naturally IF (I have never been a breakfast person) and yesterday I consumed over 2000 calories for the day.0
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