16:8 and RHR

JimieLou · July 2018

So last Monday, I decided to mix it up to try to bust through a plateau.
I started doing IF 16:8. Not only have I lost 8 pounds, but my resting heart rate has dropped 5 bpm.
I haven’t changed anything other than my eating window.
I still walk at least 5 Miles throughout the day.
I’m assuming this is a good thing, but can anyone explain to me why it dropped what seems so drastically to me.

cmriverside · July 2018

Coincidence.

Plateaus will break when they break. Nothing to do with an eating window.

As far as RHR, it could be due to stress, sleep, salt, hydration, caffeine, hormones. Keep doing the readings. It's not about an eating window.

kommodevaran · July 2018

Feeling happy and content (and that includes with eating habits), will make you calmer, but you didn't lose 8 pounds of fat in a week, it's water weight.

Kane68 · August 2018

16:8 Intermitting Fasting absolutely does work.

AnvilHead · August 2018

Kane68 wrote: »

16:8 Intermitting Fasting absolutely does work.

As long as you maintain a calorie deficit. Just like eating at any other time of the day.

Calories are what matter for weight loss. What time of the day you eat them is personal preference for satiety/adherence, workout performance, etc.

pinggolfer96 · August 2018

mandi82014 · August 2018

I was in a 7 week long plateau - hadn't lost a single pound - 3 days of IF 16:8 and down 4 lbs already. I just don't see how that could be a coincidence! If it were 1 week or 2, okay, but 7 weeks?

mmapags · August 2018

Kane68 wrote: »

16:8 Intermitting Fasting absolutely does work.

It absolutely works for what?

heybales · August 2018

Always do the math for fast weight loss or gain if you think it was fat.

3500 calorie about per lb of fat.

So if you think you lost 4 lbs of fat in 3days:

4 x 3500 / 3 days = 4667 daily calorie deficit for each of 3 days.

Did IF really have you eat 4667 calories less than you burn for each of those 3 days?

Obviously not.

I'll bet you've been stressed over those 7 wks and gaining stress Cortisol based water weight the whole time. Even while you could have been losing inches.

The new eating window might have finally gotten some stress levels down - excited to try something new, feeling confident, whoosh.

heybales · August 2018

JimieLou wrote: »

So last Monday, I decided to mix it up to try to bust through a plateau.
I started doing IF 16:8. Not only have I lost 8 pounds, but my resting heart rate has dropped 5 bpm.
I haven’t changed anything other than my eating window.
I still walk at least 5 Miles throughout the day.
I’m assuming this is a good thing, but can anyone explain to me why it dropped what seems so drastically to me.

It's also been shown to help blood pressure, if starting elevated.
I saw that improvement.

So if your HR was elevated for some reason - perhaps.
Mine was already 45, didn't lower with IF.

8 lbs in minor amount of time though - see above post.

Mosstradamuz · August 2018

JimieLou wrote: »

So last Monday, I decided to mix it up to try to bust through a plateau.
I started doing IF 16:8. Not only have I lost 8 pounds, but my resting heart rate has dropped 5 bpm.
I haven’t changed anything other than my eating window.
I still walk at least 5 Miles throughout the day.
I’m assuming this is a good thing, but can anyone explain to me why it dropped what seems so drastically to me.

Congratulations on your big initial loss! Intermittent fasting has been scientifically proven to reduce inflammation. Your initial big loss was your body reducing inflammation which is outstanding because before you can start losing weight your body needs to reduce inflammation. It's like you are priming your body and setting it up for fat loss. Don't let any of these detractors discourage you. Intermittent fasting is free and proven to work. I lost 11 pounds in the first 5 days from inflammation. Cheers to a healthier future! Keep on keeping on

yirara · August 2018

mosspm123 wrote: »

JimieLou wrote: »

So last Monday, I decided to mix it up to try to bust through a plateau.
I started doing IF 16:8. Not only have I lost 8 pounds, but my resting heart rate has dropped 5 bpm.
I haven’t changed anything other than my eating window.
I still walk at least 5 Miles throughout the day.
I’m assuming this is a good thing, but can anyone explain to me why it dropped what seems so drastically to me.

Congratulations on your big initial loss! Intermittent fasting has been scientifically proven to reduce inflammation. Your initial big loss was your body reducing inflammation which is outstanding because before you can start losing weight your body needs to reduce inflammation. It's like you are priming your body and setting it up for fat loss. Don't let any of these detractors discourage you. Intermittent fasting is free and proven to work. I lost 11 pounds in the first 5 days from inflammation. Cheers to a healthier future! Keep on keeping on

Do you have any proof for this claim? What kind of inflammation, and how would intermittent fasting help against it?

veganbaum · August 2018

mosspm123 wrote: »

JimieLou wrote: »

So last Monday, I decided to mix it up to try to bust through a plateau.
I started doing IF 16:8. Not only have I lost 8 pounds, but my resting heart rate has dropped 5 bpm.
I haven’t changed anything other than my eating window.
I still walk at least 5 Miles throughout the day.
I’m assuming this is a good thing, but can anyone explain to me why it dropped what seems so drastically to me.

Congratulations on your big initial loss! Intermittent fasting has been scientifically proven to reduce inflammation. Your initial big loss was your body reducing inflammation which is outstanding because before you can start losing weight your body needs to reduce inflammation. It's like you are priming your body and setting it up for fat loss. Don't let any of these detractors discourage you. Intermittent fasting is free and proven to work. I lost 11 pounds in the first 5 days from inflammation. Cheers to a healthier future! Keep on keeping on

Before you can start losing weight your body needs to reduce inflammation? I generally don't do intermittent fasting because I can get migraines if I get too hungry, and skipping breakfast usually makes me too hungry. Glad I never heard that I have to reduce inflammation in order to lose weight, and believe it, or I may not have lost 70+ pounds and be in maintenance. Or, I would have made it a lot harder on myself than necessary.

IF is great for those who find it helps them comply with their calorie goals. It's the unproven claims that the "detractors" are against.

ETA: I would be curious to see your sources as to what kind of inflammation IF is supposed to reduce, and how it impacts your health, but if reducing inflammation is necessary for weight loss, then all of us who have lost weight must have reduced inflammation. A lot, if not most, of us, don't IF. So how is it that we reduced inflammation, if it's necessary?

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