My Intermittent Fasting Experience

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hansmdude
hansmdude Posts: 111 Member
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I've been using IF since the middle of July and I've lost 28 lbs., but more importantly my Body Fat % is going down... for years I believed the "Breakfast is the Most Important Meal of the Day" Mantra. But I was never hungry in the morning, so I had to force myself to eat breakfast. This also led to me never being satisfied with the amount of Dinner I allowed myself, in order to stay within my calorie "allowance"... and I wasn't losing any weight... it's funny how you can fool yourself with how much you think you're eating and how much you're really eating.
Anyway, I decided to listen to my body and stopped eating breakfast, having 2 glasses of water and a couple cups of black coffee instead. I had lunch at noon and dinner at 5:30 and that was fine... no ill effects that I was aware of... the pounds started coming off and people were noticing and asking questions... I told them what I was doing and one person mentions Intermittent Fasting, which I had never heard of before... but the description fit perfectly... so some days I'm doing 18:6 and other days I do 16:8, if I feel like a couple of tablespoons of peanut butter before bed.
on the weekends I pretty much do the same, but without any tracking or real restrictions... So to summarize... Intermittent Fasting was a natural for me and very sustainable... Listen to your body, but know the difference between psychological hunger and physiological hunger. (Hint: If you've eaten a meal today, most likely you're not 'hungry', maybe bored.) that's my experience, your mileage may vary.

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  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,754 Member
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    When you reach your goal weight, will you continue with IF?
  • hansmdude
    hansmdude Posts: 111 Member
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    L1zardQueen wrote: »
    When you reach your goal weight, will you continue with IF?

    Most likely... it comes naturally to me
  • Limath
    Limath Posts: 89 Member
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    I am 3 weeks in and love it. It is a much more natural way of eating for me. I am eating breakfast and lunch, and skipping dinner...18:6. Lately, I had just been eating dinner, because it was dinner time, not because I was hungry. I enjoy my breakfast and lunch even more now, and the larger meals that I'm able have when I do eat.
  • huntersvonnegut
    huntersvonnegut Posts: 1,176 Member
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    I’ve been using IF since about July as well and like the OP breakfast is an easy meal for me to skip. My eating window is between 12-8 PM. I’d already reached my goal weight so I’m not following this eating pattern for weight loss but rather the health benefits it’s supposed to give. The only real tweaks to what I was often doing before is to be more selective with my beverages during my fasted state, e.g. black coffee instead of creamer and sweetener.

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