Intermittent fasting

TiffieRenee · October 2018

Anyone ever try it? If so what was your experience?

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Zedeff · October 2018

Good if you like large meals, easier to adhere to if you have a consistently busy lifestyle.

hikinggal11 · October 2018

Love it! I do 20:4 and actually feel full after my meals! I feel that it enhances the results of my running and lifting. There are lots of great articles concerning the benefits on the net.

sijomial · October 2018

Anyone ever try it? Yes, two different versions.
If so what was your experience? Mixed but my weight tracked my calories as expected.

Which version of IF and for what reason are you considering it?

snickerscharlie · October 2018

TiffieRenee wrote: »

Anyone ever try it? If so what was your experience?

Yup, been doing IF (16:8) for over thirty years, long before it became popular or even had a name. Didn't even know it was a thing.

I've just never been a breakfast person - I'm rarely hungry before noon, so I only have my coffee in the morning. Skipping breakfast then gives me more calories to spend at lunch, an afternoon snack, dinner and dessert.

Having said this, know that there is nothing magical about IF. IF gives you zero metabolic advantages over any other meal timing and is completely irrelevant to weight management. The only thing that IF can help some people achieve is a reduction in their total daily caloric intake by limiting eating to within a certain window of time.

That's it, that's all.

Edited to add: Weight management is all about calories. Eat too many and you will gain weight, regardless of when you consume them. I've gained weight on IF. I've lost weight on IF. I'm now maintaining my weight on IF, too.

mmapags · October 2018

Lots of people do. Use of the search function will reveal hundreds of not thousands of threads on this topic.

youngmomtaz · October 2018

I naturally IF.as a teen and young adult my weight was steady with a skip breakfast type routine. I had no idea there was a term for it. When I was first pregnant(so very long ago, my first turns 18 tomorrow), the midwives convinced me the I had to eat breakfast. So then I gained weight while on and off pregnant and breastfeeding for the next 10 years because I am crap at controlling my calories. More recently, I have transitioned back to IF and now am actually forced to do it by a med that makes me mildly nauseous for a good chunk of the day. If I eat it all goes bad but coffee and water are fine. So my preferred 20:4 IF schedule is actually enforced pretty strictly now and I like it. I still have to watch my calories. I gained all summer, I was lazy and can pack a lot into my evenings but am back on track now.

Plan what you are going to eat in your eating window. Keep it in a reasonable calorie range for your goals and you will be golden.

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