Intermittent fasting

How do you folks get out of the habit of breakfast? This is my downfall and where actually where most of kcal
Comes from but when I wake up I
Am moody and want something. How do you prolong your fast or just get your mind off food?

juststartedrunningagain wrote: »

How do you folks get out of the habit of breakfast? This is my downfall and where actually where most of kcal
Comes from but when I wake up I
Am moody and want something. How do you prolong your fast or just get your mind off food?

It takes a few days, but your body/insulin will adjust. I was the same before intermittent fasting, and go back to being "hangry" in the morning if I eat go late in the evening. You just have to push through the first few days, and trust that you're not actually 'starving' ;-) If you have the time in the morning, this is a perfect opportunity to work out, run errands, clean house, meditate. Really! Once you get into the mindset, it becomes normal to skip the morning meal - you won't even think about it. But give it time, fill your time productively and it will soon become your new normal. (Think ahead to lunch! It's going to be glorious!)

juststartedrunningagain wrote: »

How do you folks get out of the habit of breakfast? This is my downfall and where actually where most of kcal
Comes from but when I wake up I
Am moody and want something. How do you prolong your fast or just get your mind off food?

There are some people that IF is simply not a good fit for. Some people are lightheaded or sluggish in the AM if they don't eat. If you think a shorter eating window will help you stick to your calorie goal, it's certainly worth trying, but not if you are going to be miserable every morning

I realized I wasn't hungry in the morning and was only eating because I was supposed to. So I started skipping breakfast and accidentally doing 16:8 IF. Then one day a few months ago, I started waking up hungry and obsessing about food. After just forcing myself to wait until later to eat for a few days, I finally just started eating in the AM again and spread my calories out more. No difference in calories or results, just had to switch to control my appetite better.

It would probably help if you were busy in the AM. You can also try a cup of coffee, some people find it suppresses appetite.

Rozbee1 wrote: »

This fasting really does work just weighed and measured myself after 3 fast days in 2 weeks:

Weight 6lb lost
Waist 1inch list
Hips 1 inch lost

Thats good news for the other fast days.
According to Dr Michael Mosley who pioneered the Fast Diet we can fast for the rest of our lives for 1 day a week on maintainance when you reach your goal. Until then you can do 2 days.

there is more than one type of IF. some do 5:2 which means 2 days of 500 calories and the rest is eating maintenance calories which is creating a deficit. some do one meal a day. I do 16:8/18:6 which is usually 2 meals a day and several snacks. if you lose weight you are in a deficit. you can still gain weight fasting if you eat too much. I know from experience.

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

Rozbee1 wrote: »

This fasting really does work just weighed and measured myself after 3 fast days in 2 weeks:

Weight 6lb lost
Waist 1inch list
Hips 1 inch lost

Thats good news for the other fast days.
According to Dr Michael Mosley who pioneered the Fast Diet we can fast for the rest of our lives for 1 day a week on maintainance when you reach your goal. Until then you can do 2 days.

there is more than one type of IF. some do 5:2 which means 2 days of 500 calories and the rest is eating maintenance calories which is creating a deficit. some do one meal a day. I do 16:8/18:6 which is usually 2 meals a day and several snacks. if you lose weight you are in a deficit. you can still gain weight fasting if you eat too much. I know from experience.

I fast for 2 days eating 500 to 600cals just once a day, usually tea time. Then the other 5 days eat normally. I drink coffee and lots of water to help with hunger. It does work.

Happy fasting folks

Soul_mate wrote: »

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

camanishmittal wrote: »

juststartedrunningagain wrote: »

How do you folks get out of the habit of breakfast? This is my downfall and where actually where most of kcal
Comes from but when I wake up I
Am moody and want something. How do you prolong your fast or just get your mind off food?

juststartedrunningagain wrote: »

How do you folks get out of the habit of breakfast? This is my downfall and where actually where most of kcal
Comes from but when I wake up I
Am moody and want something. How do you prolong your fast or just get your mind off food?

But what some study say that ladies shouldnt skip breakfast.. so being female you might choose to eat from 10:am to 4:00 pm. Fasting for 16 hours can be adjusted as per your convinience.. If you feel more hungry in morning.. skip dinner and have breakfast

thats study is wrong. I have skipped breakfast most of my life. hasnt made a difference for me at all

Ya still u cant say study is incorrect.. it might be based on general theory and exceptions are there.. Lets say for example I find very easy to skip breakfast despite of 5 km run.. while my wife start fainting if she doesnt eat till 10 am..

It has nothing to do with being female. Some men aren't a good fit for IF either. Some people just need to eat breakfast, that's all.

If you are super hungry in the morning and like a big breakfast then make your eating window more in the morning and close it earlier in the evening. you pick the eating window make it work for you.

Soul_mate wrote: »

Hey I lost 2 KG in 14 days.. through intermittent fasting and of course with lot of sweating on running field.. want to continue it for 25-30 weeks.. is it safe?

the weight loss is not due to IF but due to calorie deficit. People maintain and even gain doing IF

You lost 4lb in 2 weeks so about 2/lbs a week which is a fairly aggressive rate of loss (though may be water weight which accounts for bigger drops early in a calorie deficit). The rate of 2/lbs a week (or 1kg/7days) is good if you have a significant amount to loose (ex: 100+). if you have less to loose then you should aim for 1-1.5lb/week (closer to 0.5kg). Then as you get down to the last 20ish lbs to loose you should reduce to closer to 0.5-1lb/a week.

Soul_mate wrote: »

I do all the damage to my diet on Sundays.. I end up eating all the non sense on Sunday which i easily avoid all six weekdays. Probably Sundays are not good for me? what to do?

A few ideas:
- you can include "nonsense" food every day in moderation. i eat chocolate and dessert daily. and still maintain a rate of loss i like. this may help from falling off the rails too badly (binging).
- save calories daily to allow for more leeway on Sundays
- learn moderation. eat the nonsense food WITHIN your calorie deficit.

for weight loss calories are king not "quality" of the food. you can eat junk food alone and lose weight if you are eating at a calorie deficit.