intermittent fasting?

sammidelvecchio wrote: »

I am on a 12/12 IF plan. This is recommended by my doctor and it helps ensure your digestive system is fully reset before starting to eat again the next day. I usually do 7 pm to 7 am. His professional opinion is there is no need for anything more drastic than 12/12 for biological reasons, but decreasing your eating window overall will simply lead to a lower caloric consumption for most which is why it might help some lose weight.

Only eating between 7am and 7 pm is pretty much what most people did before snacking became so popular (three square meals a day of breakfast, lunch and dinner).

IF per se aims to reduce the hours in which you eat and anticipates that if you have less time to eat then your calorie intake will be lower. Any diet that puts you in a calorie deficit will work. Some people, me included, skip breakfast so I can eat a little more later in the day. Of course when I snack too much I don’t lose weight regardless of the time I eat.

lleeann2001 wrote: »

H2596 wrote: »

sammidelvecchio wrote: »

I am on a 12/12 IF plan. This is recommended by my doctor and it helps ensure your digestive system is fully reset before starting to eat again the next day. I usually do 7 pm to 7 am. His professional opinion is there is no need for anything more drastic than 12/12 for biological reasons, but decreasing your eating window overall will simply lead to a lower caloric consumption for most which is why it might help some lose weight.

Only eating between 7am and 7 pm is pretty much what most people did before snacking became so popular (three square meals a day of breakfast, lunch and dinner).

IF per se aims to reduce the hours in which you eat and anticipates that if you have less time to eat then your calorie intake will be lower. Any diet that puts you in a calorie deficit will work. Some people, me included, skip breakfast so I can eat a little more later in the day. Of course when I snack too much I don’t lose weight regardless of the time I eat.

I thought the idea of IF ALSO was to put yourself into autophagy. and that fat cannot be burned in the proliferation of insulin. insulin lowers the longer you fast. Im sure Im wrong yes? Hey what do I know....?🌷

That may be what "they say", but it's largely bunk. Everyone is always trying to sell the new amazing metabolism boosting strategy and all that, but the "hack" is to eat less than you burn.

It's amazing how quick and often the consensus on this stuff changes. Like 10 years ago when I was going this the first time, this big in thing to do was 6 small meals a day. Eat 6 small 200-300 calorie meals a day and you would "keep your metabolism constantly burning" and if you ate too much at once "your body wouldn't be able to burn it fast enough and it would turn to fat". All these skinny in shape people would go on about how eating 6 meals a day is what caused them to lose weight.

Eating at a calorie deficit is what causes it, whether you do it in 6 meals or 1. IF can be an effective appetite and calorie control strategy for people, but it doesn't have any superpowers.

MikePTY wrote: »

lleeann2001 wrote: »

H2596 wrote: »

sammidelvecchio wrote: »

I am on a 12/12 IF plan. This is recommended by my doctor and it helps ensure your digestive system is fully reset before starting to eat again the next day. I usually do 7 pm to 7 am. His professional opinion is there is no need for anything more drastic than 12/12 for biological reasons, but decreasing your eating window overall will simply lead to a lower caloric consumption for most which is why it might help some lose weight.

Only eating between 7am and 7 pm is pretty much what most people did before snacking became so popular (three square meals a day of breakfast, lunch and dinner).

IF per se aims to reduce the hours in which you eat and anticipates that if you have less time to eat then your calorie intake will be lower. Any diet that puts you in a calorie deficit will work. Some people, me included, skip breakfast so I can eat a little more later in the day. Of course when I snack too much I don’t lose weight regardless of the time I eat.

I thought the idea of IF ALSO was to put yourself into autophagy. and that fat cannot be burned in the proliferation of insulin. insulin lowers the longer you fast. Im sure Im wrong yes? Hey what do I know....?🌷

That may be what "they say", but it's largely bunk. Everyone is always trying to sell the new amazing metabolism boosting strategy and all that, but the "hack" is to eat less than you burn.

It's amazing how quick and often the consensus on this stuff changes. Like 10 years ago when I was going this the first time, this big in thing to do was 6 small meals a day. Eat 6 small 200-300 calorie meals a day and you would "keep your metabolism constantly burning" and if you ate too much at once "your body wouldn't be able to burn it fast enough and it would turn to fat". All these skinny in shape people would go on about how eating 6 meals a day is what caused them to lose weight.

Eating at a calorie deficit is what causes it, whether you do it in 6 meals or 1. IF can be an effective appetite and calorie control strategy for people, but it doesn't have any superpowers.

you are CORRECT,............BUT IVE . never believed the six meal a day thing. a lot of things work for different people i notice but many of us may not know the reason why. we just know they work. and also for me one thing may have worked in the past but doesnt work now. ....so, alas, on to something better andnew that WORKS

lleeann2001 wrote: »

H2596 wrote: »

sammidelvecchio wrote: »

I am on a 12/12 IF plan. This is recommended by my doctor and it helps ensure your digestive system is fully reset before starting to eat again the next day. I usually do 7 pm to 7 am. His professional opinion is there is no need for anything more drastic than 12/12 for biological reasons, but decreasing your eating window overall will simply lead to a lower caloric consumption for most which is why it might help some lose weight.

Only eating between 7am and 7 pm is pretty much what most people did before snacking became so popular (three square meals a day of breakfast, lunch and dinner).

IF per se aims to reduce the hours in which you eat and anticipates that if you have less time to eat then your calorie intake will be lower. Any diet that puts you in a calorie deficit will work. Some people, me included, skip breakfast so I can eat a little more later in the day. Of course when I snack too much I don’t lose weight regardless of the time I eat.

I thought the idea of IF ALSO was to put yourself into autophagy. and that fat cannot be burned in the proliferation of insulin. insulin lowers the longer you fast. Im sure Im wrong yes? Hey what do I know....?🌷

I've never seen anything other than someone's dubious opinion that there is any fat-burning benefit to not eating for any specific length of time, at least in healthy people. Whether the body is actually working on body fat at the exact moment there is insulin in our system I suspect is majoring in the minors. The body is constantly digesting food, mobilizing body fat from some places, storing it in others, excreting stuff it doesn't need, even when we're sleeping.

There is some research and theories out there about autophagy, but IMHO there isn't anywhere near enough verifiable data behind it to consider it definite. Having said that, if it sounds convincing to someone and IF is a comfortable way for them to eat, there's certainly no harm in doing IF and hoping you're getting the additional benefits as well!

There's lots of "theories"...lots of "Bro-science", for IF as well as KETO diets. There are also some actual studies....

I can only relate to you MY experiences, which I don't claim to be any universal truth for anything...I have lost 40+ lbs 5 times in the last 7 years being an MFP member. I've gotten pretty good at it. I obviously lack sorely on the disclipline that is required to "keep" my weight from going back up (yea yea I know)...

I've done IF 2 of the last 5 times I've lost this same amount of weight...when I do IF I tend to lose faster. However, I don't necessarily think it's "because" of IF, but rather I think I instinctively "gravitate" to a more protein rich lower carb diet (maybe because I do watch video's on lower calorie meals, exercise regiments and IF videos are part of that)....

Or maybe the IF does have an impact! I do know that when I practice IF while losing weight, I tend to lose more rapidly...maybe I get more serious as well??? Not sure on that.....

There's no harm in doing it. I only drink black coffee while being on a 17/7 or some days 18/6 schedule. I do find that it is much easier for me to keep from "blowing" my calories when I completely skip my normal "breakfast" routine...not sure why!

my hubby has done this method with great success. Good luck, he said it gets easier as you go along!

@craigmandu @pierinifitness @lleeann2001

Me too. I think the later I start eating the more mindful I am about what I eat later. I don’t understand the science around diets (I’ve tried most of them and they do work when I stick to them!) but I do have more success with eating between 12 noon and around 6.30 pm. Good luck to you.