Intermittent fasting

jrowden0711 wrote: »

I am in love with IF. I have successfully lost 75ish lbs and continue to lose/maintain. I usually do a 16/8 fast, but am a nurse so on days I work it may vary a bit depending on when I am able to sneak away to eat. IF has helped me realize food is not the most important thing in life and has given me my life back. I am so incredibly thankful for that. As of right now, I have zero intentions of ever stopping IF.

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

fung has been debunked by many and I have been fasting more than 30 years not 3. and even times when I wasnt fasting and yes there were times. it made no difference in my health or anything else weight loss wasnt any different(providing the calories were the same). as long as Im eating in a deficit I lose weight whether IM fasting,not fasting,when I did keto(bad for me) or any other way of eating.

fasting works for me because Im not a breakfast eater and never really was. the meal timing of IF works for me. like I said I have gained,lost and maintained fasting. same with not fasting. I have several health issues and IF made no difference in those things. as for watching the video no thanks as I see fung is associated with it and again has been debunked and proven to be false

Heathe_r wrote: »

Dumb questions:
Does fasting include anything with calories? Or does it mean eliminating all solid foods?
A more specific example-
If I only drink a keto shake, is that considered fasting or no?

garlo12 wrote: »

@Sweeetypie1I didn't think you could fast when you are diabetic. So this worked for you? I'd like to try IF but I am diabetic and (type 2) and need to lose weight but don't want to have issues with sugar spikes and lows if I''m not eating

IF is the best thing for a Type 2 diabetic I have been doing it for the past two years because my blood glucose was out of control and my weight, I lost 30lbs. Because I take insulin shots and pills I asked my Doctor would it be okay to do IF because of the Insulin shots and if I didn't eat a meal did I still have to take a Insulin shot or take my pills, he had never heard of it, so I had to explain what it was and he said to go ahead and try it and if I didn't eat a meal like (dinner per se) I didn't have to take my Insulin shot. I do the 16:8 method and I feel absolutely wonderful IF is the best thing that has happened to me. I went back for my check up and when my doctor got my lab results he was so happy and proud of me, he called me the next day to tell me, my A1C went down 4 points and I had lost about 20 lbs. at that time. The next time I went to the Doctor my A1C went down another point (every day BS readings have actually been in the normal range or just a little above) and my Dr. told me he told some of his other patients that were having trouble regulating their blood sugar to try IF, I was so proud to have helped my Dr. with something. It works because at about 12 hrs. of fasting your body uses up it's glucose for energy and every hour after that you're still fasting your body uses fat for fuel, that's why some people may do a 18:6 or even OMAD method to get as much fat burning as possible before they break their fast. In order to really utilize this for weight loss you still have to eat in a calorie deficit, it's just easier because you are truly not hungry all the time and when you do eat you get full quickly. I found this guy on youtube last year, his site is called Flegefitness and he is fantastic and very knowledgeable and he can answer every question you have about IF. I said all that to say this you should definitely give IF a try. My weight loss has stalled because I haven't been eating in my calorie deficit all the time or even most of the time, I still do IF every day and it has kept me from gaining most of my weight back. Now to get back to losing.