Fasting

Meal timing is irrelevant. Weight management is about calories. Full Stop.

madison3611 wrote: »

I’m curious to know ... does fasting enhance weight loss or stall it? I’ve heard it’s better to keep your metabolic rate up by eating lots of little meals through out the day but I also heard fasting can enhance weight loss.

Neither. Nor does eating a bunch of mini meals accomplish anything unless you find it more enjoyable or to lead to better calorie compliance. Eat in the pattern that is most sustainable for you.

Ok im just one person but I just recently did a month of IF 16:8 and then stopped and ate when ever I was hungry for another few weeks, non IF.

I track my weight daily.

No noticeable difference in my weight loss rate from doing IF to not doing IF. If IF helped maximise weightloss, I should have seen a higher rate of loss while on IF than when I stopped IF. And no, I didn't have that difference.

So yes it helps you lose weight, but no difference than from just a standard calorie restriction.

There are several other health benefits with time restrictive eating. Research shows that there could be a correlation with reducing cancer risk due to cellular regeneration and phagocytosis, aids in bolstering immune and overall gut health and can help reduce inflammation; to name a few...as for weight lose, of course you still need to be at a deficit.

As for me, I think it helps me feel more full due to having somewhat larger meals and not spreading smaller intakes through an entire day. I tend to follow a 16:8 regimen but often do an 18:6 if I'm ok after 16 hours. Like the gentleman above stated, it can help change how you see your food and why you eat. Often, it's very to easy to eat once you have a small craving or feeling a little hungry (Not that there is anything wrong with that but something about the discipline of this technique is personally rewarding for me and now has became natural) Eating at a deficit can be somewhat tough at times and I personally find that it helps a little. I also do 6 on and 1 off. I'll take a day where I will "refeed" and eat throughout an entire day. Throw in a little more of my favorite indulgences in there(never deprive yourself of the foods you love)but try to keep it overall standard as my other days; as far as what I eat but tend to be at a surplus.

I think it is something worth researching and seeing if it works for you(Dr. Rhonda Patrick is a good source to start with). I personally think that it has helped me stay more lean at a lower deficit than I have done in the past but as far as if it actually has been the major catalyst, I can't say. Good luck and hope this helps.

not eating for 12 hours is called intermittent fasting???

Gosh, the term is used in looser and looser fashion.

That describes lots of people's normal schedule - eat dinner and even an after dinner snack, end at 8 pm, have breakfast next day at 8 am.

Your gut does not need to re set and cells regenerate whatever eating schedule you use.

If a certain eating pattern helps with calorie compliance. use it - that's all.

Whether it is 20 mini meals an hour apart or OMAD or anything in between, doesnt matter.

because calorie deficit.