Intermittent Fasting Support

COGypsy wrote: »

mmapags wrote: »

angelexperiment wrote: »

I like to wait til about noon for first real meal. I drink I a keto coffee to get me through til then

What is a keto coffee?

I’m guessing it’s the current iteration of Bulletproof coffee—coffee with butter or oil added.

Well that wouldn't really be fasting, would it? If the purpose of IF is as a tool to control calories, a fat bomb to tide you over is kind of defeating the purpose. No?

I’ve been intermittent fasting for almost 4 years, mostly 16:8, sometimes I stretch it to 18 hours, and sometimes after extra heavy morning workout, it’ll only be 14 hours. I haven’t lost a significant amount of weight directly from IF, but it has kept me from gaining weight.

IF is a tool to help you stick with your calorie goal, but definitely not a magic bullet. When I stay under my calorie goal (mostly) for the week, I will lose a few pounds and when I go over my calorie goal I will gain a few pounds. Intermittent fasting allows me to take the 400+ calories I’d use up by eating breakfast and instead use those toward a larger lunch or dinner without going over calorie goal. Intermittent fasting itself will not magically melt fat, but using it to help control calorie intake will.

All that delay don’t deny crap that insists to everyone that you can eat whatever you want and however much you want as long as it’s in your eating window is the biggest load of 💩💩 I’ve ever heard. My posts get deleted and I get a firm warning anytime I suggest to anyone in the group that calories still matter and IF is only a tool. It’s very easy to undo all the progress you’ve made by eating thousands of calories extra calories in 4-8 hour eating window and anyone who logs calories in MFP knows how easy it is to go over calorie goal in one meal/short period of time.

Not only do I get to enjoy larger dinners with the family but I also save tons of time, and even money, not eating breakfast every day. It’s so nice just getting dressed in the morning and being ready to sieze the day without being hungry and spending time preparing and cooking breakfast or money running through a drive through. I get more out of my morning workouts by not being weighed down with food beforehand and have tons of more energy to get through workouts.

IF has also completely changed my entire relationship with food. My appetite is different, I no longer get hungry during fasting window (only took a couple weeks to reach that point) I no longer mindlessly graze on food throughout the day and reach for food out if boredom or habit. I understand what true hunger is, better able to feel my hunger cues and on rare occasion I am hungry during my fasting window I know that’s its my body needing extra post-workout nutrition instead of just wanting food just to want.

angelexperiment wrote: »

I like to wait til about noon for first real meal. I drink I a keto coffee to get me through til then

Then you're not fasting. BUT it also illustrates that the fasting itself doesn't matter. The fact that you have the coffee outside of your "fasting window" is utterly irrelevant to weight loss.

Even if you did hold out and wait until your fasting period was over to have that coffee it would make absolutely no difference at all to your progress so if moving a few calories outs of the arbitrary feed period helps you and makes things easier than go for it.

mmapags wrote: »

Danp wrote: »

angelexperiment wrote: »

I like to wait til about noon for first real meal. I drink I a keto coffee to get me through til then

Then you're not fasting. BUT it also illustrates that the fasting itself doesn't matter. The fact that you have the coffee outside of your "fasting window" is utterly irrelevant to weight loss.

Even if you did hold out and wait until your fasting period was over to have that coffee it would make absolutely no difference at all to your progress so if moving a few calories outs of the arbitrary feed period helps you and makes things easier than go for it.

Lol at the disagrees to this factual and accurate post.

I've ruffled a few feathers somewhere along the way. I get at least 1 or 2 disagrees on every post I make regardless of content.

I'm guessing its from some bitter souls who's 'magic bullet' approach aren't working so their only outlet is the petty use of the disagree button. I find it hilariously amusing.