Intermittent fasting?

IF has worked for me in the past and is working for me again. Basically cuts out a meal - I choose breakfast. Eat first meal around 11-1 - I find after several days I'm not hungry until then. I do combine it with low carb and exercise. Seems to be the only formula for this body. Hope that helps - read all you can about it and give it a try.

sddehart wrote: »

Yes I started it- it was a recommendations as I have prediabetes. I can certainly tell a difference. I am eating the same calories before, but now there is more time to burn off the insulin so I am actually losing. Go figure. Hit a massive plateau for almost a year and this seems to be promising...

I'm glad it's working for you but to be clear, you don't "burn off insulin". With IF there is evidence that your sensitivity to insulin increases. Insulin is part of a complicated series of hormonal responses that control hunger, satiety and shuttling nutrients to cells.

How many calories should you eat during intermittent fasting?

hey,

yeah i do intermittent fasting, i generally stop eating around 20:00 hours and start again at 1200. the only things i consume during this time is plain water after 20:00 and black coffee with no sugar or milk after i wake up. i find this works very well but they key to being successful for me is the food i consume during eating hours. The biggest tip however i can give you is to make sure that with your dinner in the afternoon/evening, it consists of no lower than 50 percent carbs as they are the main source of energy your body uses and it will go to your carbs first for energy use. if you lower your suggested carb intake for the day your body will find it much harder during fasting and will become very tired a lot quicker. They do however need to be the right type of carbs, these would be complex instead of refined or simple. Complex carbs consist of potato, wholegrain pastas rice and breads. complex carbs are digested by your body slowly over time, helping you to stay full and keeping hunger at bay plus giving your body energy gradually. refined carbs (white pasta and rice) have largely been stripped of anything beneficial to your body and simple carbs (milk,cookies, cakes etc) are digested by your body quickly, meaning you feel hungry quicker and can cause a sugar spike as carbs are where your sugar intake comes from. sorry for the long response, i found it easier to stick to when i understood the nutrition side a bit more.

obviously when you are attempting to lose weight your body will still ultimately need to be in a calorie deficit in order to lose weight. i have however found that intermittent fasting helps me to stop bing eating as i have a better structure.

sddehart wrote: »

Yes I started it- it was a recommendations as I have prediabetes. I can certainly tell a difference. I am eating the same calories before, but now there is more time to burn off the insulin so I am actually losing. Go figure. Hit a massive plateau for almost a year and this seems to be promising...

You don't "burn off insulin". Do you test your blood sugar? Many people with diabetes or pre diabetes cannot do IF. In those people, fasting actually causes blood sugar to rise because the body is not producing insulin in response to food entering the digestive system. The muscles release stored glycogen which remains in the bloodstream since there is no insulin to remove it. The glucose in the bloodstream is what causes the problems.

Using myself as an example. My morning BG reading is usually around 115. If I eat a light breakfast, my pre-lunch will be around 100. If I don't eat a breakfast, my pre-lunch will typically be closer to 130. My doctor (a Certified Diabetic Educator) told me I need to eat 4-5 times a day in order to keep my BG down and I am typical of T2Dm who manage the disease by diet and exercise only. This works for me because I am a grazer anyway.