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hey y'all,
I did this whole lose weight thing about 5 years ago. I lost 45 pounds and worked my *kitten* off... literally 😉. Problem was the minute i relinquished 100% control i gained the weight back. Now 2 kids later i was almost at my highest weight. I've started releasing weight again but this time I've started intermittent fasting. I do 16 and 8. Does anyone else add intermittent fasting to their weight release journey?
I did this whole lose weight thing about 5 years ago. I lost 45 pounds and worked my *kitten* off... literally 😉. Problem was the minute i relinquished 100% control i gained the weight back. Now 2 kids later i was almost at my highest weight. I've started releasing weight again but this time I've started intermittent fasting. I do 16 and 8. Does anyone else add intermittent fasting to their weight release journey?
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I do, and when I was less lenient with my fasting I saw great results. If you incorporate exercise and healthy eating, I guarantee you will see awesome results. Good luck to you.2
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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.4 -
I also do intermittent fasting. I did a 23:1 yesterday and feel awesome today!1
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I have been doing IF since Dec & I have lost 45lbs. I started with 16/8 but I have recently switched to 18/6.2
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Yes, IF can provide a framework for controlling the calories that you consume. I have skipped breakfast at least 5 days a week and more often 7 days a week for probably 20 years. IF is not magical as it does not cause weight loss on it's own - I have gained weight with this eating schedule, I have maintained my weight with this eating schedule and I have gained weight with this eating schedule.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.
Some of this may be true for you, but is not universally true...
Specifically - I don't eat a lot of carbs so I haven't eaten a meal in the last 6 weeks that had 50% carbs and I haven't had any issues eating IF.
Also, the 'right type' of carbs is complete nonsense. Look up the nutritional info on white rice/white pasta - there is very little if no difference to their 'brown' counterparts. Cookies, milk (not a carb in the first place) and cake are all complex carbs (anything that contains wheat is by definition a complex carb). The icing may be a simple sugar/carb, but even that is moot since the mix of the rest of the carbs will slow done the digestion process.9 -
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.
Your body can use protein, fat, carbs, and alcohol as energy. What satiates one person may not work for another. I ate moderately low carb through most of my weight loss and had nearly effortless hunger control even when eating only one meal a day. Now that my activity level is much higher one meal a day and moderate carb do not work for me as well.4 -
Yes, IF can provide a framework for controlling the calories that you consume. I have skipped breakfast at least 5 days a week and more often 7 days a week for probably 20 years. IF is not magical as it does not cause weight loss on it's own - I have gained weight with this eating schedule, I have maintained my weight with this eating schedule and I have gained weight with this eating schedule.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.
Some of this may be true for you, but is not universally true...
Specifically - I don't eat a lot of carbs so I haven't eaten a meal in the last 6 weeks that had 50% carbs and I haven't had any issues eating IF.
Also, the 'right type' of carbs is complete nonsense. Look up the nutritional info on white rice/white pasta - there is very little if no difference to their 'brown' counterparts. Cookies, milk (not a carb in the first place) and cake are all complex carbs (anything that contains wheat is by definition a complex carb). The icing may be a simple sugar/carb, but even that is moot since the mix of the rest of the carbs will slow done the digestion process.
Yes i understand what you are saying to a certain degree. when it comes to wheat, whole grain is classed as a complex carb and white is classed as a simple carb. majority of cakes and cookies are prepared using white.
milk is classed generally as carb as per 100ml of skimmed milk as an example, there is 1 g of fat, 3g of protein and 5g of carbs, all of which is sugar and 0 dietary fibre.
with pasta and rice, though prepared the same way wholegrain is higher in minerals vitamins and complex carbs. many of these have been stripped in the making of pasta and rice that is white.
i understand what you are saying and thank you for your feedback, i am always trying to learn and expand my knowledge.
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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.
Your body can use protein, fat, carbs, and alcohol as energy. What satiates one person may not work for another. I ate moderately low carb through most of my weight loss and had nearly effortless hunger control even when eating only one meal a day. Now that my activity level is much higher one meal a day and moderate carb do not work for me as well.
yes you are completely correct with that, however my way of thinking is that your body uses carbs first to fuel itself, followed by fat and then protein. i would personally use complex slow digesting carbs to fuel my body so that my muscles are protected from protein being used further down the line. i admit that i dont always meet 50 percent of carbs but when i do i try to use healthier carbs. but of course everyones bodies are different so people react to it differently.0 -
I don’t do a specific IF plan. But I’ve found that not eating until 11 am at the earliest helps me feel less hungry throughout the day. So I usually just have a cup of coffee in the morning and then wait until lunch to eat. Having a smaller eating window is what works best for me.
I don’t stick to it super strictly though. It’s what works for me 90% of the time but if I wake up one morning and am really hungry (for whatever reason, most mornings I’m not but sometimes I am) then I eat something. I don’t try to push through the hunger just to stick to IF.6 -
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.
Your body can use protein, fat, carbs, and alcohol as energy. What satiates one person may not work for another. I ate moderately low carb through most of my weight loss and had nearly effortless hunger control even when eating only one meal a day. Now that my activity level is much higher one meal a day and moderate carb do not work for me as well.
yes you are completely correct with that, however my way of thinking is that your body uses carbs first to fuel itself, followed by fat and then protein. i would personally use complex slow digesting carbs to fuel my body so that my muscles are protected from protein being used further down the line. i admit that i dont always meet 50 percent of carbs but when i do i try to use healthier carbs. but of course everyones bodies are different so people react to it differently.
Your understanding is not completely accurate. At rest and at all lower intensity activities the bodies primary fuel source is fat. As the intensity of activities increases, more glucose is used. If you eat adequate protein, there is no issue with your muscles being protected further down the line. You can follow whatever you prefer, but these prescriptions are largely unnecessary for someone who eats a balanced diet with adequate protein. It is really superfluous dietary manipulation.9 -
hey,
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.
I can't eat 50% carbs and lose weight. I mostly follow a ketogenic low carb, high fat and moderate protein intake diet. If you don't eat carbs then your body has no choice but to burn fat for fuel. I also believe that most carbs are the worst thing you can eat, especially when diabetes runs in my family. You should read the diabetes code and the obesity code by dr Jason Fung. It is absolutely eye opening.2 -
Yes, IF can provide a framework for controlling the calories that you consume. I have skipped breakfast at least 5 days a week and more often 7 days a week for probably 20 years. IF is not magical as it does not cause weight loss on it's own - I have gained weight with this eating schedule, I have maintained my weight with this eating schedule and I have gained weight with this eating schedule.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.
Some of this may be true for you, but is not universally true...
Specifically - I don't eat a lot of carbs so I haven't eaten a meal in the last 6 weeks that had 50% carbs and I haven't had any issues eating IF.
Also, the 'right type' of carbs is complete nonsense. Look up the nutritional info on white rice/white pasta - there is very little if no difference to their 'brown' counterparts. Cookies, milk (not a carb in the first place) and cake are all complex carbs (anything that contains wheat is by definition a complex carb). The icing may be a simple sugar/carb, but even that is moot since the mix of the rest of the carbs will slow done the digestion process.
Yes i understand what you are saying to a certain degree. when it comes to wheat, whole grain is classed as a complex carb and white is classed as a simple carb. majority of cakes and cookies are prepared using white.
milk is classed generally as carb as per 100ml of skimmed milk as an example, there is 1 g of fat, 3g of protein and 5g of carbs, all of which is sugar and 0 dietary fibre.
with pasta and rice, though prepared the same way wholegrain is higher in minerals vitamins and complex carbs. many of these have been stripped in the making of pasta and rice that is white.
i understand what you are saying and thank you for your feedback, i am always trying to learn and expand my knowledge.
Refined grains are still starches, which are complex carbohydrates.
https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-eating/eat-smart/nutrition-basics/carbohydrates6 -
I'd never at like to say to everyone that what I said was only in my opinion and not something that should definitely be followed. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I stated what I did as this is what has worked for.1
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Go_Deskercise wrote: »
I did a paleo diet and i didn't lower my calorie intake, I've also done the ketogenic diet and never lowered my calorie intake, both times i lost a significant amount of weight. It has everything to do with what foods you eat and how your body handles it.0 -
hey,
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.
I can't eat 50% carbs and lose weight. I mostly follow a ketogenic low carb, high fat and moderate protein intake diet. If you don't eat carbs then your body has no choice but to burn fat for fuel. I also believe that most carbs are the worst thing you can eat, especially when diabetes runs in my family. You should read the diabetes code and the obesity code by dr Jason Fung. It is absolutely eye opening.
I get at least 50% of my calories from carbohydrates, things like broccoli, lentils, peppers, oats, greens, black beans, and cabbage. I certainly don't think you're obligated to eat these foods if you don't want them, but I don't understand how they're the worst things I can eat. And if Jason Fung is telling people they are, then I would love to know how he is drawing that conclusion.9 -
I do. I do a one main meal and two liquid meal replacement and snack if I get hungry. Bit if I eat enough proteins and fat at my main meal I’m not hungry1
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I'd never at like to say to everyone that what I said was only in my opinion and not something that should definitely be followed. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I stated what I did as this is what has worked for.
You are presenting your opinions as prescriptive recommendations and you've had to walk a couple of them back. You may want to reconsider your approach and consider there are some members here with extensive experience and knowledge of nutrition and physiology.5 -
I'd never at like to say to everyone that what I said was only in my opinion and not something that should definitely be followed. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I stated what I did as this is what has worked for.
The definition of complex and simple carbs isn't an opinion.
Suggest you do a little research.
You are way off on your ideas about energy usage too. Carbs and fat aren't used the way you think they are.
While sleeping (or other low intensity activity) fat is the predominant energy source, my personal point where the blend of carbs and fats used during exercise hits 50/50 is cycling at about 15mph. Over that carbs become predominant and my body really doesn't care if those carbs originally came from simple or complex carbs.6 -
I'd never at like to say to everyone that what I said was only in my opinion and not something that should definitely be followed. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I stated what I did as this is what has worked for.
You are presenting your opinions as prescriptive recommendations and you've had to walk a couple of them back. You may want to reconsider your approach and consider there are some members here with extensive experience and knowledge of nutrition and physiology.
If I have come across in that way I do apologise as it was never intended to be a you must do this. I understand that there are people with a lot of knowledge and experience, I do still stand by some of the things I have said however though I am still learning. No offence intended, I have now been made to feel like an idiot with zero knowledge so won't post on the community again. Hope you are keeping well3
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