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Intermediate Fasting

HarveyA2020
HarveyA2020 Posts: 8 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
I have been on the 16/8 Intermediate fasting for 3 weeks now and it’s really working for me. Thought I’d share and let you do your research into this way of nutrition.

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  • TwitchyMacGee
    TwitchyMacGee Posts: 3,120 Member
    Intermittent?
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  • HarveyA2020
    HarveyA2020 Posts: 8 Member
    My bad
  • TwitchyMacGee
    TwitchyMacGee Posts: 3,120 Member
    Itsthatdood wrote: »
    TwitchyMacGee wrote: »
    Intermittent?

    No intermediate.

    Well, in that case I already do that. I fast between meals.
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  • TwitchyMacGee
    TwitchyMacGee Posts: 3,120 Member
    Itsthatdood wrote: »
    TwitchyMacGee wrote: »
    Itsthatdood wrote: »
    TwitchyMacGee wrote: »
    Intermittent?

    No intermediate.

    Well, in that case I already do that. I fast between meals.

    Dyou ever have a cheat day? Like a twinkie before next meal?

    Well sure. I’m only intermediate.

    Honestly, I’m kidding. I’m not snacking between meals. This week.
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  • HarveyA2020
    HarveyA2020 Posts: 8 Member
    I’m also a virgin to this even though I’ve been in the fitness industry for 20 years
  • ilfaith
    ilfaith Posts: 16,769 Member
    So was Gandhi into advanced fasting?

    I've been fasting on Yom Kippur for more than 35 years...does that still quality as intermediate fasting?
  • TwitchyMacGee
    TwitchyMacGee Posts: 3,120 Member
    ilfaith wrote: »
    So was Gandhi into advanced fasting?

    I've been fasting on Yom Kippur for more than 35 years...does that still quality as intermediate fasting?

    I think that’s intermittent intermediate fasting
  • Fit_Tigress
    Fit_Tigress Posts: 14 Member
    I do intermittent fasting 12-14 max
  • PlentyofProtein00
    PlentyofProtein00 Posts: 3,684 Member
    I fast from dinner to breakfast. So I'm probably in the advanced group.
  • HarveyA2020
    HarveyA2020 Posts: 8 Member
    Haha

    I’m really using it to get down what I deem as an ideal weight. I’ve stopped weight training and just cycling and doing classes from YouTube like most people are atm.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    I fast between midnight and 6:30 AM.



    .... usually.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    PlentyofProtein00 wrote: »
    I fast from dinner to breakfast. So I'm probably in the advanced group.

    probably.
  • mommabear4315
    mommabear4315 Posts: 3,424 Member
    I’ve lost 4lbs on my first week! It’s hard but worth it.
  • HarveyA2020
    HarveyA2020 Posts: 8 Member
    4Ibs is amazing 👍🏻
  • marycarstens
    marycarstens Posts: 4 Member
    Does anyone do the 5/2 method, where you consume 500 calories 2 days a week and then eat around 2000 calories on the other days?
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  • katrinkadkong
    katrinkadkong Posts: 4 Member
    Hello All! Do any of you who do IF use an app that is FREE to help with timing?
  • steph6556
    steph6556 Posts: 575 Member
    I’m not following any set plan but I do tend not to eat after 7pm and then I eat bf at 9. That’s always felt right to me and cut down on my tummy feeling like crap before bed so I stick to it. During my eating hours I just eat bf, lunch and dinner without snacks. This helps me really control calories and know what I’m consuming, and I count my two glasses of wine as my dinner calories so it’s not in addition to food ( it’s part of my meal) When I start getting lazy about after dinner eating not only do I feel like crap while sleeping but I’ll start stressing those buttons on my jeans too, and we can’t have that😩
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    I’m trying to fast two days a week. I gained 23 pounds in the last year and am feeling really bad about it. I’ve read quite a bit about intermittent fasting and it seems like a good option for me at the moment for a variety of reasons.
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    I do it. I'm up about 25lbs.
  • CacoEther
    CacoEther Posts: 2,465 Member
    aChuisle_moChroi wrote: »
    I’m trying to fast two days a week. I gained 23 pounds in the last year and am feeling really bad about it. I’ve read quite a bit about intermittent fasting and it seems like a good option for me at the moment for a variety of reasons.

    I wanna dm you something
  • BasedGawd412
    BasedGawd412 Posts: 346 Member
    I do long term fasts.

    I'm currently on hour 83 of a 168 hour (7 days) fast.
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