Intermittent Fasting (IF)
erprincipexoxo
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I’ve been doing IF since 2020 and if you want to lose weight, IF is the way to go (other things too of course). There are many other benefits to IF as well, which I won’t explain now. I do/did fasting 2x a week for 16 hours and I lost 10 lbs within 8 months. It takes a lot of mental discipline to fast for 16 hours, but it is achievable.
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Congrats on the weight loss. However, that's due to you using more calories than you take in. You don't need IF for that. If it helps you meet your calorie goals, great, keep on doing it.7
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I skip breakfast because it's easy for me not because it "takes a lot of mental discipline".9
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I naturally eat a 16/8 schedule. I generally eat from 10/11am to 6 or 7pm. Idk about anyone else but not having a late night netflix snack fest helps my body stay at a much healthier weight.2
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IF is basically an eating schedule. I lost weight by eating at "normal" meal times and by following a loosey goosey interpretation of IF.
Staying within points/calorie goals is what did it.
It's good you found something that worked FOR YOU tho.
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Glad it worked for you, but not everyone is enamored of it. It all boils down to CICO, regardless of when you eat.
I schedule three large meals, and snacks of varying sizes appx every two hours throughout the day.
I’m the farthest possible extreme from IF, and managed to lose 40% of my body weight in a year.
Again, CICO being the necessary ingredient.
The only magic to timing your meals regularly or way far apart is making sure the tally is under your calorie budget.2 -
Glad it works for you (and a lot of other people).
For me (and a lot of other people), it's a no-go.
Neat how not everyone is the same, eh?4 -
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I find that if I don’t eat breakfast I don’t get immediately hungry again. When I do eat breakfast before work within 2 hours I’m hungry again. I typically have just a coffee in the morning and then start eating at lunchtime. I have to time my hunger / eating schedule carefully due to being a teacher (I am not going to eat in front of the kids lol).
My husband called out that I basically do intermittent fasting 🤣 and he’s right. I usually start eating at 11 am and end eating at 7 pm. So that’s a 16:8 schedule. I find it helps with hunger cues. Also eating high protein helps. I’m not a true intermittent faster though as I don’t really adhere to this schedule super strict nor do I abstain from milk and sugar in my coffee. My friend who is an IF and does a strict 20:4 schedule says that you’re not supposed to have any calories in between.
If I eat a carb heavy meal I’m hungry again pretty quickly even if the carb heavy meal was a lot of calories. I find satiation is super important to maintain a healthy diet within calorie limits.
Long story short; for some people IF can help with satiation, which is a strategy to help lower calories. It is definitely an effective method for some and as long as it fits the CICO weight will be lost lol.3 -
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If you want to lose weight, doing what works best for you is the way to go!
I often fast for 16 hours at a time, without intending to. I'm not a breakfast eater, and I drink my coffee unsweetened and black, so I tend to have my first meal around lunch time.
I find if I do eat breakfast I'm hungrier for longer, which of course means more calories. So for me, "IF" (though unintentional) results in eating less calories, which means a calorie deficit, which means weight loss.3 -
I have 66 calories off so far. I eat whatever I want, whenever I want, as long as it fits in my daily macros.0
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I'm glad it worked for you, sincerely.
But it's not "the way to go" for everyone. There are many ways to create a calorie deficit and lose weight. Everyone needs to find out what works best for them.
I simply reduced my calories across the board...my meal times didn't matter, I just ate less of the foods I was already eating, at the same times I had always eaten them. This didn't require much mental discipline for me, and was my path to success.4 -
I am glad that you have found a way to eat that works for you, but as previous posters have said, it is not a cure-all for everyone.
I naturally IF as I am rarely hungry in the morning and prefer to eat more substantially later in the day. For my wife, on the other hand, IF would be a total train wreck - she is hypoglycemic and needs to eat every 3-4 hours to keep functioning normally.1
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