Fasting

arthall111
arthall111 Posts: 2 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Does anyone have any insight on this. I want to try. Just in the evening. Like from 6pm til 6am
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  • sollyn23l2
    sollyn23l2 Posts: 1,786 Member
    If you have an issue with late night snacking it'll help with that.
  • bren1969
    bren1969 Posts: 24 Member
    I am currently doing intermittent fasting (IF) I LOVE IT! I am fasting 16 hrs, with an 8 hour eating window. I did start though for a week or so at 12:12, then moved to 14:10, and now just starting 16:8. I feel so much better, I also am doing low carb, as that works for me. I have lost 15 pounds, in about 3 weeks. While I know this rate of loss may not continue, but I have over 200 pounds to lose, so I am ok with it.

    I know not everyone is a fan of IF. There are alot if doctors/ nutritionists on You Tube, as well as articles etc on Google. As well as apps for tracking your time, etc. I personally like Dr. Jason Fung and Autum Bates on You Tube.

    All you can do is try it for a little bit, and see if it works for you. Just start slow, and build up. I wish you the best!

    Good luck!
  • Lildarlinz
    Lildarlinz Posts: 276 Member
    I did intermittent fasting…me and my husband used to go on walks in the morning round the park and then to Tesco and buy our salads to sit and eat in the park :)
    We lost a lot of weight back then so it does work :)

    The weather hasn’t been that great here this summer to do the walking though
    I plan to do it again when I come back from my holiday xx
  • jrmint29
    jrmint29 Posts: 4 Member
    Highly recommend it! It helped reset my hunger signals and I always felt great when I was doing it. Gives your digestive system a break.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,262 Member
    Stuffing food down our throats for less than 15 hours a day is now called intermittent fasting, and who knows, it might allow some people to consume less food, lol. Cheers
  • sollyn23l2
    sollyn23l2 Posts: 1,786 Member
    neanderthin wrote: »
    Stuffing food down our throats for less than 15 hours a day is now called intermittent fasting, and who knows, it might allow some people to consume less food, lol. Cheers

    You know the term breakfast? It originates because people considered it "breaking their fast" when they woke up and started eating again. So they considered it fasting a long, long time ago.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,262 Member
    sollyn23l2 wrote: »
    neanderthin wrote: »
    Stuffing food down our throats for less than 15 hours a day is now called intermittent fasting, and who knows, it might allow some people to consume less food, lol. Cheers

    You know the term breakfast? It originates because people considered it "breaking their fast" when they woke up and started eating again. So they considered it fasting a long, long time ago.

    I was talking about dinnerfast, that old last meal of the day, lol. Cheers
  • AnnF99
    AnnF99 Posts: 16 Member
    I don't believe in the benefits of intermittent fasting and I don't think it's necessary for people to starve themselves and suffer.
  • xbowhunter
    xbowhunter Posts: 1,309 Member
    Fasting doesn't work for me.

    If I consume 1500calories over a 24hr period broken up in 2 meals or 4 or 5 meals it still = 1500calories.

    So why would I want to starve myself?

    I break my calories up in to 4 or 5 small meals per day and find this eliminates those nasty hunger pangs that may cause me to over consume... :)
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,262 Member
    edited August 2023
    IF doesn't really have anything to do with calories, it's about when you eat. If compressing total calories into less overall time makes a person feel they're starving, that might be time to think about what is consumed and how satiety might be increased. IF does however help some people eat less overall. Cheers
  • garybenoak
    garybenoak Posts: 1 Member
    xbowhunter wrote: »
    Fasting doesn't work for me.

    If I consume 1500calories over a 24hr period broken up in 2 meals or 4 or 5 meals it still = 1500calories.

    So why would I want to starve myself?

    I break my calories up in to 4 or 5 small meals per day and find this eliminates those nasty hunger pangs that may cause me to over consume... :)

    Because fasting isn't only about the amount you eat. If it was, you'd be right. Digestion, sleep, and how they interact is a major part of the benefits.
  • ddsb1111
    ddsb1111 Posts: 885 Member
    edited August 2023
    I prefer to have a small eating window (do IF) and I’m never “starving”. Without it I constantly think about food and feel an annoying phantom hunger.

    If you choose to have 11, 5, 3, or 1 meal a day, I don’t care as long as you’re healthy and it works for your lifestyle. Variety is the spice of life and that’s kind of the point- What diet and lifestyle can you adhere to, reach your goals, and maintain in the long run? That’s the one that’s right for you.

    If you feel starving doing IF then I understand why you don’t do it, but believing it doesn’t work is perplexing me. It’s just an eating window using the same amount of calories.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    xbowhunter wrote: »
    Fasting doesn't work for me.

    If I consume 1500calories over a 24hr period broken up in 2 meals or 4 or 5 meals it still = 1500calories.

    So why would I want to starve myself?

    I break my calories up in to 4 or 5 small meals per day and find this eliminates those nasty hunger pangs that may cause me to over consume... :)

    Yes, this is what I do.

    On these threads I've been saying I IF 12:12. It was meant to be ironic, but I see MFP considers it an actual "fasting pattern":

    https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us/articles/10983207647117-Intermittent-Fasting-FAQ#h_01GK5NZ4NFM180QGQKXPPRXMS0
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    xbowhunter wrote: »
    Fasting doesn't work for me.

    If I consume 1500calories over a 24hr period broken up in 2 meals or 4 or 5 meals it still = 1500calories.

    So why would I want to starve myself?

    I break my calories up in to 4 or 5 small meals per day and find this eliminates those nasty hunger pangs that may cause me to over consume... :)
    I eat 2 main meals a day (lunchtime and dinner). A little snacking in between. I NEVER starve. I eat my last snack usually around 10:30pm-11:30pm and won't eat again till after 12pm. And I workout first thing in the morning around 5am.

    It's just something you adapt to when you do it consistently.


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  • herringboxes
    herringboxes Posts: 259 Member
    Yeah, I understand why there are all these responses. IF doesn’t work for everyone, but it certainly doesn’t involve any form of starvation, so it’s hard to leave that unaddressed.

    I don’t subscribe to IF but perhaps I do it without meaning to, as I eat only two meals and no snacks (a late breakfast and a dinner). There is no starvation, I can assure you. I eat my breakfast then I’m solid till dinner. I eat my dinner and I’m solid till breakfast.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,985 Member
    I don't. I basically crash if there's too much time between meals and can't get up in the morning when the last meal was too long ago. But each their own.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    edited August 2023
    Since the poster who mentioned starving (and hunger pangs) was very clear that he was talking about his own individual experience, I am baffled about all the pushback he is getting.

    I would find OMAD disgusting for me, but feel no need to invalidate those people who do enjoy it, or to invalidate people who get hunger pangs if they don't spread their meals out.
  • ddsb1111
    ddsb1111 Posts: 885 Member
    edited August 2023
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Since the poster who mentioned starving (and hunger pangs) was very clear that he was talking about his own individual experience, I am baffled about all the pushback he is getting.

    I would find OMAD disgusting for me, but feel no need to invalidate those people who do enjoy it, or to invalidate people who get hunger pangs if they don't spread their meals out.

    I don’t think anyone is saying they can’t speak for themselves here. In this statement (not calling out the poster for this quote btw) they are assuming “people” starve-

    I don't believe in the benefits of intermittent fasting and I don't think it's necessary for people to starve themselves and suffer.

    For those of us that do IF it makes sense to express that we don’t starve. We don’t care if you or anyone else chooses not to do OMAD or any type of IF. It’s the assumption that people starve that we disagreed with. I’m not sure if I’m reading your tone wrong or not but you seem a little upset by this and I can’t find where anyone was disrespectful in their response.
  • cszulc
    cszulc Posts: 39 Member
    Supposedly the benefits of fasting really kickstart in the 16 hour timeframe, so I am not sure other than controlling late night snacking what 12 hours will do.

    I have experimented with IF. It was easier when I worked in the office and could just go walk during lunch. Now, food is too much of a temptation and I find myself gorging and bingeing when I do a 16-20 hour fast, deleting all the benefits.

    Now, I like to do fasted cardio in the AM before eating breakfast. Sometimes I'll go to 10am from 6p the night before. Fasted cardio has some benefits I'd encourage you to look up.
  • Opalescent_Topaz
    Opalescent_Topaz Posts: 132 Member
    My neurologist recommended I fast for 12 hours a day because some studies have shown it helps with inflammation. 12 hours comes pretty natural now.
  • dianeEESI
    dianeEESI Posts: 11 Member
    I’ve been doing it for 6 weeks, I received high ( prediabetic ) blood sugar numbers in July and just have committed to it. I read, The diabetes code by Dr Jason Fung and he recommends it to bring down your numbers and get your system working efficiently again. I do 24 hours mwf, then 16/8 on the others days. I’m also not eating sugar and keeping my net carbs under 45. I’m down 14 pounds, and will get my bloodwork done in another 6 weeks. I’m drinking 80 ounces of water and have black coffee in the morning. I don’t find it difficult and like to think of the fasting time as my insides repairing themselves. I’m 62 5’3, SW was 181 currently 167 and also in permanent afib so I need to get myself together!
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    ddsb1111 wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Since the poster who mentioned starving (and hunger pangs) was very clear that he was talking about his own individual experience, I am baffled about all the pushback he is getting.

    I would find OMAD disgusting for me, but feel no need to invalidate those people who do enjoy it, or to invalidate people who get hunger pangs if they don't spread their meals out.

    I don’t think anyone is saying they can’t speak for themselves here. In this statement (not calling out the poster for this quote btw) they are assuming “people” starve-

    I don't believe in the benefits of intermittent fasting and I don't think it's necessary for people to starve themselves and suffer.

    For those of us that do IF it makes sense to express that we don’t starve. We don’t care if you or anyone else chooses not to do OMAD or any type of IF. It’s the assumption that people starve that we disagreed with. I’m not sure if I’m reading your tone wrong or not but you seem a little upset by this and I can’t find where anyone was disrespectful in their response.

    Oh, I see what happened. I thought people were reacting to this post, and twisting what he said, which was very clearly about his own experience:
    xbowhunter wrote: »
    Fasting doesn't work for me.

    If I consume 1500calories over a 24hr period broken up in 2 meals or 4 or 5 meals it still = 1500calories.

    So why would I want to starve myself?

    I break my calories up in to 4 or 5 small meals per day and find this eliminates those nasty hunger pangs that may cause me to over consume... :)

    If they were in fact reacting to the post you bolded, which was by someone else, I withdraw my objection.

    I do object to you characterizing me as "upset" after me saying that I was "baffled." :lol:
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,336 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    ddsb1111 wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Since the poster who mentioned starving (and hunger pangs) was very clear that he was talking about his own individual experience, I am baffled about all the pushback he is getting.

    I would find OMAD disgusting for me, but feel no need to invalidate those people who do enjoy it, or to invalidate people who get hunger pangs if they don't spread their meals out.

    I don’t think anyone is saying they can’t speak for themselves here. In this statement (not calling out the poster for this quote btw) they are assuming “people” starve-

    I don't believe in the benefits of intermittent fasting and I don't think it's necessary for people to starve themselves and suffer.

    For those of us that do IF it makes sense to express that we don’t starve. We don’t care if you or anyone else chooses not to do OMAD or any type of IF. It’s the assumption that people starve that we disagreed with. I’m not sure if I’m reading your tone wrong or not but you seem a little upset by this and I can’t find where anyone was disrespectful in their response.

    Oh, I see what happened. I thought people were reacting to this post, and twisting what he said, which was very clearly about his own experience:
    xbowhunter wrote: »
    Fasting doesn't work for me.

    If I consume 1500calories over a 24hr period broken up in 2 meals or 4 or 5 meals it still = 1500calories.

    So why would I want to starve myself?

    I break my calories up in to 4 or 5 small meals per day and find this eliminates those nasty hunger pangs that may cause me to over consume... :)

    If they were in fact reacting to the post you bolded, which was by someone else, I withdraw my objection.

    I do object to you characterizing me as "upset" after me saying that I was "baffled." :lol:

    That bolded one is the one I was responding to.
  • herringboxes
    herringboxes Posts: 259 Member
    dianeEESI wrote: »
    I’ve been doing it for 6 weeks, I received high ( prediabetic ) blood sugar numbers in July and just have committed to it. I read, The diabetes code by Dr Jason Fung and he recommends it to bring down your numbers and get your system working efficiently again. I do 24 hours mwf, then 16/8 on the others days. I’m also not eating sugar and keeping my net carbs under 45. I’m down 14 pounds, and will get my bloodwork done in another 6 weeks. I’m drinking 80 ounces of water and have black coffee in the morning. I don’t find it difficult and like to think of the fasting time as my insides repairing themselves. I’m 62 5’3, SW was 181 currently 167 and also in permanent afib so I need to get myself together!

    Does the coffee bother your afib?
  • ddsb1111
    ddsb1111 Posts: 885 Member
    edited August 2023
    @kshama2001

    I do object to you characterizing me as "upset" after me saying that I was "baffled." :lol:

    It wasn’t the “baffled” comment it was calling OMAD disgusting (for you). That word by definition is emotional, but I’m glad you’re not upset, that definitely wasn’t my intention.
  • musicfan68
    musicfan68 Posts: 1,143 Member
    I was thinking back to when I was a kid. We would eat at about 5:30 pm and not eat until we got up at 6:30 - 7:00 am the next morning. Seems funny that people think that going 12 hours between eating when you are probably sleeping at least 8 of those hours ( or should be) is hard.
  • sollyn23l2
    sollyn23l2 Posts: 1,786 Member
    musicfan68 wrote: »
    I was thinking back to when I was a kid. We would eat at about 5:30 pm and not eat until we got up at 6:30 - 7:00 am the next morning. Seems funny that people think that going 12 hours between eating when you are probably sleeping at least 8 of those hours ( or should be) is hard.

    A lot of it comes back to evening snacing while watching TV. The part most people seem to find difficult is giving up those snacks. Snacks are life.

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