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Dirty fasting

LisaMoxon155
LisaMoxon155 Posts: 265 Member
in Health and Weight Loss

I've looked in to fasting and have started at 15 hour fasting and will be in time. Starting 7pm to 10am.

II'm combining with calorie counting too.

at the moment i need calories at that times as i feel sick.

I've seen on Google that there is something called 'dirty fasting '.

Can eat during fasting hours as long as below 100 calories.

Im not going to try and eat between my 'fasting ' hours .

Just wondering if anyone has tried this and does it work?

Has anyone tried this

Answers

  • totameafox
    totameafox Posts: 894 Member

    Fasting in itself does nothing for weight loss. It is not needed especially if you feel sick during it. What is required is a calorie deficit. That means that you burn more calories than you eat for the entire day. You can spread your calories over 2 to 5 meals (or how many you want) and eat that many times in a day and lose weight.

    Does intermittent fasting work? Yes and no. You can still over eat while doing this method. You will still gain weight. If you have a calorie deficit and don't intermittent fast then you will still lose weight. The only reason you should do it is if you feel that it works for you. It seems you are struggling. I would not go route because you are more likely to quit.

  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,341 Member
    edited March 11

    Fasting of any kind will not directly cause fatloss. You want to look at your overall weekly calories. Take seven days worth of calories and divide by seven and that is your average calorie amount which is the magic number to look at. If intermittent fasting or things like that Help you lower weekly calories then it works and if it doesn’t, then it doesn’t. If you’re not enjoying fasting then don’t do it because it really isn’t benefit

  • sollyn23l2
    sollyn23l2 Posts: 1,905 Member

    Have a small breakfast if you need/want to. You don't need to ask anyone's permission or approval. So many people tout so many "rules" and say you won't be truly healthy unless you eat this way (some of whom are very vocal on here and on social media). What matters is what works for you. That's all. That's it. No absurd rules necessary.

  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,538 Member

    I ate pretty much all day long, from shortly after I got up in the morning, to shortly before bed at night . . . occasionally even in bed at night. I lost weight fine that way down to a healthy weight, obese to healthy weight in just under a yar. I've maintained the healthy weight for 9+ years since - maintaining being the harder thing for most people - all of that time eating in that all day, eat-when-I-feel-like-it pattern.

    Why? How?

    Because I figured out how many calories I could eat and reach my loss then maintenance goals in a sensibly moderate way. It wasn't miserable, for sure it didn't make me feel sick, plus I got lots healthier in terms of objective markers like blood test results.

    It's the average calorie intake over time that matters for weight loss. Anything that makes accomplishing that harder is reducing the odds of achieving a weight loss goal.

    If that plan is hard for you, make an easier plan.

    Best wishes - success is worth the effort! 

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