Replies
-
I started intermittent fasting before I knew it was intermittent fasting. I had heard that marathon runners "hit the wall" when they've used all the glycogen they've stored from their last meal and have to burn fat. It seemed reasonable that if you didn't put any calories in your body for 20 hours it would have to burn fat.
-
I agree that a calorie deficit was the cause of my weight loss. I had been slowly putting on weight over a period of years. But since I didn't change the composition of my diet, I think IF was a magic bullet producing the calorie deficit that let me start getting rid of about 2 pounds of fat a week. After not consuming any…
-
I don't associate intermittent fasting with severe calorie restriction. My problem was that if I ate something for breakfast I would be very distracted by hunger by 11 AM and go to the cafeteria looking for chocolate covered donuts. I found it a lot easier to eat nothing than to eat a little and stop. If I ate nothing…
