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10 hours ago, airfro said:

I started, sometimes 18:6, and still do this about 8 years ago to help lose weight. It worked for me as I never really ate breakfast and only drink water/tea most of the time anyway. I lost about 8 lbs and kept it off since then. I only do it M-F and don't really limit myself on weekends, but overall worked for me. But definitely not for everyone. But it's simple to follow then say a diet that you have to count calories or macros

I'll second this. I've been doing 16:8 for many years with weekends, social gatherings and vacation being the usual exemption. I find fasting in the morning easy, drinking black coffee definitely helps with that. The hard one for me is the after dinner snacking 😅

  • 2 weeks later...
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I have started fasting today. I always gain 2st in the winter. I get really depressed in the winter as going through the Scottish winter is verging on suicidal. I can handle summer 

No breakfast. Eat between 12 and 6. 18 hour fast. 2 weeks fasting and 1 week off. I really need to find a way to stop gaining the winter 2st 

 

Posted
On 09/12/2022 at 02:02, FarangKiNok said:

I have been struggling with alcoholism for years.  My dad had the bug, like his father before him. Working years in a business where alcohol was consumed didn’t help.

I have been trying for years to reduce the drops and its hard. I love cracking open that fresh bottle of bourbon and finishing that sweet flask of whiskey. Along with cases for beer consumed weekly.  

Anyway, there is one food item my body can’t handle, and I have had a challenge with diarrhea or loose bowel. So, I have started eliminating items from my diet.  This has resulted in me staring fasting or intermittent fasting.

I eat lunch or dinner and don’t eat anything for 24 hours.

For me the kicker is that after 24 hours and my body is in ketosis I don’t crave beer and whiskey. After years of drinking this is the first time in as long as I can remember I don’t want alcohol.

In ketosis I feel great. I don’t crave food, beer or whiskey. I have increased energy. At times a bit lightheaded but doing ok.

I have also started ice swimming when in ketosis. Water Temp 34F / 1C

This gives me another boost.

In conclusion eating less has had tremendous benefits for me! Why knew.

I don't know if I could do 24 hours regularly. I've been happy with 16-18 hours, bascially not eating from 6pm to 11 am. It's a lot easier when sleeping takes up a big portion, so it's mostly just skipping breakfast and no late night snacks.

Plus add in no or low carbs and it's easy to lose weight or keep it off. I'll usually make some big orders from Makro and make some stir fry dishes with veggies and minced pork most days. Maybe some scrambled eggs. Keep the carbs and alochol to a minimum. I've found it works best for me and it's not too hard to keep to. 

Every once in a while have a cheat day, but try to maintain three days of workouts a week or walking. 

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I too confirm the effectiveness of 16/8 fasting after losing 10 kg 4 years ago, never to regain it.

10 kg less fat to carry around all the time was a real pleasure.

The magic of this diet is that you are not starved or depressed, it can easily become permanent.

Lunch is a joy every day. Today, for example, large steak of lamb with garlic, Airfryer fries, carrots and oyster mushrooms, I glass of Marseille pastis. The evening meal is more of a complement with good eggs cooked in any form, a glass of wine or one beer. The main thing is to start the 16 hours of fasting on a full stomach.

So happy with my new appearance I supplemented it with daily bodybuilding exercises and a more protein-rich diet.

Result I gained muscle while maintaining the same weight.

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Big fan of IF here also, started doing it about 4 years ago and was able to lose weight easier than I've ever done. For me I started with the 5/2 (OMAD) and was able to reduce that to 6/1 (OMAD) without regaining any of the weight loss.  

More recently I moved away from OMAD and did the restricted time eating (12-8pm) so that's a 16 hour fast every day, and I've found that gets almost as good results as the 5/2 or 6/1 on OMAD. 

But I'm also interested in the benefits of fasting beyond weight loss and maintenance - I've read a lot about ketosis and autophagy in particular, which is reported to have major health benefits - a complete detox and repair, reducing inflamation everywhere, and almost like resetting your body. The tough part is it takes longer fasts to achieve. 48 hrs to 72 hrs fasting is required for autophagy, so I tried a 72 hour fast (actually did 76 hours to be on the safe side). I did this after trying 48 hr fasts a couple of times (I wouldn't recommend going straight into a 3 day fast if you've never managed 2 days) and boy was it tough, but for me the third day wasn't as difficult as Day 2. I think your body adjusts or your stomach and metabolism adjusts and gets used to not having food. That was a few months ago so I'm planning on doing another 3 day fast and hope to build it up to become a regular longer faster (aiming to do it every 3 or 4 months).

 

  • 5 months later...
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On 11/02/2023 at 17:26, Punter said:

Fasting has worked for me too. Most days, especially working days, I aim for 20 - 4. I'm up at 5 am and don't eat until 5 pm and aim to finish eating around 7.30 pm. I know that's actually 21.5 - 2.5 but I leave some room for not getting it right 100%. I find eating late in the day minimises the chances of evening binges, which has been a problem in the past, because I am far less likely to be hungry going to bed. I aim to exercise on weekdays between 7 and 8 am before I go to work. If I left exercise until after work, it just wouldn't happen for me.

Here's my issue though. It's usually recommended that you eat shortly after a workout to replenish the body and muscles. But when I do that keeping the hours and routine that I do, I inevitably end up eating during my working day and take in too many calories and, put simply, get fat. It's as if eating makes me hungrier. Weight loss only seems to occur successfully for me now within the strict boundaries of late in the day eating window.

I'd welcome your thoughts, or anybody else's, on this please.

I've been doing IF for years. I get up around 7am. Do crossfit 6 days a week around 9.30am and don't eat until around 1pm to 2pm sometimes later. When doing some research on your question above I found a guy who said to take creatine and BCAA's  before and after your workouts. These are very good for muscle building obviously. But they don't create much of an insulin response as they don't have carbs and are not really like normal food. Both require virtually no digestion and go straight into your blood. I've been doing this for quite a few years now and it seems to work quite well. Lately I haven't been taking the BCAA's just the creatine 5mg before and after each workout. Taking one or both has zero effect on how I  feel compared to not taking them. Never feel hungry or different like I would if I ate something. Creatine has a lot of other benefits as well. Eg for brain health.

I've also recently got onto the benefits longer term water fasts. 3 to 5 days waters fasts are gaining a lot of publicity lately with different well know people. Benefits of autophagy cleaning up all your bad cells, release of your own stem cells, massive increase in HGH. Anyone with injuries should look into it. I've had a small tear in the meniscus in my knee for almost 10 years. Not bad enough to get surgery but gives me grief if I don't wear a knee sleeve to work out. My other knee has been giving me issues lately as well. After hearing about stem cells repairing injuries during a long term water fast I recently did a 3 day one to check it out. My knees feel SO much better after doing it. I'm sure the increase in HGH doesn't hurt injuries either.

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