IF and coffee

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s fine. I lost 40lbs last year doing IF and hardly any exercise. Have a coffee with cream and sugar every morning, but otherwise just lunch and dinner.

This gives me hope. One cup of coffee with cream and sugar is the main reason I cannot do intermittent fasting. I have no trouble fasting between 4 pm and 10 am but that 6 am cup of coffee with sugar and cream.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cold brew coffe with splash almond milk is HOW I get through the fasting window. It’s been a year, I’m.a size 2 now

where did you start?? i wanna be size 2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cold brew coffe with splash almond milk is HOW I get through the fasting window. It’s been a year, I’m.a size 2 now

where did you start?? i wanna be size 2

NP. All you have to do is not eat from 7pm-2pm. It's not even hard, but I've never been hungry for breakfast. I have coffee and that settles my stomach and focuses me. I don't make any other changes and I consistently have a 1lb a week weight loss (I only have 10lbs to lose though, if you have more weight you'll lose quicker)

[Anonymous]

So PP, how does this work? Do you lose because of calorie deficiency or also hormones reset?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So PP, how does this work? Do you lose because of calorie deficiency or also hormones reset?

I think you just feel less hungry in general when you don't eat breakfast. I mean we aren't going out and plowing the fields so we don't need to eat like we are in the morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So PP, how does this work? Do you lose because of calorie deficiency or also hormones reset?

I think you just feel less hungry in general when you don't eat breakfast. I mean we aren't going out and plowing the fields so we don't need to eat like we are in the morning.

I meant, IF in general. How does one lose 40 pounds on it? Is it due to eating less calories or something else?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So PP, how does this work? Do you lose because of calorie deficiency or also hormones reset?

I think you just feel less hungry in general when you don't eat breakfast. I mean we aren't going out and plowing the fields so we don't need to eat like we are in the morning.

I meant, IF in general. How does one lose 40 pounds on it? Is it due to eating less calories or something else?

IF for weight loss for someone starting in the normal/overweight range is mostly just cutting calories. I'm the PP who said I don't do cream, but I'm obese. IF for obesity is more for therapeutic reasons to combat insulin resistance than to simply limit calories. Fat is not hormonally inert and being very overweight throws your hormones out of whack. Most obese people have to beat that if they want to lose weight. (If this applies to you I recommend reading The Obesity Code by Dr. Fung for a more comprehensive explanation.)

[Anonymous]

For those of you doing IF 16/8, if you sort of push the timing like say 12:15pm to 8:15pm does it matter or as long as you're getting your 8 hours in and 16hrs fast, that's what matters? Also, if you happen to eat until 9 one night because you went out, do you just fast until 1pm the next day and then get back onto schedule or how do you adjust for late or earlier nights depending on the situation? I'm still new to IF as in about a month in but I love it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of you doing IF 16/8, if you sort of push the timing like say 12:15pm to 8:15pm does it matter or as long as you're getting your 8 hours in and 16hrs fast, that's what matters? Also, if you happen to eat until 9 one night because you went out, do you just fast until 1pm the next day and then get back onto schedule or how do you adjust for late or earlier nights depending on the situation? I'm still new to IF as in about a month in but I love it!

PP here-and I do drink coffee. A venti coffee with just almond milk. ties me over until I eat

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So PP, how does this work? Do you lose because of calorie deficiency or also hormones reset?

I think you just feel less hungry in general when you don't eat breakfast. I mean we aren't going out and plowing the fields so we don't need to eat like we are in the morning.

I meant, IF in general. How does one lose 40 pounds on it? Is it due to eating less calories or something else?

By not eating, your body burns through fat stores. Intermittent fasting works by prolonging the period when your body has burned through the calories consumed during your last meal and begins burning fat. If you eat three meals a day and snacks, you keep giving your body calories to use. When you IF, your body runs out of calories, it has to use fat to function. The weight and the fat fall off easily.

[Anonymous]

You can drink black coffee.

Adding anything else breaks the fast and is a "dirty fast."

[Anonymous]

milk has 12 grams of sugar. cream has none.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:milk has 12 grams of sugar. cream has none.

This is not at all true. Where do people come up with this wacky stuff?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:milk has 12 grams of sugar. cream has none.

This is not at all true. Where do people come up with this wacky stuff?

NP, but it's not wacky? Cream is basically just fat. It's what you whip to get butter (if you whip/churn it long enough).

Cream Label:



Whole Milk Label:



1% Milk Label:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of you doing IF 16/8, if you sort of push the timing like say 12:15pm to 8:15pm does it matter or as long as you're getting your 8 hours in and 16hrs fast, that's what matters? Also, if you happen to eat until 9 one night because you went out, do you just fast until 1pm the next day and then get back onto schedule or how do you adjust for late or earlier nights depending on the situation? I'm still new to IF as in about a month in but I love it!

Sometimes I will lengthen/shorten eating window and fast times like you describe. So if I know I'm going out with friends I will wait until 2/3 to eat for example. And sometimes if I ate late I will extend the fast the next day. Most of the time I just start up the next day as usual. An occasional off day isn't going to do much to set you back. I try to only miss one good fast though. So the fasting period is more important than the eating window IMO. So I will not take a cheat 'day' where I would shorten two fasts (ie, eat breakfast and eat late) I tend to cheat one fast so if I go out late I might eat breakfast that morning after, since that fast is already kind of screwy (and hey I might be hungover haha) but then I would stop eating at whatever normal time that next night.

As for coffee, I have it every morning with a splash of 2%. I do IF because of an insulin resistance issue (PCOS) and have never been able to lose weight IN MY LIFE. I am 37. And I have lost almost 50 pounds in 2 years doing this. Maybe I'm a little slower because of the coffee but I have still gotten amazing results and I do not do this just for caloric restriction so I disagree that the coffee in the morning ruins the whole effort on the insulin spiking issue.