Are people still intermittent fasting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes I still do it loosely. I don't really think about it because its become a way of life at this point. It's basically just skipping breakfast. It only really works for me when I also limit carbs. I don't completely eliminate them. But doing the IF + moderate carbs helps reduce my cravings and appetite overall.

This is me 100%

[Anonymous]

Yes it’s just how I do best. Eat around 11:30, 3 and 6 … fast from 6/630 until 11/1130 most days.

[Anonymous]

I don’t get how people do this. I wake up so hungry everyday. And this is even though I end most nights with a bowl of cereal right before bed. I would pass out by 8am. Bodies be crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get how people do this. I wake up so hungry everyday. And this is even though I end most nights with a bowl of cereal right before bed. I would pass out by 8am. Bodies be crazy.

this was me but I started IF 6 months ago and it took approx 5 days to adjust. it feels normal now

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get how people do this. I wake up so hungry everyday. And this is even though I end most nights with a bowl of cereal right before bed. I would pass out by 8am. Bodies be crazy.

I started drinking water before I go to sleep and I notice now I never wake up hungry .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get how people do this. I wake up so hungry everyday. And this is even though I end most nights with a bowl of cereal right before bed. I would pass out by 8am. Bodies be crazy.

That’s because of the way you eat. IF works best on a diet that also minimizes blood sugar spikes (which creates crashes in your blood sugar and a need to eat). Your cereal bowl in the evening (even the absolute top healthiest granola you think you are eating) is a sugar bomb. It creates your big morning craving.

Not everyone feels it as strongly but I was like you. I felt like I HAD to eat very X hours because if not I would feel like I was going to faint (weak, dizzy, burning empty stomach). When I got rid of the fast/empty carbs, the sugar and even the “healthy” high GI foods, that feeling and type of hunger disappeared.

I still get hungry of course, but a hunger that feels much more manageable and makes me actually alert not weak. Hard to explain but so clear when you live it.

Read Gary taubes’ articles in the NYT, listen to Robert Lustig’s podcast. Good luck !

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get how people do this. I wake up so hungry everyday. And this is even though I end most nights with a bowl of cereal right before bed. I would pass out by 8am. Bodies be crazy.

Yeah, I’m the opposite. Wake up 5-5:30 and need coffee immediately, but never want breakfast until 9:30 or so.

I’ve never labeled it as IF, because it’s no grand strategy on my part, just eating when I’m hungry.

[Anonymous]

I do not follow IF, but I don't typically eat after 7 pm (unless dinner plans, event, etc.) and don't typically eat break"fast" until around 6:30 or 7 am, so I go about 12 hours without eating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get how people do this. I wake up so hungry everyday. And this is even though I end most nights with a bowl of cereal right before bed. I would pass out by 8am. Bodies be crazy.

This happens *because* you eat that bowl of cereal before you go to bed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get how people do this. I wake up so hungry everyday. And this is even though I end most nights with a bowl of cereal right before bed. I would pass out by 8am. Bodies be crazy.

This happens *because* you eat that bowl of cereal before you go to bed.

Exactly. The more you feed your body, the more you want and the hungrier you are, especially with empty carbs. Fasting resets that. Even a 14 hour fast is something and you can cut out the night snacking. I am cutting back on fasting and have to make myself eat breakfast because it’s too easy for me now to fast for 18 hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get how people do this. I wake up so hungry everyday. And this is even though I end most nights with a bowl of cereal right before bed. I would pass out by 8am. Bodies be crazy.

This is working against you. Buy morning the carbs and sugar crash are triggering your hunger crisis.
Skip the bowl of cereal, have some kind of protein as your last meal,snack… chicken salad or tuna salad on lettuce, or on cucumbers for example. Or egg salad or Turkey breast in a lettuce wrap.
Carbs at night like cereal, crackers, pretzels, cookies, bagels, leftover pizza, ice cream …. All of these trigger massive hunger in the morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Abut twenty years ago I learned that I felt best when I stopped eating after 6 or 7 (depending on when I went to bed) and didn't eat until 10 or so. I got less heartburn, felt less tired, etc. Then people started calling it intermittent fasting. So I guess I'm "still doing it" but I don't think there's anything magical about it. And I wouldn't even call it a fast; I don't think much changes when you're only abstaining from food for 16 hours.

I feel this way too. I like a big breakfast, but not till 9 or 10. I'm hungry again mid-afternoon but could skip dinner entirely and not mind. Work and social patterns make this harder to do though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get how people do this. I wake up so hungry everyday. And this is even though I end most nights with a bowl of cereal right before bed. I would pass out by 8am. Bodies be crazy.

That’s because of the way you eat. IF works best on a diet that also minimizes blood sugar spikes (which creates crashes in your blood sugar and a need to eat). Your cereal bowl in the evening (even the absolute top healthiest granola you think you are eating) is a sugar bomb. It creates your big morning craving.

Not everyone feels it as strongly but I was like you. I felt like I HAD to eat very X hours because if not I would feel like I was going to faint (weak, dizzy, burning empty stomach). When I got rid of the fast/empty carbs, the sugar and even the “healthy” high GI foods, that feeling and type of hunger disappeared.

I still get hungry of course, but a hunger that feels much more manageable and makes me actually alert not weak. Hard to explain but so clear when you live it.

Read Gary taubes’ articles in the NYT, listen to Robert Lustig’s podcast. Good luck !

DP. I don't know what kind of cereal that PP is eating but you are discounting fiber. A high fiber meal is not a sugar bomb. Taubes, Lustig et al have some ideas but aren't right about everything.

[Anonymous]

I do. It’s been about 4 years and I’ve never looked back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get how people do this. I wake up so hungry everyday. And this is even though I end most nights with a bowl of cereal right before bed. I would pass out by 8am. Bodies be crazy.

That’s because of the way you eat. IF works best on a diet that also minimizes blood sugar spikes (which creates crashes in your blood sugar and a need to eat). Your cereal bowl in the evening (even the absolute top healthiest granola you think you are eating) is a sugar bomb. It creates your big morning craving.

Not everyone feels it as strongly but I was like you. I felt like I HAD to eat very X hours because if not I would feel like I was going to faint (weak, dizzy, burning empty stomach). When I got rid of the fast/empty carbs, the sugar and even the “healthy” high GI foods, that feeling and type of hunger disappeared.

I still get hungry of course, but a hunger that feels much more manageable and makes me actually alert not weak. Hard to explain but so clear when you live it.

Read Gary taubes’ articles in the NYT, listen to Robert Lustig’s podcast. Good luck !

DP. I don't know what kind of cereal that PP is eating but you are discounting fiber. A high fiber meal is not a sugar bomb. Taubes, Lustig et al have some ideas but aren't right about everything.

Incredibly doubtful their nightly cereal has lots of fiber unless it is Fiber One . Almost all breakfast cereals are nutritionally deficient if not empty. (And I love cereal but it’s true)