How Long Before You Started Seeing Results from Intermittent Fasting

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Anonymous wrote:Mansplain Douchebag here...anything that can signal your body to release insulin will technically break your fast. One calorie of anything OR 0 calories of artificial sweetener technically takes your body out of a fasting state. It has been demonstrated that the taste of sweet on the tongue, even if it's 0 calories will cause insulin release in your body. I'm not going to argue if a low calorie day of broth will cause weight loss because I'm sure it will work great! That is clearly a major calorie restriction. I would say, the person who came up with that diet plan is doing the world a disservice by muddying the definition of the word "fast". They should call it a low calorie broth diet or something. It's just confusing to call that a fast. There's other ones out there like that too. I know someone who says they do a "fruit fast" and all they eat is fruit for 2 weeks. Sorry, not a fast. When my wife was going through her initial fasting experience and dropping 55 pounds in 5 months, I do wonder if part of the reason it happened so fast was because the fasting periods DID rebalance her hormones. As I stated in a previous post that's one of the many health benefits of going through the reset your body does during a true fasting period. She was doing lots of diet things to drop weight before fasting and none of it worked, until fasting and then she dropped weight like crazy. I can't help but wonder.

Not any pp’s but I’m curious. Hasn’t it been shown that even thinking or smelling something sweet can illicit insulin response?

Yes, which is why a raspberry or two isn't the end of the world.

What I wonder is what the point is, after having either lost weight or reset metabolism, or both. Why continue fasting in a "maintenance mode", if you have normalized hormones, insulin, thyroid, etc.?

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Anonymous wrote:I will have no calories or artificial sweeteners during fast. Nothing else makes sense. Creme in coffee is calories and sweet at that. The fastest way to start losing weight is to embrace going without food for 36 hours, meaning skip eating one whole day. I love food, and found that mentally this is the easiest way for me. It is definitely not for everyone, but it is not so hard either. Let's say you do it on the weekend. Stay up late the night before, and sleep in late. Keep busy that day, and soon it will be 6pm, now just power through it. Funny observation, next morning you will not be hungry and realize that you can go longer without eating. You will be pound or 2 lighter the day after. Remember Gandhi went on a hunger strike for 21 days and he was already skinny. He lived. In fact this is easier for overweight people who don't have health complications. I see no benefit to 18:6, unless you are restricting your calories while eating, and hence that is same as counting calories.

1) Some studies show artificial sweeteners do have an insulin response - it's worth looking into.

2) Fats (so things like heavy cream) and protein have a very low insulin response, which is why some people say you can have some cream in your coffee, etc. so it has nothing to do with calories and everything to do with insulin repsonse

If the point is to lose weight, then yes, calories count. It's difficult to lose weight drinking bulletproof coffee. Each cup has 3-500 calories.

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So if I have coffee in the morning and use 1/2 and 1/2 but dont eat anything until 1 in the afternoon have I ruined my fast?

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Anonymous wrote:My wife and I have been doing IF for over 5 years not with great success. I would highly recommend reading Brad Pilon's E-book called Eat Stop Eat. It's a short read and really breaks down the science behind it. It also helps reverse the brain washing we get in this country about opposition to fasting. My wife dropped 55 pounds in 5 months doing IF and NOT working out. I'm a male, so I know no one is impressed with me losing weight, but I did drop 25 pounds when I started FWIW. I know 16:8 is really popular, but we do 2 fasts a week that range between 24 to 30 hours on non-consecutive days. If you read the scientific research in Brad's book behind why the longer fast is better than daily 16:8 it will all make sense. We continue to do IF weekly to this day for just weight regulation; in fact I'm fasting right now. It's so nice because it completely eliminates our need for counting calories and other food tracking burdens. Right now I'm 37, and I can still wear the same 34 inch waist pants that fit me in college. If you need any encouragement or other advice feel free to ask me.

How much muscle do you have though?

I have a decent amount. Once I figure out how to send or upload a picture, I will show you.

Ok, let's see if this works...I just took this pic this morning as I was getting ready to go to the gym. I'm 6'8" (tall I know) and 37 and about 245 pounds. I didn't work out when I started fasting and went all the way down to 225 just doing fasting and not weight lifting. Then I added weight lifting while maintaining 2 24 hour fasts per week. I have stayed lean and added 20 pounds of muscle. I can't really give experienced advice on the 16:8 thing, as I tried it and didn't really get any results. It was so much work because I still had to count calories and track everything and I was getting so bogged down, I wanted to quit. I needed something that fit in my with my lifestyle and that's how I ended up where I'm at. Like I mentioned above I recommend and use the protocol taught in Brad Pilon's E-book Eat Stop Eat. It's much simpler, and from what I can tell, much more effective in contrast.

Still waiting on all the compliments, are ya ? # douchebag

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Anonymous wrote:My wife and I have been doing IF for over 5 years not with great success. I would highly recommend reading Brad Pilon's E-book called Eat Stop Eat. It's a short read and really breaks down the science behind it. It also helps reverse the brain washing we get in this country about opposition to fasting. My wife dropped 55 pounds in 5 months doing IF and NOT working out. I'm a male, so I know no one is impressed with me losing weight, but I did drop 25 pounds when I started FWIW. I know 16:8 is really popular, but we do 2 fasts a week that range between 24 to 30 hours on non-consecutive days. If you read the scientific research in Brad's book behind why the longer fast is better than daily 16:8 it will all make sense. We continue to do IF weekly to this day for just weight regulation; in fact I'm fasting right now. It's so nice because it completely eliminates our need for counting calories and other food tracking burdens. Right now I'm 37, and I can still wear the same 34 inch waist pants that fit me in college. If you need any encouragement or other advice feel free to ask me.

How much muscle do you have though?

I have a decent amount. Once I figure out how to send or upload a picture, I will show you.

Ok, let's see if this works...I just took this pic this morning as I was getting ready to go to the gym. I'm 6'8" (tall I know) and 37 and about 245 pounds. I didn't work out when I started fasting and went all the way down to 225 just doing fasting and not weight lifting. Then I added weight lifting while maintaining 2 24 hour fasts per week. I have stayed lean and added 20 pounds of muscle. I can't really give experienced advice on the 16:8 thing, as I tried it and didn't really get any results. It was so much work because I still had to count calories and track everything and I was getting so bogged down, I wanted to quit. I needed something that fit in my with my lifestyle and that's how I ended up where I'm at. Like I mentioned above I recommend and use the protocol taught in Brad Pilon's E-book Eat Stop Eat. It's much simpler, and from what I can tell, much more effective in contrast.


Wow, gorgeous! As my irish mother would say "I wouldn't kick you out of bed, unless it was better on the floor"

Still waiting on all the compliments, are ya ? # douchebag

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Anonymous wrote:So if I have coffee in the morning and use 1/2 and 1/2 but dont eat anything until 1 in the afternoon have I ruined my fast?

Yes, you're doing it wrong. /s

No, it's fine. If it's working for you (weight loss? appetite control? saving money by skipping breakfast?), then it's working for you.

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Anonymous wrote:My wife and I have been doing IF for over 5 years not with great success. I would highly recommend reading Brad Pilon's E-book called Eat Stop Eat. It's a short read and really breaks down the science behind it. It also helps reverse the brain washing we get in this country about opposition to fasting. My wife dropped 55 pounds in 5 months doing IF and NOT working out. I'm a male, so I know no one is impressed with me losing weight, but I did drop 25 pounds when I started FWIW. I know 16:8 is really popular, but we do 2 fasts a week that range between 24 to 30 hours on non-consecutive days. If you read the scientific research in Brad's book behind why the longer fast is better than daily 16:8 it will all make sense. We continue to do IF weekly to this day for just weight regulation; in fact I'm fasting right now. It's so nice because it completely eliminates our need for counting calories and other food tracking burdens. Right now I'm 37, and I can still wear the same 34 inch waist pants that fit me in college. If you need any encouragement or other advice feel free to ask me.

How much muscle do you have though?

I have a decent amount. Once I figure out how to send or upload a picture, I will show you.

Ok, let's see if this works...I just took this pic this morning as I was getting ready to go to the gym. I'm 6'8" (tall I know) and 37 and about 245 pounds. I didn't work out when I started fasting and went all the way down to 225 just doing fasting and not weight lifting. Then I added weight lifting while maintaining 2 24 hour fasts per week. I have stayed lean and added 20 pounds of muscle. I can't really give experienced advice on the 16:8 thing, as I tried it and didn't really get any results. It was so much work because I still had to count calories and track everything and I was getting so bogged down, I wanted to quit. I needed something that fit in my with my lifestyle and that's how I ended up where I'm at. Like I mentioned above I recommend and use the protocol taught in Brad Pilon's E-book Eat Stop Eat. It's much simpler, and from what I can tell, much more effective in contrast.


Wow, gorgeous! As my irish mother would say "I wouldn't kick you out of bed, unless it was better on the floor"

MS DB here...lol, ok that's a HILARIOUS quote!