Intermittent Fasting Thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good question PP.

One question I also have for IF devotees -- is there still a benefit if I were to do it half the time? Like every other day skip breakfast and have at least a 16 hour fast? I'm just not seeing how I make it work with mid-morning sports/activities that I engage in some days.

FWIW, I find that I'm hungrier if I go back and forth between IF and normal eating (12:12 or less). When I don't do IF, I find myself more hungry throughout the day, and it takes me a few days back on IF before the hunger goes away and it feels natural again. I've found a balance where on weekends I can still do a 14 hour fast like 10pm - 12pm if I'm out late and have a snack, or 8pm - 10am if we go out for brunch, and I don't feel like I've fallen off the wagon. It's strange what a difference a few hours can make!

DP.

IF has become a life change for me. I have permanently eliminated breakfast. On special occasions, I would eat it breakfast. For example, on Sunday mornings when the whole family as bacon and eggs for breakfast. This does not get me off my regiment if it is just for a day.

I realized that when I do IF to lose weight and then get back to eating breakfast more than a couple of days a week, I get really hungry if I try to skip breakfast again.

So 17:9 is just a way of life for me now. Close shop at 8:00pm , lunch anytime after 11:00 am. It's now second nature to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good question PP.

One question I also have for IF devotees -- is there still a benefit if I were to do it half the time? Like every other day skip breakfast and have at least a 16 hour fast? I'm just not seeing how I make it work with mid-morning sports/activities that I engage in some days.

FWIW, I find that I'm hungrier if I go back and forth between IF and normal eating (12:12 or less). When I don't do IF, I find myself more hungry throughout the day, and it takes me a few days back on IF before the hunger goes away and it feels natural again. I've found a balance where on weekends I can still do a 14 hour fast like 10pm - 12pm if I'm out late and have a snack, or 8pm - 10am if we go out for brunch, and I don't feel like I've fallen off the wagon. It's strange what a difference a few hours can make!

DP.

IF has become a life change for me. I have permanently eliminated breakfast. On special occasions, I would eat it breakfast. For example, on Sunday mornings when the whole family as bacon and eggs for breakfast. This does not get me off my regiment if it is just for a day.

I realized that when I do IF to lose weight and then get back to eating breakfast more than a couple of days a week, I get really hungry if I try to skip breakfast again.

So 17:9 is just a way of life for me now. Close shop at 8:00pm , lunch anytime after 11:00 am. It's now second nature to me.

regimen not regiment.

[Anonymous]

I'm starting 16:8 this week. I am sure this has been asked before, so forgive me if this is a repeat question, but if I have coffee with a little almond milk in the AM, is that cheating on IF? I plan to do a 12-8pm window, but with quarantine and working with kids at home, i need my coffee in the morning!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm starting 16:8 this week. I am sure this has been asked before, so forgive me if this is a repeat question, but if I have coffee with a little almond milk in the AM, is that cheating on IF? I plan to do a 12-8pm window, but with quarantine and working with kids at home, i need my coffee in the morning!

If you were a super strict adherent who was doing it to lose a lot of weight it probably would be but I do it too. I’m not eating until 11-noon and I’m not doing it to lose weight so I am fine with it. Depends how strict you want to be probably. For me, eating breakfast makes me hungrier throughout the day and I snack more so that’s why I decided to try IF. Drinking coffee with milk doesn’t do that so it’s okay for me personally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm starting 16:8 this week. I am sure this has been asked before, so forgive me if this is a repeat question, but if I have coffee with a little almond milk in the AM, is that cheating on IF? I plan to do a 12-8pm window, but with quarantine and working with kids at home, i need my coffee in the morning!

If you were a super strict adherent who was doing it to lose a lot of weight it probably would be but I do it too. I’m not eating until 11-noon and I’m not doing it to lose weight so I am fine with it. Depends how strict you want to be probably. For me, eating breakfast makes me hungrier throughout the day and I snack more so that’s why I decided to try IF. Drinking coffee with milk doesn’t do that so it’s okay for me personally.

ok thanks. I am not doing this to lose a lot of weight. 5lbs would be nice though, but i just want to get into the habit of eating during certain hours of the day and eliminating any eating after 8pm and this seems like a good way to tackle that. but i can't give up a morning coffee!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm starting 16:8 this week. I am sure this has been asked before, so forgive me if this is a repeat question, but if I have coffee with a little almond milk in the AM, is that cheating on IF? I plan to do a 12-8pm window, but with quarantine and working with kids at home, i need my coffee in the morning!

NP I have still been having coffee with h&h and Splenda every morning and I’ve lost 12 lbs in 2 months.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm starting 16:8 this week. I am sure this has been asked before, so forgive me if this is a repeat question, but if I have coffee with a little almond milk in the AM, is that cheating on IF? I plan to do a 12-8pm window, but with quarantine and working with kids at home, i need my coffee in the morning!

If you were a super strict adherent who was doing it to lose a lot of weight it probably would be but I do it too. I’m not eating until 11-noon and I’m not doing it to lose weight so I am fine with it. Depends how strict you want to be probably. For me, eating breakfast makes me hungrier throughout the day and I snack more so that’s why I decided to try IF. Drinking coffee with milk doesn’t do that so it’s okay for me personally.

ok thanks. I am not doing this to lose a lot of weight. 5lbs would be nice though, but i just want to get into the habit of eating during certain hours of the day and eliminating any eating after 8pm and this seems like a good way to tackle that. but i can't give up a morning coffee!

Coffee with a little milk of whatever type is not cheating if you keep it under 30ish calories. I don’t recall what the actual number of calories is, but that’s the neighborhood. I researched this when I was getting headaches in the morning without my usual caffeine. Of course these rules are somewhat arbitrary, but in as far as there are real IF “experts,” the general consensus is that a splash of milk in coffee in the morning doesn’t truly break the fast. I put a TBSP of 2% milk in mine, which is well within the limit.

[Anonymous]

Rhonda here: the book Delay Don’t Deny by Gin Stephens is on audible for free trial. I’m listening to it now. Gin recommends a clean fast so you don’t stimulate insulin release, which can happen with a splash of cream in coffee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rhonda here: the book Delay Don’t Deny by Gin Stephens is on audible for free trial. I’m listening to it now. Gin recommends a clean fast so you don’t stimulate insulin release, which can happen with a splash of cream in coffee.

The clean fast means no black coffee?

[Anonymous]

ANyone who does IF have gallstone issues? I read it can exacerbate them, so I am scared to start it - I am afraid Ill end up with a gallbladder attack. Anyone with stones who hsa done it have any insight?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rhonda here: the book Delay Don’t Deny by Gin Stephens is on audible for free trial. I’m listening to it now. Gin recommends a clean fast so you don’t stimulate insulin release, which can happen with a splash of cream in coffee.

The clean fast means no black coffee?

So much for a clean fast!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rhonda here: the book Delay Don’t Deny by Gin Stephens is on audible for free trial. I’m listening to it now. Gin recommends a clean fast so you don’t stimulate insulin release, which can happen with a splash of cream in coffee.

The clean fast means no black coffee?

So much for a clean fast!

No - a clean fast includes black coffee, black tea (bitter profile, tea leaves only) and plain water (flat or sparkling - no flavor).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rhonda here: the book Delay Don’t Deny by Gin Stephens is on audible for free trial. I’m listening to it now. Gin recommends a clean fast so you don’t stimulate insulin release, which can happen with a splash of cream in coffee.

The clean fast means no black coffee?

So much for a clean fast!

No - a clean fast includes black coffee, black tea (bitter profile, tea leaves only) and plain water (flat or sparkling - no flavor).

Yeah, no thanks. I’ll remain a splash of milk away from a clean fast.

[Anonymous]

Who is doing 5:2? Honestly it's the only thing that has worked for me in the past.

[Anonymous]

I do 18:6 as well. But I don't understand how one meal a day is IF. How many calories can you possibly be eating a day...500? That sounds way more like disordered eating than IF