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So in January you only ate 16/31 days, with water only for 15/31 days?

This is an eating disorder, not intermittent fasting. Seriously.[/quote]

Not really, because I eat breakfast every day. Every other day I skip lunch and dinner. Truly it feels less pre-occupying than trying to restrict calories every day. It's just one decision, then waiting for breakfast.

Honestly some part of society is always mad at me for my body and diet so, whatever. Sorry you're mad. [/quote]

I’m not mad. I’m trying to understand, as I also need to lose weight, but need to be wise about it. I’m happy to hear you at least have breakfast, and I hope it’s a filling one.

Do you have a spouse/significant other? Is he okay with your plan? [/quote]

DP. I think that those of us who are trying IF probably have rejected the basic premise that is driving your worry - and I appreciate that you really do have concern for the PP's wellness. You express yourself kindly! We've been taught that our body is like a car with a very small gas tank, and you need to keep filling it or you run out of gas, and that is bad for you. The thinking behind IF is that we aren't even using our gas tanks (which are actually quite large, and can fuel us for a very long time) if we eat all the time, we are bypassing the fuel tank and just mainlining fuel to the engine. The fuel tank is your fat, and it is meant to be used as fuel, not sit there forever on your hips. There is a bunch of stuff on insulin, and how eating triggers insulin, and insulin supresses using fat for fuel. But you don't access that fuel tank until you don't have insulin running around your body, and if you have food in your belly digesting you are going to have insulin. Fasting (in whatever form) is a way to get to the point where your body will burn fat for fuel. For many of us who have spent half our lifetimes trying stuff and counting calories and obsessing about food, simply not thinking about food for hours and hours at a time is a deep relief. It feels like the opposite of a disorder - the disordered thinking was the constant thinking about food and eating little controlled amounts that just made you think more about food. I am not saying that calorie counting is disordered, at all, or that working to eat small healthy meals is unhealthy. Just that for some of us, this truly is a healthy relief. It isn't for everyone.[/quote]

Thank you, I understand.  I lost 35 pounds using Ideal Protein, and it was a good system.  However, I did gain once i added in carbs and alcohol, because I didn't keep track of my consumption or stay in phase 4.  That plan does use fat for food, and was easy to follow.  I just don't think its a long term solution.

On the other hand, my natural routine is to only eat between 11-7pm, and that isn't working for me. So I'm trying to figure out how it is working for everyone here.  Do I need to live a life without alcohol, and carbs?  That seems to be all that works for me.

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I found that just eating 11-7 doesn't work for me, either. Cutting calories and sugar/flour/potatoes out entirely does, but I feel sad and deprived and grouchy, and it means cooking multiple versions of dinner because my fast growing and picky tween needs the carbs I can't have. That is how I came to 5:2 IF - it does work for me, and I can eat a normal dinner with some potatoes or a piece of bread with my family. I think with finding a sustainable diet you find what is most important to you and build around that. For me, important things are: 1) eating family dinner and cooking foods everyone loves so dinner is relaxed 2) drinking lots of coffee with cream. But I really couldn't care less if I'm hungry sometimes. It just doesn't bother me to be hungry sometimes. I know it won't hurt me, and I know I'll eat well soon. My DH is totally different. Not being hungry, and having something to munch on, is most important to him, so he doesn't do IF. You don't need to live a life without alcohol and carbs if you value those things! But you'll have to figure out what your body needs you to do in order to be able to tolerate a reasonable amount of alcohol and carbs.
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