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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, these are all really helpful suggestions.  Thank you.  As for the tracking, I do it well for a few days or even weeks but then I have a string of days where I am busy, or forget, or have something that is difficult to log (recipe or food at a restaurant) and then I give up.  I tend to have an all or nothing approach which I realize isn't helping... I need to reframe and not think of these slip ups as complete failure.. and just hop back on the wagon when I fall off.[/quote]

I’m the 20:4 IF poster and I honestly don’t track, but I was already in keto when I started IF. I just try to keep it generally low carb, but I also live my life. I find with fasting most of the day, I think about food a lot LESS. I refused the idea for a good long while thinking it was stupid and I could never give up meals but after reading the Jason Fung books I am a total convert.[/quote]
Yes, we all know you "live" you life. You eat only in 4 hours a day, god forbid your kids want you to enjoy ice cream with them outside of your eating window! I am sure you are enjoying so much life. And you post here obsessively, I mean many of us do, but rare few claim to be enjoying life while eating only small amount in a 4 hour period, and already being in keto and eating barely any carbs. Your idea of enjoying life is very messed up![/quote]

I agree.  Eating for only 4 hours a day is crazy.  Unless you binge and then purge it.  I’d be starving.
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Different PP, but eating lunch at 2 pm and dinner at 6 pm is not crazy at all. Thinking that you absolutely need to eat around the clock is.[/quote]

NP, but if you can't see the difference between eating for only four hours a day and eating around the clock, then I don't know what to say.  I mean, how does anyone get any physical activity if they only eat for four hours a day?  I can't fathom being able to work out at all, let alone hard, with that kind of restriction.[/quote]

NP here. You don't need to eat right before or after you exercise. I do IF and also fast. There's a whole subset of weightlifters and atheletes who fast and do fasting workouts. There is a theory that growth hormone is higher while fasting, so you can actually put on more muscle with fasting workouts.

If you're really worried or feel you need to eat before or after working out, then plan your meals around when you exercise. But it's definitely doable.

Different strokes for different folks - if you don't think you can do IF, then don't do it. But it works for many people including me. I've lost 21 lbs in a little over 2 months doing low carb (not keto), IF, and exercise. I found Dr. Fung's books to be very helpful.

But there's a million different diets out there. So choose one that you like and can sustain- that's the one that will work for you.[/quote]

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