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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I started doing intermittent fasting a month ago today, and I've lost 3.5 lbs doing nothing except keeping my eating window to 6 - 8 hours (window just depends on how I feel that day).

I had a few days before my period where I didn't fast and just ate intuitively (i.e., way more carbs and cookies but no late night snacking), and another night where I went out with friends and was eating and drinking late into the night. The weight loss is really slow, but it's steady and consistent. I feel a lot better, my skin looks great.

The best part is that I'm no longer craving a pile of carbs every night between dinner and bedtime. I'm confident that my late-night snacking was the reason for my 40lb weight gain over the last few years (well, that and perimenopause, stress, covid...but I coped with all that by eating crazy amounts of total crap every night once the kids were in bed). Cutting that out has made me feel so much better. I don't restrict what I eat with IF, don't do keto or anything else.

I have always been a really healthy eater at meals, but I've been an absolute binge eater outside of meals for the last several years and saw myself go from the low end of healthy BMI to 0.1 away from obese on the BMI chart. YMMV depending on your food issues. I told myself I'd quit IF after a month if it wasn't working, but I feel so much better that I don't see myself quitting any time soon!
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I tried IF and it was not hard for me to eat in a shortish window, but coffee was my downfall. I really need coffee in the AM and could not get used to having it black. And since family dinner around seven is the one consistent meal we eat together I could not do an early eating window instead.[/quote]

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