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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
IF does not restrict calories.

I eat the exact same food but at 11, 2 and 6 instead of 9, 12 and 7.

But the data suggests that IF works because within a limited window people eat less - hence, fewer calories. Yes, you may eat the same food, but perhaps because you're compressing consumption, the overall quantity is less. I did IF for several months and I lost 15 pounds pretty quickly eating "anything I wanted" in the window I ate (b/w 2 PM - 6 PM). But there's only so much food I could consume in that time ....[/quote]

No people forget that it is not just how many calories but also how your metabolism is burning and storing those calories. For example I may burn fewer calories lifting weights for 15 minutes than doing cardio but I build more muscle lifting weights and that muscle burns more calories over time. There may be the same calories in one food item that is all protein vs one item that is all carbs but your body does more to convert the protein than the carbs. If I fast and have used up any available carbs then my body has to convert fat for fuel. This requires more calories than just stuffing some carbs in my mouth for a snack for quick carbs.

People who do calorie restriction with the traditional higher carb, low fat , low cali diets everyday end up lowering their metabolism. With IF you burst the calories within the window and do not get into the lowered metabolism.

I'm not saying that eating fewer calories isn't part of the equation but it is not the only part. So many people struggle and fail because that is all they do. 
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