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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/06/26/1184390543/intermittent-fasting-effective-weight-loss

Its Ramadan, billions are doing it, not all are even muslims. It works.

Is it really IF if the big meal is consumed late at night before sleeping? One of the benefits is fasting long hours overnight and your body not having to deal with extra calories late at night. And don’t they tend to break the fast with heavy carb full meals?

Intermittent fasting is going a long period of time without eating. So, yes.
So is "one meal a day" regardless of when that meal is eaten.
So it eating during a 8 hour window from 6:00pm to midnight.

Ok. I thought they didn’t start eating until after sunset and then had to eat early before sunrise. Still 12 hours I guess.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/06/26/1184390543/intermittent-fasting-effective-weight-loss

Its Ramadan, billions are doing it, not all are even muslims. It works.

Is it really IF if the big meal is consumed late at night before sleeping? One of the benefits is fasting long hours overnight and your body not having to deal with extra calories late at night. And don’t they tend to break the fast with heavy carb full meals?

Intermittent fasting is going a long period of time without eating. So, yes.
So is "one meal a day" regardless of when that meal is eaten.
So it eating during a 8 hour window from 6:00pm to midnight.

Anonymous wrote:Yes I still do it loosely. I don't really think about it because its become a way of life at this point. It's basically just skipping breakfast. It only really works for me when I also limit carbs. I don't completely eliminate them. But doing the IF + moderate carbs helps reduce my cravings and appetite overall.

This is me too. Don’t really think about it / talk about it as a thing but just do it. Don’t worry about being 100% every day either but just generally following it as a routine

Anonymous wrote:Intermittently

I have never eaten breakfast as I'm never hungry after eating late at night. Now I just need to stop late at night eating ans there's my fasting that would work about one month in.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/06/26/1184390543/intermittent-fasting-effective-weight-loss

Its Ramadan, billions are doing it, not all are even muslims. It works.

Is it really IF if the big meal is consumed late at night before sleeping? One of the benefits is fasting long hours overnight and your body not having to deal with extra calories late at night. And don’t they tend to break the fast with heavy carb full meals?

Anonymous wrote:https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/06/26/1184390543/intermittent-fasting-effective-weight-loss

It’s Ramadan, billions are doing it, not all are even muslims. It works.

It does work but also note there are conditions when Ramadan fasting is not permissible since it’s dangerous :

1. menstruation . Women do not fast and must break the fast completely as soon as it arrives and cannot fast the rest of the week until it’s completely over. It’s dangerous to not eat or drink water during the day during a period.

2. Travelers. Anybody traveling cannot fast. Flying while fasting is dangerous. Sitting down in one spot in a car, bus or plane and the air pressure on Airplanes can be dehydrating forces so drinking water and eating is important. You also change time zones when air traveling most likely so it would be difficult to fast and know which time zone to use for dawn/sunset.

3. Diabetics. Diabetes do not fast at all because it’s dangerous and can cause hypoglycaemia.

Prediabetics probably should fast though and may benefit from it.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/06/26/1184390543/intermittent-fasting-effective-weight-loss

Its Ramadan, billions are doing it, not all are even muslims. It works.

Anonymous wrote:I’m doing it! It’s helped me drop three pounds in a week and a half (I still have a bunch of postpartum weight to lose). I’m practicing in accordance with Mindy Pelz’ “Fast Like a Girl.” To the PP with messed up sodium and potassium levels, electrolyte supplements are your friend! I have little packets that I mix in with my water.

Adhering to the fasting window has helped me eliminate my evening snacking, which I didn’t realize I was doing so much! Plan to do a 36 hour fast next week.

It also aligns with my Christian faith, which demands its followers fast.

I believe every major religion calls for fasting periods. A "cleanse"

I can't fast. I have breakfast and a bedtime snack. The opposite of what to do for weight loss.

I do. I eat early and stop early. It’s about 2.5 months. Slow weight loss and very tolerable for me.

I tried a weight loss drug but I couldn’t tolerate the side effects.

Semaglutide forced it for me haha

Yes but it's how I've always tended to eat. Not interested in breakfast, relatively busy at lunch so don't think about it, get hungry mid-afternoon and like a snack after dinner. Before and after it was a thing this is what works for me and I can stay pretty trim eating what I want mostly.

Anonymous wrote:I tried it and still do it occasionally but I find it just triggers my food disorders.

Agree completely. Giving myself permission to eat breakfast changed everything for me (and made it easier to lose weight).

I eat protein for breakfast, lift and do IF.