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Stupid me, I didn't buy a scale until six weeks in, but I've lost I'm guessing, around 40 lbs. in the last year.
The other advantage is no loose skin, which a lot of folks report with IF. This, I assume, is a function of autophagy since I did OMAD and numerous 2+ day fasts, as well.
Emotionally? I feel more feminine, younger, happier.
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I started my weight loss journey on January 4th. To date I've lost 34 pounds and I went from weighting 150 to currently I weigh 115 pounds. I am no longer trying to lose weight, but instead I have been maintaining my weight somewhere between 115 and 120 pounds for the past month and a half. I am 41 years old and I weigh what I did when I was 16/17.
Physically I finally feel comfortable enough with my body to wear a one piece bathing suit without shorts or a skirt on over my suit. I am wearing the same size clothing as my 15 year old daughter.
I also have noticed that I have more energy since I started fasting, and that I am less hangry. My moods are much more consistent.
My husband has been doing Intermittent Fasting since March and he's lost 44 pounds. He's been obese since he was probably in his early twenties. He's now six pounds away from a healthy weight. He has more energy, he is way more active now. We take six mile walks together nightly, before IF he wouldn't have had as much stamina for those walks, or our hikes that we do. He looks great and feels even better.
Our lives have changed for the better thanks to I.F. Hubby was probably on the cusp of diabetes, a heart attack, stroke etc. Now we are both living healthier lives and we are committed to this new lifestyle change.
This is great. While I am only like 10-15 pounds overweight, I want to really consistently better manage how I eat, and IF is helping me do this. Plus I just have a little bit of stubborn belly fat that I can't seem to lose. Hopefully IF will help.
I also plan on doing a 36 hour fast once a month. Not so much for weight loss but to cleanse my body and repair. So far I am really like I.F. It's only been a week and I am definitely seeing a difference.
Also I am using an app called Zero. If you do I.F. i highly recommend it. It's what keeps me on track.
I do 16/8 generally and 24hr fast every so often. Haven't weighed myself but have lost and my A1C has gone down.
I think, in addition to feeling better overall, feeling my control over food, I also am liking NOT spinning about food since I essentially won't eat for those fasting hours.
I just had an annual physical with a new doctor. She was very thorough and I liked her: tiny little Indian woman. But unless I'm mistaken, doctors tend to be conservative and stick with the training they got in med school. So when I told her my dietary practice, she said that IF only works initially and I should divide the food I eat in the OMAD into three to five meals during the day. I disagree but didn't say so.
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Dr. Jason Fung has a book out about diet that includes discussion of IF. I skip breakfast and sometimes lunch whenever I feel I’ve had too much to eat and feel bloated. I lost five pounds skipping breakfast and eating lightly for lunch for a week earlier this year. I have never actually dieted but would like to trim up a bit. This seems to work. Feeling better physically seems to be directly correlated to feeling better emotionally. Fung debunks a number of so-called myths about diet.
Dr. Jason Fung has a book out about diet that includes discussion of IF. I skip breakfast and sometimes lunch whenever I feel I’ve had too much to eat and feel bloated. I lost five pounds skipping breakfast and eating lightly for lunch for a week earlier this year. I have never actually dieted but would like to trim up a bit. This seems to work. Feeling better physically seems to be directly correlated to feeling better emotionally. Fung debunks a number of so-called myths about diet.
Fung debunks a lot of myths and much of what he says makes sense to me. For some, it doesn't matter, they will stick to their beliefs and try to debunk him. That is their prerogative of course but simple logic and what I've experienced with IF tells me that it is beneficial in several ways. It gives your endocrine and digestive systems a much-needed rest. It allows the body to heal itself. It allows you to burn fat. I do admit it is unthinkable for many which is why so many would never do it. Humans do not need to eat multiple meals per day unless they are underweight and malnourished. Most of us have the opposite problem. When you can't burn the food you eat right away, it is stored as fat. The reason to store fat is quite obvious but many ignore it, it is to provide us with energy when we need it. That energy will never be needed used if you keep stuffing food in your mouth. If you run on sugar (glucose), on a regular (SAD) diet, the carbohydrates you eat are stored in the muscles and tissues as glycogen. The body on average stores about 500g or 2000 calories of glycogen. The basal metabolic rate or the number of calories people burn while resting differs according to several factors such as gender, age, and weight. IF changes all of that. It allows you to burn your own stored energy. If the amount of glycogen is low, it will turn to fat, if it is not low, you can burn glycogen before it gets stored.
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