Questions for Intermittent Fasters.

[Suburban_Guy]

When I was doing it fully few years ago I was doing 16:8, eating from noon to 8.

Definitely takes getting used to at first since you get hangry and tired. But your body adjusts.

Now I do periodic fasting through the week depending on how I feel. Past month I've been eating only once a day most days, dinner.

I don't know about benefits for me personally besides helping me lose weight.

I did read thought that IF can damage heart muscle so not sure how it'll affect me long term.

[JerZ]

I *sort of* IF.

Many times I don't eat breakfast, which means I have a small snack at around 8PM (for whatever reason, I always want a little bite then) but then don't begin eating again until 12PM or so the next day. So that's "fasting" for 16 hours/day, and distribute my food for a period of 8 hours/day - with the bulk within a 5-hour window and then just that small snack later.

I tried eating breakfast for years, believing all the common wisdom about how important it is. I consistently felt sluggish and ick-oid, and very hungry, even if it was a low carb/high protein breakfast.

So now if I do eat breakfast it's about 100 calories...a yogurt or something...but other times I'll skip it altogether.

I do it because this is what makes my body happy and keeps me functioning well. I have done this naturally since the 70s and only heard of IF as of a few years ago.

[L2DB]

Originally Posted by photobuff42

How does your morning cup of coffee fit into this? I usually have two large cups with half and half or dairy dust with about a quarter teaspoon of inulin fiber instead of sugar.

I believe the threshold I've seen is something around 25-35 calories where that or below isn't enough to take you out of the "fasted" state. Enough for a little cream or whatever.

[Ginge McFantaPants]

I tried it for a while where you eat your first meal later in the day, but just couldn't seem to adapt. It's so much easier to just eat a light, early dinner and then fast until breakfast the next morning.