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BBC1HD
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Yes, I do! If I eat a meal that is high fat or too carby/too much sugar it gives me the Hershey squirts.
And yes too the heartburn too but my triggers on that is spicy or too acidic.
It's just about getting the balance right and finding out what your triggers are.
But you aren't alone!
penpitstop
Well-known member
Does anyone have any experience of having tried both 5:2 and 16/8 (not at the same time obviously!)?If so which do they find more effective? I have always done 5:2 and it works really well for me. However I have a 3 month old and 500 calories a day with 4 hours broken sleep is not a form of torture I wish to inflict on myself!!!
Medium chain triglycerides - comes from a coconut but not the same as usual coconut oil so the many YouTube videos I’ve watched about it tell me
I use the one from Ancient & Brave
There is a Davina thread, some people are recommending it.
Flowergirl14
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Yes I lost 3 stone during lockdown.I do it without realising it. I started skipping breakfast as I was hungrier by lunch than if I didn't have it
I end up eating dinner left from night before for lunch then actual dinner and then fruit with moose like the low calorie aero or milky way. generally all is about 1400/1500 cals and I don't be hungry
I had coffee for breakfast and brunch at c.11am of scrambled eggs with salmon and then a home cooked meal at 5pm. I was doing the 16:8 diet without realising it!
Plus not going out for meals and drinks helped...
I was also a member of SW and joined their weekly zoom calls. The social element helped when stuck at home.
Just to say I have never followed SW's ethos or counted sons. Just love the comeraidaire and just feeling being accountable each week....stepping on those scales...
or JusRollWithIt
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Intermittent Fasting, 23 hours of the day is fasting, 1 hour is the eating window. Some also call it OMAD (one meal a day).
IAASA
Active member
How long did it take you until you felt ok to do this? Once I get too hungry I start feeling sick and dizzy
AlwaysSummer
Chatty Member
I do a version of it where I aim for 17-18+ hours of daily fasting combined with low food Monday (aiming to eat around 500-800kcal). My husband and I have done several fasts from Sunday night until Tuesday morning, however like you, my sleep was disrupted on Monday nights after a few of those. Hunger wasn’t a problem really, just felt wired. Doing low food Mondays works really well for me though. It’s a case of trial and error and seeing what works for you. I do find having a low food day ramps up weight loss and great for getting over plateaus. I can imagine adding a second day per week would work even better for weight loss.
Kezzle
Well-known member
Autophagy is the process of healing from within which is one of the benefits of IF, in fact weight loss is seen as a side effect of IF. I feel amazing when I do IF, I remember when I first started I felt a bit weird and it took a while to realise that for the first time in years I wasn't tired!
ladygardener
Active member
That's really good advice, I don't need to be all or nothing straight away! Thank you
veryfondoftea
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I only started last night but so far OK, I went 14 hours and will build that up more going forwards. Thanks for your advice.
Well done all. I am still doing 16:8 and this suits me.
I've not weighed myself, however my stomach feels less bloated, I'm not tired despite sleeping 4 hours last night. I usually do 11 to to 7pm. Yesterday I realised it was 12pm by the time I ate.
I am the same, I don't think I will have breakfast again especially as I used to have breakfast as soon as I got up.
I've not weighed myself, however my stomach feels less bloated, I'm not tired despite sleeping 4 hours last night. I usually do 11 to to 7pm. Yesterday I realised it was 12pm by the time I ate.
I am the same, I don't think I will have breakfast again especially as I used to have breakfast as soon as I got up.
call.me.coco
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I’m going to do 16:8 properly and build up from there once I have the consistency.
I want to lose weight and need to start somewhere.
I want to lose weight and need to start somewhere.
scantysandwich
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What did you decide in the end and how did you feel?
From personal experience I experiment with what works best for me in these kind of situations. There will always be something that throws us off schedule and coming up with strategies can be really helpful, and freeing. I find I tend to feel better if I fast longer before the big social meal. I know that after (the next day) I will struggle if there has been alcohol or lots of carbs involved and also eating late always makes me hungrier the next day. So I go easy on myself the next day and reset. Close my window at 5pm for example.
scantysandwich
VIP Member
Zero is good!
ouroboros
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I do 10-6 and it works really well. I exercise either before or after my food window and sleep so much better too. I find I’m generally a lot less bothered about food and often can’t even decide what I actually want to eat. There are the odd days when I could eat my own arm but I’m pretty certain that’s linked to my hormones and I let myself have what I want. Definitely recommend.
AlwaysSummer
Chatty Member
I followed her for awhile in Insta and unfollowed as she had a habit of not announcing ads/paid posts. She’s another Insta hun sales woman in disguise. Do you mean keeping snacking at bay in your eating window?