Intermittent Fasting

[Randy77]

Hey! I do IF 23/1

Sugar will break your fast unfortunately .
I know it's not the same but I eventually got used to having my coffee black after about a week

How about skinny syrup? 0 calories? I can't drink black coffee without it.

 

[Lh1988]

is there anything you can drink in the evening that doesn’t break the fast? Also I vape currently as I’ve stopped smoking. Does vaping affect fasting?

 

[Larkingaboot]

Im really interested in 16:8 but do I have to aim for a low deficit in my eating window?

I could easily over eat my calories in that time frame so I'm
Struggling with what deficit to aim for in my eating window :/

 

[gossipgirlxxo]

My friend keeps telling me that by fasting, the next time I eat, my body will store it as fat because it’s in starvation mode. Why is there so much conflicting information?

 

[Peepynose]

Trying to get into fasting, been reading through this thread. I just wondered if anyone could recommend a free fasting app to help you track your fasts please? Thank you!

 

[Libbylulu]

Bumping this up as I’m interested in IF. How did you chose the time frames and what do you typically eat in a day?

 

[cowtastrophe]

Fab, thank you.

 

[TinyDancer2602]

Does anyone who does OMAD (or even the fasters) find that then when they do eat, their lower stomach/bowel makes crazy noises? Mine reacts so badly. Sometimes it even gives me the runs…been struggling with heartburn type symptoms of late with it too. Obviously I’ve googled, and thus have my self dead and buried as a result. Be good to hear if other people’s experiences are similar?!

 

[BBC1HD]

Thought that might be the case! Thank you

How are you finding IF?

 

[cowtastrophe]

I’m about to start 16:8 but I’m concerned about exercise. I do spin 2-3 early classes per week and I was worried about not eating before or after the class. Usually I’d have a banana before going then eggs on toast or something when I get back. There aren’t any later classes.

 

[Nipslips]

What does IF 23/1 mean?

 

[TinyDancer2602]

Thanks for your reply, good to hear other people have this too. I was definitely starting to over think the whole thing, I thought I’d ruined my stomach

 

[Randy77]

You will loose weight if you are in a calorie deficit.. if you are the same amount as before you restricted your eating times you will stay the same, if you eat less and put yourself into a calorie deficit you will loose weight. Have you calculated your calorie intake for weight loss and what you are consuming?

No, I've not calculated calories. May start after Christmas. At the moment, life is really busy and stressful.

 

[tarquin16]

Hello all, I’m back doing IF and finding it easier and can go longer 20+ hours if I put a tbsp of MCT oil in my black coffee in the morning (glass of water and electrolytes first). I actually lost 4lb the first three days but have struggled the past week as had one totally sleepless night with a migraine (PMT related I think) and my eating window had to be longer, MUCH longer. Back to it tomorrow. I like it as it’s not like SW where you have to have all the right foods in the house and no faffing about weighing things and counting cals plus the mental clarity feels amazing.

What's MCT oil? I'm new to fasting

 

[voice of reason]

Has anyone done IF? I'm on day 10 and absolutely loving it. I am doing 16:8. I'm currently WFH so eat breakfast at 11am, fruit or naked noodles around 2.30pm. Dinner is at 6pm with lots of water during the day.

My stomach is less bloated, I'm eating less but feel better for it.

I'm not sure if I'm doing the right thing in terms of the food I eat, but so far so good and I lost 3lbs in my first week.

Didn't work for me the days I wasn't fasting I ate double my usual amount of food

 

[SunsOutHunsOut]

Has anyone tried any of Davinia Taylor’s products? I’m tempted to get the Keto powder to help keep the urge to snack at bay!

 

[PennyPop]

Hi everyone, I hope you're all doing well! I've just come on for a quick bit of advice...I'm out for dinner this Friday and I'm wondering if it's more effective to have a long fast prior to going out, or a long fast post dinner? I fell off the wagon last weekend BIG time and I reeeeally don't want to fall off again because I was so disappointed and annoyed with myself. I want to try and be as prepared as possible!

 

[veryfondoftea]

Hi all, resurrecting this thread for some advice. I want to try IF for health reasons rather than weight loss. I read that you can have coffee and water while fasting, what are the rules around having a sugar in your coffee?! I don't want to go down the sweetener route but is having a sugar in my coffee going to ruin the effects of the fast?

 

[or JusRollWithIt]

Very fair. There is science supporting both sides and absolutely to each their own. I personally don’t eat for 16hours of the day. I don’t get hungry until I start eating and it’s easier for me to manage that hunger inside the shorter 8 window rather than try and keep it in check all day long. But it’s also another way for me to cater to a restrictive eating disorder so the idea of OMAD is as alluring as it is horrifying. Is it all in pursuit of weight loss, or just weight maintenance? Or is it going beyond weight management into other perceived bebefits?

trigger warning: disordered eating mentioned

Well, it’s more than weight loss for some. It is something that can help those with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.Others use it to help ease symptoms of inflammatory diseases. Some people who do not need or want to lose weight fast for the autophagy benefits, though that’s stepping into the territory of extended fasting rather than intermittent. Everything I have read warns against doing OMAD on an ongoing basis, so my comment wasn’t in defense of that or against what you stated in particular. There are myths that persist like calories in vs calories out, breakfast being the most important meal, your metabolism will tank if you fast, etc.

I do agree that certain aspects of fasting can trigger disordered eating, or as you say cater to eating disorders, which is why it’s not for everyone and you have to know yourself. But then I know others who have healed their relationship with food through fasting, as they say it cuts back on their cravings and some bingeing tendencies. I just think it shouldn’t be dismissed just because many, including those in the medical field (as well as meddling mother-in-laws ) try to convince you you are going to kill yourself by fasting.

 

[veryfondoftea]

Hey! I do IF 23/1

Sugar will break your fast unfortunately .
I know it's not the same but I eventually got used to having my coffee black after about a week

Thought that might be the case! Thank you