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Intermittent Fasting
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Always good to have a bit of a shakeup.
40 hours into a fast, not sure if i wanna do 48 or 72 hours, no real plan. Will see later.
I didn't believe people when they say it becomes easier but shet. After being on a 20/4 , 23/1 for 1 1/2 months and previously done a 72 hr fast and 36 hr fast... it really does get easier.
Brief little summary for anyone interested:
20 hours - Fine as per my normal eating habits.
24 hours - Dinner time, this was tough, the habit and hunger sets in. To counter, bit of salt water + green tea.
36 hours - Great nights sleep and woke up with no hunger at all. Usual cup of black coffee and off to work
40 hours - Chilling at work, still not hungry. drinking my water, usually about 3 litres per day.
40 hours into a fast, not sure if i wanna do 48 or 72 hours, no real plan. Will see later.
I didn't believe people when they say it becomes easier but shet. After being on a 20/4 , 23/1 for 1 1/2 months and previously done a 72 hr fast and 36 hr fast... it really does get easier.
Brief little summary for anyone interested:
20 hours - Fine as per my normal eating habits.
24 hours - Dinner time, this was tough, the habit and hunger sets in. To counter, bit of salt water + green tea.
36 hours - Great nights sleep and woke up with no hunger at all. Usual cup of black coffee and off to work
40 hours - Chilling at work, still not hungry. drinking my water, usually about 3 litres per day.
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Very interesting read on how IF impacts women.
Very interesting read on how IF impacts women.
mercurial
MyBB Legend
Just in time for Ramadaan 
Nothing with calories or artificial sweeteners as they will trigger an insulin response regardless.. Black coffee or tea, apple cider vinegar is fine. Although technically your liver still needs to produce enzymes to digest anything non-water.. but they wont affect your weight..
Are you talking IF or longer fasts?
IF specifically..
Doesn't really matter. If you're on a keto diet, then obviously something low-carb.
Im not on keto and I have found if I break my fast with carbs I dont loose weight. From what I have gathered it has to do with sodium retention.
I am trying to find balance between burning fat and my calorie intake to be able to endurance swim 5 times a week..
Water retention because of sodium doesn't mean you aren't losing fat.
You'll have to monitor more closely than others who are more sedentary then. If you know what you expenditure is then you can track your deficit that way, but I'd look at using nothing more than a pre-workout supplement.
Then again, my knowledge on this is limited to low-carb mostly, so maybe speak to a sports expert.
Mephisto_Helix
Resident Postwhore
1pm daily (every.day) is a banting friendly smoothie and muffin and I'm working out an hour per day now with no ill effects .... don't know why I haven't been doing this for much longer
Mephisto_Helix
Resident Postwhore
2 days just weights and punchbag, the rest is 2km walk and some crossfit stuff to eat up remaining time
I'm kean to try this. I already don't eat past 20:00 in the evening apart from water and coffee/tea and during some mornings I can easily go till 10:00 - 11:00 without really feeling the need to have breakfast.
I'll have to cut milk from my coffee, but that's no biggy.
Questions:
1. How far does a cheat day set you back? Something like a client taking you out for breakfast, then it's kind of expected of you to eat.
2. What effect does alcohol have on this. Nothing hectic, just a couple of beers over the weekend and a bigish night once a month or even less.
3. Does this only work if you do low carb?
4. Must I actually eat less or must I eat the same amount per day but only restrict my eating to the 8 hour window? As in skip breakfast entirely or must I work the breakfast calories in somewhere in my 8 hour window?
I currently follow the so called 28 day eating plan and if I'm very strict I lose around 1 kg per week which is fine, but I want to see if I'm able to speed my weight loss up a bit. I'm currently on 126 kg and want to go down to at least 110 kg.
I'll have to cut milk from my coffee, but that's no biggy.
Questions:
1. How far does a cheat day set you back? Something like a client taking you out for breakfast, then it's kind of expected of you to eat.
2. What effect does alcohol have on this. Nothing hectic, just a couple of beers over the weekend and a bigish night once a month or even less.
3. Does this only work if you do low carb?
4. Must I actually eat less or must I eat the same amount per day but only restrict my eating to the 8 hour window? As in skip breakfast entirely or must I work the breakfast calories in somewhere in my 8 hour window?
I currently follow the so called 28 day eating plan and if I'm very strict I lose around 1 kg per week which is fine, but I want to see if I'm able to speed my weight loss up a bit. I'm currently on 126 kg and want to go down to at least 110 kg.
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APoc184
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1. In the bigger scheme of things it won't matter. Many people do IF for the week and then relax a bit over the weekend with family and friends. But of course consistency is key and you really don't need to have breakfast. Works a charm to just have a black coffee while the others eat. Done it myself many many times.
2. Again, bigger scheme it won't matter if you occasionally have a few. The big nights I would try to totally avoid. For several reasons obviously.
3. It works even better on low carb because fats and protein fill you up quicker and keeps you satiated for so much longer.
4. No need to eat more at the meals. Just eat until you are full. Once you do longer fasts you find that you simply can't eat nearly close to what you usually do. If I tried eating my regular dinner after a 24hr+ fast I would be physically sick from it.
This isn't some magic on/off switch. In the end it really comes down to you eating less calories than you burn. And like any successful diet the results are always more pronounced when consistency is the key factor.
Good luck with the weight loss. Perhaps set smaller goals along the way to the bigger goal. Perhaps 5kg lost before spring and another 5 before year end. Slow and easy so that it stays off.
2. Again, bigger scheme it won't matter if you occasionally have a few. The big nights I would try to totally avoid. For several reasons obviously.
3. It works even better on low carb because fats and protein fill you up quicker and keeps you satiated for so much longer.
4. No need to eat more at the meals. Just eat until you are full. Once you do longer fasts you find that you simply can't eat nearly close to what you usually do. If I tried eating my regular dinner after a 24hr+ fast I would be physically sick from it.
This isn't some magic on/off switch. In the end it really comes down to you eating less calories than you burn. And like any successful diet the results are always more pronounced when consistency is the key factor.
Good luck with the weight loss. Perhaps set smaller goals along the way to the bigger goal. Perhaps 5kg lost before spring and another 5 before year end. Slow and easy so that it stays off.
Thanks for your reply.
I ate just past 19:00 last night, this morning only a coffee so far and not even hungry yet, as said earlier I think this will suit me well.
Thanks, I already set smaller goals along the way, my next small goal is 125 by the end of this week.
I'm not even sure if 110 kg is my ultimate goal, I'll see how I look and feel once I reach that.
Madaboutbullterriers
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The magic is in the length of the fast so the longer the better - I have lost a total of 32kg in the last 9 months - I do not count calories or have any food restrictions the only thing I did was cut out my sugar in drinks and cut coke - replaced with sweetener and diet soda's - you can change up your times to suit yourself remember this is a lifestyle and not a diet. There is a very good facebook group called Delay Don't Deny - intermittent fasting lifestyle
Lifestyle is what I'm after, the 28 day eating plan I tried till now was more a diet and it's not really very sustainable. If I just take a break for a week or have 1 slip-up during the week, then I pick up weight again.
My experience is that a cheat day enhances the effects. Not more than 1 every 7 days. If you are doing low carb then switch it up for your cheat day and do low fat, high carb.