Anyone try intermittent fasting?

Me ^ | 6/13/2023 | Me

[adorno]

I go fast......

to my next meal.

[lefty-lie-spy]

Right…someone is totally going to read that. LOL.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I do it every week...36 hour fast...Sunday night through Tuesday morning. And so on through the week. Only consuming tea and bone broth and water a few times.

It's helpful. I follow Dr. Jason Fung's plan in his book, "The Diabetes Code".

My last A1c was 6.1...down from 7.5 six months prior.

[taxcontrol]

Yes, I do intermittent fasting between breakfast and lunch and between lunch and dinner. Cant say that I have seen much improvement.

/sarc

[Brooklyn Attitude]

Been doing it for about 2 years. I don’t eat between 7 PM and 12 Noon. After a few days your body gets used to the routine and you don’t feel hungry in the morning.

[gitmo]

I fasted M—F every week for two years.

I found it much easier than intermittent fasting.

[PeterPrinciple]

yes, I used to do it when I was a poor college student.

[tflabo]

I’m not one for fasting but I’ve been eating smaller portions - just enough to maintain my normal weight.

[ConservativeInPA]

I fast twice per day. I eat dinner, fast, eat breakfast and fast. I had weight problems beginning sitting down at a desk after I graduated college until about 10 years ago. Then I stopped all diets, ignored government recommendations, and laughed at research papers. I eat and drink fats (whole milk), lots of protein and vegetables. Probably the three most important things I do is I eat what my body craves, I eat in moderation and I rarely eat processed/packaged foods. Although, I do not give myself any restrictions in what I eat.

I lost 70 lbs in 2 1/2 years and have kept it off for nearly 8 years. My weight vacillates two to five pounds either side of 145 lbs.

I call this the old fashioned diet, as in when people didn’t diet or talk about diets.

[Openurmind]

Fasting for more than a couple days in a row is dangerous. I throws all kinds of systems out of sync and can damage you permanently.

Been there...

[Leaning Right]

I’m going to try that. Thanks for posting.
Bookmark.

[SaveFerris]

[ifinnegan]

Are you trying to lose weight?

[Jeff Chandler]

I rarely eat processed/packaged foods

You drink raw milk?

[BipolarBob]

And by the way, breads do the same damn thing those potatoes do.

Potatoes may not have a lot of nutritional value but they do have potassium which most Americans are short of these days. And don't say bananas. They have a minimum of potassium but lots of sugars. Potatoes have starches but starches are long chain sugars and metabolize much slower.

[Karoo]

I don’t count calories; I count carbs.

As a result, since Nov ‘23 my A1C went from 5.8 (diagnosed with pre-diabetes) to 5.4 (no diabetes)

[Jeff Chandler]

Just between snacks, yes

No so fast, Buddy.

[SaveFerris]

Had a friend that was a runner. Couldn’t lose the last 10 pounds he wanted.

I told him, if you’re serious, no eating after 6 p.m.

Popcorn, no butter or perhaps celery sticks or carrot sticks with nothing on them (I believe it burns more calories digesting than received).

He lost the extra 10 pounds in less than 2 weeks.

[Karoo]

The men on those carnivore YouTubes have a strong physique, not fat, not skinny...just like a man should be.

I go to vegan YouTube, men look puny.

[HerrBlucher]

Yep you got to keep hydrated. I drink a steady flow of flavored seltzer water. No calories no carbs and taste pretty good.