Fasting for Weight Loss (1 Viewer)

[glvsav37]

Just heard guys on the radio talking about a fasting program for weight loss. Something like 16 hours fasting, then ok to eat (sensibly) for 8. 

anyone do any type of fasting normally? IDK if I could go 16 hrs w/o eating something. that and there is just too much food always around I feel like I would crack. 

 

[Tecumseh]

Check the Keto thread. Tons of info on fasting in there.

 

[E-Z Glider]

Something like 16 hours fasting, then ok to eat (sensibly) for 8. 

anyone do any type of fasting normally?  

This is pretty much my everyday routine since I dont eat breakfast. I'm never hungry in the mornings.

 

[The Gator]

Just heard guys on the radio talking about a fasting program for weight loss. Something like 16 hours fasting, then ok to eat (sensibly) for 8. 

anyone do any type of fasting normally? IDK if I could go 16 hrs w/o eating something. that and there is just too much food always around I feel like I would crack. 

intermittent fasting, and it works especially well with a keto diet. 

https://forums.footballguys.com/forum/topic/756652-keto-ii/#comment-20189975

 

[Nugget]

Just heard guys on the radio talking about a fasting program for weight loss. Something like 16 hours fasting, then ok to eat (sensibly) for 8. 

anyone do any type of fasting normally? IDK if I could go 16 hrs w/o eating something. that and there is just too much food always around I feel like I would crack. 

A lot of those 16 hours you would be asleep.  Could you eat all of your food between 10am and 6PM?  Lunch at 11:30 and dinner at 7:00 gets you there if you can live on some black coffee in the morning.

IF isn't bad - I just finished my 2nd 36 hour fast yesterday and I'm looking at doing a 60 hour fast after labor day.

 

[mr. furley]

is this Ramadan for white people?

 

[glvsav37]

A lot of those 16 hours you would be asleep.  Could you eat all of your food between 10am and 6PM?  Lunch at 11:30 and dinner at 7:00 gets you there if you can live on some black coffee in the morning.

IF isn't bad - I just finished my 2nd 36 hour fast yesterday and I'm looking at doing a 60 hour fast after labor day.

are you losing weight or just part of your regular lifestyle?

 

[otb_lifer]

is this Ramadan for white people?

there are white Muslims ... it's a religion, not a race 

 

[mr. furley]

there are white Muslims ... it's a religion, not a race 

suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure there are, mister CIA man 

next you're going to tell me that maybe cocaine isn't for everybody

 

[otb_lifer]

suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure there are, mister CIA man 

Cat Stevens down? 

 

[abbottjamesr]

The GF and I have been doing IF for a couple months now with good success.  We are doing 18 hours fasting and 6 eating.  During the 6 eating we don't eat white carbs like rice, bread, pasta and stick to carbs low on the glycemic index like beans and such.

The GF has lost about 10 pounds in the last two months.  I have been using it to loose fat while maintaing my weight as I was more skinny fat than anything.  I have gone from 14% BF to around 9% and have maintained the same weight (6'4", 195).  

As mentioned above it works well with the low carb diet like keto as you don't really notice the hunger as much once you get used to not eating carbs.  Coffee also helps a lot and makes it very manageable.  I usually eat between 2pm and 8pm. 

 

[mr. furley]

Cat Stevens down? 

would have laid big money on him being dead

inshallah, we shall have 30 more years of Cat Stevens hits

 

[El Floppo]

is this Ramadan for white people?

seems mean.

 

[mr. furley]

seems mean.

i'd no idea @General Malaise had converted

 

[Wrigley]

This is pretty much my everyday routine since I dont eat breakfast. I'm never hungry in the mornings.

this

 

[Nugget]

are you losing weight or just part of your regular lifestyle?

I am losing weight. I am down 25 lbs in the last 13 weeks.  Eating low carb, high fat. Added walking and trying to convert to jogging. Trying to add fasting to help clear out bad/damaged cells. I would like to eventually work my way up to a 5 day fast 2x year.  I would also support an 8 hour feeding window all the time. I probably do this 2/3 of the time now with just coffee before noon. 

 

[JShare87]

I have been doing IF for the past year and a half. I've lost about 75 pounds and have kept it off. I also run now too, but IF is truly a lifestyle that I can stick with. I fast for 24 hours and only eat 1 big meal a day. On Sundays I cheat and get around 5-6,000 calories, so I fast for 48 hours after. I enjoy it and it is easy for me to do now that my body is used to it.

 

[Wrigley]

Start here

 

[El Floppo]

so given this IF stuff- the small meals every few hours thing... that's bad now, correct?

kinda been working for me since I stopped exercising regularly 10+ years ago. but I guess I'll have to give it up now.

 

[Nugget]

so given this IF stuff- the small meals every few hours thing... that's bad now, correct?

kinda been working for me since I stopped exercising regularly 10+ years ago. but I guess I'll have to give it up now.

I would go with what works for you. Different strokes for different folks.  I need to increase my insulin sensitivity so IF and periodic longer fasting works well for me. 

 

[El Floppo]

I would go with what works for you. Different strokes for different folks.  I need to increase my insulin sensitivity so IF and periodic longer fasting works well for me. 

I was mostly joking. the smaller, balanced/sensible meals thing has kept me essentially at stasis for 10+ years... I'm definintely not jumping ship. but it's always interesting to me to hear these new methods come out that seem to go against the previously considered best thoughts for this stuff. not saying this or any other method is wrong- just a funny, never-ending circle. always think of this

 

[General Malaise]

i'd no idea @General Malaise had converted

 

[Man in the yellow hat]

I've been doing this off and on for a while now. Typically, I target a Saturday/Sunday fast. So, skip breakfast Saturday morning, eat a meal around 12-1. To me that is very manageable. During the week, I'm usually breakfast, lunch, dinner kind of eater. Even just those weekends make a huge difference, combined with a high fat low carb diet.

 

[dino259]

Anybody mention it is @Otis approved?

 

[eoMMan]

Farting for weightloss?

 

[bigmarc27]

Take it from someone who lost a ton of weight and has kept it off almost a decade at this point... dieting isn't going to work. It's just not. If you truly want to lose weight, you have to change your lifestyle, and make that change permanent. I rarely eat sweets now, I haven't had a soft drink in almost a year and even then it's like 2-3 in a year tops. Alcohol is rare, like 1/2 drinks a month. These are things I needed to do, I did them, and I won't go back.  Being 6'1" 180 and doing without those things is much much much more enjoyable than being 290 lbs and gorging myself. 

You can drop a few lbs fasting, then you'll ping pong and gain it right back. 

 

[JShare87]

Take it from someone who lost a ton of weight and has kept it off almost a decade at this point... dieting isn't going to work. It's just not. If you truly want to lose weight, you have to change your lifestyle, and make that change permanent. I rarely eat sweets now, I haven't had a soft drink in almost a year and even then it's like 2-3 in a year tops. Alcohol is rare, like 1/2 drinks a month. These are things I needed to do, I did them, and I won't go back.  Being 6'1" 180 and doing without those things is much much much more enjoyable than being 290 lbs and gorging myself. 

You can drop a few lbs fasting, then you'll ping pong and gain it right back. 

IF is a lifestyle.

 

[bigmarc27]

IF is a lifestyle.

I'm going to agree to disagree here. You can do this for awhile, but what if you have a health affliction, or what if as your body ages it can't go 24 hours without calories?  The on/off cycle works for you now, but if you plan on living past a certain age, you'll have to change that. 

 

[Zegras11]

Farting for weightloss?

I saw this also

 

[Nugget]

I'm going to agree to disagree here. You can do this for awhile, but what if you have a health affliction, or what if as your body ages it can't go 24 hours without calories?  The on/off cycle works for you now, but if you plan on living past a certain age, you'll have to change that. 

I don't know why people couldn't IF for the long haul.  There have been benefits shown at 8-12 hour feeding windows.  I think most people could go from 8PM to 8am without eating.

 

[shifty]

I don't know why people couldn't IF for the long haul.  There have been benefits shown at 8-12 hour feeding windows.  I think most people could go from 8PM to 8am without eating.

I have always heard to not eat past 6 if you want to lose weight. Could be.

 

[ProstheticRGK]

I'm going to agree to disagree here. You can do this for awhile, but what if you have a health affliction, or what if as your body ages it can't go 24 hours without calories?  The on/off cycle works for you now, but if you plan on living past a certain age, you'll have to change that. 

Good for you, for your weight loss. And I agree with you that "diets", meaning short-term changes in eating habits rarely lead to sustainable change. I can vouch for that personally. However, I think a lot of really strong scientific research is coming out showing that fasting, intermittent and longer term, are actually very good for your body, not detrimental.

And I can say, having done multi-day fasts, with re-feed meals, that I have successfully established a new pattern/habit regarding food intake. I'm still in weight loss mode, not maintenance, but I can do this for the rest of my life and not feel at all like I'm missing out on anything. And if I get a little lazy/unhealthy with eating again, and put on a couple of lbs. on vacation, I know how easy it is to take it back off, before it turns into 20 lbs.

tl;dr- you found what works for you, but that doesn't mean everyone else is wrong. There's more things in heaven and on earth, Horatio, than are dreamed of in your philosophy.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Cat Stevens down? 

you're being blinded by a moonshadow....

 

[JShare87]

Good for you, for your weight loss. And I agree with you that "diets", meaning short-term changes in eating habits rarely lead to sustainable change. I can vouch for that personally. However, I think a lot of really strong scientific research is coming out showing that fasting, intermittent and longer term, are actually very good for your body, not detrimental.

And I can say, having done multi-day fasts, with re-feed meals, that I have successfully established a new pattern/habit regarding food intake. I'm still in weight loss mode, not maintenance, but I can do this for the rest of my life and not feel at all like I'm missing out on anything. And if I get a little lazy/unhealthy with eating again, and put on a couple of lbs. on vacation, I know how easy it is to take it back off, before it turns into 20 lbs.

tl;dr- you found what works for you, but that doesn't mean everyone else is wrong. There's more things in heaven and on earth, Horatio, than are dreamed of in your philosophy.

This. For the first time in my life I've found something that I can truly stick with. The best part about it is, nothing is off the table for me. I can eat whatever I want as long as I keep my daily caloric intake the same.

 

[otb_lifer]

you're being blinded by a moonshadow....

... Maybe You're Right

 

[The Gator]

I'm going to agree to disagree here. You can do this for awhile, but what if you have a health affliction, or what if as your body ages it can't go 24 hours without calories?  The on/off cycle works for you now, but if you plan on living past a certain age, you'll have to change that. 

Well, this isn't true. It's an excellent tool in a lifestyle change.

It's exceptionally good for your body/cells to be put through that stress.

 

[Bull Dozier]

Anybody mention it is @Otis approved?

At least it was briefly.

 

[Christo]

is this Ramadan for white people?

Ramada Inn accepts anyone.

 

[ChiefD]

you're being blinded by a moonshadow....

If I ever lose some weight,

I don't know if I'll feel great.

But if I ever lose some weight.

Oh I won't be heavy no more....

 

[El Floppo]

Well, this isn't true. It's an excellent tool in a lifestyle change.

It's exceptionally good for your body/cells to be put through that stress.

you mean there's no deep fat, steak, cream pies, hot fudge?

 

[the moops]

I eat dinner at 530 PM, and don't normally eat breakfast until at least 930 AM. Not sure this should be considered fasting though. 

 

[acarey50]

I eat dinner at 530 PM, and don't normally eat breakfast until at least 930 AM. Not sure this should be considered fasting though. 

If you're not consuming any calories between those two times, it essentially fits the 16/8 model of IF.

 

[wikkidpissah]

I didn't eat on Mondays for over 20 yrs. I'm the child of two formerly ginormous people and have been hungry every minute of my life. A late-meal burp and i'm hungry again. My dad, fat but fit due to a big chore ethic, said he was ever-ravenous well into his 80s, when metformin took away his sense of taste.

As a hippie, almost 50 yrs ago, i was turned on to Dr Arnold Ehret's Mucusless Diet which, if i remember it correctly, foresaw everything that is being seen as healthy today. Fasting was a big part of that. I went to fruits & seeds for a few months, made my own soy milk (which was not available anywhere then) even, but eventually saw better sense in cigarettes & cocaine for help with my impulse control.

Still saw the value in periodic fasting,. When i became a professional poker player, i kickstarted my zen each week by having a massage every Monday morning and consuming nothing but water w lemon - to cleanse poisons released by the massage - the rest of the day. Did that until i stopped smoking, which is when my hunger finally won out and enjoyed cheesesteaks & ice cream instead of women until i reached my present morbidly obese condition. There's a lesson in there somewhere, i just forgot what it is.....