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amother
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Wed, Feb 12 2020, 10:02 am
So I've been doing a 16:8 fasting pattern for about 2-3 weeks now. Not much of a formal diet plan for while I'm eating, though "trying" to be "Good" and eat more protein than carbs, but . I had lost 2lbs in the first week, but in the next 2 weeks I've basically stayed the same weight. Is this typical? I'm trying to figure out if this diet is really worth my time. I'm not sure I can commit to a full keto lifestyle right now.
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amother
Amethyst
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Wed, Feb 12 2020, 10:07 am
IF works best w/eating low carb.
Not necessarily keto.
I am slowly but steadily loosing, but doing 13 hour fasts every day.
Meaning, ex: No eating 10pm-11am, occasionally I will do a 16 hr fast.
But again , I am also in the beginning of this, not sure how it’ll play out long term and I am also sticking to low carb eating.
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amother
Pearl
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Wed, Feb 12 2020, 10:08 am
I found I lost slowly. Approx 1 lb per week or 10 weeks when starting. I then stopped losing. I still have 5 lbs to lose.
I’ve been doing it now for 6 months now - and only lost the first 2.5 months but I’m staying on it so I at least don’t gain it back.
I am not careful about what I eat. If I was I assume I’d start losing again.
I also do 16:8 - I eat 1:30-9:30.
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flowerpower
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Wed, Feb 12 2020, 10:11 am
I do the 16:8 just as a healthy lifestyle. I feel much better not eating after 6 pm. I would not call it a diet. If you want to lose weight add something to it like drink only water and stay away from bad carbs and junk.
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amother
Brunette
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Wed, Feb 12 2020, 10:26 am
amother [ Pearl ] wrote: | I found I lost slowly. Approx 1 lb per week or 10 weeks when starting. I then stopped losing. I still have 5 lbs to lose.
I’ve been doing it now for 6 months now - and only lost the first 2.5 months but I’m staying on it so I at least don’t gain it back.
I am not careful about what I eat. If I was I assume I’d start losing again.
I also do 16:8 - I eat 1:30-9:30. |
That's close to the window that I was doing. I found it much easier to skip food in the morning than in the evening. I'm never hungry for breakfast anyhow.
But my doctor told me this would work best if I stopped eating at least 3 hours before bed. So unless you go to bed 12:30 or later, you might want to push your window back a little and see if that alone might be enough to help with some weight loss rather than making major food choice changes.
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amother
Pearl
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Wed, Feb 12 2020, 10:29 am
amother [ Brunette ] wrote: | That's close to the window that I was doing. I found it much easier to skip food in the morning than in the evening. I'm never hungry for breakfast anyhow.
But my doctor told me this would work best if I stopped eating at least 3 hours before bed. So unless you go to bed 12:30 or later, you might want to push your window back a little and see if that alone might be enough to help with some weight loss rather than making major food choice changes. |
Supper At 9:00 is the only meal I eat with DH. It’s not worth it to give that up.
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SuperWify
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Wed, Feb 12 2020, 10:30 am
Just started it. I’m doing 6:30-10:30. The problem is that I feel dizzy and lightheaded in the morning
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amother
Pearl
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Wed, Feb 12 2020, 10:38 am
SuperWify wrote: | Just started it. I’m doing 6:30-10:30. The problem is that I feel dizzy and lightheaded in the morning |
You start eating 6:30 pm?
Drink a ton. I do cinnamon tea, apple spice tea and fruit herbal teas. Water. You can also do lemon water.
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amother
Babypink
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Wed, Feb 12 2020, 10:40 am
amother [ OP ] wrote: | So I've been doing a 16:8 fasting pattern for about 2-3 weeks now. Not much of a formal diet plan for while I'm eating, though "trying" to be "Good" and eat more protein than carbs, but . I had lost 2lbs in the first week, but in the next 2 weeks I've basically stayed the same weight. Is this typical? I'm trying to figure out if this diet is really worth my time. I'm not sure I can commit to a full keto lifestyle right now. |
Are you following the 8 hours diet book? The author says to do some cardio excercize for 8 minutes before eating the first meal of the day.
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amother
OP
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Wed, Feb 12 2020, 3:08 pm
amother [ Babypink ] wrote: | Are you following the 8 hours diet book? The author says to do some cardio excercize for 8 minutes before eating the first meal of the day. |
Not so simple for me to do when I'm at work around lunchtime
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SuperWify
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Thu, Feb 13 2020, 2:13 pm
amother [ Pearl ] wrote: | You start eating 6:30 pm?
Drink a ton. I do cinnamon tea, apple spice tea and fruit herbal teas. Water. You can also do lemon water. |
Stop at 6:30 pm start the next morning at 10:30. I usually eat breakfast at 8:30/9. Today at the gym at 10:15 I completely blacked out...
I drink lemon and water always.
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elisheva25
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Thu, Feb 13 2020, 2:19 pm
SuperWify wrote: | Stop at 6:30 pm start the next morning at 10:30. I usually eat breakfast at 8:30/9. Today at the gym at 10:15 I completely blacked out...
I drink lemon and water always. |
That’s too many hours especially for beginning fasting and you are working out ...
Too much
630pm-730am is 13 hrs. It’s recommend that you get used to 13 hr fasts before staring 16.
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SuperWify
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Thu, Feb 13 2020, 3:37 pm
elisheva25 wrote: | That’s too many hours especially for beginning fasting and you are working out ...
Too much
630pm-730am is 13 hrs. It’s recommend that you get used to 13 hr fasts before staring 16. |
That’s a good idea. Maybe I’ll stop 7:30 (6:40 is too early...) and start 9:30
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amother
Navy
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Thu, Feb 13 2020, 8:01 pm
I did 16:8 for a few weeks. I even did 24 hrs IF once a week for 2 weeks. I did not loose weight. This is with eating very healthy and excersizing 3 times a week. It was very frustrating.
But this is only my experience. I hope u have better luck.
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amother
Fuchsia
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Thu, Feb 13 2020, 11:16 pm
I do alternate day fasting and loving it.
I love not having meal plan on fast days. And I feel perfectly fine.
I hate hate calorie counting. This is a dream for me
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amother
Taupe
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Fri, Feb 14 2020, 1:20 am
SuperWify wrote: | Stop at 6:30 pm start the next morning at 10:30. I usually eat breakfast at 8:30/9. Today at the gym at 10:15 I completely blacked out...
I drink lemon and water always. |
If you blacked out, you are doing something very dangerous. Your body can't handle this, no matter how many success stories you've heard from other people.
Stop it. Don't be stupid.
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SuperWify
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Fri, Feb 14 2020, 7:27 am
amother [ Taupe ] wrote: | If you blacked out, you are doing something very dangerous. Your body can't handle this, no matter how many success stories you've heard from other people.
Stop it. Don't be stupid. |
Thanks.
I’ve been blacking out and getting dizzy spells lately even before I started this. I’m going to the doctor next week for blood work. I’m going to go back to eating breakfast but not eating after dinner is not dangerous.
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Chana Miriam S
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Sun, Feb 16 2020, 10:38 pm
SuperWify wrote: | Thanks.
I’ve been blacking out and getting dizzy spells lately even before I started this. I’m going to the doctor next week for blood work. I’m going to go back to eating breakfast but not eating after dinner is not dangerous. |
No one would tell you to start fasting when you have this black out problem that is not a normal fasting problem. And dr Fung would say not to in these circumstances. Figure out what’s wrong with you while eating well.
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