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IF coaches have reported that women tend to want to break the fast ~2 hours earlier than men. Men can generally make it 16 hours and women make it to 14 before
by doublerebel 11y ago
IF coaches have reported that women tend to want to break the fast ~2 hours earlier than men. Men can generally make it 16 hours and women make it to 14 before the hunger really sets in. This has been my experience also, but I don't know the root cause.
- agentgt 11y agoMy anecdotal experience is that my wife and various other females seem to loose more weight with additional meals earlier in the day. My next observation is that perhaps post fast my wife and others seem binge more often (again just an observation). For me after I fast its almost impossible for me to pack 2k calories in 4 hours IF I eat healthy. I feel disgustingly full but my wife doesn't. The other thing is my wife also prefers to eat before working out which I do not like at all. I read an article like this recently that might be the reason why: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3388628/Men-exercise-eating-women-burn-fat-scientists-reveal.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3388628/Men-exerci...
- vlasev 11y agoMy girlfriend and I are both dancers and whenever we have a hard training session she prefers to eat about 1.5-2 hours beforehand while for me it's more like 2.5-3 to feel the most comfortable. Just an anectode.
- munchbunny 11y agoFrom my anecdotal experience, that's approximately where the mental "hump" is. If you can push past that point, the hunger becomes background noise, and maintaining the fast becomes easier.