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"It's just giving your body a 24 hr period to engage in autophagy and clear out some of the junk; you make up the calories on the other days." Very true. Peopl
by nxsynonym 9y ago
"It's just giving your body a 24 hr period to engage in autophagy and clear out some of the junk; you make up the calories on the other days."
Very true. People don't realize that calories don't "reset' after the day ends. Net calorie gain/loss is best measure on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. If you stay under target for 3 days then binge two full pizzas, you aren't actually going to lose anything.
- buserror 9y agoThat's not exactly true, if you actually fast for 3 days, even two pizzas won't make up for the lost calories of a 3 days fast, and it's very likely won't be able to eat 2 pizzas in one go.. I know, I fast regularly (I'm days 2 of a 5 day one at the minute) and I do eat quite a lot when I'm not fasting, and despite what everyone will tell you, I don't 'put back the weight immediately' -- even if I have a nice binge dinner on day 5. In fact, after quite a few years of fasting very intermittently (I do perhaps 4 a year), I know I can't eat as much as I used to, and I don't 'creep' up as I used to when I started. I'm a LOT dryer than I was, and I can still enjoy a 32 ounce steak (!) when I feel like one.
- nxsynonym 9y agoTrue, but this article is in reference to IF, not extended fasting. Generally IF is done daily, with a feeding window of 8-10 hours and the other 14-16 are for fasting. Not many people incorporate 2-3 day fasts into their diet.
- andygates 9y agoAt least averaging out means it's easier to account for those pizzas in th eocming days. But wait, that's just ordinary calorie-controlled dieting, not sexy enough for a book...!