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> For eight hours from midday until evening (the exact times shift a little based on my waking and sleeping schedule; 2PM to 10PM is a pretty common schedule fo
by jff 9y ago
> For eight hours from midday until evening (the exact times shift a little based on my waking and sleeping schedule; 2PM to 10PM is a pretty common schedule for me), I eat like a responsible adult. Minimal junk food, desserts in moderation, try to make my meals balanced, don't eat too much sugar or simple carbs. I don't deny myself anything I crave, generally speaking, but I try not to eat garbage.
So if you shift your example schedule two hours back to 12PM-8PM, isn't that just saying "I don't eat breakfast any more"? Lunch at noon, dinner at 6, a snack in between meals, and dessert at 7:30 would fit all the criteria you laid out, and indeed is something I end up doing pretty frequently, just without a faddish name like "intermittent fasting".
- SwellJoe 9y agoI call it that, too, in the very comment you've replied to: "Skipping breakfast was easiest for me". The faddish name makes it easy to google for research on the topic. You can, of course, call it whatever you like. I'm not advocating anything, I'm just sharing what I'm doing. That said, the name does have useful meaning and context. "Fasting" hints at the metabolic response you're trying to achieve with the practice, in a way that maybe saying "skip breakfast" doesn't. And, the word "fasting" has thousands of years of history, which can also be mined for information; it's even part of the word, "breakfast". "Skip breakfast" leaves room for "but, I had a donut at the 10AM meeting".