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Why are you doing it? What benefits to you expect to make up for the struggle?
by tom_mellior 8y ago
Why are you doing it? What benefits to you expect to make up for the struggle?
- nothrabannosir 8y agoIf I’m being totally honest: probably because I like trying new things and this is fun. I could retroactively justify this with stories about HGH, general alertness, longevity, health, improved eating patterns, but I’d probably be lying to myself. It’s a challenge that’s nicely orthogonal to the rest of my routine, so it’s fun. Plus some people I trust said it was “good for your health”, so I didn’t bother to look further and just took their word for it.
- bonesss 8y agoIf you're eating carbs and fasting it will be a struggle -- worth it or not, who knows. Most of the intermittent fasters I've been following aren't going through some masochistic daily hunger-torture. They're just eating more "paleo" or "keto" so their diet is ripe with dietary fat. That makes going from three smaller, to two larger, or even a single huge meal a matter of habit that can be changed in a couple weeks. It's also unproblematic to "cheat" on the fast when need arises. The idea is just to clock as much 'fasted' time as pragmatic.