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If anyone has done this without trying or wanting to lose weight (ie, for some other purpose), could you share more? What was your goal? Did you reach it? For 2

If anyone has done this without trying or wanting to lose weight (ie, for some other purpose), could you share more? What was your goal? Did you reach it? For 24+ hour fasts, did you deliberately compensate by eating more before and after?

losteric 7y ago
I do - partially for experimental treatment of autoimmune conditions, but mostly just a way of life (no goal). 18h regularly, 24h maybe weekly, 36h occasionally. Nothing planned in advance. It's really not that complicated - remember the last time you delayed eating because it wasn't convenient? I just do that with less tolerance for what constititues "inconvenience" and greater tolerance of hunger. Breakfast by eating to satiation, same as any other meal.
matwood 7y ago
I started IF with the plan of simply trying to be healthier. I'm big into fitness and read that even at the same calorie levels, there was a study where people who IF got leaner while staying around the same weight. So with those two items in mind I decided to give it a try a couple of years ago. For me, skipping breakfast ended up meaning less calories overall. I did lose some weight, but in a good way. My lifting/cycling/jiu-jitsu training were all positively impacted mainly because I was leaner. I used to be a person who woke up hungry and would immediately eat breakfast. Now hunger isn't really something I notice. Sometimes it will be early afternoon before I think about eating. I learned a lot about my personal nutrition. If I eat poorly the day before, I notice more hunger the next day during IF. Experiencing this feedback loop helps to re-enforce to not eat poorly even during an eating window. So, I hit my two initial goals and will continue to use IF for the ongoing health benefits (anti-inflammation). My weight stabilized ~10 pounds less from where I started, but I did not lose much if any muscle.

losteric 7y ago

I do - partially for experimental treatment of autoimmune conditions, but mostly just a way of life (no goal). 18h regularly, 24h maybe weekly, 36h occasionally. Nothing planned in advance. It's really not that complicated - remember the last time you delayed eating because it wasn't convenient? I just do that with less tolerance for what constititues "inconvenience" and greater tolerance of hunger. Breakfast by eating to satiation, same as any other meal.

matwood 7y ago

I started IF with the plan of simply trying to be healthier. I'm big into fitness and read that even at the same calorie levels, there was a study where people who IF got leaner while staying around the same weight. So with those two items in mind I decided to give it a try a couple of years ago. For me, skipping breakfast ended up meaning less calories overall. I did lose some weight, but in a good way. My lifting/cycling/jiu-jitsu training were all positively impacted mainly because I was leaner. I used to be a person who woke up hungry and would immediately eat breakfast. Now hunger isn't really something I notice. Sometimes it will be early afternoon before I think about eating. I learned a lot about my personal nutrition. If I eat poorly the day before, I notice more hunger the next day during IF. Experiencing this feedback loop helps to re-enforce to not eat poorly even during an eating window. So, I hit my two initial goals and will continue to use IF for the ongoing health benefits (anti-inflammation). My weight stabilized ~10 pounds less from where I started, but I did not lose much if any muscle.