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_When_ you eat your food has never directly related to weight loss, but by restricting your eating window, it is easier psychologically to not exceed your calor

by itake 6y ago

_When_ you eat your food has never directly related to weight loss, but by restricting your eating window, it is easier psychologically to not exceed your calorie limits for a given day than trying to stay within the calorie limit, but eating whenever you want. I am curious if there is a study on if participants that use IF alongside calorie restrictive diet are able lose weight faster than people that don't fast.

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bostonvaulter2 6y ago
As well as checking if that is a more long-term sustainable diet
kelnos 6y ago
I'm curious about that as well. My girlfriend and I do 18:6 intermittent fasting (she's very strict about it while I'm... less so). We also get a decent amount of exercise, and while I don't count calories anymore, I do try to limit my calorie intake. That, plus shifting from eating out a lot to cooking nearly every day during COVID restrictions has caused me to lose 15-20 lbs. I'd tried intermittent fasting in the past, without making any dietary changes, and it never did anything. The only thing that's consistently allowed me to lose weight has been changing my diet. IF probably helps me, due to the psychological effect you mentioned.
voisin 6y ago
> _ When_ you eat your food has never directly related to weight loss I am not sure this is true. Insulin levels rise naturally just before waking, and apparently the same calories consumed at breakfast as at lunch has a different impact on fat accumulation. The general theme I keep coming across is that calories in, calories out is too simplistic and that weight loss is driven by hormones which fluctuate with the circadian cycle and _what_ you eat with respect to those calories.
- itake 6y ago
  The original article agrees with my statement. Can you provide other sources that say otherwise?
  - voisin 6y ago
    Time-restricted feeding with daily caloric intake set equal to caloric needs of the individual showed a decrease in fat mass. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5064803/?report=reader https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5064803/?report...

by itake 6y ago

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bostonvaulter2 6y ago

As well as checking if that is a more long-term sustainable diet

kelnos 6y ago

I'm curious about that as well. My girlfriend and I do 18:6 intermittent fasting (she's very strict about it while I'm... less so). We also get a decent amount of exercise, and while I don't count calories anymore, I do try to limit my calorie intake. That, plus shifting from eating out a lot to cooking nearly every day during COVID restrictions has caused me to lose 15-20 lbs. I'd tried intermittent fasting in the past, without making any dietary changes, and it never did anything. The only thing that's consistently allowed me to lose weight has been changing my diet. IF probably helps me, due to the psychological effect you mentioned.

voisin 6y ago

> _ When_ you eat your food has never directly related to weight loss I am not sure this is true. Insulin levels rise naturally just before waking, and apparently the same calories consumed at breakfast as at lunch has a different impact on fat accumulation. The general theme I keep coming across is that calories in, calories out is too simplistic and that weight loss is driven by hormones which fluctuate with the circadian cycle and _what_ you eat with respect to those calories.

itake 6y ago
The original article agrees with my statement. Can you provide other sources that say otherwise?
- voisin 6y ago
  Time-restricted feeding with daily caloric intake set equal to caloric needs of the individual showed a decrease in fat mass. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5064803/?report=reader https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5064803/?report...