3 ms·
I've been doing intermittent fasting for years now, and I've not continued to lose weight past a small initial drop. Only way I can lose weight is if I also st
by didibus 3y ago
I've been doing intermittent fasting for years now, and I've not continued to lose weight past a small initial drop.
Only way I can lose weight is if I also start restricting calories.
- stronglikedan 3y agoEveryone's different. I did IF for 6 months and lost to the point of being gaunt, so I had to stop. It seems to have changed my metabolism for the better, because now I can eat what I want (mostly pizza and ice cream) without gaining weight. Of course, I don't overeat, or I would gain weight.
- pc86 3y agoIntermittent fasting doesn't suddenly change the laws of thermodynamics. Of course if you still eat 2,500 calories a day you will likely gain weight unless you already have a lot of muscle (but if you do, you likely know what you're doing enough that you're not reading this article actually hoping to learn anything). The point is that IF makes it easier to reduce calories, in part psychologically but also in part because it's just a lot harder to eat 3,000 calories in 4 hours than it is to eat 3,000 calories in 12 hours.
- paulpauper 3y agoYeah this is what people often forget. In the end it comes down to calories in vs. out. Unless IF revs up metabolism in some way, which the evidence suggests it does not. No free lunch, sorry.