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Yes, one can use intermittent fasting to lose weight, but weight-loss usually only kicks in after 2-3 weeks. Citation needed. I personally know people who've l
by _pius 14y ago
Yes, one can use intermittent fasting to lose weight, but weight-loss usually only kicks in after 2-3 weeks.
Citation needed. I personally know people who've lost weight long term with quite brief periods of intermittent fasting.
- manmal 14y agoI read that somewhere in this ebook on IF, don't recall on which page (great resource btw, one of the few user-friendly books I've seen yet): http://www.precisionnutrition.com/intermittent-fasting http://www.precisionnutrition.com/intermittent-fasting I can't say anything about the people you mentioned. I myself had absolutely no progress when IFing for some days, only dizziness and irritability.
- pessimizer 14y agoI think he's saying after 2-3 weeks of intermittent fasting, not fasting for 2-3 weeks at a time intermittently. Anecdote alert, but I started doing alternate day fasting after I read the study, then 22 hour a day fasts after I read that people were having results with that. Went from 235 to 185 in 2 years (6' tall, fairly large build.) I'm not strict, and I go off it whenever I'm bored or severely tempted. I count any drink other than water as a snack, and watch the bread, potatoes, and cornstuffs when I am eating. Who knew it could be this easy? I hadn't really been an overeater for years, I just had never had time to starve.
- _pius 14y agoI think he's saying after 2-3 weeks of intermittent fasting, not fasting for 2-3 weeks at a time intermittently. Yup, I got that and I'm challenging it.
- pessimizer 14y agoJust making sure.
- _pius 14y agoThanks for the anecdote, by the way, very interesting.