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I've been doing intermittent fasting (16:8) since 2016 (9 years). I have a belly and am what you would call "a little chubby". I don't exercise that much (once
by wenc 1y ago
I've been doing intermittent fasting (16:8) since 2016 (9 years).
I have a belly and am what you would call "a little chubby". I don't exercise that much (once a week). I drink one black coffee in the morning.
After all these years of IF, net-net I haven't lost any weight, but I find if I stop IF (i.e. I start eating 3 meals a day), I feel sluggish. So in the absence of doing anything else, at least IF keeps my mind sharp.
p.s. the only times I've lost weight is when I've fasted once a week, cut out 50% of all carbs from diet, and starting lifting weights. I lost water weight at first, then plateaued because I gained muscle, then after that muscles did the work of burning excess calories.
I was that way for at least 3 years. Then I decided I loved food too much and added certain carbs back into my diet. These days I just do IF and nothing else, and my weight is stable.
- taeric 1y agoDid you keep up the weight lifting?
- alexey-salmin 1y agoYou can try long-distance running. 100km a week allows you to indulge extra 5000-8000k calories. I also enjoy food and always ate a lot (like 2 meals at lunch), and I was thin all the way up to 30 thanks to fast metabolism I guess. If I didn't start running 5 years ago my choice would be between severe cuts to my diet or obesity.
- AstroBen 1y agoGetting into cycling actually has me about to stop intermittent fasting. I go out and can burn 1200 calories in a few hours and that's hard to make up with an 8-hour eating window unless I want to start eating a bunch of junk food. Not trying to lose any more weight
- rkomorn 1y agoCycling 10-12 hours a week (and going pretty hard at it thanks to the many hills in the Bay Area) let me eat just about everything I wanted while still losing weight. If you have the time and enjoy it, there's no better way to be able to stuff yourself silly.
- peterldowns 1y ago"Try running 50+ miles a week in order to eat more" is an insane suggestion.
- alexey-salmin 1y agoWhy? Not that it's universally applicable, but if it works for you then why not.
- maccard 1y agoI fundamentally think pushing people who want to lose weight into cardio is a mistake. It’s definitely good for you but unless you know how to eat you are going to find yourself over eating very quickly
- BigGreenJorts 1y agoBeen upping my cardio recently for non weight reasons (just want to improve overall endurance for certain sports and heart health) man have I been feeling this. It's crazy how much just a little bit of extra cardio revs up my appetite. It's been about a week and I'm still figuring out how to manage it.
- alexey-salmin 1y agoI don't know, it's not an easy path but it works more often than fasting for people around me. Or you're suggesting exercise but of different kind?
- YZF 1y agoI think he's saying you'll compensate by eating more. Walking might be a better choice but no matter what you do you still need to control the intake of calories.
- maccard 1y agoYeah - walking solidly for an hour is going to max out at about 250 calories (unless you start hill walking or adding extra weight). A latte (not even a Starbucks-y sugary one) is about the same amount of calories. You should walk. It’s really good for you. But skipping the coffee break at the end will have more of an impact on your weight than the walk itself.
- maccard 1y agoIt’s way easier to avoid eating the calories than it is to exercise them off in practice. For most people exercise will cause them to feel hungry, and to eat. I’d you don’t know how much to eat you’ll end up having the wrong effect and gaining weight. It’s also way easier to just not eat the calories in the first place. A bag of potato chips or a tbsp of nut butter on a rice cake is roughly the equivalent of 15 minutes of running. Everyone should exercise and move but if it’s for weight loss diet is the way
- zihotki 1y agoYou can't outrun a bad diet
- pointlessone 1y ago100 km is like 12 hours. Probably much more if you’re just starting. 2h/day is quite a commitment.
- theshrike79 1y agoRelated Oatmeal comic about long-distance running: https://theoatmeal.com/comics/running https://theoatmeal.com/comics/running
- emrahcom 1y agoThe results are a bit different on my side. I've been doing intermittent fasting (23:1) since 2019 (~6 years). During this period, I did IF (46:2) for a year (one meal every two days). I have never been overweight in my life but I lost ~10 kg in the first year and my weight has remained stable since then. I haven't measured it, but my body fat percentage is probably around 15%. By the way I do moderate exercise every days. Walking at very slow speed for 3-4 hours or swimming for an hour. My muscle mass is always increasing, albeit slowly.
- HDThoreaun 1y agoI do 23:1 and even I think eating every other day is absolutely nuts. Theres no way you are productive the hour before that meal
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- testing22321 1y agoWhat are you eating? Soda? Chocolate? Sugar? Ice cream? You must be eating something extremely calorie dense to be maintaining weight.