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In my experience IF is better thought of as a way to break bad eating habits, not as a direct way to lose weight. Merely eating the same amount of food but in a

In my experience IF is better thought of as a way to break bad eating habits, not as a direct way to lose weight. Merely eating the same amount of food but in a certain time frame (which is what a lot of people end up doing) doesn’t accomplish much in terms of weight loss. But I have found it successful in breaking bad habits, which results in weight loss indirectly. For example, I had a bad habit of eating a large breakfast 1-2 hours within waking up. I was never really that hungry, but it was just something I did out of habit. Doing an IF routine made me realize that I’m not actually that hungry in the morning and can get by until 10-11am on just a coffee with milk.

throwaway290 1y ago
Coffee with milk is not breaking IF?
- keiferski 1y ago
  I didn’t elaborate enough in my comment. Basically I mean that I stopped eating breakfast with IF and then gradually realized a coffee with milk was enough to serve as a replacement. The point being that rigidly sticking to IF rules is less useful than just using it as a way to reset your eating habits. (At least in my experience.)
- paulpauper 1y ago
  calories= breaking the fast
somenameforme 1y ago
I'd agree and generalize that intermittent fasting is a great way to remind yourself that that feeling in your stomach when you get hungry doesn't mean you need to eat now. In fact, there's no real rush whatsoever. The first time I did a 24 hour fast, it was brutal and I treated myself to a feast at the end which I rapidly gobbled down. After doing intermittent fasting for a few years, I have accidentally fasted for 24+ hours multiple times. And after you do it for a while, it makes it clear that this whole modern thing of 3 meals a day, let alone with snacking, is really just weird.
calmbonsai 1y ago
I'd go further and say adopting any sort of diet regimen is useful for identifying and correcting bad eating habits. Even if the diet ends up being a temporary discipline. Having any high duty-cycle behavior go from un-tracked to tracked and from (largely) unconscious habitual practice to conscious practice can be a real eye opener.

throwaway290 1y ago

Coffee with milk is not breaking IF?

keiferski 1y ago
I didn’t elaborate enough in my comment. Basically I mean that I stopped eating breakfast with IF and then gradually realized a coffee with milk was enough to serve as a replacement. The point being that rigidly sticking to IF rules is less useful than just using it as a way to reset your eating habits. (At least in my experience.)
paulpauper 1y ago
calories= breaking the fast

somenameforme 1y ago

I'd agree and generalize that intermittent fasting is a great way to remind yourself that that feeling in your stomach when you get hungry doesn't mean you need to eat now. In fact, there's no real rush whatsoever. The first time I did a 24 hour fast, it was brutal and I treated myself to a feast at the end which I rapidly gobbled down. After doing intermittent fasting for a few years, I have accidentally fasted for 24+ hours multiple times. And after you do it for a while, it makes it clear that this whole modern thing of 3 meals a day, let alone with snacking, is really just weird.

calmbonsai 1y ago

I'd go further and say adopting any sort of diet regimen is useful for identifying and correcting bad eating habits. Even if the diet ends up being a temporary discipline. Having any high duty-cycle behavior go from un-tracked to tracked and from (largely) unconscious habitual practice to conscious practice can be a real eye opener.