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FWIW, I've done a ~20 hour fast for the last few months. Eating in a 4 hour window from 6pm to 10pm approx. This diet isn't practical if you're doing any seri

by wooger 11y ago

FWIW, I've done a ~20 hour fast for the last few months. Eating in a 4 hour window from 6pm to 10pm approx. This diet isn't practical if you're doing any serious exercise, either in the morning, or late evening (during after the eating window), so I often have to cheat and eat lunch, or otherwise extend the window on days when I'm exercising. Otherwise it's surprising easy to stick to with a coffee or two for comfort, and I've lost a significant amount of weight: * It's hard to eat enough calories to gain / maintain my (over)weight in 4 hours, at least if I stick to whole, fresh, real food. Some days I can hit a ~1000 calory deficit according to my calculations. * I find it easy to go to sleep on a full-ish stomach, which helps a great deal compared to other diets.

swalsh 11y ago
I maintained a 1500 calorie diet for a year a few years ago. I'd pretty much just skip lunch every other day, and on the days I ate i'd go to chipotle and get hardshell tacos with just the fajita peppers, lettuce, and the mild salsa. By skipping the cheese, meat, and beans the calorie count is VERY low. Eventually I lost 30 pounds. It's not the crazy amounts some people lost, but it was significant for me. Today though, 1500 seems to be my normal. If I go much above it, I start to gain. I think that's the risk of doing it this way. Your body seems to get used to the reduced count for some reason.
- klue07 11y ago
  > Your body seems to get used to the reduced count for some reason. It's called "starvation response." Being at a caloric deficit for a long period of time makes your body think that it is going to starve to death. Therefore it reduces your metabolism in response to the lack of calories you intake. This is why having a cheat day every once in a while is actually physically good for your body not just psychologically.
  - capisce 11y ago
    Maybe this reduced metabolism is good for longevity?

by wooger 11y ago

swalsh 11y ago

I maintained a 1500 calorie diet for a year a few years ago. I'd pretty much just skip lunch every other day, and on the days I ate i'd go to chipotle and get hardshell tacos with just the fajita peppers, lettuce, and the mild salsa. By skipping the cheese, meat, and beans the calorie count is VERY low. Eventually I lost 30 pounds. It's not the crazy amounts some people lost, but it was significant for me. Today though, 1500 seems to be my normal. If I go much above it, I start to gain. I think that's the risk of doing it this way. Your body seems to get used to the reduced count for some reason.

klue07 11y ago
> Your body seems to get used to the reduced count for some reason. It's called "starvation response." Being at a caloric deficit for a long period of time makes your body think that it is going to starve to death. Therefore it reduces your metabolism in response to the lack of calories you intake. This is why having a cheat day every once in a while is actually physically good for your body not just psychologically.
- capisce 11y ago
  Maybe this reduced metabolism is good for longevity?