Poll of the Day > Do you do intermittent fasting?

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Intermittent Fasting or IF is an eating schedule where you consume all your meals within a specific window, typically 8 hours or less. Meaning you would go 16+ hours between meals (including time asleep).

Some people find they naturally did IF before the 'trend' caught on.

An example of a 16:8 IF schedule would be to eat your first meal at 11:30 am and finish your last meal by 7:30 pm.

IF is possibly associated with positive health outcomes including better body composition, insulin sensitivity, sleep cycle regulation, and mood/cognition improvements.

While IF is often associated with wright loss, you can still maintain (or gain) weight while doing IF so long as your caloric intake is great enough.

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Crap I left out an option for "no but I might try it"

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I do it without trying. Not everyday, but most. Ive never been big on breakfast and Im just straight up not hungry for the first few hours of the day (typically up by 8:30 and I eat my first meal between 12:30-2). I went to a late breakfast the other day with a friend (11am) and I could only manage a few bites of my oats before my stomach told me to stop. Im more likely to eat after the eight hour mark than before, but my food intake generally is within an 8 hour window (not intentionally, just how my schedule works out). Although the last few weeks probably wouldnt count because Ive been drinking every night until pretty late (beer, so high in calories and thus probz not part of fasting), which is not typically part of my diet.

Needs an option for "I forgot to eat and now I don't have the energy to make food."

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Yes. Its more for convenience than anything. But the biggest problem is it fucks me up with my GERD.

I generally don't eat breakfasts.

IF I eat a lunch and not just one meal, then I usually eat around 1pm or so, and then again 6 hours later or so (between 6-9 hours later).

Often though if I'm not working (like now), I'll not wake up till 11-1pm, and then I never eat for the first two hours after I wake up. In such cases I'll usually wait till 4pm or so and then just have one big meal, and maybe snack a bit later on.

So I guess I kinda do it, but it's not cause of a diet, it's a way of life (and the fact I don't like most breakfast foods ie eggs).

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I was doing two 24 hour fasts a week for a couple months about a year ago. It was fine for me at the time with my diet, but with my current diet (practically vegetarian) I need to eat frequently or Ill fall out.

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I'm on and off with it. Some times I'll do 6 hour eating windows, some times I'll do four hour eating windows. Usually two 24-hour fasts a week. But if I break it even once then I usually stumble into really bad place where I just eat whatever, wherever and gain a bunch of weight.

Yeah I've only eaten two meals a day for a long time now. 3 meals is just too much. If I eat breakfast, I'm just not hungry for lunch unless I eat a super late lunch, and then I'm not hungry for dinner.

I could eat a light snack for breakfast I suppose but I just inhale coffee and lunch is all that much more enjoyable later

I physically can't stomach eating food before 11am. I like breakfast foods but I just have no appetite at all in the morning.

I typically eat lunch at 12pm and then again at 6pm for dinner.

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I guess I do it without trying. I usually have dinner early like 5 or 6 pm and don't usually eat again until like 11 am or 12 pm.

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I picked the last option
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No, I don't really want to either. I did a 30-hour fast one time (billed as a '30-hour famine' lmao) as a school sleepover. I got to make out with a girl in the theater. Actually maybe I should go to a fast retreat on second thought.

jk I love food too much

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I tend to do it just from convenience more than any other reason.
Cooking breakfast sucks and I don't like doing it, and I like spending my time cooking lunch/dinner, then eat later at night the leftovers.

Seems like a Sunny thread

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No, Im not religious, sorry

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PK_Spam posted...

No, Im not religious, sorry

Don't see the relevance to the topic

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Yeah. I eat fast food really fast.

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Off and on for the last 5 years.

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Clench281 posted...

Don't see the relevance to the topic

Some religions deal with fasting... Like Ramadan... or how Jesus expects his followers to fast...
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LinkPizza posted...

Some religions deal with fasting... Like Ramadan... or how Jesus expects his followers to fast...

Sure. Though, often 16 hours is suggested as a minimum length of fasting. Even if Ramadan overlapped with the summer solstice in his state, it would be just over 14 hours of daylight. If you had your first meal an hour before sunrise and end iftar an hour after sunset, that would be a 16 hour fast. I think it's accurate to say that unless you're at extreme latitudes, you wouldn't get a 16 hour fast during Ramadan unless you're being purposeful about it

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Yes because I have a very specific routine. I don't eat early breakfast I drink tea round 6am then eat brunch round 10am. I might not eat again but I always have tea again at 5pm. And I never eat at night (after 6pm) if I do eat a second time.

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No, and I don't plan to try.

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I do pretty much all of my eating between 1pm and 9pm so yeah I guess I do lol

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Yes, I did for like 6 months to help reset my eating habits. I lost a little over 25 lbs. I was doing a 20:4 split.

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Not on purpose

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20:4 I would do 24 hour fasting with high water intake during cuts for fights to drop weight by flushing sodium. But I did that rarely and it honestly felt bad. That said I do 20:4 everyday and have for years now.

That's basically how I've always lived my life. Even before this was a thing. I never eat breakfast or lunch and I just get home from work and eat dinner/snacks at home

No, I'd rather not impose more restrictions on my life for no real reason.

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My uncle does that, eats regularly 5 days a week and fasts the other 2. He has lost quite a bit of weight, he puts me to shame because he has lost well over 100 lbs

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Muscles posted...

My uncle does that, eats regularly 5 days a week and fasts the other 2. He has lost quite a bit of weight, he puts me to shame because he has lost well over 100 lbs

damn

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EvilMegas posted...

No, I'd rather not impose more restrictions on my life for no real reason.

I think if it brings general health/longevity that's a fine reason

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Why would anybody want to do this? What could possibly be the appeal outside of religion?

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Not intentionally. Occasionally my daily meals will end up falling within an 8-hour time frame, but I usually have some manner of snack or dessert before getting ready for bed, which means I don't qualify.

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I pretty much eat the whole day. Haha. Just whenever I want food
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Zeus posted...

Why would anybody want to do this? What could possibly be the appeal outside of religion?

Well it's actually less work to eat fewer times throughout the day, ignoring any actual or placebo benefits


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Clench281 posted...

I think if it brings general health/longevity that's a fine reason

No, that's okay.

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You can't call it IF but I regularly skip breakfast usually cause I'm still full from dinner and partly because I drink a big cup of warm milk (coffee) in the morning anyway which is enough to get me through to lunch.

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Zeus posted...

Why would anybody want to do this? What could possibly be the appeal outside of religion?

My uncle lost well over 100 lbs doing that and he didn't even cut out/down on any food

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I usually skip lunch while I'm at work. Every hour I take off is money out of my pocket, not even counting the cost of the food.

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This fast brought to you by french roast black coffee, no sugar

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No, fad diets are stupid.

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Fierce_Deity_08 posted...

No, fad diets are stupid.

Intermittent fasting is not concerned with the content of what you eat. It is an eating pattern, not a diet

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Unintentionally long fast today because I didn't know when a meeting started. Oof

Don't think I'll get to do lunch until 2!!

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yeah I just don't eat sometimes. it's not really intentional I'm just busy and lazy and don't want to cook up any food during the day so I would rather be hungry.

when I'm having a Good Morning I like having something like tim tams or muffins with my coffee though.

Are you in the UK? If not, where do you find Tim Tams?

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Clench281 posted...

where do you find Tim Tams?

Arent they in Australia?
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That doesn't do me any good

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