š© 21 hours of fasting, then two doughnuts. Doing great, sir!
@JMaxB Iām trying to get this one off the ground š¤£š¤£ Not sure about long time sustainability thoughā¦
@Munish Iām finding it easier every day. When I ate normally, Iād be hungry often. These days Iāll go over the planned 16 hours with ease. As long as Iām having water, I feel no hunger.
@maique thatās really good. If I have coffee in the sixteen hours, I find I get fasting breath. Working on going for longer and drinking more water.
@Munish I never had breakfast anyway, so thatās an easy way to get some extra hours, and Iām eating a lot less at lunch and dinner most days. And none of the in-between snacks, or late night craziness. As soon as Iām done with dinner, Iām eating nothing up to lunch.
@maique Nicely done, Maique! Did you follow a specific fasting plan, or just figure out what works best for you? Breakfast is my favourite meal and food, so Iād want a method that allows me to keep it in the rotation. Do you exercise coming off the fast before eating anything else, or do you do that before fasting?
@pimoore Iām doing it in a very relaxed way. A simple 16/8.
As I skip breakfast, and have early dinners (thanks, tinyMovieStar), when morning comes Iām well into the fasting hours, the body is burning fat already, or about to. Thatās when I exercise (and I use this term loosely). Iāll walk around an hour or two. During that āexerciseā, I keep burning fat. I get back home, and wait for lunch. Usually a few more hours, or Iāll just skip it if not hungry.
@maique @pimoore @manish I'm excited about this topic. I do 16:8 (and often more) consistently through the week... have been doing so for a while now. I'm at a weight loss plateau (though I think that's due to hormonal issues) but I feel 100% better, more energy, easier to focus when I stick to my fasting plan
@pimoore Yep, that's easiest for me. I don't like breakfast. Well: I LOVE breakfast food, but I don't usually want to eat in the morning. So I just slowly pushed back when I eat lunch. It was hard at first but now it's a relief -- I don't need to think about food until the work day's almost done. Sometimes I get hungry but not usually.
@maique I did similar last year. At some point I really did a lot of workouts but now I barley find the energy. My experience is also that everything is best if I donāt have breakfast. Also skipping snacks in the evening helps not being hungry in the morning (which is weird). In general I feel much much better that way, but itās still mentally extremely difficult to stick to it. I heard one thing somewhere during that time though and I found it to be true and encouraging: āYou have to accept plateaus!ā Forget about it if thereās a few weeks of stagnation. Donāt even change too much. Yes, moving your ass will work š But even without it, the journey will continue. Donāt get discouraged, it just takes a little time for the body to adjust. And always realize how awesome it is what you already accomplished š @Annie @pimoore @Munish
@hutaffe Thank you. Iām not disappointed, yet, just surprised. Pretty new to all this, and had no idea what to expect going in. Iāll keep at it, thatās for sure. Feeling great all the same š
@hutaffe @maique @pimoore @munish Thanks for that encouragement! Iāve noticed the same thing with snacking at night. If I have dinner and then donāt eat again, I usually feel good all morning and only start to get hungry when itās about an hour from lunchtime (usually 2pm for me). But if I snack, Iāll wake up ravenous.
@maique Iām still afraid to try running for several reasons: cracking knees, shin splints (which I always got running as a kid), being very overweight and out of shape, and it being hard on joints(?). Iām also waiting for a doctorās appointment to discuss checking me for asthma. @annie @munish
@maique I adore walking especially very long walks. I go in and out of 'being a runner' but walking is a steady part of my life (though my mileage varies, too).
@jasonekratz @Annie @pimoore @maique wow. I only went to sleep and came back to a wonderful and insightful conversation. How do you all overcome the challenge of wanting to eat more than a standard meal when you break your fast? Is this overcome by drinking more water ? I find, I end up just consuming the missed meal too, in a shorter window before starting to fast again.
@Munish Same here! Just waking up, and so many notifications.
Regarding the meals, Iāll just forget them. I found it got easier after a while. Sometimes Iāll just get a glass of water, or find something to do that will take my mind off it.
@jasonekratz @Annie @pimoore You are all right, finding whatās right is the most important thing. I might overestimating my ability to enjoy running.
An electric bike would also be a possibility, and weāve talked about it here in the past, just not sure where Iād fit that in my days. Also the city is far from perfect for cycling. I did it years ago, but not for fun/sport, I used it to move around, going to work, the usual. People here drive like crazy, and I had to get into a mood I donāt this Iād enjoy now.
@helgeg This is the first time Iāve heard the word, and yet it seems I know this so well, from decades with a camera bag! Iāve been rucking all my life! š¤£š¤£ The weight distribution is all wrong on my version of it, but Iām willing to give your thing a try.
Maybe take it a step further too: add some clothing in there, maybe swim trunks, some toiletries, go on a trip. I would call itā¦ backpacking! š¤š¤£š„³
@helgeg Sorry about that. I do try to keep up with you kids, and your lingo, but itās getting harder every day! 2.0, you say? š§
@timapple Thank you. I visited their site some time ago, but found the backpacks a little too militaristic. Being a FjƤllrƤven user for a while now, usually in bright colors, I found it hard to move away š
@jasonekratz @pimoore @annie @munish Iāll put in a plug again for the run/walk. Iāve been doing this for a couple of years (along with intermittent fasting) and I love it. I use an Intervals app but itās not necessary. My current interval is walk for 100 seconds then run for 45 seconds, repeat for as long as you want. I typically do an hour or more! I started out with walking for 4 minutes, running for 30 seconds. You could run for 10 seconds! Itās all up to you.
@Munish i do eat more than a standard meal when I break my fast, but I make sure itās healthy. Usually itās lentils or beans, sautĆ©ed vegetables, salad and some lean protein. I eat a big serving and often donāt feel hungry at dinner so will eat a very small helping then.
@jasonekratz @Munish @Annie @pimoore @maique I get that. Stress/emotional eating is a big challenge for me too. The most helpful thing Iāve done is have substitutes plannedāsome other source of comfort/distraction that doesnāt involve food. Or sometimes just an upgraded version of the comfort food.
@Annie excellent. I love all the info everyone is sharing. Very inspirational and supportive. šš½
@jasonekratz @Munish @Annie @pimoore @maique Iām a bit late to this conversation, but Iām also on team intermittent fasting. I started at 16:8, but one meal a day tended to be the sweet spot for me.
That OMAD is usually much bigger, but Iāve found that itās also much healthier. I try to think of these things in day-long blocks rather than focus on individual meals being too "big" or too "small". That's what works best for me!
(Apologies for the double reply here-- can we blame daylight saving time for my fat fingers??)
@Munish honestly, it just fits in well with my schedule: Iāve got kids that eat at 5:30pm (which I think is the perfect time for the OMAD) and Iāve never been a big breakfast eater.
Most of all I try not to be so militant about it: I relax it most Saturdays and when life gets in the way. I find allowing myself that flexibility helps me stick to it 85% of the time. But as with all things: your mileage may vary!!