How effective is intermittent fasting?

[Jayne Scott]

I stumbled on a study on 6 weeks intermittent fasting for women.

According to the study, some women were not permitted to eat until 12:00 in the morning and not after 8:00 pm. But outside this 8 hour fasting window, the subjects in the study were permitted to drink whatever they wanted to provided they didn't take in any more calories.

Now because of the 6 week intermittent fasting these women were said to have lost about 1.5 kg of body weight, their body composition also significantly improved, they lost 1.5kg of body fat, and their lean body mass rose by a few ounces.

Has anyone tried intermittent fasting?

Do you think this study is credible or is it all BS?

 

[Flathead Fred]

Quite possible, I have a 6 hour eating window and in that time frame I pretty much eat whatever I want but prioritize protein. I start around noon after the gym and stop eating at 6 pm. I’ve been doing this for 5 months now and I’ve not lost weight but I’ve not gained either, staying around 222 lbs.

I will say though, I look like a jacked up Buddha after I eat because it’s pretty much 6 hours of eating and snacking. My arms and legs are pumped and veiny but I have a belly until about 10 am the next day. I think the IF puts my gastrointestinal system to sleep and once I eat it’s playing catch-up for the next 12-14 hours. I will reel this back starting in March and drop to maintenance calories to get more cut for summer, I’m usually 10-12% during the summer doing this but right now I’m more like 15%. I am enhanced and have decent genetics but it works for me in my mid 50’s. Enjoying food and life starts to prevail over the meathead lifestyle once AARP flyers start showing up in the mail.

 

[Jayne Scott]

Quite possible, I have a 6 hour eating window and in that time frame I pretty much eat whatever I want but prioritize protein. I start around noon after the gym and stop eating at 6 pm. I’ve been doing this for 5 months now and I’ve not lost weight but I’ve not gained either, staying around 222 lbs.

I will say though, I look like a jacked up Buddha after I eat because it’s pretty much 6 hours of eating and snacking. My arms and legs are pumped and veiny but I have a belly until about 10 am the next day. I think the IF puts my gastrointestinal system to sleep and once I eat it’s playing catch-up for the next 12-14 hours. I will reel this back starting in March and drop to maintenance calories to get more cut for summer, I’m usually 10-12% during the summer doing this but right now I’m more like 15%. I am enhanced and have decent genetics but it works for me in my mid 50’s. Enjoying food and life starts to prevail over the meathead lifestyle once AARP flyers start showing up in the mail.

Wow...thanks for sharing.

 

[Canknucklehead]

I stumbled on a study on 6 weeks intermittent fasting for women.

According to the study, some women were not permitted to eat until 12:00 in the morning and not after 8:00 pm. But outside this 8 hour fasting window, the subjects in the study were permitted to drink whatever they wanted to provided they didn't take in any more calories.

Now because of the 6 week intermittent fasting these women were said to have lost about 1.5 kg of body weight, their body composition also significantly improved, they lost 1.5kg of body fat, and their lean body mass rose by a few ounces.

Has anyone tried intermittent fasting?

Do you think this study is credible or is it all BS?

@Jayne Scott
Where did you find the study? It is quite possible that it is true/credible... especially in untrained women.

I like to do IF when I’m dropping weight or cutting. It allows me to do fasted cardio in the AM and get most of my nutrition in around when I train. The biggest challenge is to not overeat when you come out of your fast! I typically do 12fast-12eat or 14fast-10eat.

When I’m blasting or trying to gain, I can’t get enough calories in to utilize this method.

It should help regulate/lower blood glucose I postulate...

Have you tried it Jayne?

 

[T&H]

I have done IF since 2009. I started with the traditional skip breakfast, eat starting at lunch. I've since pushed my feeding window to about 2 or 3 hours a day. It's easy to loose weight if you can reduce your feeding window, and also reduce your total calorie intake.

 

[Canknucklehead]

 

[Canknucklehead]

 

[Jayne Scott]

@Jayne Scott
Where did you find the study? It is quite possible that it is true/credible... especially in untrained women.

I like to do IF when I’m dropping weight or cutting. It allows me to do fasted cardio in the AM and get most of my nutrition in around when I train. The biggest challenge is to not overeat when you come out of your fast! I typically do 12fast-12eat or 14fast-10eat.

When I’m blasting or trying to gain, I can’t get enough calories in to utilize this method.

It should help regulate/lower blood glucose I postulate...

Have you tried it Jayne?

Fantastic. Thanks for sharing. TBH I've never taken IF seriously, but it seems there's some genuine benefits to be had. So I'm seriously considering giving it a try. I'll put you in the loop when I start, maybe you can give me some tips and advice as time goes by. Once again thanks for sharing your experience.

 

[Jayne Scott]

Lol

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I have done IF since 2009. I started with the traditional skip breakfast, eat starting at lunch. I've since pushed my feeding window to about 2 or 3 hours a day. It's easy to loose weight if you can reduce your feeding window, and also reduce your total calorie intake.

That's absolutely true. The feeding window is crucial to losing weight as you control your cravings as well. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Jayne Scott]

Lol

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I have done IF since 2009. I started with the traditional skip breakfast, eat starting at lunch. I've since pushed my feeding window to about 2 or 3 hours a day. It's easy to loose weight if you can reduce your feeding window, and also reduce your total calorie intake.

That's absolutely true. The feeding window is crucial to losing weight as you control your cravings as well. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Jayne Scott]

@Jayne Scott
Where did you find the study? It is quite possible that it is true/credible... especially in untrained women.

I like to do IF when I’m dropping weight or cutting. It allows me to do fasted cardio in the AM and get most of my nutrition in around when I train. The biggest challenge is to not overeat when you come out of your fast! I typically do 12fast-12eat or 14fast-10eat.

When I’m blasting or trying to gain, I can’t get enough calories in to utilize this method.

It should help regulate/lower blood glucose I postulate...

Have you tried it Jayne?

I got an email from a client with the post.

 

[TrenTrenTren]

My first thought is that if calories remain the same in a day, it really doesn't matter when you eat.

I've tried it before, from eating like between 12 and 8. I didn't see much weight loss or body composition changing. I've always been real sensitive to carb intake myself. If I cut carbs, I start seeing bodyfat go down fast for me.

 

[Demondosage]

Horrible diet IMO, unless you’re just obese and need any type of starting point to get you to eat regimented and in a deficit

 

[Jayne Scott]

Horrible diet IMO, unless you’re just obese and need any type of starting point to get you to eat regimented and in a deficit

I can understand your take on IF.

 

[Demondosage]

I can understand your take on IF.

I dislike it because it follows the same patterns that got people overweight to begin with. Most fat ppl don’t eat all day long (despite what most ppl think) they skip breakfast and eat abt 2 giant meals a day.

So having someone that’s already lazy with meal prep skip breakfast and make it easier with some 8 hour window to eat is a horrible diet structure for the type of person it’s geared towards. A much better plan would be to make yourself eat breakfast and kick your metabolism in the ass, not continuous deprivation and laziness

 

[Jayne Scott]

I dislike it because it follows the same patterns that got people overweight to begin with. Most fat ppl don’t eat all day long (despite what most ppl think) they skip breakfast and eat abt 2 giant meals a day.

So having someone that’s already lazy with meal prep skip breakfast and make it easier with some 8 hour window to eat is a horrible diet structure for the type of person it’s geared towards. A much better plan would be to make yourself eat breakfast and kick your metabolism in the ass, not continuous deprivation and laziness

Food for thought.

 

[Canknucklehead]

Food for thought.

@Jayne Scott
Have you decided to try IF?

 

[MR_Midas]

I stumbled on a study on 6 weeks intermittent fasting for women.

According to the study, some women were not permitted to eat until 12:00 in the morning and not after 8:00 pm. But outside this 8 hour fasting window, the subjects in the study were permitted to drink whatever they wanted to provided they didn't take in any more calories.

Now because of the 6 week intermittent fasting these women were said to have lost about 1.5 kg of body weight, their body composition also significantly improved, they lost 1.5kg of body fat, and their lean body mass rose by a few ounces.

Has anyone tried intermittent fasting?

Do you think this study is credible or is it all BS?

In fact, I once tried intermittent fasting and it is very difficult to resist after and not eat more. And we, friends, also noted the difficulty, not only not to eat for some time, but then not to go beyond kcal. And as a rule, people broke down.

 

[MR_Midas]

@Jayne Scott
Where did you find the study? It is quite possible that it is true/credible... especially in untrained women.

I like to do IF when I’m dropping weight or cutting. It allows me to do fasted cardio in the AM and get most of my nutrition in around when I train. The biggest challenge is to not overeat when you come out of your fast! I typically do 12fast-12eat or 14fast-10eat.

When I’m blasting or trying to gain, I can’t get enough calories in to utilize this method.

It should help regulate/lower blood glucose I postulate...

Have you tried it Jayne?

For me, too, there was a problem of how not to break loose after fasting. As long as you don't eat, everything seems to be fine. but as soon as you start eating, you have to stop by an effort of will.

 

[eery]

for fat loss, its no better then any other regimented calorie deficit you can follow over a prolonged period of time.

Health-wise it can have some positive metabolic effects if you are insulin resistant or other diseases related to obesity.