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104 sats \ 2 replies \ @freetx 18 Jan \ on: Daily Health Principles: Don't Buy Stuff That's Bad For You HealthAndFitness
Or, do you weirdos have self control when there are tasty treats in your vicinity?
I've been doing intermittent fasting for last 4 years. I only eat once per day (dinner). It has so simplified my life that I never plan to go back to eating throughout the day.
The best thing about IF is that you can eat whatever you want during your 2-3 hour window. Want snack food? ice cream? double-meat burger and vanilla milkshake? You can eat all that as a single meal if you want....
Over the last 4 years I'm down from about 180 to 155lbs (which incidentally was how much I weighed in high-school).
The biggest misconception people have is "I would be hungry all the time". I think you will be for the first 3-4 weeks, but your body adjust quicker than you think. For me only the first week was a challenge. Related people will apologize for eating lunch in front of me...the truth is I have no desire for, food outside my 2-3hr eating window.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 18 Jan
This is a great point. I do well with delaying when I start eating, even if there are snacks around. However, I have trouble cutting myself off in the evening.
You're right, though, fasting does help with this quite a bit.
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43 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 18 Jan
I got interested in IF because through a work connection I met a medical researcher who explained his research to us over dinner.
He took 2 groups of mice and fed them, to the gram, the exact same meals. However one group was fed at a fixed time (once per day), the other group was fed random amounts at random intervals throughout the day.....the group on fixed eating schedule weighed 30% less than other group, even though they ate the same exact number of calories.
His theory was fascinating. Basically circadian-rhythm. By eating random amounts at random times our cells get confused. The energy uptake and waste disposal systems inside the cells wind up trying to perform both functions simultaneously....basically he thinks this leads to systemic inflammation as your cells are never completely eliminating waste...
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