16/8 intermittent fasting?

[onmyown]

3 hours ago, Wes21 said:

Which fat people who don't want to exercise are you referring to?

mainly myself

[Wes21]

9 minutes ago, onmyown said:

mainly myself

good call

[cookinbrak]

Going IF and keto, this is my escape.

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Here are the top items that are lowest in carbs at Hardee’s, based on the website’s nutrition information:

• Low Carb It- ⅓ pound Low Carb thickburger (0 grams of carbs as long as you hold the ketchup)

 

[SmokinwithWilly]

I did IF for a while at 18/6 with meals between 1-7pm. Lunch was usually heavy green veggies, homemade guac, and a small dose of healthy carb with high dietary fiber. By the time it was dinner time around 6, I usually ate my protein then, usually a fish steak or dark meat chicken, occasional filet or flank steak and more greens and minimal carbs. Bedtime drink was hot green tea no sweetener and breakfast was black decaf coffee. Water was key as was electrolyte replacement. I ended up having an adverse reaction to one of my required medications (lost too much weight too fast) which has taken some time to correct. 

I'm returning to IF now with a better plan and hopefully can stay on it this time. Once you get used to it, it's not hard to keep up with. Getting out of the routine of eating 3 meals a day or having a small breakfast snack was the hardest part. Calorie intake was also a little difficult at first. I was eating a ton of food, but was really only consuming about 1400 calories a day, which turned out to not be enough to sustain my energy levels long term with my level of physical activity. Meal planning is really important for me so I can eat the number of calories I need and still be able to maintain my IF goals now that I'm reintroducing myself to it again. 

[cookinbrak]

Stewed a head of cabbage with some andouille sausage. Almost no carbs.

[The Huddler]

I do low carb and 48hr fasts at least once a week. 

[Mister]

Fasting is an eating disorder . Best way to lose weight and build muscle 6 meals a day .  Here’s a sample on my work week . Wake up 9 am , 

3 egg whites , 3 eggs , coffee

when I park my car at work I’ll eat in my car Whole weat pasta or brown rice , with veggies and a protein either shrimp or chicken with some tomato sauce 

at work I’ll have 2 muscle milk 160 cal shakes and a bag of salad with mandarin dressing .

mid night when I’m home I’ll eat some fish with some tartar sauce 

 

[Mister]

Some of my meals 

[Mister]

Protein portion is always 8 oz 

[Mister]

Carb is a cup 

[onmyown]

On 5/3/2020 at 2:55 PM, Mister said:

Carb is a cup 

A cup?

You should measure things out by grams and percentages.

Intermittent fasting and eating what you want for that one meal is unhealthy because you’re not getting nutrients despite losing weight you’re wrecking your body on the inside and your hormones.

Intermittent fasting eating healthy foods doesn’t work because you’re still not getting enough nutrients and now you’re eating way too low of a deficit. You’ll wreck your body and hormones unless you sped two hours eating a poo ton of healthy food that’s almost physically impossible. 
 

Here is a crazy idea. Why not educate yourself on basic nutrient needs, weigh out your meals based on grams which is based on macro (protein, carb, fat) percentages and base all that on a slight deficit in calories needed vs. expenditure?

AND you can split that up to however many meals you want?

I swear you guys are doing more work figuring out a flawed system than just doing it the right way lol. Yea fat doesn’t need more calories but that doesn’t mean just starve, believe it or not your body needs nutrients and if your overweight to begin with its starving for them...not feeding it won’t help your health.

If you’re going to put the work and effort in, do it right and stop bullshitting yourself and wasting time. The goal isn’t your weight it’s your health and the weight will follow.

[Wes21]

16 hours ago, onmyown said:

A cup?

You should measure things out by grams and percentages.

Intermittent fasting and eating what you want for that one meal is unhealthy because you’re not getting nutrients despite losing weight you’re wrecking your body on the inside and your hormones.

Intermittent fasting eating healthy foods doesn’t work because you’re still not getting enough nutrients and now you’re eating way too low of a deficit. You’ll wreck your body and hormones unless you sped two hours eating a poo ton of healthy food that’s almost physically impossible. 
 

Here is a crazy idea. Why not educate yourself on basic nutrient needs, weigh out your meals based on grams which is based on macro (protein, carb, fat) percentages and base all that on a slight deficit in calories needed vs. expenditure?

AND you can split that up to however many meals you want?

I swear you guys are doing more work figuring out a flawed system than just doing it the right way lol. Yea fat doesn’t need more calories but that doesn’t mean just starve, believe it or not your body needs nutrients and if your overweight to begin with its starving for them...not feeding it won’t help your health.

If you’re going to put the work and effort in, do it right and stop bullshitting yourself and wasting time. The goal isn’t your weight it’s your health and the weight will follow.

I know you mean well but I don't think you've done much in the way of studying fasting.

 

[onmyown]

7 hours ago, Wes21 said:

I know you mean well but I don't think you've done much in the way of studying fasting.

 

I know very well about fasting. It’s a simply way to lose weight and that’s it. People want to lose weight, the problem is they think that signifies health but it doesn’t. It isn’t long term or sustainable. Your body craves nutrients, neither eating unhealthy or starving yourself (though both easy) will do that.

Being a healthy weight is a result of eating healthy, but being a healthy weight doesn’t mean your healthy. People don’t differentiate between the two and they need to.

Your blood and organs determine your health, not your weight, and long term fasting will hurt them not help. There is only one way...nutrients and exercise.

Starve yourself fine, but you’re not doing much in terms of building health and preventing sickness and diseases. You may lower blood pressure and other small health gains from the drop in weight but that’s it. Long term, it’s more important worry about what’s inside you-not your outward appearance, and if you diet right you’ll get all the advantages not just the looks.

 

[Wes21]

6 hours ago, onmyown said:

I know very well about fasting. It’s a simply way to lose weight and that’s it. People want to lose weight, the problem is they think that signifies health but it doesn’t. It isn’t long term or sustainable. Your body craves nutrients, neither eating unhealthy or starving yourself (though both easy) will do that.

Being a healthy weight is a result of eating healthy, but being a healthy weight doesn’t mean your healthy. People don’t differentiate between the two and they need to.

Your blood and organs determine your health, not your weight, and long term fasting will hurt them not help. There is only one way...nutrients and exercise.

Starve yourself fine, but you’re not doing much in terms of building health and preventing sickness and diseases. You may lower blood pressure and other small health gains from the drop in weight but that’s it. Long term, it’s more important worry about what’s inside you-not your outward appearance, and if you diet right you’ll get all the advantages not just the looks.

 

You could have just admitted you haven't studied IF and maybe asked some questions so you could learn.  But instead you doubled down in a rant that makes it clear that you don't have a firm understanding of it.