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Meal timing strategies appear to lower appetite, improve fat burning

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Re: Meal timing strategies appear to lower appetite, improve fat burning

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Post by fifnir »

betenoire wrote: post #49
yurishimo wrote: post #46

I’ll add one more anecdote to the mix here. Been doing intermittent fasting and extended fasting since February and I’m down 75 pounds in that time. I used to snore like crazy, probably had sleep apnea but was too afraid to go get tested since my grandmother died from becoming dependent on the machine and her lungs failed. Now I don’t snore at all. My wife sleeps better, I sleep better; win win! I haven’t exercised a…

> hunger is just another feeling Exactly! I've done intermittent fasting for many many years, it works for me. I've told people, "You know how a workout 'hurts so good'? Learn to think that way about hunger/cravings. Consider it the same way you would consider a workout pain, as progress not punishment".

I can think, I can wait, I can fast.

Re: Meal timing strategies appear to lower appetite, improve fat burning

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Post by amfsn »

barking wrote: post #50
yurishimo wrote: post #46

I’ll add one more anecdote to the mix here. Been doing intermittent fasting and extended fasting since February and I’m down 75 pounds in that time. I used to snore like crazy, probably had sleep apnea but was too afraid to go get tested since my grandmother died from becoming dependent on the machine and her lungs failed. Now I don’t snore at all. My wife sleeps better, I sleep better; win win! I haven’t exercised a…

Well done, 75 lbs (or 5 stone, 5 pounds in real money) is incredible.

34 kilograms

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Post by 100inengyears »

We really have figured out health for the majority of people and even people on the fringes have enough options close enough to them to make it possible.

If you dont live next to a grocery store this is a good thing. Because you get to exercise and get fresh food every day.

If we could cure lack of discipline and laziness then we would be good. But we cant (challenge placed) and there will always be people that are looking for a trick rather than putting in the work to be healthy.

When watching Game of Thrones is more important than your health (exercising) then health is not something you get to have. Its not a mystery.

Articles like these suggest you can be healthy without being active. This is false (challenge placed).

Re: Meal timing strategies appear to lower appetite, improve fat burning

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Post by tomp »

yurishimo wrote: post #46

I’ll add one more anecdote to the mix here. Been doing intermittent fasting and extended fasting since February and I’m down 75 pounds in that time. I used to snore like crazy, probably had sleep apnea but was too afraid to go get tested since my grandmother died from becoming dependent on the machine and her lungs failed. Now I don’t snore at all. My wife sleeps better, I sleep better; win win! I haven’t exercised a…

I love (and I mean LOOOOOOVEEEEE) food, eating and feeling full or even overfed. So doing straight multi-day fasting is extremely hard for me, psychologically / motivationally.

However, I'm quite lucky in that I don't really get hungry very soon, if I don't eat. It's quite a weird effect; if I eat in the morning, I'll be hungry throughout the day, but if I skip breakfast (or even lunch), I'll only get hungry towards the evening.

So I just skip breakfast (almost always) and lunch (when I want to lose weight). Greatest diet hack I've ever discovered (actually, psychological hack).

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Post by sebringj »

I would recommend David Sinclair and Jason Fung in terms of resources for this to understand first why intermittent fasting is good for you but of course appropriately applied for the individual. If you start to understand the whys and stop listening to specific people's testimonials or crazy routines in some cases (from your perspective), you'll tailor it appropriately to your life if its something you want to do. Personally, I found it quite easy to incorporate and with great benefit.

Re: Meal timing strategies appear to lower appetite, improve fat burning

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Post by belltaco »

mrmondo wrote: post #60
traek wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You missed it, right in the abstract :-) > Methods > Eleven adults with overweight practiced both early time‐restricted feeding (eTRF) (eating from 8 am to 2 pm) and a control schedule (eating from 8 am to 8 pm) for 4 days each.

Oh did I - whoops! That quote doesn’t give the sample size (number of people studied and in each group) though?

I think it was a cross over study. Or everyone went control for 4 days and study protocol for next 4.

Re: Meal timing strategies appear to lower appetite, improve fat burning

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Post by jniedrauer »

One observation from personal experience with prolonged intermittent fasting: My metabolism slowed down quite a lot. After nearly 10 years of eating once per day, my resting metabolic rate was 3-400 calories lower than average. Whether that's a bad thing or not, I have no idea. My grocery bills were certainly low. And it saved a ton of time on meal prep.

More recently, I became too physically active to maintain that diet and returned to eating 3-4x a day. My metabolism has steadily returned to baseline since then. It took about 6 months but it is now essentially back to normal.

Re: Meal timing strategies appear to lower appetite, improve fat burning

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Post by mrmondo »

belltaco wrote: post #66
mrmondo wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh did I - whoops! That quote doesn’t give the sample size (number of people studied and in each group) though?

I think it was a cross over study. Or everyone went control for 4 days and study protocol for next 4.

Hmm. Yeah just if it was like 30 (or even like 100) it’s not exactly overly valuable other than an initial indicator.

Re: Meal timing strategies appear to lower appetite, improve fat burning

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Post by koolba »

yurishimo wrote: post #46

I’ll add one more anecdote to the mix here. Been doing intermittent fasting and extended fasting since February and I’m down 75 pounds in that time. I used to snore like crazy, probably had sleep apnea but was too afraid to go get tested since my grandmother died from becoming dependent on the machine and her lungs failed. Now I don’t snore at all. My wife sleeps better, I sleep better; win win! I haven’t exercised a…

Did you cut out alcohol as well?

I’ve noticed it’s much harder to do in the summer as that cold beer at the end of a hot day is ever so enjoyable.

Re: Meal timing strategies appear to lower appetite, improve fat burning

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Post by lonelappde »

koolba wrote: post #69
yurishimo wrote: post #46

I’ll add one more anecdote to the mix here. Been doing intermittent fasting and extended fasting since February and I’m down 75 pounds in that time. I used to snore like crazy, probably had sleep apnea but was too afraid to go get tested since my grandmother died from becoming dependent on the machine and her lungs failed. Now I don’t snore at all. My wife sleeps better, I sleep better; win win! I haven’t exercised a…

Did you cut out alcohol as well? I’ve noticed it’s much harder to do in the summer as that cold beer at the end of a hot day is ever so enjoyable.

Try a cold diet soda, or that classic, a cold water. It doesn't take long to lose the craving for sugar.
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