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A beginner's guide to intermittent fasting (2012)

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Re: A beginner's guide to intermittent fasting (2012)

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Post by phlalexsh »

random_upvoter wrote: post #9

For decades of my adult life I skipped breakfast, going against all conventional dietary wisdom. Having 3 meals a day just felt like turning my body into a conveyor belt that produces faeces. Now I feel kinda vindicated. A few times I traveled with a friends who did the breakfast - lunch - dinner thing and after two or three days I had to opt out of either breakfast or dinner. I remember asking "how do you even manag…

Same, when I was a teenager breakfast actually gave me the runs if I ate too early. Yet my mom never let me skip even though I constantly tried too.

Breakfast food is hands down my favorite food, I just eat it for lunch or dinner now ;)

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Post by rsync »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #83
random_upvoter wrote: post #9

For decades of my adult life I skipped breakfast, going against all conventional dietary wisdom. Having 3 meals a day just felt like turning my body into a conveyor belt that produces faeces. Now I feel kinda vindicated. A few times I traveled with a friends who did the breakfast - lunch - dinner thing and after two or three days I had to opt out of either breakfast or dinner. I remember asking "how do you even manag…

My sense is that conventional dietary wisdom comes from an agricultural heritage — where we spent all damn day working the fields. Without that intensive labor, three meals seems to make less sense.

I would go even further and suggest that most of the social ills we deal with in the United States are a slow, painful, halting transition from rural to urban life.

These modes of living require very different heuristics and patterns and it’s not surprising that we encounter all manner of pathology as we transition.

Re: A beginner's guide to intermittent fasting (2012)

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Post by tyjen »

manc_lad wrote: post #50
tyjen wrote: post #43

When I have rest periods, I naturally gravitate toward intermittent fasting because I don't like spending time preparing and eating food. I didn't know what it was until it became trendy. Most of the time, I'm engaging in 4-5 hours of intense aerobic activity and three days of weight training per week. Unfortunately, if I attempt intermittent fasting, I am fighting fatigue and more prone to injury.

I also find my fasting with exercise leads to me being more susceptible to illness as well as injury. I don't typically feel hunger or thirst much so I have to make sure I eat consistently.

Same situation, I maintain a strict eating schedule and meet daily water goals. It´s very easy for me to discount the benefits of eating and drinking water, and opt to focus on whatever I´m working on instead.

Re: A beginner's guide to intermittent fasting (2012)

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Post by xhkkffbf »

ssharp wrote: post #153

I've found that the 2 meals per day, eating lunch and dinner and then not eating again for 16 hours, is by far the easiest "diet" I've ever followed. It doesn't really disrupt any cultural norms around eating dinner (especially important with kids and getting that time together every night), doesn't require too much movement in terms of food you eat, and is very simple to follow. I think it can also have a bit of a f…

I find that it helps to drink several glasses of water in the morning. Many times, the body is more thirsty than hungry. Then I have no trouble making it to lunch.

Re: A beginner's guide to intermittent fasting (2012)

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Post by altgans »

Interesting that this has a name. I've been doing this naturally for quite some time now without knowing the science behind it; it just feels "right" for me.

Thinking about it, whenever I had a job where I ate lunch with coworkers (besides my breakfast+dinner combo) I noticed that I gained lots of weight.

Re: A beginner's guide to intermittent fasting (2012)

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Post by stevekemp »

random_upvoter wrote: post #9

For decades of my adult life I skipped breakfast, going against all conventional dietary wisdom. Having 3 meals a day just felt like turning my body into a conveyor belt that produces faeces. Now I feel kinda vindicated. A few times I traveled with a friends who did the breakfast - lunch - dinner thing and after two or three days I had to opt out of either breakfast or dinner. I remember asking "how do you even manag…

Same for me, my breakfast is coffee.

I "treat myself" and eat breakfast when I go on holiday, as I tend to be more active during those few weeks, but otherwise I have two meals a day.

Re: A beginner's guide to intermittent fasting (2012)

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Post by Nathanael_M »

shaunpud wrote: post #81
Nathanael_M wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My brother-in-law does OMAD. He has discovered another advantage to it. He had to go to another city for a week for work. They put him up at a nice AirBnB, and... they gave him a $60 food per diem. $60 if you're doing 3 meals? Nice little treat, I guess. $60 if you're doing 1 meal? He eats like a king every night. Now, in this case, it may not be helping him lose weight haha!

You'd be surprised, I do a massive feed every night, but it does reduce over time. I find the tastes and aromas are more hightened after a fast, and everything tastes that much better. But the results would probably be so much more impressive if I didn't have the occassional beer/wine :|

"I do a massive feed every night"

What a great statement, haha! I'm going to start talking about all meals like this. Next I'll be asking friends if they want to "go do a feed" with me.

Re: A beginner's guide to intermittent fasting (2012)

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Post by jrs235 »

stevekemp wrote: post #167
random_upvoter wrote: post #9

For decades of my adult life I skipped breakfast, going against all conventional dietary wisdom. Having 3 meals a day just felt like turning my body into a conveyor belt that produces faeces. Now I feel kinda vindicated. A few times I traveled with a friends who did the breakfast - lunch - dinner thing and after two or three days I had to opt out of either breakfast or dinner. I remember asking "how do you even manag…

Same for me, my breakfast is coffee. I "treat myself" and eat breakfast when I go on holiday, as I tend to be more active during those few weeks, but otherwise I have two meals a day.

I do the same!

And then since I broke my breakfast fast, I wake up hungry every day on holiday. I have to push through morning hunger pangs for a day or two to get rid of them (when I'm back to not-holiday).

Re: A beginner's guide to intermittent fasting (2012)

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Post by Nathanael_M »

SOLAR_FIELDS wrote: post #79
Nathanael_M wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My brother-in-law does OMAD. He has discovered another advantage to it. He had to go to another city for a week for work. They put him up at a nice AirBnB, and... they gave him a $60 food per diem. $60 if you're doing 3 meals? Nice little treat, I guess. $60 if you're doing 1 meal? He eats like a king every night. Now, in this case, it may not be helping him lose weight haha!

The beautiful thing about OMAD (I’ve used it to lose weight quite effectively several times) is that it’s rather difficult to go over your TDEE in one meal no matter what you eat. In fact, when you are trying to maintain a weight instead of lose, you often have to make a concerted effort to make even the minimum amount of calories to maintain. It’s possible to lose weight eating nothing but an entire frozen pizza eve…

Well maybe I'll give it a shot for a while. I've been skipping breakfast (mostly out of routine necessity), but I find I end up just eating a second supper late at night. I'm effectively shifting breakfast to lunch time.

Did you find any substantial cost savings?

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