What I think of intermittent fasting.
I have been following an Intermittent fasting plan for a while, but stuck to it rigorously during this past month. I have hit a weight plateau, and can’t seem to break through it.
I am following an 18:6 plan-18 hour fast with a 6 hour feeding window. I eat between 12pm and 6pm every day, and that is it. I may stray once or twice because of life, but I try to be very rigid with these times. Fasting falls in line with the best diet ever created-eat less.
Feeding window sounds like I am a horse or something. If the shoe fits…
It isn’t a diet-it’s a lifestyle change
What I have learned is intermittent fasting isn’t a diet. It is a change in lifestyle which will be beneficial in the long term.
One of the biggest changes I have experienced in my daily routine is I don’t eat all the time now. Previously, food was in the forefront of my mind. Now I eat during my eating window and I want nothing else other than water and coffee. Not sure if this is discipline, or the fasting has conditioned my body to look for food at certain times of the day.
I watch what I eat during this six-hour eating window, but sometimes I whatever may fall off the wagon. I may have a bit of sweetened yogurt. Maybe therefore I don’t seem to lose much weight. I don’t go crazy and eat a chocolate cake or something similar.
I have an app on my phone and this sends me a message when I have achieved a full fast or when a fast should start. I record my meals, including liquids and weight daily.
One thing I still have to get into is exercise. I have started indoor cycling or spinning or whatever other name people use and am enjoying it. This fasting should be a part of a total lifestyle change. I need to look at exercise, what I eat, drink and anything else that can make the lifestyle change I do dearly need a permanent one.
Having been a sofa athlete for thirty-plus years, exercising seems like too much of an effort for me to get into. But if my fasting doesn’t nudge me along to weight loss, I will have to consider exercise.
See it as part of a bigger strategy
Intermittent fasting is a strategy which needs consideration for your weight loss efforts. To me, it is the easiest way to train your body to require less food. If you work out your timing correctly, most of your fasting hours will happen when you are asleep.
And drink water.
Water is your friend. Many times I felt hungry. I got rid of hunger with a glass of water.
I looked at intermittent fasting because I have failed at so many diets before. It seems to work for me, but I can’t guarantee results for everyone.
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