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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 7, 2023 15:53:12 GMT
I'm naturally eating less
Weight staying the same
Slight change
I usually eat breakfast 7-7.30, evening meal 6-6.30pm
Stopped eating a few biscuit cracker things around 8pm so longer gap even though not much food
May or may not make a difference
Jury still out on intermittent fasting
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Jun 7, 2023 16:42:19 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 7, 2023 16:42:19 GMT
The jury gave their verdict some time ago for me.
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Post by John on Jun 7, 2023 18:18:24 GMT
It is the only way I can lose weight
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 7, 2023 19:17:19 GMT
Ok for weight loss
Health has a question mark
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 7, 2023 19:44:14 GMT
The overwhelming body of evidence says *short term* intermittent fasting is healthy for weight loss. I'm happy to follow the likes of Michael Mosley and GPs on this. Like anything if you look hard enough you will find a contrary opinion.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 8, 2023 9:13:22 GMT
Long term to be advised. Could be good or bad for us
Some have advised to wait for results before going long term
Short term probably ok and gives weight loss
I've gone for eating less
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Jun 8, 2023 9:21:12 GMT
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Post by John on Jun 8, 2023 9:21:12 GMT
I tend to do until I am more happier with my weight and gradually afterwards my carbohydrates compulsion comes back over the winter months
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Jun 8, 2023 9:33:42 GMT
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Post by John on Jun 8, 2023 9:33:42 GMT
On a personal front my experience of intermittent fastening is just not weight loss
I tend to have more clarity and energy
I will fast 2 to 3 times a year for about 6 weeks
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 8, 2023 9:58:18 GMT
My stable weight comes from the time I went fully vegan and started adding more food to help my biome
Could be either of those and/or I eat less
Not remotely scientific I know but the stable weight was unexpected
I eat less as I'm not hungry rather than trying to keep weight down
Interestingly the rare sweet item I have makes me want more and also makes me hungry
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Post by Tim on Jun 8, 2023 11:04:29 GMT
The overwhelming body of evidence says *short term* intermittent fasting is healthy for weight loss. I'm happy to follow the likes of Michael Mosley and GPs on this. Like anything if you look hard enough you will find a contrary opinion. 100% agree, if you want to lose weight and also benefit from it's health gains intermittent fasting IS the way to go. Shorter eating windows are now proven to be effective by the ZOE study. If anyone doubts this read Professor Tim Spector's work. Eating once a day or in a shorter window is far more beneficial than eating early in the morning and then later at night. I'm quite happy to accept that as a proven fact now, there's enough real epidemiological evidence to support it, but folk who haven't tried it or read marketing BS from food sponsored companies will disagree with that - I think they're wrong.
It's not easy to get your body to adjust to that regime if you're a carb dependent 'sugar burner', as in your body is reliant on carbohydrate at certain times of the day, but you can break that cycle. Carbs are great, I love them, but we don't actually need them as much as we've been told.
Mike if you doubt it try this if you can, don't have a 7.30 breakfast, see if you can delay that to around late morning or midday and don't eat anything after your evening meal, especially carbohydrates. Try that for a few weeks and see how you feel in yourself? I'd be very surprised if there were not some noticeable positive differences. Don't restrict your calorie intake, just eat the same food but in a shorter window - or not if you think we're wrong  |
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Jun 8, 2023 11:45:28 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 8, 2023 11:45:28 GMT
My regular diet is highly different to what it was in years past. I have my own version of a 5:2 diet - restricted diet for 5 days with no sugar, alcohol or heavy carb. On the weekend much freer. This maintains my weight loss for a good number of months and then I might do a couple of weeks of intermittent fasting if required ...
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 8, 2023 12:37:22 GMT
The overwhelming body of evidence says *short term* intermittent fasting is healthy for weight loss. I'm happy to follow the likes of Michael Mosley and GPs on this. Like anything if you look hard enough you will find a contrary opinion. 100% agree, if you want to lose weight and also benefit from it's health gains intermittent fasting IS the way to go. Shorter eating windows are now proven to be effective by the ZOE study. If anyone doubts this read Professor Tim Spector's work. Eating once a day or in a shorter window is far more beneficial than eating early in the morning and then later at night. I'm quite happy to accept that as a proven fact now, there's enough real epidemiological evidence to support it, but folk who haven't tried it or read marketing BS from food sponsored companies will disagree with that - I think they're wrong. It's not easy to get your body to adjust to that regime if you're a carb dependent 'sugar burner', as in your body is reliant on carbohydrate at certain times of the day, but you can break that cycle. Carbs are great, I love them, but we don't actually need them as much as we've been told.
Mike if you doubt it try this if you can, don't have a 7.30 breakfast, see if you can delay that to around late morning or midday and don't eat anything after your evening meal, especially carbohydrates. Try that for a few weeks and see how you feel in yourself? I'd be very surprised if there were not some noticeable positive differences. Don't restrict your calorie intake, just eat the same food but in a shorter window - or not if you think we're wrong Not sure I could drop breakfast around 7-7.30. I get up just after 5 and do yoga for an hour and a bit. The shorter window was what I was getting closer to with stopping the crackers around 7.30pm. I listen to Tim Spector as well ! Moved evening meal forward a touch too Evening meal even earlier maybe. I feel good already. I can deal with better of course. |
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 13, 2023 10:50:13 GMT
Managed to shed 3kg in a week, most pleasing.
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Post by petea on Jun 13, 2023 18:11:43 GMT
How long was your hair before you had it cut?! |
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Jun 13, 2023 18:44:29 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 13, 2023 18:44:29 GMT
Lol, there was a time that might have been the case!
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Jun 15, 2023 14:00:35 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 15, 2023 14:00:35 GMT
Finishing the intermittent fasting tomorrow - 4.5kg loss over 12 days is perfect for me, I find it really comfortable.
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Post by stellabagpuss on Jun 15, 2023 18:17:03 GMT
Very late at the table. I decided a week ago to grab the bull by the horns,after reading some of your encouraging posts.
My salad days are over,and l approaching 54, and need to take control.
So l started part fasting,by cutting breakfast out, bacon roll coffee.
l have a lunch, then tea at 6ish ,then don't eat until 1ish dinners
Start weight 102.5kg weighed on Tuesday down to 100.2kg
Just need to keep it up
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 15, 2023 20:19:28 GMT
Remember to drink plenty of water in these very hot days - just in case you weren't already
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Post by John on Jun 15, 2023 20:41:37 GMT
Well done its tough changing old habits and additions to carbs and sugar.
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 15, 2023 21:55:34 GMT
Great work D!
It doesn't fit in my programme but I was advised by my yoga teacher today that it's best for weight loss to eat a bigger lunch then have a light meal early evening then nothing else - this means you can have roughly 12-14 hours fasting until a healthy breakfast which is brilliant for maintaining or losing weight. It's another option to consider.
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