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by IgorBog61650384
1952 days ago
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Nice article, thanks for the tips at the end! Personal perspective: I've been trying intermittent fasting for about four years, and found it helped a little in the beginning but then petered out. What happened was I did not eat until 7PM, then ate a little bit, but once I started eating I could not stop. It was never a matter of hunger, I barely ever feel hunger at all, it was like a deep primal drive to eat once the gates had opened - each and every evening. The one thing that actually worked for me for a while was almost complete fasting - I would eat one meal one Saturday, one meal one Sunday, and that's all. The first two weeks were hard, but then it became quite easy, except the time aches Monday morning. It also lowered my resting heart rate by 10 BPM. I managed to drop about 40lbs in 6 month. Then I started on a really tough and stressful project at work, stayed late with coworkers, they ordered pizza night after night, I ate, and the fasting was over.
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And I can very much relate to not being able to stop once I start eating something. I find this especially hard with processed/refined carbs, which I believe play some tricks on our hunger related hormones so our body can't detect when we've had enough food. If I stick to mostly more protein/fat and unprocessed carbs I find it much easier to control how much I eat.
It's interesting to hear your success with an extended fast. I haven't ventured beyond the 16:8 but am intrigued to experiment with something a bit longer this year.