[michaels0620]

How many days in a row do you tend to fast for or is it something you just do now? I have started doing it and have found it not to be as difficult as I thought it would be.

For me, trying to eat 5-7 small meals a day is like asking an alcoholic to go to a bar 5-7 times a day but only order Pepsi. Also, people were always telling me that I should eat a good breakfast and lunch so that I wouldn't be as hungry at dinner time but that's not how it turned out for me. I ate the same amount at night regardless of what I ate before.

From a compliance stand point it has worked well; even though I don't eat during the day, I don't eat any more than usual at night. I do get some hunger pangs around 11 but they go away after a little while. It also feels good to be able to exert some control over a part of my life that I have struggled with.

[dualogy]

"How many days in a row do you tend to fast for or is it something you just do now?" -- have been doing this on a daily basis since 2nd October 2011 (so exactly 3 months now), never broke the fasting pattern I described above so far. I went from 5-7-meals-a-day frequent-feeding to intermittent fasting "cold-turkey" -- although the only real change is how your meals are timed. Do you spread them over the course of 16 hours ("normal" eating) or 4-6 hours (intermittent fasting) per day.

Note this is not a health hazard as long as daily nutrient and caloric needs are met every day.

Working out daily in a fasted state, starting the feasting-phase as soon as possible after the work-outs.