[cm2187]

Same thing with intermittent fasting. One deviation and the appetite comes back with a vengeance and you have to restart from scratch the process of getting used to fasting (which is the hard part, the appetite is what makes the caveman go out chase the mammoth, it's a strong force).

Experimenting with Mounjaro right now + intermittent fasting. So far so good, but only one week into it. I am hoping to use it as a guardrail in case of any accidental deviation.

[ImHereToVote]

Just be hungry dude. It's not hard. I notice I'm much more productive while I'm hungry. Also food is so much better when you have been actually hungry for a while.

[coldtea]

If you've IF for a while, you hardly have to "restart from scratch".

Except if by "one deviation" you mean a month or more going without IF...

[cm2187]

I think you are refering to weight loss. I am refering to the ability to sustain IF (i.e. the stomach to get used to it without raging for food).

[coldtea]

Never found that to be much of a problem even when starting out.

You feel a little hungry. Big deal.

[KptMarchewa]

Not from scratch. It's a setback but you don't go to start line.

[cm2187]

In term of getting your appettite used to intermittent fasting? Yes pretty much you do.

[KptMarchewa]

Not really. It takes maybe 2-3 days to go back compared to 2+ weeks initially.