* * * IF (intermittent fasting) Diets - post your opinions and experience here * * *

[RaginCajun]

this is an interesting thread. i think it would take me a while to train my body to only have two meals a day. its real hard for me to go 3 hours without having something to eat. i could not imagine waking up in the morning and waiting until lunch to have my first meal. i would go insane!

[gbrice75]

My main issue with this is one that Twist pointed out in another thread about 'IF'. Let's say you're using this style of dieting to break through a plateau, but afterwards, change back to a 'typical' way of eating, say 6-8 meals a day. I would like to know from the people who have implemented this dieting, whether or not they have put on any body fat due to this. I know a lot of people complain that this happens after discontinuing keto....

I don't personally think it would be much of an issue, if at all. 18 hours is not an extraordinary amount of time, and you are still eating on a daily basis. Remember that within your 6 hour feeding, you are consuming a day's worth of calories. Studies are starting to show that consuming calories over the course of several meals vs. 1 large meal (which I wouldn't personally do, i'd break it down to 3 meals over a 6 hour period) makes very little difference in terms of metabolism and/or bodyfat storage.

Keto is a whole other animal - you're literally changing your metabolism from a primarily glucose burning engine to a fat/ketone burning engine.

This way of eating is intended for people with some will power. If someone is "secret eating" they won't lose weight on any diet

It's funny, for people like me it might be just what I need. I'm an extremist; I know no middle ground. Give me a diet where I have a little leeway, and I completely F it up. I get into the mode of "ahh, I probably didn't quite hit 2500 calories today, I can have this granola bar..." etc. That's where things go wrong for me. With a diet like this, fasting, it's ALL OR NOTHING. Break the fast, game over - the whole point of the diet has been compromised.

Time will tell, i'm doing more research but I might actually give it a go. There are only 2 potential problems I see for myself:

1) I will have to switch back to an all am workout schedule again, so as to stay on target with my fast/eat/fast schedule. (cannot do 5x week PM)

2) Eating upwards of 300g of protein over the course of a day/7 meals isn't tough. Getting in that much protein in 3 meals/6 hours presents a problem IMO, unless alot of that is coming from shakes. I can only handle so much chicken, fish, etc. in a matter of hours. Carbs and fat on the other hand won't be a problem!

this is an interesting thread. i think it would take me a while to train my body to only have two meals a day. its real hard for me to go 3 hours without having something to eat. i could not imagine waking up in the morning and waiting until lunch to have my first meal. i would go insane!

The one thing I hate about this is no pre-workout meal, because IMO, in terms of training it's the most important meal of the day. That doesn't necessarily make it productive to fat loss though, so one has to pick the lesser of 2 evils. If you read up on it, you will see the alleged benefits of fasted training - although energy levels might not be optimal (equaling a sub par training session, grr) - the body supposedly adapts by 'enhancing' the anabolic environment PWO - when nutrients are finally introduced. I'll sure miss my oats and egg breakfasts though!

You may not be hungry though - picture eating 2000 + calories in a matter of a few hours - that's ALOT of food for your body to process in a short time.