PhatPhrog's Journal, 02 November 2020

How long do u fast ?Is this a daily routine like some keto diets where they fast from 8pm to 10 am next day 

I fast for 36 hours once a week (Saturday night to Monday morning), with just a bit of fiber on Sunday morning, and black coffee, tea, and as much water as I feel like drinking. I don't consume anything else during the fast. On other days I eat normal meals, and I try not to snack after supper, but sometimes I do snack. As for so-called "intermittent fasting" on a daily basis, in my view that's not much different from a normal daily routine, without after-supper snacking. Maybe some people extend the nighttime fast for an hour or two, but mostly it's normal healthy eating habits with a fancy new name.  

Thanks for the info.I might give that a try 

I'm only five weeks into this somewhat loose plan, but so far I like it. As long as I'm not too tired and I get enough protein, I don't feel the urge to overeat carbs during the rest of the week. I've done a bit of reading about combining higher-carb days, moderate days, and fasting days to maintain advantageous levels of hormones involved in metabolism and hunger, and lowering the body's natural set point, and once I reach my target weight I'm going to read some more to see if this sort of cycling is something I want to try. (If I keep fasting regularly, this might fall into place quite naturally, but in any event, I'm hoping to be able to stick to a deliberate and maintainable plan that doesn't involve actually counting calories, which I'm not doing now and I don't see myself being willing to do over the long term, unless nothing else works for maintenance.)