Intermittent Fasting Habits
Users discuss personal experiences with intermittent fasting, skipping breakfast or multiple meals, and eating in restricted windows, highlighting benefits for focus, energy, productivity, and weight control.
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Probably by not eating all the time :D
I'm curious: did you try eating in the mornings and fasting in the evenings? Maybe that would be easier for you.
Try fasting for a day or 2, after reading up on it. It will reset the 'need to eat' training. Humans eating more than once or t2ice a day os a rather recent phenomenon.
There’s two reasons why I eat this way. The first is that I think intermittent fasting is probably beneficial in terms of preventing too many calories, and I also seem to focus much better when I’m slightly hungry. The morning is when I get the bulk of my work that requires deep focus completed, and the few times I have eaten breakfast I’ve felt lethargic and unfocused afterward. The second reason is that I’ve really gotten into cooking, and dinner can take 3 hours (sometimes more) to prepare. T
I am not an endurance athlete, and I wouldn't even consider myself a health nut, but I know that i wake up hungry, and if I don't eat something (usually a fruit and greens smoothie with protein power and almond milk), I get too hungry to focus on work. I've also noticed that since I got more rigorous about eating (drinking) breakfast, I don't get as hungry late at night. It's almost, anecdotally, like my body know it can expect fuel in the morning and doesn't spend
I'm never hungry when I wake up, but I think that's mostly just a habit thing. Your body adjusts to expect food on a schedule, if you normally eat on a schedule.I only eat lunch (at noon) and dinner (at 8pm), pretty much like clockwork. It's very rare that I eat outside of these times during the work week. I don't snack through the work day, and I very seldom snack at home on work evenings. But I still end up eating too much; lunch + dinner is more than I need. I'm th
A tip from me... Try intermittent fasting and spend the 1 hour allotted for lunch on a brisk walk or a short (30-40 minutes) exercise if you have a nearby gym.I think you will feel better. I certainly do, on a similar regime.
Do what works for you. I get very ill by mid-morning if I skip breakfast. But I'm not especially hungry at dinner time. It's much easier for me to skip dinner.
I skip breakfast, lunch, and have a 3 hour window for eating in the evening. I have more energy during the day, clearer thinking, and dropped some pounds.
Another anecdote, but others might find it useful: I have been doing intermittent fasting for years now. I currently eat once per day. My eating window is usually an hour or less. I eat dinner, have dessert, go to bed. I run five miles every morning on an empty stomach. During the day I drink only water and I put an electrolyte fizzy tablet in my first glass.It works great for me for maintaining my energy level and managing my weight. It probably does not work for everybody, but I think more