• @Pencilnoob@lemmy.world
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    514 months ago

    Fasting has changed my life.

    Fast for 20 hours, eat for 4, then do whatever I want 1 day a week. I’ve lost 50 pounds and kept it off for 8 years. Any time I start to creep back up, I’ll start fasting again. Magic.

          • JustEnoughDucks
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            34 months ago

            Called fast/feast. You can just eat whatever, whenever.

            Most people feasibly can’t eat enough in 4 hours to overeat.

            It is simply a method of self control and calorie restriction for people who have trouble otherwise. I did it for a while and it worked very well.

              • JustEnoughDucks
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                34 months ago

                Same. I don’t get hungry or full so I developed a terrible relationship with food where I eat when I am bored or as a trained response to video games and such. I will forget to eat or eat way too much. I pushed my limits when I was heavily counting calories in university one time with an open cafeteria and ate something like 8000 calories and one sitting. I almost puked from the pure volume, but I could just keep going.

                The one bright side is that doing a water fast is easy in that I don’t get hungry. I have gone 17 days before and felt fine. But then I love cooking and I was just constantly thinking about food lol

      • @beebers@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        What OP is referring to is intermittent fasting. In a 24 hour day, you don’t eat or fast for x # hours and then allow yourself a time window of y # hours where you are allowed to eat. In OP’s case, they are fasting for 20 hours and allow themselves a 4 hour time period per day where they can eat. It helps with a calorie deficit by limiting when you can eat, rather than mindless eating throughout the day. It can be a helpful tool for some.

          • @Pencilnoob@lemmy.world
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            114 months ago

            It’s possible to do, but harder than it seems. Especially if you add in requirements like getting a few cups of green veggies and a 100g of protein. That shit will fill you up fast!

            • @SeabassDan@lemmy.world
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              54 months ago

              Yeah, I suppose if you have the willpower to go through with it you’re probably gonna do it the right way and not just get a huge plate of Chinese food

              • @Pencilnoob@lemmy.world
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                24 months ago

                Sometimes I do just eat a huge plate of Chinese food, but I’ll feel really gross after. It’s like my body knows it needs the best food so I’m always craving green veggies and nuts

          • @Wanderer@lemm.ee
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            24 months ago

            I’m not a fat fuck so I haven’t done this.

            But once I was going to an all you can eat meat place after work so I had a small breakfast and drank water in bulk through the day or your stomach closes. I felt full the next day haha.

            It’s kinda hard to eat loads if you haven’t eaten for a while.