I just started IF last week as part of my weight loss journey (I’m on a high protein diet which worked very well for me before, but haven’t done IF before) and decided to try IF since I heard good things about it. I’m fasting 14 hours for 4 days a week (I also have health problems, so I’m not going for the full 7 days).
I’m going for IF from Monday night until Thursday night (so basically it ends on Friday morning). I’m on my second day since I started Thursday night. On Thursday I felt pretty good, but last night was a bit of a struggle because, despite eating enough calories (and proteins) I suddenly felt rather hungry at night even though normally I don’t. Maybe it’s because I can’t eat that I’m suddenly hungry? You know, when you can’t have something you suddenly want or need it? Haha.
What can I expect? Is there anything I should watch out for? Any tips?
Yes, calorie limiting is one of the main benefits and the reason I use IF. I can’t speak authoritatively to any other benefits as I haven’t done any reading on IF in close to a decade. I remember that back then there were a lot of dubious claims about it “boosting metabolism” and such. But I haven’t looked at the state of research on IF in a long time.