• Agent641@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I don’t do intermittent fasting because I think it’s superior, I do it because I’m lazy.

    Eat normally 4 days a week, eat nothing 3 days a week, boom, calorie intake dropped by 40%. No counting meals, portioning broccoli, or cutting carbs.

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      2 days ago

      Hell yeah.

      Lost 30 lbs. by not eating on Mon, Wed, and Fri. Probably the easiest way I’ve ever lost weight.

      I find I can either eat, or not eat. I have no in-between. I have no moderation. If I try to eat 3 small sensible meals a day I spend the whole day thinking about food and I wind up “cheating”.

      Easier to just not eat that day. If you usually eat 2,500 calories a day you just cut 7,500 calories out of your weekly Calories In without even really trying.

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        1 day ago

        Exactly the same for me. I just ate nothing mon, wes, Fri. I did light exercise on those days, and felt fine. It was easy to go a whole day without eating, but it was way harder to eat breakfast and then try to avoid lunch and dinner. Something in me just woke up when it got a little food and wouldn’t stop until I ate.

        I did once fast for 7 days to see what it was like but I don’t recommend that because it seemed to put my digestive system into hibernation and was hard to ressurect