Eating only within an 8-Hour Daily Timeframe Results in Weight Loss
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Yes, I imagine that if I tried an 8-hour window rather than the 10-hour version I opted for, there would be some more drama in my life.
As I'm sure you know, drinking a lot of water makes it easier.
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I followed an IF regime for about five months. In my case I used a window of approximately seven hours: first meal was lunch (at around noon) and last meal was dinner (at around 7PM). No eating outside this window, but of course a lot of drinking, mostly water and some coffee. Getting into such a rhythm does require some willpower, but once you're used to the rhythm is it not that hard to continue it.
The result was that I lost two kilo's per month, for five months in a row. So, a very steady decline.
The result was that I lost two kilo's per month, for five months in a row. So, a very steady decline.
I am sorry, but I have to question the soundness of this strategy:
1. I can still eat more calories in 8 hours than what I burn, ending up in energy credit, I mean fat. According to energy in, energy out, there is no weight loss.
2. If I eat a giant breakfast at 7 am, Baron says I am not going to be hungry for the next 4-5 hours. Sure, but I am going to be hungry by hour 8th, when I can still eat another giant late lunch.
So, the whole thing sounds as a torture, but just suffer away gentlemen...
1. I can still eat more calories in 8 hours than what I burn, ending up in energy credit, I mean fat. According to energy in, energy out, there is no weight loss.
2. If I eat a giant breakfast at 7 am, Baron says I am not going to be hungry for the next 4-5 hours. Sure, but I am going to be hungry by hour 8th, when I can still eat another giant late lunch.
So, the whole thing sounds as a torture, but just suffer away gentlemen...
And how many more calories can you eat in, say, 16 hours?
Baron
ET Founder
That's what the process of losing weight is. No matter what strategy a person chooses to lose weight, they are going to feel hungry often so it's not going to be a comfortable process.
If you want to lose weight, then you must get used to the feeling of being hungry. That's the bottom line.
I'm on 1,400 calories per day right now and there's nothing fun about it.
That is fairly restrictive for a guy your size and with your activity level (4-5 workouts a week?). How much weight are you looking to lose, and in what approximate time period? And then afterwards, what will be your approximate maintenance level caloric intake?
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Sure, you must suffer for being beautiful. But by choosing food that fills you up more or increasing work out you can negotiate suffering to a lower level.
Anyhow, I am talking about something I never experienced. I can eat whatever I want with minimal gains even after 50. I think they call it dirty bulking...
Edit: ACV did cut down on my appetite. Maybe similar appetite oppressors also help.
Baron
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I cut my workout volume back to once a week because I've been doing a lot of work around the house. I had a water pipe burst in the room above my home gym a while back and it pretty much destroyed a lot of the drywall in my gym. So I redid the ceiling last week in wood.
Here's the before:
And here's the after:
I've still got to repaint the walls and put some crown up.
But anyway, if I could get to a lean 175, that would be awesome. That's probably going to require me to lose 7 or 8 lbs of fat. So if it's true that most people's BMR is their bodyweight x 10, then that would put me at 1,750 calories per day, and hopefully my activity level can score me another 500, so I'd say 2,250 would be the maintenance after I hit my goal.
Nice ceiling job!
Thanks for the response. In my case, I found that it helps to just eat until I'm no longer hungry plus maybe just a little bit more. I remember reading somewhere that there is a meaningful caloric difference between eating until no longer hungry and eating until full. And then there is another meaningful caloric difference between eating until full and eating until stuffed. In the scheme of things it is not so difficult to just eat until somewhere between no longer hungry and full. It's not a dramatic reduction in calories, but it adds up over time and is an easier regimen to maintain, at least for me.
Quick question: How long have you been doing a once-a-week workout, and do you notice any difference in strength or body composition?