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There may have been more than this thread but here is one intermittent fasting thread.

Intermittent Fasting

Is anyone else doing this? For me it wasn’t that far from my innate eating pattern. I’ve never understood wanting to eat breakfast. It’s the one time of day I have no interest in eating. But for many years I believed it was the best way to eat and that my metabolism would slow if I didn’t. It’s been remarkably successful for me when combined with calorie counting. Even post menopausal I’m losing on average 1.5 -2 pounds per week. My doc who I saw recently asked me what I was doing and then said “so many of my patients who were having trouble losing weight have been really successful with IF. IF you have tried it, what not eating/eating pattern do you use? I do 16/8. I also after a cheat day (for my birthday) did a 500 calorie day which is considered a fast. I know some people alternate fast and eating days and eat a great deal on their eating days. Has anyone tried that method? It seems hard to sustain. For me the 16/8 comes so close to a natural pattern that I think it is sustainabl…