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Two Interesting Weight Control Articles

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PonoBill:
I've been playing at intermittent fasting for some time with modest success, or maybe huge success since I haven't gained any weight despite a somewhat lower level of exercise. But the slow progress caused me to abandon some of the effort--really stupid, I didn't get heavy in a month, it took years. I recently came across two articles in Quartz that have me interested again, in part because they have a bit of useful data behind them, but also because they simply make a lot of sense. I'm going to get serious again.

https://qz.com/1419105/a-diet-guru-explains-why-you-should-eat-dinner-at-2pm/

https://qz.com/quartzy/1428139/a-fasting-experts-tips-for-making-it-to-your-next-meal/

connector14:
I read thru the stuff and it is interesting.  But I think one of the major challenges that was not touched on,  is the importance of having a partner that is willing to work with you and is basically on the same page with your goals and objectives. If my wife wasn't also willing to stick with me on our exercise and eating program....I don't think it could happen. We encourage and support each other in our goals.

kayadogg:
My wife and I started the Keto diet in late July. In addition, I chose to give intermittent fasting a try and have been doing it for 3 months. I do 18:6 pretty much every day. I have black coffee when I get up but don’t eat my first meal until around 1PM. Dinner by 7 at the latest, no snacks. Two meals a day. It’s much easier than it might sound. Drinking a lot of water helps a lot. I started at 195 back in July and I’m now at 162 and have more energy than I’ve felt in a long time. I also never experience the crash after a meal. I attribute a lot of this to being in ketosis but intermittent fasting has really opened my eyes to how I feel in between meals.

connector14:
The change in scheduling and routine is what I think would make this extremely tough for me. At 67 I feel pretty set in my routine. For example,  I generally am up at 7:30 and start with several very strong black drip coffee. (maybe 3 cups total in the following hour. Then if hungry I'll have maybe a scrambled egg and toast, or maybe just 1/2 banana with some raisins, costco cashew crunch and almond milk. Within an hour I am ready for a good BM and I count on this. Then I'm ready for either a morning paddle session or a fitness walk. When I get back it's close to lunchtime and I will be hungry.  Lunch is usually either homemade veggie soup or maybe a tuna melt without cheese on rye bread. Lunch is usually about 500 calories and I have green tea afterwards to fill in the spaces. Dinner is most often at 6- 6:30 and it is usually a pretty healthy home cooked meal.....and I should say I am used to a cocktail of grapefruit juice with vodka prior to dinner and at least 2 glasses of red wine after dinner. Both my wife and I have been able to maintain our desired weight for almost 2 years now sticking to this routine. We both lost 30 lbs once we started standup paddling back in 2014 and are just about where we would like to be weight-wise. (I would not mind getting down another 5 lbs.....but I think I would have to give up all alcohol to make it and that is not something we are both willing to give up at this time):.......
Again,  I would have to emphasize that if we didn't share the same goals and habits I don't think we could have done it. 

ukgm:
Try doing intermittent fasting when training for actual performance and you'll realise it's a fools errand real fast. It's well cited now as a means to keep you slimmer but if you want to get the best physically out of yourself I would really not recommend it.

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