The Reason People are QUITTING Intermittent Fasting (side effects) 

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The great reset baby...get ready for the craziness.

I just don't eat for the 1st half of the Day... I'll work hard labor, and not eat for 8 hours, than pig out on 3000+ calories. I smoke pot to try to eat lunch 6 hours from when I wake up... I don't eat for 6-12 hours, yeah very occasionally I won't eat for 12 hours, Specially if I don't have pot. Just Coffee and Water...

Thanks for the information I just started a month ago but stop two weeks ago so I can reboot. Thanks feel like on the right path now ☺️

Hello sir, I will always do intermittent fasting every day. I am fixin to start one meal every 24 hrs for a month. I look forward to fasting, it is powerful tool.. I am extreme when it comes to eating, fasting, I never used to be that way.. I am extreme with my diet. I never was before 2015. I am working up slowly and eventually do 5 day water only fasting...My goal is to water only fast for 5 days and in time, work up to 8 week fast.....I am having fun with this.. Fasting is fun and easy, very easy.. I am a good judge of how I feel and how I am.. I am intune with my body.. Right now I eat 1 or 2 meals a day. Everyday is different.. I was at 242 lbs, almost 100 lbs over ideal body weight.. I am now at 185 lbs or less..blood pressure coming down now that I changed and made a drastic change in diet, Actually it is down 35 points. I also started controlled breathing at the same time.. 35 points in 3 weeks, wow. That has been the best response since 2025. So whole foods do make a difference...along with fasting...

That’s great news, happy for you! Keep it up, health is all we have

Great work and accomplishment!!!

I got rid of it after 5 years by Keto

Congrats bud. Don't throw away the metformin tho. Its a great drug even if your not diabetic

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Wow! Impressive.

Awesome! Great testimony.. continued success 💯

My favorite method! 18:6!!

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Your not wrong. But your not right either.

@@e.m7110 O.K., I'll bite. What am I 'not right' about? My childhood memories of the fifties? My assessment that my family's lifestyle was commonplace while I was growing up? My claim that traditional eating patterns are being re-packaged, re-branded, and recycled as "new trends" with new names? I am not trying to be contentious. I meant to imply that traditional eating patterns are sometimes validated by ongoing research and then, to make it interesting or different enough to warrant discussion, are renamed and repackaged for the public. My father's BFF for life and my godfather was Greek. He was deeply amused to find his childhood foods being touted in popular diet books as "the Mediterranean Diet." I am in a similar position, now. I grew up on three square meals a day with very little junk food and very few snacks. Now, that is considered a lifestyle intervention, a deviation from the standard diet. I'm intrigued and genuinely curious to find out what you meant.

@@lindacgrace2973 I hope you enjoyed typing all that 😂

@@e.m7110 Yep. I noticed you didn't answer my question, though. Unable to articulate your thoughts? Bored?

@@lindacgrace2973 I'm do feel for you. It is a bit sad if I'm being honest. Are your grandchildren not visiting enough? Please let them know that you make conversation with people on RU-vid comments at your age and see how they react. It sounds like your a little resentful and missing your old life..? Not enjoying the world as the way it sits right now? Because that's okay. But just remember it's more likely an issue in your own head more so than the world itself. Get what I mean? Maybe try a support group or just spend more time with loved ones. You will get through this. We are all here for you 😌

It is sad to say 😔 you are correct sir. The great philosopher Cardi B said it best, even the people that love you don't want to see you win. F everybody, do it for you!

I had a friend tell me that I'm just starving myself and that it can't be good for me... Then they realised they did intermittent fasting by accident sometimes too 😅🙈

I found it's always something that holds you back, at the beginning for me it was sweeteners, and more recently the small amount of sugar I would have in my tea or coffee in my eating window, that would drive me eat more carbs, which killed my weight loss. I also found having the occasional break from it for a day made it more effective! I'm also eating carbs more often at the end of the day, and thus has been very effective, as I feel energetic all day. Without intermittent fasting, I know I would be back above my old weight. This is the first time I've consistently lost weight... And held the same weight for more than a year in my entire life. I'm now approaching the lowest weight I've been in more than a decade, and honestly it's been easy! It was sheer hell doing regular calorie restriction, and it never stuck because it never corrects the hormonal issues that makes us fat in the first place! Intermittent fasting definitely helps to do this considerably!

My favorite is when someone at work brings in some donuts, muffins, cake, chips and dip, etc to share with everyone at the office and you politely tell them 'no thank you and that you'll have to pass', or 'I can't right now...I'm in a fasting window', and then they proceed to look at you as if you're crazy and say something like, "Oh come on! Live a little! It won't kill you to eat just a little bit!" "Just one muffin won't break your fast!"... "They're really good!" And then as if to make up for their own lack of willpower, they suddenly become an expert at intermittent fasting and proceed to tell the whole group, "I tried that whole intermittent fasting thing for A FEW DAYS and it never worked...it's all just a scam by the diet industry anyway...it's usually just pushed by people trying to sell you their new workout program. It's just a scam...." Blah blah blah. Smh. Thinking to myself, "Will you please just shut up!" Ugh...but I never say it out loud. I just smirk, and let them continue their ignorant ranting as they shovel more chips and ranch dip into their plate already filled with high calorie laden cake and other fatty, highly processed junk food. Oh, so if intermittent fasting didn't work for you (after a willpowerless 3 whole days), then I'm just supposed to throw all of my goals out the window, because they are less important than me eating this junk food right now to make you feel less guilty about making a stupid decision to buy the crap and push it on us (like a drug dealer) in the first place? And then to make things worse, every time they bring in junk food, they exclaim out loud (as if they think they are looking out for you but it actually comes across more as mocking you as everyone just kind of looks at you and chuckles) "But not for him, because he's fasting right now, so just for him I brought in some 'healthy' pre-packaged sliced deli meats, and cheese. I just don't want him to go without when the rest of us are eating cake and stuff." Thanks a-hole. Thanks. Can people be any more rude and ignorant?

Never tell ANYBODY your plans, just gain the results and let them see with their own eyes.

Yeap! I stop no later than 8/830 click my timer on my zero app & the latest i eat is 1/115p max 130p! Work out 3x weekly and make sure i make conscious choices !!! Great job to you for 15yrs 💪🏽💪🏽

Similar here, stopped my weight gain 4 years ago just with IF (but I didnt have a name for it, just realized I can easily go without breakfast and lunch) Now I lose slowly by 20/4 and caloric restriction 4-5 days a week and eating to my daily needs the rest of days. Feels natural, only my window is 4-8 pm on fasting days and around 3-9 pm on other days.

I think this is the most important thing. Listen to your body. Eat as you need and fast when it feels right.

Sorry to hear about your brain injury. Never heard that the cause could be 'long covid'. Were you vaccinated? There's more injuries from the jabs than we are told about. Hope you recover soon.

Your injury was due to the jab.

@@mikeanthonyevans Reference please.

The clot shot is horrible.

Small steps matter!

bring it up to 20:4. The weight will start falling off again...

@@arsonistictarantula3036 20:4 daily and drop the 2 23:1?

@@tlsmith1970 Yes.

Walking and weight? Maybe

I gain weight on OMAD and have binge eating issue

@@mandyz7032I do O.M.A.D., while keeping my carbs at about 50, most of the time. I also do intense aerobic workouts three times a week and resistance training once a week. I always train near the end of my fasted state. I've had good success.

@@mandyz7032 o OMAD is not for everyone. Also if you are having binging issues with it you should look into why mindfulness, stress? I love OMAF and I can't do it all the time.

I'm also a person that just naturally is inclined towards OMAD. Like, left to my own devices, I don't really like carbs, and I really only want to eat once a day. I also prefer to tan and run in the morning, and lift basically every day. I'm crazy lucky this is stuff that suits me, watching my friends try to do this stuff seems like they're being tortured. A lot of them are just fucking miserable, and in general they don't really get great results. I really think it's impish to figure out what your body wants, to listen to it, and then try to do those things and make small improvements based on how your body works. I personally am a lot healthier and happier this way than when I was doing all the generic performance stuff that's traditionally pushed on people.

@@KRYPTOSPOLLARD I hear you, I'm exactly in sync with what you're saying.

I came to the same conclusion

yup. REAL food.

Yeah. I usually have no issues doing OMAD but today I broke a fast after only 15 hours or so since I was somehow starving and feeling weak. Had a bunch of energy after eating and went for a 40 minute walk afterwards. 🌸

@@떡볶이나리 perfect! listen to what your body is telling you. The goal isn't any of these fads, but to break free from the carb/processed 'food' addictions. Addiction by design for $$$.

Does Intermittent Fasting work?! From Gil Carvalo MD/PhD from MIT ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pyuyakz6leo.html

Why do you break your fast with that specific combo?

@@genngeorge9909 I am guessing he breaks the fast with the sauerkraut and olives because they are loaded with pre & probiotics. I have read multiple articles on IF that explain that is crucial to break a fast with foods rich in both. It reloads the "gut" biome with pre & probiotics primes your stomach/digestion for your main meal. Romaine lettuce has a probiotic benefit too. When I break my fast with sauerkraut, I also mix it with salad greens just to "dilute" the taste.

Breaking my fast with 40g of dark chocolate, a pound of ribeye and a cup of kefir does the same for me.

​@@genngeorge9909 the romaine gives me energy. For the nutritional value, I eat black olives and raw sauerkraut. I see it as a daily supplement.

Gross

What do you do on the two days your not fasting

@@TechNerdGamerDad I eat three normal meals a day.

I think humans have for the most part are just about anytime they wanted to. Meat was plentiful and they knew how to kill it and preserve it. Big animals fed a lot of people for a long time

@@tomwandersee73 that's true. I just love how instead of running less efficient with less fuel, our bodies are more efficient (and some cases more effective) with less fuel.

What IF window do you use 5 days a week?

@@judyanne3563 I shoot for 16-20 hours. Its usually 16 though.

@@IntoTheFire777 I’m still finding my groove on a 100% carnivore way of eating. It really seems natural in most every way. I get hungry about noon but can go without eating for as long as needed if it doesn’t fit my schedule. Then I usually eat one maybe two more times before 7pm and I’m done. Easy peasy. I don’t have a weight issue but was dealing with bloating among other small issues when added up were a problem. Bloating is completely gone. Skin, sleep, mood, energy, have all improved.

Surely that is just occasional fasting, not "intermittent fasting"...

@@marco_cee_ I do what works for my body. I like a couple 24 hour fast throughout the week. Take a break then go once a month for a longer stretch. Like I said I have never felt better.

I go for 20 hrs a day 5 times a week. Maybe 6.

I do 16-20 7 days a week.

Martin, that’s awesome and it will be interesting to see how you feel/ enjoy the 72hours! I too feel best with a couple 24 hours fasts each week. Great for you and have fun with all you experience with that 72!

Doesn't that take a lot of planning though

Yeah, I've been on 20:4 for almost 5 years now and spend 1:30-2 hours at the gym everyday. Don't even feel hunger like I used to. Now the size of my 2 meals are pretty big and I'm not running on a daily caloric deficit. In fact, I've still got a little gut fat on there. I do always drink a big glass of water with several sprinkles of pink Himalayan salt in it in the morning and at the gym though. Gotta keep up those electrolytes.

I add pink Himalayan salt to my water because doing keto and fasting I find deletes many electrolytes..

@@tomfarr1205 I think it's more that water in nature has more minerals in it that we don't get from our processed tap water.

@@mclovin8739 Planning? Wouldn't it take more "planning" to factor in multiple meals throughout the day? The answer is YES!😉

Man, really appreciate your comment. Very true and thought provoking.

Yep...I finished a five day fast yesterday...gonna have three square meals today....fasting isn't for all the time...cycle your fasts

Dude, thank you so much for this comment!

IF = Indian Food? Yeah it's my favorite too...

THIS!

I am doing 22hrs and I love it 😀 I started posting videos a few weeks ago, I would love your input

Do you eat pure protein and fat? Eating carbs after fasting can crash you

Depends what you are eating. If you are having food with lots of sugar or carbs such as pasta, pizza, bread, deserts, you will feel this way. Start with soup or salad then eat your meal. This way you are easy on your stomach as it has been deprived of food for 22 hours! When you suddenly add food you will feel lethargic because a lot of energy is required to digest food after so many hours of non eating. I think 22 hours is way too stressful.

@@mauriciosolano9342 mostly break my fast with eggs, avocado, salsa and meat/sausage/bacon. Yes, I have bread sometimes. I think the carbs are the culprit. I definitely feel better if I stick to protein only. I usually fast from 7pm to 2pm. Some days I go more than that or other days just 16hrs. I do daily with twice a months cheating, so some points from this video definitely apply to me.

It’s very difficult to go in and out of fasting! I don’t care how you try it!

One has to be careful with fasting. Lack of necessary nutrients is dangerous.

Are you able to expand your eating window so that you're going a minimum of 13 hours without consuming calories? That should maintain your results.

@@tiffanyvalencia8415 I expanded my eating window down to 16:8 yesterday and will stay there for a few days to see if this improves my energy. I'm only averaging 5-6 hours of sleep a night. Went for a walk this morning and am just drained. It was my doctor that had recommended the 4 hour eating window, but she is against keto. So I am still trying to find what works for my body.

I have found that OMAD isn’t sustainable for my needs. I can do it two days in a row, but if I go for the third day, I feel a bit fragile, and tend to overeat after. I stick to 16-18 hours most days, and throw a couple OMAD days in( usually my busy days). Been adding a 3 day water fast once a month and that’s working for me. Good luck.

I think women are different because of our hormonal makeup. I have not gotten much benefit from IF during perimeno/menopause, unless it was more like 12:12 or 10:14. I'd be hangry and high adrenaline/cortisol doing 16:8. This only put on the pounds on my regular eating days, made my body think we were in scarcity- fat storage mode. Also, could not sleep well on Keto. Got night sweats, too, worse than when eating just a balanced and varied diet. I felt terrible, cranky, sluggish and out of sorts for months trying these fads. I do pretty well and drop pounds if I just limit the sweets, breads and baked goods, no animal proteins except some fish, limit dairy, oils and gluten (all without feeling too deprived) and get regular exercise.

No "off and on" Love Life! You will fast 20:4 OMAD 7 days a week. now drop and give me 20!

@@NatsaryahTX 😂

I do the same thing. I’m also an endurance athlete and don’t go for the huge muscles and heavy lifts. I think it works good for what I do. If I start to lift heavy I don’t have the energy for it

Such a great point! I also like the mental clarity it provides and time savings of no meal prep!

Same, i love being hungry and then eating but im slightly underweight and generally dont get hungry. i think the "shock your body" thing suffers from diminishing returns.

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I like your schedule & the foods you choose too. What do you use as the liquid in your smoothies?

@@almaburns6562 Usually Coconut milk. Unsweetened.

it's on the scriptures

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@@MichelleJohnson-tg5lx you're right, Michelle

They key is you listen to your body and you have varying the fasting etc.. =) You my Friend have common sense

Great post. I first tried 16:8 a couple of years ago, lost 30 pounds then nothing. Now I'm doing 22-23 fast with a 2hr eating window. I eat greens and protein with no fat restriction. I have lost 55 pounds in 6 weeks! I started posting videos a few weeks ago I would love your input.

@kay Muldoon have u lost any weight?

what is MCT C-8?

How long does the headaches last

Only marijuana and donuts?

@@reclaimtheframe YESSSSSSSSSSSS LOL - no. just the ganj

You sir are hard-core. I salute you 👏

dr mindy pelz would be a good person for you to follow. she is all about fasting for the woman’s cycle.

Lex Fridman made a podcast episode with Matt Walker, wherein they talked about fastings effects on sleep. Specifically, the body produc8 a wake-promoting hormone called orexine. However, it varies how fasting affects sleep on an individual level Peter Attia says he gets very great sleep during prolonged fasts Personally, I also sleep rather lightly during prolonged fasts or when I had lunch as last meal of the day. I highly recommend the podcast episode with Matt Walker though, I think there is also a Clip excerpt of that topic.

@@torgoron9695 Nice! I found it. Thanks. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rD9bn22I5DI.html

Actually if you overdue this two items is not bad at all! But if you feel its not working for you, is better to stop.

That is great, but not for everyone.