Hey all,
I'm joining the IF club. I've been trying it on for size for almost 2 weeks to see how it feels and what I think. Last week I did time-restricted, varying between 18:6 all the way to OMAD. It felt like 20:4 was a sweet spot for getting maximal fasts with minimal discomfort. In general it seems relatively easy for me to delay eating until 3pm and stop by 7. I understand having an earlier eating window is more effective, but this is what works for me in my life.
This week I'm trying more aggressive forms of IF. Today I'm not eating ...this is planned as a 36 hour fast. I did a 36 hour fast a few days ago too, and I had mixed feelings about it. At times it took a lot of discipline. Oddly enough, at the end of it I was comfortable and feel like I could have extended it another 4-8 hours.
I did have something weird happen in my first 36 hour fast. In the evening of the non-eating day (about 26 hours in) my BP went pretty high and I felt a high level of anxiety or tension. Not sure if this was physiological, or if it was a psychological effect of feeling hungry and not being able to do anything about it. Anyone else have any similar experiences?
Anyway, my goal is restoring insulin sensitivity, getting off my meds (metformin/jardience), and hopefully fixing some other markers of metabolic syndrome that I have. I'm pretty impressed with what I will call the new wave in research in this area. I'm watching and reading as much as I can from Taylor, Fung, Lustig, Hallberg and anyone else who is at the front of this nutritional approach to metabolic health. But that's another post for another day.
Cheers.
I'm joining the IF club. I've been trying it on for size for almost 2 weeks to see how it feels and what I think. Last week I did time-restricted, varying between 18:6 all the way to OMAD. It felt like 20:4 was a sweet spot for getting maximal fasts with minimal discomfort. In general it seems relatively easy for me to delay eating until 3pm and stop by 7. I understand having an earlier eating window is more effective, but this is what works for me in my life.
This week I'm trying more aggressive forms of IF. Today I'm not eating ...this is planned as a 36 hour fast. I did a 36 hour fast a few days ago too, and I had mixed feelings about it. At times it took a lot of discipline. Oddly enough, at the end of it I was comfortable and feel like I could have extended it another 4-8 hours.
I did have something weird happen in my first 36 hour fast. In the evening of the non-eating day (about 26 hours in) my BP went pretty high and I felt a high level of anxiety or tension. Not sure if this was physiological, or if it was a psychological effect of feeling hungry and not being able to do anything about it. Anyone else have any similar experiences?
Anyway, my goal is restoring insulin sensitivity, getting off my meds (metformin/jardience), and hopefully fixing some other markers of metabolic syndrome that I have. I'm pretty impressed with what I will call the new wave in research in this area. I'm watching and reading as much as I can from Taylor, Fung, Lustig, Hallberg and anyone else who is at the front of this nutritional approach to metabolic health. But that's another post for another day.
Cheers.