12 hour fast with only two meals, so you fast while sleeping:
7am - breakfast
7pm - dinner
Use whatever time you want, but make the time the same for a.m. and p.m.
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12 hour fast with only two meals, so you fast while sleeping:
7am - breakfast
7pm - dinner
Use whatever time you want, but make the time the same for a.m. and p.m.
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I suppose you could do that by eating at midnight and at noon, or very similar times. I don't think the conditions you're setting are compatible with normal meal times.
So I would be fasting during the day .
I can't see a way around that .
As well as during the night.
I can't see a way around that .
As well as during the night.
Sorry this is hard for me to explain.
I think I may have gotten my answer now.
There isn't a way to not have the fasting during my waking hours because no matter what time I choose in the am the 12 hours later will fall in the pm of the same day. During the day.
So I'd be fasting all day.
For the 12 hours. Then eat once.
Then bed and fast for 12 hours.
During the night.
Is this correct ?
That's the beauty of the 12 hour, 2-meals-a-day fast — it works regardless if you work a dayshift or night shift.
Seriously as you noted such a fast is not practical because you're basically fasting twice a day. Change your meals so breakfast is a bit later and dinner is a bit sooner and that will make your fast a bit longer, with most of it being while you are sleeping.
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I'm usually not able to eat the normal meal times for many reasons so I just do my best.
So since it has to be fasting during the day too I have to work on more filling liquidy soft foods.
To get thru 12 hours while I'm awake.
To get thru 12 hours while I'm awake.
Not sure I understand what u mean.That's the beauty of the 12 hour, 2-meals-a-day fast — it works regardless if you work a dayshift or night shift.
Seriously as you noted such a fast is not practical because you're basically fasting twice a day. Change your meals so breakfast is a bit later and dinner is a bit sooner and that will make your fast a bit longer, with most of it being while you are sleeping.
But if I'm not eating for the 12 hours between 7am and 7pm or whenever-- aren't I fasting during the day?
Yes I think I was just explaining it wrong.
The fasting time can be as long as you want.
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If you only want to eat once a day then unless you sleep 18 hours or more then you are going to have long period of fasting whilst your awake.
Does it have to be 12 hours in between? If you do an 18 hr fast you could eat at say 9pm so you’re not hungry when you go to bed then eat at 1pm to break your fast so you are eating at 1pm and 9pm every day - so you eat twice in the day but have a longer fast. (18 hours)
Does it have to be 12 hours in between? If you do an 18 hr fast you could eat at say 9pm so you’re not hungry when you go to bed then eat at 1pm to break your fast so you are eating at 1pm and 9pm every day - so you eat twice in the day but have a longer fast. (18 hours)
Simply put, fasting for only 12 hours and eating only 2 meals a day is not possible.
You have two choices:
1) eat two meals a day, 12 hours apart, and snack between meals.
2) eat more than two meals a day.
That's all the advice I can give you on the subject. Good luck on whatever route you take for your fasting.
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Unless you sleep all day and night it’s not possible to have two 12 hour fasts while you are asleep. One period will be at night the other in the day, or if you had your meals say at midnight and midday each fast would be half day and half night.
is there a reason you want to eat exactly 12 hours apart?
is there a reason you want to eat exactly 12 hours apart?
Not really. I just wanted to get used to 12 hour fasting first then eventually work up to omad again.
Exactly 12 hours doesn't have to be.
Plus I'm hoping to improve my high bs numbers. As I don't get good success with insulins or the oral meds or diet!! Maybe exercise if I could. But that's a whole other topic.
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I'm a bit puzzled as well.
You said you usually eat at noon and again around 7PM.
This means you already do a 17 hour fast every day.
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I'm extremely embarrassed.
My math is very bad.
So in reality I have to add hours of fasting.
Whew there's less to work on now.
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No need to be embarrassed. We are all here to help.
it sounds as if your current times of eating are right for you, and you are already doing a long fast. Noon and 7 sounds fine to me. I eat at 2pm and 8pm and am not usually hungry inbetween.
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Don’t be embarrassed- we got you there in the end - all sorted now
I feel bad at what I'm about to say. But even tho I didn't realize I was already fasting for 17 hours I'm still not fasting very long between the 2 times I'm eating.
So I'm still in a bind.?
It was really the time I between the 2 meals I was trying to expand. Anything on top would be just a bonus until I do fast longer between eating 2x.
Apparently it takes 12 hours to get into the fat burning mode. And I'm only doing 7?
hours. Between the 2 times.
Sorry I didn't really say that already.
So I'm still in a bind.?
It was really the time I between the 2 meals I was trying to expand. Anything on top would be just a bonus until I do fast longer between eating 2x.
Apparently it takes 12 hours to get into the fat burning mode. And I'm only doing 7?
hours. Between the 2 times.
Sorry I didn't really say that already.
