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I should say, I was skeptical about intermittet fasting, but my sister lost weight with its help, so I changed my mind.<br />
Now I'm going to give it a try. Any tips for a beginner?
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</blockquote>Hey I am new around here just getting a feel for the Forum however this is something I know a lot about. <br />
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A tip I would ask myself as a beginner is ask yourself, Why am I intermittent fasting. Is it for weight loss, change of body composition, to loose belly fat?<br />
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This way you can structure your fasting and eating window accordingly. The standard fast most people do is a 8:16 which is eat for 8 hours and fast for 16. Keep in mind that those 16 hours 8 of them will be while sleeping so its only really 8 hours. <br />
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Skipping breakfast helps, and if your a coffee drinker you'll have to go black no sugar or cream as this will break your fast otherwise. <br />
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The main thing you're doing is trying to control insulin spikes. Which is usually from consuming starchy carby foods and sugars. <br />
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Anywhoo im rambling. To answer your question start with DR Bergs videos on youtube. Not sure if he's been mentioned further up on this thread. <br />
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He is where I learned all this stuff. He breaks down a few different protocols and he's got multiple videos. His videos cover not only how to fast but what/how to eat during the feeding window. <br />
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He is a big proponent of following a Keto genic high fat, lower carb, no sugar diet and eating only 1-3 times during your fasting window. With no snacking. <br />
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This way you only get 3 insulin spikes rather than 6 or 7 every time you eat and with snacking through out the day. Also by consuming healthy fats instead of carbs/sugars you can fast longer as you don't crave food when consuming fats.. <br />
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Cravings are just your body wanting more sugar essentially and starchy carbs.. which is also sugar. <br />
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Hopefully this helps and I didn't ramble. <br />
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Let me know if you have any questions. I am not sure if you can link youtube videos in the forum or not so I am not going to link to Dr Bergs stuff. As i'm still new. <br />
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