Intermittent fasting in my fourth week

#1

I am in my fourth week of keto dieting lifestyle.
Should I wait longer until I’m fat adapted or would it be all right to do some intermittent fasting one or two meals a day?
Thank you

#2

Start by skipping breakfast and doing some 16 hour fasts. If that feels good try 20-24 hour fasts. Once you have that down, go for 36+ hours. Your body will tell you what to do. Just have lots of electrolytes.

(Dave Brooks) #3

I’ve found that closing the feeding window helps me the most. Pushing my first meal toward lunch and pulling my last meal backwards toward lunch. Feeding within a daily circadian rhythms seems to have added health benefits.

#4

I never consciously started intermittent fasting, it just happened after about a month. I wasn’t hungry in the morning, so I waited to eat until “lunch” time. Then, I wasn’t hungry, I didn’t eat until late afternoon or until I got home from work. My wife was the one who pointed out that I was “fasting”. So, do what feels natural. And, for what it’s worth, I often keto graze all day long over the weekends and only eat one or two meals a day during the week when I am busiest.

#5

That’s very interesting

thank you so much for your reply

(Stephanie A Birmingham) #6

I never “forced” my body to fast in the first month, but I did “test” it. Sort of like a personal game when I woke up. I’d have my black coffee and see how long I could really hold off eating. Some days I didn’t eat until after 1pm and other days I felt hungry at 10am. I’d say start slow and just listen to your body. For me, the more fat I have at my last meal of the night usually determined how much longer I could go the next day to fast.

#7

Good advise!

(Dave Brooks) #8

I believe part of this is mental. The more I have to do, the easier it is to go for longer periods. Part of going low carb is removing the opiate like addictive thoughts from the brain. Clarity! While some pick the weekends to attempt a fast, I prefer starting on Tuesday.

#9

I don’t eat after 6pm at night and have breakfast at 10 to take my meds. Hopefully coming off them next Doc appointment, and then I can go until hungry

(Dave Brooks) #10

I started taking a fish-oil supplement with my meds. This way I can avoid eating other foods during both IF and EF periods. Seems ok so far.

(Mike Glasbrener) #11

Yup? That fits my experience very well. As I became fat adapted I became less and less hungry for snacks. Then breakfasts occasionally went, then I tried my first fast. It’s as much psychological as physical. The more you flex your “fasting muscle” the easier it gets. Presently I’m fasting on Monday and Friday, about 36hr each. Each fast seems to get easier. I expect I’m dropping my basal insulin level by doing this.

BTW. During my journey I had ~1.5 weeks of too much carbs and my first few fasts after that were more difficult until I became fat adapted again. It was annoying to say the least and took a few weeks to truly get “back on track”.

(Doodler for @KetoKailey) #12

@Manson Thank you so much for starting this thread! I just entered my 4th week, and to fast feels natural since I am not hungry at all.

(Brian) #13

I think Todd has a really good view, outlook, mindset, whatever you want to call it. Lots of people way overthink things and plan out every detail, every calorie, every gram of fat, and they are going to DEMAND that their body do EXACTLY as they say, or else their whole world falls apart.

It doesn’t have to be that way for many of us and I appreciate Todd’s post. It emphasizes the "CALM part of Keeping Calm and Ketoing On. Relax and roll with it. Listen to your body. Take good care of it and it will take good care of you. :slight_smile:

(Doodler for @KetoKailey) #14

@Bellyman There will always be a good portion of the population thet will overthink :laughing:. I’m listening to my body, and when I feel something that may be related to my new WOE, I search this forum because someone has felt something similar before, more likely…and TA-DAH!

Thank you for your input!