I’ve been reading a bit about IF and I want to give it a shot. I did it breifly in the past where I was basically eating one meal a day at about 7 or 8 PM after I got home from the gym. I found that it didn’t work well for me but I also was not eating ketogenically at the time. I’ve also been reading about different methods of IF and have recently purchased and begun reading the book “The Obesity Code” by Dr. Fung to learn more about insulin resistance, ketogenics and IF.
I think what I would like to try is an every-other-day type of thing. So from what I understand, that means today I would eat my normal foods (ketogenic / low carb) but then not eat again from dinner tonight until dinner tomorrow night. After that one dinner meal tomorrow, I wouldn’t eat until the following day when I again eat my normal foods. And basically it just alternates so every other day I would be doing a 24 hour fast (from dinner one night until dinner the next) and eating normally on the other days. I also read that once in a while you should do a higher calorie refeed on your “normal day” to prevent your body from lowering its basal metabolic rate. I’m thinking this might be the best approach for my lifestyle and also for me to have success.
I’m wondering if anyone else has done this or if you have found more success in eating one or two meals every day (more of a 16/8 type of IF) as opposed to the every other day thing?
And one last question…I’ve read conflicting information where one doctor/study says to igenst nothing but water on a fast day and another says it is okay to have broth, coffee/tea, etc (even with cream) providing you don’t go over 500 calories for that day. Any opinions on that?
I’d really like to hear if anyone has done various ways and has found more success with one way rather than the other. Just to clarify - my goals are to lose weight (approximately 15 to 20 lbs), maintain muscle mass, maintain or increase performance at the gym so that is what I would be measuring success by.
Thanks for your help!
thank you!