Your opinion on my IF window?

(KM) #1

My ordinary day when I’m not extended fasting is to get up around 7 am, have large cup of coffee with probably 1/3 cup of hwc in it (about 2 carbs, but probably close to 300 calories) then lunch at 12 pm and dinner around 6 pm. (I’d prefer to eat my big meal earlier but it just doesn’t work in my household.) I consider my coffee to be breakfast, but it’s negligible carbs.

Would you say my eating window is 6 hours, or 11?

(Allie) #2

11 hours as you’re taking in calories at 7am.

(KM) #3

:+1: Well that’s too bad. :grin:

#4
  1. Or more if you merely start eating at 6pm, I totally can do 1 hour meals sometimes…

I am indulgent to some extent, if you said you coffee has half a teaspoon hwc, well fine (I actually do that sometimes… I try not to but sometimes it would be too hard and I don’t do hard things eating/drinking wise) but so very much? It’s significant.

It may still be great for you, not even everyone must do IF… But it’s not IF in my world.

(Allie) #5

Not sure how that could work out at the 300 calories estimated tbh… I based my reply on the calories.

(KM) #6

I guess I’m dairy dependent; most drinks in the morning like black coffee or tea, even with a little sweetener in them, tend to make me nauseous, and not having caffeine in the AM creates a zombie effect in me even when I wean myself off it and don’t experience withdrawal headaches. It Is a 24 oz mug, for those thinking I like to put a little coffee in my cream! I guess I could try a smaller cup with a bit less cream … sigh … or not! :slightly_smiling_face:

(KM) #7

I have mostly wondered due to people saying a fasting-mimicking-diet allows for some calories, preferably from fat, without significantly affecting autophagy, so I was hoping my morning indulgence wouldn’t count as breaking my fast as it’s nearly all fat. Wishful thinking.

(Shannon) #8

I’ve read many mixed things about this. Dr. Fung on DietDoctor uses cream during his fasts and doesn’t think it interferes with his desired results.

#9

11 hours. HWC breaks the fast. In theory, fasting can bring on autophagy. Most doctors in the field believe one needs to fast for a minimum of 24 hours for autophagy. Some have argued that longer fasts also deplete skeletal muscle and the trade-off over the course of a couple of years is not worth it, especially over the age of 50 when you want to protect and or gain skeletal muscle.

(Peter - Don't Fear the Fat ) #10

I eat at noon then 6pm only. Though I have black coffee at 9am. IF combined with Keto has done wonders for me … TBH I dont know which one did the magic :thinking: