Fasting

[drobi619]

I am looking at considering fasting to help with me losing weight. Right now I work a scedule where I work evenings 5 days a week and was wondering if it would be a good idea to fast 5pm to 9am? This would only be 5 days a week as on my days off some days mum likes to have dinner with me. Or should I on my days of move my eating window to later in the day and do one work day with a shorter eating window?

Mon/Tue - eating window 12pm-8pm

Wed - eating window 12pm-5pm

Thur-Sun - eating window 9am-5pm

[bobbinwales]

I think you've asked this several times before and got advice about not fasting

[barry1010]

I don't eat between dinner at 5pm and breakfast around 7-8 the next morning.  

14 hour fasting is plenty long enough. 

[barry1010]

By the way, fasting won't help you lose weight if you are eating and drinking too much in a day, whether you eat it over 5 hours or 20 hours.

[Vagus]

My first food of the day is lunch, somewhere between 12 and 1, I've never eaten breakfast. I have my evening meal around 6pm and rarely eat anything after 6.30pm.

So you could say I 'fast' for about 18 hours, it's not fasting though, it's just that's how I've always eaten, and I don't lose weight. As Barry says, it's the amount you eat not particularly when you eat it.

 

[Buenchico]

Intermittent fasting is promoted by some celebrities but it's exactly the opposite of what the NHS recommends:

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/health-fitness/nhss-number-one-rule-weight-27636680

[bobbinwales]

But I agree this schedule isn't reaally fasting...i think of fasting as more than 24 hours without food .

[smurfchops]

Is an eating window the same as an eating door?

[Neveracrossword]

You asked similar questions in March and May. Was the advice then not useful? 

[pastafreak]

The NHS advice is stuck in a time warp. Why eat breakfast if you are not hungry?(particularly if breakfast is a bowl of cardboard, sugary cereal? ) You can easily get all your essential nutrients in 2 meals if that's what suits you, your body, when it's convenient for you to eat.

Have "breakfast" at noon and your main meal before heading to work. You'll be fine.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/10-health-benefits-of-intermittent-fasting

 

[Ringlet]

You don't need to fast, it is not healthy and will trigger cravings. 

Just eat less every day.  Smaller portions at every meal, cut carbs as much as possible.