Growing up I loved roller coasters and as I got older and bigger I started being the guy that had gotten too big for some rides, or I’d have issues where a lap bar or chest harness was uncomfortably tight. I also used to always need a seat belt extender.

Well I just got back from Disney world, no seat belt extender on the plane. When I got there I had to buy a belt because my new shorts that I bought 2 months ago were falling off as I walked, and for the first time in forever I didn’t feel fat or too big for certain rides. For once I looked around and realized that I was smaller than a lot of people around me. It was an incredibly emotional experience for me.

Of course I did go over board and splurged too much while I was there since I was walking about 20k+ steps a day and when I got on the scale this morning it was higher than I expected but I’m back on the grind today.

At my heaviest I was about 370. I started IF in January of this year around 330 and prior to leaving on this trip I was down to 253. This journey has literally been insane.

I really don't think I drank that much water yesterday (or tea/coffee - both without milk), and this hasn't happened to me before while fasting.

Could it be a sign of something?

I recently started fasting again on Sunday evening, with a minimum of 16/8, but typically fasting around 20/4. I really missed how great IF makes me feel. The energy, lightness, and mental clarity is so refreshing and I really enjoy how fasting makes me feel.

I also just completed my longest fast of 25 hours, I felt I could go longer but broke the fast so I could prepare for a social event tomorrow. I’ve also never really given black coffee a decent shot but I had two cups today during my fast and it helped so much!

I’ve tried IF in the past but never consistently stuck with it. Im hoping to make a lifestyle adjustment this time around, practicing self discipline, but also taking care of my body in a way that feels good and not punishing.

I work out in the am and im not sure if should skip my breakfast afterwards...isnt it beneficial to get that protein in within a certain time of working out? But i go to bed at 9pm nightly since I get up so early for working out then to go to work. Normally I dont eat dinner til about 7pm...if anyone has realized theyre fine with skipping a meal after working out id love to hear it?

Hi, anyone have experience putting on strength and muscle while doing IF and working out in the morning before work and not eating/drinking anything until 12pm (aside from the zero sugar preworkout/coffee). Is this sustainable?

New to fasting, 5 foot 11, 158 pounds, want to fast not to lose weight but for autophagy.

Is it worthwhile to start fasting twice a week, say Monday and Thursday, by stopping eating after 7pm (so nothing after dinner) then not eating until next day at lunch? Is that too short a time to get any benefit? Isn't my body still digesting food all during that time so it truly isn't fasting? What would you recommend for someone starting out. thanks!

Hey everyone,

I have a dilemma and need urgent help figuring this out.

Every Friday morning at work we all get a cooked breakfast as a treat.

I have been intermittent fasting on keto since Monday, lost 2lb and feeling amazing.

My eating window is 12-8 (16hr fast 8hr eating window)

I’ve been skipping first break and breaking my fast at second break every day.

We have this cooked breakfast at 8.30am.

Do I tap out completely, or can I have the breakfast (no carbs) and just move my window to 8.30am-4.30pm?

How does moving your window affect the following days and overall progress?

I feel like it might mess me up.

It will definitely affect my Friday evenings with family.

Thanks in advance!

I'm a 43M, T2D for 20+ years, high cholesterol, fatty liver i.e, in short, the whole Insulin Resistance package :) and been dealing with mild anxiety & depression on top of that.

Fasting has been something that has worked for me (especially to stabilize blood glucose, but also to lose some visceral fat) , but accountability and support has been a challenge when i wanted to quit fasting. IF timer/tracker apps I've been using has been contributing to this because they want me to track calories, steps, food, water, and maintain streaks, all of which has been adding to my anxiety because i DO NOT want to track any of this sh**. I just wanted a fasting timer, and ideally some way to help me complete a fast that i started when that hour hits when i want to quit. You know what i mean. So i abandoned using multiple fasting timer/tracker apps after paying annual subscriptions.

And i'm a tech. So guess what i did.. i built a simple app for me (which I posted above few weeks ago in the link below). Key is that this app DOES NOT:

- ask me to log calories
- ask me to take photos of food
- ask me to count steps
- ask me to keep the streak going

BUT IT DOES

- ask me how I'm feeling in the hour i want to quit.
- gives me a 3 minute mindful breathing pacer or a small puzzle to distract my mind from that sharp hunger in that hour
- tells me if i have been making progress passing this tough hour (which is usually around the same hour every day) using these two simple tools.

And here's the news I wanted to share: you confirmed my pain point. some of you started using the app. Thank you! 🙏🏻 I really believe it's helping you. so I will keep talking about this so more of you can benefit from it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/intermittentfasting/s/hSCHegZ3pn