Intermittent fasting has worked out well for me. In the past 3 months, I have lost about 13 pounds. I also exercise regularly and eat only main meals and avoid snacking. Some caveats of intermittent fasting are that growing kids and women who are planning to have kids, nursing, pregnant should not follow it.
The best thing about it is I do not feel the morning/afternoon eneergy crashes where I used to feel like I had to eat right away. Dr Eric Berg’s videos on insulance resistance convinced me to start doing the intermittent fasting. I have seen other people do intermittent fasting and their consistent results. After understanding that insulance resistance puts you on a conveyor belt to prediabetes, I didnt need any other reason. If possible get ok from your doctor too. It will be helpful if you can get any bloodwork after few months of practising it, just so that you are not stressing out your body unnecessarily.
Having early dinner is the first step if you want to get into intermittent fasting. You have to pick you eating window. Most people are probably at 12 hour eating window. Based on your experience, lifestyle and other factors, you can try to get that 10, 8 or 6 hour window until you reach your health goals. If you extend the window any day, it is not a big deal. It is probably good for your body, to vary it like that.
I also like that you lose a lot of fat with it and retain muscle.It takes a while to lose belly fat because initially you lose the visceral fat which is inside your body around the organs. Be patient and kind to self.
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