Has anyone tried the intermittent fasting diet, and lost weight?

[dylansmum]

Intermittent fasting 8/16 diet, has anyone tried this, and had good results

[Lalatoot]

You need calories/carbs for efficient conversion t4 to t3. Some restrictive diets can therefore impede conversion.

[Sparklingsunshine]

I have and found it very good. I've never been a breakfast person anyway so I just skip breakfast, eat lunch at around 2pm and make sure I finish eating before 8pm. There's no faddy diets, or complicated plans to follow.

No banned foods or hours of meal prep. Obviously you need to eat reasonably healthily, and make sure you don't binge during your eating window. Fasting supposedly has plenty of other benefits besides weight loss. Gives your digestive system a rest, and improves insulin sensitivity. Its meant to aid cognitive function as well. I found cutting out a meal a day saves money as well 😆

If you love breakfast you could start eating at say 7am and cut out your evening meal. The beauty of this way of eating is its flexibility.

[Popeye44]

I'm currently doing the Zoe Health Study Intermittent Fasting Study. The aim is to eat within a 10 hour window. I don't have breakfast just a couple of black coffees then start my eating window around 12.30 and usually finish with a cup of Rooibos tea or a hot chocolate around 10pm. Outside of the eating window you can only have water, herbal tea, black tea or coffee. I'm finding I have more energy, my mood is more even and I am not always hungry. I'm not eating anything different from my usual diet which does consist of no heavily processed stuff and quite a lot of plants. Weightloss? Nothing so far after 5 weeks of the study.

[userotc]

IF is one option that works for many but there are other key components for weight loss which are person-dependent, as usual

[Babette]

I tried it for a few months to see whether it had any effect. It was really easy but I didn't lose any weight at all.

It might work for you, though.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

For weight control we need optimal thyroid and vitamin levels

When were thyroid levels last tested

Always test thyroid levels early morning, around 9am and last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test

Do you always get same brand levothyroxine at each prescription

What vitamin supplements are you currently taking

When were vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 last tested

Please add most recent results

[Margareta3]

Haven't done it for losing weight but for other health reasons, eating approximately between hours 12 -21, but my weight went to and stays in low normal range, possibly as a side effect. Doing it for about two years now, does not seem to affect my thyroid (have got Hashimoto's) in any negative way. In general, feeling much better than before. The levels of TSH, T3 and T4 stay the same as before starting on IF.