I started 18/6 about three days ago. Feels great to not be bloated and have that ‘skinny’ feeling, even though I’ve got a long journey ahead of me. 2 questions:
Without being too graphic, how much have your bowel habits changed with IF? The first few days felt like a detox, and now the moment food hits my stomach when I break the fast I gotta go. I presume this is normal…?
the last couple of days my muscles have felt fatigued; not like I’ve been doing a heavy workout, although I do some light lifting, but more like they’re just being used more throughout the day. It feels good (and stretching feels awesome), but in curious if it’s a glycogen thing or something.
I don’t know. I feel better and can tell the caloric break is being well received, but I’m curious what your body experiences have been.
Ya inexperienced the same thing for about 5 days or so with my bowel movements. But now I feel like I can go a few days without having to go, which sucks but I just make sure to eat fibre or have metamucil and it helps.. about 3 weeks in now
I have not experienced anything related to your second point and I work out pretty hard 5x a week.
However, on point no 1. - My “time” has always been 1st thing in the morning after a coffee but with the fasting I also get a super urgent need to void around 10min after I break my fast (usually between 1-3pm)