I really want to commit to IF, but I have a djlemma– I can’t figure out how to set hours.
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Is anyone in a similar situation? Are there good workarounds? Can I force my body to adjust to sleeping while hungry? Or is IF not for me?
I think if you can’t change your relation to hunger, or suppress it and must eat something in the morning and before sleeping you could maybe eat a light meal before sleep then for breakfast, that could be your 8 hours window then nothing until dinner. That’s far from optimal but it could work, kinda…
Could you do 16:8 with a very early dinner? That is, you have breakfast at 8am and dinner at 3pm. Alternatively you can make your 8 hour eating window be while you’re sleeping; but that only leaves 6 hours for actual sleep and you’ll have to eat breakfast immediately in the morning.
Can you transition to taking your meds in the evening instead?
It can take a few weeks to adjust to OMAD/IF. You need to make sure you are eating a good quality meal when you do eat. Good level of protein needed. Make sure you are getting 60 g in a day and keep the carbs at 50% at most.
As for taking pills with food. Maybe you can take the pills with psyllium husk/fiber or maybe a very low calorie drink like V8, \~45 cal per serving.