I recently saw my sister for the first time in a while. She’s always been a bigger girl, but she’d deffinately gained abit of weight. Ive always been on the super slim side but had gained a couple stone last time I saw her. (I was 5ft2 and always 8stone or under at the time I last saw her I was just over 10 stone so it was a big difference for me and why I started intermittent fasting!) I’m now under 9 stone (57kg) goal weight is 8 stone but I’m happy anywhere in-between that and what I am now. Anyway the subject of weight come up, she mentioned how her doctor told her she’s actually obese now (although she does look overweight she’s absolutely beautiful and wears it well, so I was a bit surprised.) She asked about my diet and how I’d lost the weight, so I told her I intermittent fast. I do a mix depending on what works for me that day but in general I do 2/3 days a week under 1000 calories normally just skipping breakfast with a 400 cal lunch and a 500 dinner. And on my ‘off’ diet days I try to do OMAD, so of I know I have a big meal planned, dinner out, cheeseboard, 3 course meal, takeout or just anything I know is unhealthy I try save my calories for that, and honestly it’s not that hard now. Even if I’m hungry I’m looking forward to my big feast so its not like I’m having to restrict myself and cut out foods ect, which is why i always hated dieting! It’s easier for me to say, okay I want this big unhealthy meal so I’ll wait for it and save my calories for then! I also probably have one day a week, normally a hungover Sunday that I just go fuck it and have whatever I want! But that’s normally something fat for a late breakfast/lunch then a big fat meal or take out. And I do not feel remotely bad because I know I’m in a deficit! My weight loss is slow but steady, I e stopped thinking about every day as a calculation and diet day ‘i must not eat this or that’ I no longer feel like I’ve ruined my diet because of one cheat meal, instead cheat meals are part of my diet! Anyway I love it, after explaining to my sister she gave me a concerned look and I felt really deflated. She told me that she doesn’t think she would do that as it’s not healthy to starve yourself like that..
I am fat. Like fatty, fat. Unhelthy but trying to get healthy.If I had a dollar for every time someone said something to me about IF being bad for me, I could pay cash for a Lamborghini.
Like, bitch. You brought me a large frozen, caramel Dunkin coffee, with whip! Thats bad for me!!!
Don’t take financial advice from someone poor or in debt, and likewise don’t take health advice from someone who… well you know where im going.
If you’re studied Jason fung or the other people who lay out the research you know not only is it NOT unhealthy or starving yourself. But is in fact one of the best things you can do for you health regardless of weight. Don’t let comments from people get you down, most of the time it’s just jealousy anyway
Waiting 4-5 hours to eat a regular sized meal feels less like starving myself than eating 6 snack sized “meals” every 2 hours like doctors recommend. Also there is a huge difference between being hungry and actually starving.
I don’t know how close you are with your sister. You can send a video or two of doctors recommending fasting to point out the fact that fasting is not unhealthy. Hope she won’t mind. Even if you are close with her, give her some time to think about her health and the long term effect of obesity on her body.
It’s amazing what gets pounded into our heads of what’s healthy and what’s not. People who practice fasting generally live longer. And the whole American attitude of “4 slices of bacon, 3 eggs 2 pieces of toast, potatoes and sausage” as we well rounded breakfast is insane. Then throw a cheeseburger for lunch and a 16oz steak for dinner. EVERY DAY! Yikes
I first heard about IF from my teen daughter, who had been doing it, unknown to me and had fab results. I was worried, my immediate thought was it’s unhealthy because of what we are taught…but I didn’t want to be critical, so I just told her she was doing great, but to be careful to not be unhealthy, and then I looked it up on utube- which totally changed my thinking. I’d suggest just keep at your healthy results and if she questions you more about it, direct her to some good, researched utube channels.