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Rookie mistake! Talked about IF elsewhere on the internet. (+ Short Personal Sharing)

Yeah. Got accused of being pro-eating disorder. Never doing that again, lol. I wasn’t even suggesting others to do it, just mentioned it in passing to share my own experience. Now I understand why people say reddit is toxic.

I hate to explain it to people determined to read it wrong, but I’d just like to share about my journey to y’all :) I think you’d be nicer here.

I’ve been doing 16/8 since late July and it’s so good! Not in a euphoric magical sense like some of you do, but its a super simple way to make up to big family feasts and the occasional fatty ultra-processed snack. Before this I’m not even sure I remember the feeling of hunger (unless bored in class or something).

And since I’m doing this for prevention of hereditary diabetes, I’m quite loose with my fasting, breaking it an hour early maybe once a week, and I don’t watch my weight either. It’s super chill. Yet I think my chin and tummy have slimmed down a little. I just checked my weight and I haven’t lost a single kg, lmao, but I guess there’s some redistribution going on? But like I said, I’m not concerned about it, it’s just a lil bonus I appreciate — I’ve did diets in the past that I can’t sustain, but I can see myself doing IF for a long period of time and even as a lifestyle.

Anyhow, I’m grateful for this no-brainer and simple way to stay healthy. And grateful to the people who helped me figure out in an earlier post that I need a lil electrolyte in the morning to help me feel better.

Thanks yall :) ps please be nice

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Wait was this on a minimalism or simple living thread? I remember seeing a post about eating habits, someone mentioned IF, and comments mentioned eating disorders. I almost commented in support of IF, but part of my practicing minimalism is not responding to anything that might cause me to get into an internet fight lol.

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Definitely expect this now anytime I mention IF anywhere. People act like I’m starving myself to attain some stupid goal. But if I continued to gain wait no comments. Makes no sense. Actually it does IF is free and mainstream health makes a ton of money of diets and insulin. So negative thought towards it is often directly due to hit pieces aimed at discouraging people from it.

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I had somebody berate me the other day, insisting that IF was unhealthy. My response was “So is being overweight?”

I am not a healthy weight, not yet, and I haven’t managed to get to that point in my entire adult life. IF is the closest I’ve ever come. It’s easy for me to maintain, it doesn’t involve me counting calories (which, for me, ALWAYS led to disordered eating), and it’s the first time I ever thought “you know, I could actually keep this up!”

Do what works for you!

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A lot of people don’t understand. I might start calling it a “restricted eating window,” or whatever the term is. Most of the women on the menopause subreddit get it, but once in a while there is a person who gets really accusational about eating disorders. You can tell by their comments that they are uninformed. Personally, I have not cut a single calorie. I have been doing 16:8 and am seeing and feeling results. My body needs the daily break to clean out and regroup.

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I’m glad you’ve found something that is working for you! I think IF really shines when it becomes a sustainable part of a lifestyle.

I feel you on the craziness that can happen when IF stuff is discussed outside this sub. I had a post here shared to another sub by someone else and got bombed by reddit cares and some interesting messages. It can really make you feel horrible when it happens. The attacks veild by apparent “compassion” were just yuck.

I hope you can set whatever those comments were aside and keep on with what’s working for you.

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Yeah a couple of my friends were worried I would develop an eating disorder but what they fail to realize was when I was 232 lbs that was an eating disorder because I was literally waking up 1-2am to eat a snack or something. 19 months later I sleep through the whole night and I don’t eat till I get home from work.

When I had mentioned to my doctor what I have been doing to lose 60+ lbs now he was all for IF said he has seen great results from it and my blood work was better than it has ever been. So he was all for it said to keep it up and that I was damn near close to an ideal weight for my height 155ish I’m at 171 lbs right now

Close minded folks will hate and disagree but when doctors are backing IF in my mind that’s enough to prove it’s a great way to live and sustain a healthy balance in life.

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Ha. An eight hour eating window is an eating disorder.

SERIOUSLY.

We wonder why everything is so screwed up.

Probably 5 years ago, I mentioned on a WW in-app post that I used IF. The comments were unreal. “I heard that you can destroy your kidneys that way” Like, what kind of weird social reality have we freaking created?

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I find IF to be very helpful with calorie restriction to lose weight. I do a loose 16/8 as well, breaking it for events or when I’m seriously hungry (like my stomach is almost non-stop growling).

I found when I eat breakfast that I needed to eat more throughout the day. All those small meals and snacks added up and I was gaining weight again.

With IF, I can eat a slightly later lunch and skip the afternoon snack. I don’t feel as hungry throughout the day and I can have larger meals at meal time. I actually feel less restricted since I’m not as hungry and not having to eat smaller, unsatisfying portions.

I think it’s very individual and IF doesn’t work for some people. And that’s totally fine!

Congratulations on your success! Great that you found something like IF that works for you.

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Intermittent fasting is actually the opposite of an eating disorder. It’s pre-planned and orderly. Set times to eat and not eat. Some people confuse discipline / self-restrictive behavior with a disorder I guess.

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Yeah I made the mistake talking to someone about how I lost my weight they accused me of having an eating disorder then suggested it to someone on Facebook that same woman harassed me saying I was suggesting everyone should have an eating disorder I had to block her.. even my doctor was sceptical until she saw my blood test results and they were perfect lol

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This kills me. I am nearly 60 years old. We pretty much always went at least 14/10 every single day. No one ate anything after dinner and we normally ate around 5-6pm. We didn’t eat snacks after that, we might have a desert with dinner but it was a rare treat to eat after that. Nothing except maybe some water if you got thirsty before bed. We ate again the next day at 7am or later. It was also rare to have anything to eat outside of breakfast lunch or dinner. So exactly how tf is intermittent fasting an eating disorder?

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