Wayyy back… I was doing this to maintain my weight, but I wasn’t losing. Then I did ADF and lost 40 lbs. But I gained 15 back.
I have been really stunned at how I could gain it back. On my feast day I have been eating about 1500 cals… and on my fast day, no more than 500.
Then I got my fasting insulin done. It had been 2… now it is 9.
Since I eat mostly Keto (and my A1c is 5.32) my guess is that eating whenever I want on my ADF day.. is causing my insulin to raise and that is how I am gaining weight.
In sum, how many times you eat in a day is MORE important to weight gain than is calories OR sugar.
So I am going to try eating the same calories 1000 cals per day…. but only with a 2 hour window.
I plateaued, then 3 weeks ago I started intermittent fasting and the Carnivore diet. I only eat a meal around 6pm. I’ve lost 6 pounds. Need a new blood glucose monitor, but I feel fantastic! Not advocating this, just saying it’s really working for me. Blood pressure is down as is the pain I have. Hard at first, so I would eat an avocado if I couldn’t wait. Learned it from Dr. Jason Fung and Dr. Ken Berry on YouTube.