All i can say is that in my experience, it gets easier. I successfully lost 20 lbs 2 yearsnago in a shortish span following if and cico
I gained all and more bsck when i stopped caring
But im on day 5 or 6 i thinkThenfirst few days was just tracking eating windows as it was newyears and i wasnt about to start a diet on new years eve, but entering the info was a step on its own. Then i did a 13 hour fast to kind of get into the groove, next day was 17 hours - but my eating window became like 2pm which is awful for me so i extended todays into a 25 hour fast to eat at 5-6ish. I did omad since i wanted a large dinner haha. I am absolutely open to 16:8 on days i might go to the city with friends but i kind of like omad ngl haha.Today i was hungry around 14 hours in - then it subsided, and by 24 hours i was just peckish so i started cooking.
Also lots of water. Lots. It will curb hunger but also hydrate you
I don’t see how 16:9 can work, there’s only 24 hours in a day.
I’m on 16:8. I eat dinner at latest 7pm and then don’t eat until 11am. Which works okayish.I have to prepare most of my food beforehand, so I can just grab it at home and don’t have to cook and prepare, because that would mess it up for me.
But it’s manageable, because most of my fasting time I am asleep :D
I started with 5:2, because a friend introduced me to it. It’s where you eat normal five days a week and seriously restrict your calories on two days. I think my late days were Tuesdays and Thursdays and I ain’t normal the rest of the time one thing I liked about it is that it helped me be less afraid of being hungry… As if that’s some horrible thing!I ended up not continuing it because overtime, I realized I was getting a bit obsessive thinking about what I was going to eat after a light day… That just didn’t work for me so I switched to 16:8 And quickly added keto to that. Now I do 16:8 with a lower carb lifestyle. For what it’s worth, my cure all for cravings and hunger pangs was a salt Crystal under my tongue.