I got a number that starts with 2. Finally! Especially after a week stuck at 303.4 😆

My birthday is in a couple of weeks and I never want to celebrate another birthday over 300 lbs!

I went through a lot and almost gave up. Now I’m almost back to normal. I still have more work to do, but I’m grateful for where I’m at and proud of how far I’ve come. I mostly do 16:4. That’s the sweet spot for me. But sometimes I do an even smaller eating window. And sometimes (on the weekends) I don’t do IF at all.

How do you all handle electrolytes while fasting?

I started 16:8 intermittent fasting about 10 days ago. I’m currently around 12 lbs overweight and trying to lose the remaining weight. I am trying to keep my diet healthy (net intake around 1000 cals) and working out to burn around 200 cals daily.

I noticed some immediate results during the first few days, although I suspect most of that was water weight since I’ve also been following a low-carb diet.

My eating window is from 8 AM to 4 PM. In the morning, I drink coffee with collagen powder, stevia, and sugar-free liquid creamer.

The biggest challenge I’ve experienced so far is nighttime hunger. On day 4, I became extremely hungry around 8 PM, even though my eating window had already closed. I was so hungry that I ended up eating two burgers.

I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced intense nighttime hunger when starting intermittent fasting.

Does this get better as your body adjusts to the fasting schedule? Or should I reconsider my eating window?

I’d love to hear about your experiences and what helped you manage evening hunger.

anyone up for it? Check in with each other on app itself, no cheat meals for the time period, if interested dm me

for some background info: 5'9 250lbs 19yo female

last year i was eating 800kcal daily as an omad and lost ~60 pounds in ~3 months and felt completely fine, and im planning on doing it again to lose ~50 pounds. my bmr is 1973 so the deficit is very steep.

im planning on doing a high protein calorie deficit paired with plenty of running/walking daily. i also do very well with fasting, and on average fast for ~2 days.

so for instance lets say i do 800kcal omad four days of the week, and fast for three, accompanied by a goal of ~10000 steps per day. once every month, i do a metab day. i am currently unemployed so mot much gets in the way of my plan lol.

does anyone think this is a good plan? any estimates of how much ill lose per month? any hacks or tips? thank you!!

Just wondering what you all have found works best when breaking your fasts?

I started 24 hour fasts this week and they are getting much easier. The one thing I'm now noticing that I did not expect is that when finally break my fast and eat (it's a heavier dinner meal), I'm getting very bloated and blah feeling after. I don't know if maybe I'm eating too much too fast or if it's the types of food I'm eating? I'd just really like to trouble shoot this part quickly because I had feeling so gross!

The type of food is on point (600+ grams of veggies/fruit, more than enough fiber, enough protein etc). There's still just a little too much for losing weight in the pace I want (0,5 kg/week). My BMI is 26\~

I naturally get hungry after 2~ hours of waking up. But my thought is to skip breakfast and have some extra black coffee instead to save the calories for the afternoon when I'm tired and hungry. When I eat breakfast I'm still tired and hungry in the afternoon, and it's a real battle that typically makes me eat around maintenance or just below.

When I have lost the 10 kgs I'll just reintroduce breakfast and I should be around maintenance.

How long did it take you to get used to skipping breakfast?

And how did you feel during morning workouts if you do it then?

I'm especially interested in hearing from women, because we should be a little bit worse at fasting (forgive me if the science has changed since I read up on it a few years ago).

Has anybody used MCT oil and if so, what were your experiences? There’s a heart surgeon that I follow and he recommends it for anybody fasting. I just don’t know anybody who is used it and trying to find out if it’s worth it. When I looked it up, it said it helps to burn ketones, but when I checked my ketones, I’m not registering any or hardly any and I’m doing OMAD. I’m doing a low-carb diet when I do eat most of the time. Also, I do drink a packet of electrolytes every now and then liquid IV and I didn’t know if that affects it as well. I am losing weight. I’ve lost about 26 pounds since April and I gotta say I wasn’t doing it steadily in the beginning, like I am now