You got that right!.. I've experimented with other methods of intermittent fasting, & ESE beats them all to pieces, in my experience... not to say other ways aren't good for other folks, but when I try to fast part of every day & then open an eating window, I end up eating just as many calories as I would have if I hadn't fasted at all & had just spread my calories through the whole day... seems counterproductive to me... anyway, I've been fasting a couple of days a week lately & it works for me... reduces my weekly calories by quite a lot & that's what I'm after...

How long have you been doing ESE, Mimi123?.. to the forum...

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Well I was doing it for a week, but I had a lot of distractions (exams and work) so it was quite difficult on the eating days to actually eat! I then had to switch to fast 5 as it was more convenient but I will be going back to ESE on Monday.

Thanks for the welcome

They sent me a copy of eat stop eat to review I am only 40 pages into it but its a good read so far. I set up a new section just for testing all the methods/diets out and ESE is going to be the first one. Since I have alot of experience with IF already it will be interesting to see how this one works out.

Hi... I couldn't help but say that I love Eat. Stop. Eat. Since, I am new I can't post links yet, but if you google 'Not your average fitness tips', it is the first site listed. the author of this blogging site is amazing. He advocates highly for periodic fasting and discusses it quite a bit.

My diet actually comes from his website.

I am not on eat stop eat, I am on JUDDD, which is similar in that it is a calorie cycling program which includes alternate days of near-fasting. I have to say that after a long time on very-low-calorie and low-carb, plus a plateau, JUDDD was a breath of fresh air. I have been able to increase my overall calories and carbs, add more physical activity to my life (since I am now actually eating enough to support exercise program), and I have started losing weight again. I am almost at goal and I am considering making a moderately low-carb JUDDD plan my permanent way of eating for maintenance. It has certainly reactivated my metabolism.

I have tried it, and yeah it really works, however it's like with anything if you can stick to it it'll work. I find it hard to stick to everything !

Intermittent fasting is the single most important thing for me to maintain/achive the type of physique I want. I don't follow any specific protocol tho like Eat Stop Eat or Leangains or the Warrior Diet. I just fast for 16 to 20 hours per day, usually, and then I eat. Simple.

IF really works! If you are an 'all or nothing' person like myself. If I eat, I have to 'eat alot'. If I stay away from food I'm not hungry anyway.

So by giving myself a set window to eat withiin I stop the nibbling at food all day - whether it be the left overs from the kids breakfast/making the packed lunches/dinner for the family at night - i was constantly eating and wondering why I couldnt loose weight!

IF works for me, thankfully I've finally found something that does and Im down 30lb, with 7 to go!

From VikingNinja: "I lost about 50lbs in about 6 months doing this in high school, but the downside is you can NEVER stop. Once you do the weight will come back with a vengenance. Longest i ever fasted was 2 weeks, you feel sick for about 5 days, then your body converts to burning fat and muscle and you feel amazing, like a natural high. Once you decide to eat again you have to be very careful, at that point your body wants to get rid of anything you swallow if it isn't liquid. That's the extreme though, fasting one to two days a week is great, if you have the willpower...chances are you will binge and feel terrible about yourself, and gain more in the long run...that's why I quit doing it.
The idea is mostly to cleanse yourself because of all the garbage and chemicals in food nowadays which build up and clog your system."

Hi VikingNinja,
Most of us that do Intermittent Fasting do not fast for more than 24 hours at any given time and most do a 16-19 hour daily fast, so I think your experience was with long term fasting. They are completely different and have different goals. IF is definitely not for everyone, but until you've done it, don't assume what people's reaction to a short fast will be. I think you'll find that you may not be correct.

Hi Everyone! Our other Eat Stop Eat Thread was full, so I started a new one called Eat Stop Eat and Fast 5 2012. Hope you find it.
Great to see Intermittent Fasting growing.

Its under the Diet Central section in General Diet Plans and Questions

The key is to not totally fast... just quit eating solid food and start doing smoothies and add powdered food replacement such as Garden of Life which is organic cold pressed nutrition from actual food.

I'm currently doing rolling 7 day fasts and have lost 15 pounds so far. I also take alot of supplements to make sure I'm getting plenty of nutrition.

If you do get overly hungry, eat a couple of pieces of Ezekiel bread (it's just sprouts and grains and isn't really bread...has no flour) and a small glass of milk.

They be gonna call me "skinny benny" before long...don't worry, I won't be THAT skinny as I'm going to maintain a few pounds above what medical science says is my optimum weight. I'm about 260 now and I need to be no more than 210 as I'm about 6'2'' and I'm of the male persuasion.

I don't know how to say this without sounding mean so I'll just say it.

You are wrong. Entirely wrong.

Fat loss is an equation of energy. Juice fasting is about the dumbest thing one can due for a number of reasons but the primary ones are:

It is not sustainable
It does not help hunger
You're not getting nearly enough protein

This thread is about intermittent fasting which works and is based on science. Juice fasting is a fad and when you apply science it falls flat on it's face.

Of course you have lost weight. You're ingesting very few calories. Bad news is you're also losing muscle. Most importantly:

You are not establishing sustainable dietary habits wich will alllow you to keep the weight off once you lose it.

I agree with John P.

Rockrzp, what you are describing is not what I would consider fasting. Smoothies (and I love them and do eat them) are food.

I am delighted that you have found something that works for you, and I hope that they will be calling you "skinny benny" very soon.

If you want more information on IF, please do some research. It is very misunderstood.

Funny... through the smoothies and the supplements, I am getting plenty of the nourishment that my body needs so I'm not being irresponsible and damaging my body.

Not eating solid foods is in fact a form of fasting...and the weight is leaving now that I've been able to develop the self control to not eat solid foods. The thing that helped my the most is knowing that I am getting plenty of nourishment using RAW Organic Meal by Garden of Life
see - http://www.transformyourhealth.com/g...fe/rawmeal.htm

It's hard to argue with...weight coming off and me developing of lifestyle of not eating like a pig, which is what is going to make the weight loss last long term

There's no one program that's going to work for everyone ya know...