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I'm a major lurker for this thread and just wanted to give my results after 13 weeks of intermittent fasting. Wasn't really getting into it to lose weight per say, but wanted to see if it would be sustainable program for me instead of daily calorie counting. Also, I am a chick.
My process:
24 hour fast from Sunday night approx 7pm to Monday night approx 7pm.
24 hour fast from Tuesday night approx 7pm to Wednesday night approx 7pm.
I work out approx three to four days a week with around 500 calories a day burned from that activity (running, elliptical, and/or swimming depending on my mood).
Only drank tea, water, diet soda, and diet sweet tea on my fast days.
Non fasting days I have no limits as far as overall and type of calories.
Personal Stats: I am about 5'5'' and started out around 142lbs. I have maintained my weight (142lb is 6lbs heavier than my strong high school weight when I was playing sports and in fantastic shape) throughout my adult life by working out and watching my calories.
Results: I am now at 134lbs with a noticeable difference around my waist. I have no trouble not eating on my fast days and enjoy working out on those days, right before I eat, the most. I don't feel as strong as I did previously, but I'm not sure if it a noticeable difference or if I just have a mindset that going below 136 makes me weaker. Since I do very little weight training and am not focused on strength at this time, I can't stipulate more on how it affects that. On my non-fast days I drink more soda and eat more sweets than I ever would have before fasting, but as far as weight gain goes, it does not seem to be negatively affecting me. (I would approximate I drank regular soda once a month and ate sweets twice a week before fasting, now I probably have regular soda once a week and sweets 4 times a week). I would approximate on my non fast days I am probably eating around 1.5K-2.5K calories, but that is a huge guess as I am not paying that close of attention. I do think my overall appetite has decreased from when I started and even on some of my non-fast days I find myself not really being that hungry.
This is the lowest I have weighed since I was in high school (I am 31) and I feel the overall effort has been lower than what I had to do in the past to maintain my weight. There have been weeks where I only work out 2 days and do not see huge issues or large weight gains. I feel good overall and feel that this program is a fairly simple one to maintain. I'm going to continue on with my current plan and see when my weight will start to stabilize as its been a pretty consistent .5-1lb per week loss right now.
Just thought I would share my results with those thinking about trying it and get anybody's opinion on my current plan. Again, my goal is just about maintaining a healthy weight in a relatively easy way.
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