Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
If you want to lose weight then train your body to do intermittent fasting. I don't even work out and I'm losing about a pound a day. Just be careful you don't collapse or something. I eat every night around 7 and I eat what I want for four hours. Also quit fast food and sugary drinks. And the key is to fast again and eat the same time every night. I think most people fast for 16 hours or so instead of my 20. Do it, you won't regret it.
It works. I've been doing this (with some breaks in the discipline) ever since my second knee replacement surgery, when I saw a sticker on my surgical folder saying I was pre-diabetic. No longer pre-diabetic, have lost 57 lbs without any significant exercise other than rehab for my knee. I hit a plateau; a 36 hour fast (not difficult) re-started the weight loss. My daily fast is more like 16 hours which you stated is what most do. Cutting out the sugar and snacks has eliminated most all of my hungry cravings and made any which happen to be more easily ignored.