Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
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Have you tried IF btw?
What is IF?
Intermittent Fasting. Basically you stop eating, lets say at 5 pm, and dont eat anything until 9am (you can vary the times based on how long you want to fast each day)
Oh, that's what you mean. No, I haven't. My coworker does this. He's become a fatso over the past few years. It doesn't seem to be working for him. I was thinking about maybe trying this by skipping lunch. Haven't gotten around to trying it yet though.
That wont work. You need a solid 16 hour break and you wont get it from skipping lunch. Here is what I did and lost 22 pounds in just a few weeks.
Dont eat anything between 5pm and 9am (obviously dont drink anything with sugar/milk/etc during this time as well)
Completely cut off alcohol and sugar drinks
Reduce processed food, sweets as much as you can
Eat meat, eggs, veggies and less than one third carbs in each meal
Dont use seed oils
If 5 - 9 is hard, make it 7 - 9 to begin with.
Even after first couple weeks, you will notice your cravings will reduce and eventually you will stop caring for sweets. (I used to be a crazy sweet tooth, and now I hardly feel like eating sweeets).
Slowly increase to 5pm - 9am. Increase even further if you can - that will help cut you weight quicker.
Once you reach the weight you are happy with, you can simply stick to 5pm - 9am.