Re:Jason Fung explains why intermittent fasting diets work
by steve_adams_86 on Friday October 12, 2018 @03:43PM
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I found I stopped hitting walls and levelled out my pace a lot once I started running while fasted. I was doing IF for about two years while running 20-30km once per week or so, and I liked it quite a bit. Eventually I moved in with my girlfriend and her and her son found it too weird that I didn't eat with them - I'd just hang out while they ate the food I made. That's the big barrier with IF. Everyone wants you to eat, so I stopped doing IF consistently.
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Re:Jason Fung explains why intermittent fasting diets work
by offtopichealth on Friday October 12, 2018 @04:49PM
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I had a similar experience with the social pressure around eating and fasting. I’ve had people get upset with me for doing a water fast and not joining them in eating while we’d sit around a dinner table. I workout a good amount (running, yoga, weights, swimming) and they thought I was being crazy, or they just felt judged for eating. For me it didn’t even register that highly: I’d wake up, decide to do it for a couple days to see what the effects on my body were, and that’s about it.
Honestly the hardest part was from other people, the fasting part was fairly easy and made me feel great.