Intermittent Fasting

Fasting...say what?! You may be thinking who in their right mind would want to starve themselves! But in reality, intermittent fasting really isn't that difficult.

I myself have been following the 16:8 rule for IF (intermittent fasting). This means 16 hours of fasting followed by an 8 hour feeding window.

I start eating at roughly 12:30pm and will stop eating at 8:30 at night. *GASP* Yes, I am skipping breakfast. I have never really been hungry for breakfast. I always ate it because I was told it was necessary. But really isn't that going against all weight loss tips? Why am I forcing myself to eat food when I'm not hungry? So I either eat breakfast food for my "brunch", or just have normal lunch food.  Even with this feeding window, I almost never eat after 7:00.

I have just recently started following IF, and it has really helped me stop snacking. I eat 2 meals a day, brunch and dinner.

12:00-1:00    Breakfast/Lunch   300-500 calories

5:30-6:30      Dinner                300-600 calories

2 meals a day vs 6 meals a day (breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner)= $$$$$. It's a win win on a college budget :) Booyah!

But in all seriousness, I think 16:8 IF has really helped me even in this short amount of time I've been following it. I don't feel like a slave to constantly eating 6 small meals a day, when I really wasn't even hungry. Before I could barely remember what actual "hunger" felt like!

Has anyone else tried IF before/currently? Pros/Cons?

Let me know your thoughts on IF!

-Britni