My experience so far with IFing is only weight loss. I have lost a lot of fat. ..2 lbs. per week for 3-4 weeks now, and I look lean and muscular, so it's been a very positive experience for me.
I think the trick, in my case, is that I've been very strict with my fasting, as the one day I snacked on a few pieces of chocolate, I could feel that I had gained a little subcutaneous fat on my abdomen, and although I still looked thin, I could tell, so I haven't indulged during any more of my 24 hour fasts. I've also eaten as much protein as I could stomach (with plenty of fat of course), which was still limited, because I stopped eating it when my body had registered enough. I didn't limit carbs too much, since I was only eating 1 large meal at dinner every day, so I'd have some berries or pineapple or strawberries..whatever tasted good but wasn't wheat or anything. And I ate a lot of liver..I dunno why, but it just tasted much more flavorful and good than the ground beef I cooked..I suppose my body has become really sensitive to what it needs and wants in my diet.
Now, I started experiencing a little bit of muscle loss and was afraid I wasn't getting enough calories, and now that my body has burned off the majority of its excess fat (though there's still a small amount left that I wouldn't mind losing and will probably come off eventually), I'm alternating days that I fast. Like today, I ate breakfast, and I'll eat diner, and tomorrow I'll fast until dinner and repeat the process if need be. Or if I start to gain some fat back, I'll fast two 24 hour days in a row, and eat two meals (breakfast and dinner) the third day, and go with that.
Everybody's different, and there's no generic way to lose fat. As for me, I've found intermittent fasting to be a godsend. I can't believe it took me 10 months to figure out that I was eating too much of the right things.
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