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Old Mon, Jun-13-16, 11:33
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Plan: my own
Stats: 215/170.5/145 Female 69
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Progress: 64%
Default eating every 3 hrs per day vs. intermittent fasting

I used to get great results from intermittent fasting to lose weight. It would kick-start loss if I was in a stall and the weight would come off pretty quickly. Fasting was often not easy for me cuz even though I didn't have to think about what to eat all the time, I would get pretty hungry. But it was worth it for the rate of loss.

Now that I'm in my late 50s, the intermittent fasting seem to not work well, I feel worse, and even gain weight. So I tried a method used years ago when I did Medifast, which is eating small protein-packed, lower carb, small meals/snacks every 2-3 hours (4-5 per day plus one low carb meal). I don't buy their products, but there's so much hi-protein, low carb stuff you can get at a regular grocery store now days, you can actually closely replicate (if not exceed) the nutritional values and flavor of their prepackaged "meals". For instance, most of the Medifast (or copies) are soy-based protein and even contain sugar. I can't do soy anymore, so I find products that are either whey or animal based protein, with low carb values.

It's been 10 days doing 4-5 small "meals"/snacks per day at work, then one hi-protein, low carb meal at home later. This is working! The weight is starting to budge and I'm almost never hungry. I'm surprised and relieved to find a method that is working for me post-menopause when all the previous methods had stopped working.

Over 50, what is your experience with either intermittent fasting or eating every 2-3 hours? Two opposite methods. Does one work better for you now vs. earlier? Or does doing neither method work better for you?

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