Gomer95 said:

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Can I do IMF at the same time that I am doing a keto diet or keto paleo diet? I was thinking of combining the two to lose weight.

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yes

Cool. Thanks!

After reading this thread and watching some videos I started daily 16-18 hr IF along with daily exercise a little over 8 weeks ago. Currently down 18 pounds with a lot more to go to reach my goal weight. I am currently prediabetic.

I recently bought Jason Fung's fasting book which I have only read a portion of so far but I have a few questions after seeing the benefits of the extended fasts and trying today and failing.

I have zero issues fasting 16-18 hours and feel like I could do it daily for the rest of my life. Today, I set a goal to make it 24 hours just to see what it was like. I got hungry of course during the time I normally eat lunch but I felt the hunger go away and thought I would surely make it to 24 hours but 21 hours into my fast while talking to a patient I suddenly felt anxious and a little shaky and I thought my sugar might be crashing. I didn't have time to check my sugar so I just broke the fast by eating a snack I had in my office. The weird thing about it was that the anxiety pretty much instantly went away the moment I started eating so I wonder if it was really even a sugar crash. I've had those before but it seemed to take a little while after eating to feel better.

Has this happened to anyone else? What should I do? Right now I am thinking of trying again tomorrow when I won't be working and if I get anxious I can check my sugar and see if it is a moment I can get through.

Tailgate please check your messages..

Or

If anyone has his PDF, I would appreciate a copy

bilbobag said:

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Tailgate please check your messages..

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If anyone has his PDF, I would appreciate a copy

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Checked and replied.

I'd love a copy of the pdf file as well!
John_5684 @ y@h0o.c0m. Thanks!

Email sent!

Gracies! Can't wait to read it!

Question for you IF folks...
When it comes to weigh tracking, I'm guilt of checking my weight every morning. I tell myself it holds me more accountable on a daily basis. I usually weight at 5am before I head to the gym.

Here is my issue/gripe. If I do a 18-22 hour fast and my first meal is around 2-4pm, I'm consuming a bunch of calories in 4-6 hour window. Usually I break my fast with a big protein shake (400-500 cal) then have dinner around 6:30. Maybe 1,000-1500 cal. When I weigh in later the next morning, I'm not happy with what I see. Scale never changes. +/- 1-2 lbs. However, when I started checking my weight right before I break my fast, I feel like it's a better representation of where I am. No joke, I can change 5 lbs from 5am til 2pm with only drinking water. Daily!

Anyone else experience this?

Did you try again? I've had a similar anxiety hit when I started an extended fast.

I began my IMF journey on Sunday - I'm 6 ' 5, 261 lbs. fasting for 18 hours, eating in a 6 hour window. I'm down 8 pounds as of this morning. I'm happy with the weight loss, I'm currently on meds for high blood pressure and cholesterol and hoping weight loss will help with that, but I just wanted to make sure that this is normal for the first week. I figure I'll be down 11 - 13 pounds by the end of the first week.

Howdy all!

Hope everyone is enjoying the last gasps of summer. IS IT FOOTBALL SEASON YET?

So the Weekday Fast book final edits are done and it's off to the designer to lay out the interior. It will be available on Amazon hopefully in a couple weeks. Seeings as this thread was deleted once before due to a misunderstanding by the mods that I was trying to sell something to my friends on TexAgs, let me reiterate that it is my intention to give it away free to anyone on this thread. Basically, the Kindle version will be available at the lowest price Amazon allows for the first couple weeks, 99 cents. I realize that isn't technically free, but to make it "free", I will donate $1 for every Kindle book sold at $.99 to the Mercy Project. So basically, donate $1 to the Mercy Project and you get a free copy of the book.

For those of you who have read the PDF, I have a request for you. There is a blog post on my website. I hesitate to post the link but knowing the name of the book hopefully you can figure it out.

I am really grateful for all of you. It is really cool to see so many of you that have had success with intermittent fasting.

Thanks!

Markus

Starting this program today.

6'1"/264/48" waist.

Looking forward to the book when it releases, but currently reading Mosley's 'the Fast diet'.

Starting 16:8
Current 269

AgFB said:

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Did you try again? I've had a similar anxiety hit when I started an extended fast.

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I'm sorry I didn't see your post. I've since been able to nail down the 22-24 hour fast two to three days per week with no anxiety issues. I don't think it was a sugar crash and outside of that incident fasting has gone great.

brucoh said:

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Anyone still doing this? I'm down from 185 to 154 after starting IMF the first week of April. I have only been doing 16-8 this whole time. Never tried the 2-5 500 calorie day thing. Plateaued out for a while in the low 160's but started to mix some running and weight lifting into it and now I'm past my original goal of 155. I eat pretty clean during the day, but for dinner I still eat what I want. Just don't stuff myself like I always have.

I've lost 4 inches off my waist. Had to buy a bunch of new pairs of pants. 45 years old and I'm in better shape than I was in my 20's. I was always a little chunky back then. Cannot believe this transformation happened because I totally cut out breakfast.

To the OP, thank you so much for starting this thread. It's changing my life.

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I'm still doing it and I am four months in. I am down 35 pounds but still overweight and unhealthy because I let myself go so badly before starting this.

SW: 235 CW: 200 GW: Somewhere between 155-170 depending on health markers and what the mirror shows.

I did a HBA1C before starting and I was nearly diabetic and now it is normal. My triglycerides went from nearly 300 to now 63. My total cholesterol was high and is now on the high end of normal but my HDL and LDL ratio still sucks. I am trying to lose more weight and eat more fiber to see if that helps. Still have high blood pressure but taking half of my original dosage.

My goals are based on getting thin enough that hopefully those obesity associated health issues go away. I know there is a chance I could lose all the weight and still have issues but regardless I am better off thin than obese.

One thing i have learned along the way is that calories in calories out still matter with Inermittent fasting. I weigh every day to see how my body responds to various meals and fasting times. I have noticed that if I am a glutton during my two meals I might gain weight. If I eat only one meal I usually lose weight but once I went crazy at a Pappadeaxs and actually weighed more the next day. I have found that for me intermittent fasting is a tool to help me create a calorie deficit without being hungry and miserable all the time but I still have to try and regularly make good decisions when it comes to eating.

KY AG said:

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Starting this program today.

6'1"/264/48" waist.

Looking forward to the book when it releases, but currently reading Mosley's 'the Fast diet'.

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KY Ag I'm sorry I missed your email - just sent you a link to the PDF.

All, sorry I've been out of pocket, had a huge project get dumped in my lap at work and everything was pushed back, but the *final* edit is now in the hands of the person who is formatting it for Amazon etc. so hopefully I'll have an actual book ready by the end of the month.

Glad everyone is doing well!

brucoh said:

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Anyone still doing this? I'm down from 185 to 154 after starting IMF the first week of April. I have only been doing 16-8 this whole time. Never tried the 2-5 500 calorie day thing. Plateaued out for a while in the low 160's but started to mix some running and weight lifting into it and now I'm past my original goal of 155. I eat pretty clean during the day, but for dinner I still eat what I want. Just don't stuff myself like I always have.

I've lost 4 inches off my waist. Had to buy a bunch of new pairs of pants. 45 years old and I'm in better shape than I was in my 20's. I was always a little chunky back then. Cannot believe this transformation happened because I totally cut out breakfast.

To the OP, thank you so much for starting this thread. It's changing my life.

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You are absolutely welcome - It's changed my life too. As I've said - once I discovered IMF (thanks to Mosley's book initially) and *finally* found something that worked after 20 years of trying and failing to lose weight, I knew I had to make it my mission in life to spread the word.

And hopefully all of you will do the same!

Thanks for the pdf!

I'm on Day 4 right now - Tuesday and today (Thursday) have been my 5/2 days. A few comments:

• I'm down about 9.5 lbs, or 3.5% from my starting weight
• I'm down 1", or 2%, from my starting waistline
• The first 5/2 day was hard - but I managed, and today's 5/2 seems a lot easier
• I've found carbonated water and chewing gum to be a great distraction for hunger pain
• I've tried "get up and go" and I think a large portion of my success can be attributed to that

All in all pretty good so far. My only goal is to KEEP GOING.

Thanks again!

Tailgate,

Very interesting thread and I am going to do it! Could I get a copy of your pdf?
bhthorne57@yahoo.com and thank you for the thread.

I started IMF in late August after my physical showed higher cholesterol levels. This is a hereditary issue for me but the Doctor is gave me until October to lower it.

Fast forward to this week and have another blood draw. Since doing IMF I am down 12lbs (184 to 172). However, all of my bad cholesterol levels slightly went up as well as my blood sugar and my good cholesterol went down. Diet has improved and drinking tons of water.

Not sure what is going on or if it's just something I can't change due to genetics. My follow up visit is next week and I'm probably heading towards cholesterol medicine. Anyone else experience this?

I developed blood sugar issues doing IMF as well, which I never had before. I'm in shape, 6'4 200, so not a fatty issue. Couldn't figure it out, so I quit.

CastleRock said:

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General Omar said:

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Tailgate,

Very interesting thread and I am going to do it! Could I get a copy of your pdf?
bhthorne57@yahoo.com and thank you for the thread.

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If you get it, forward it to me at txextrastuff AT gmail

been asking for a week or two, no response

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Apologies - I've been slammed at work and have not kept up with TexAgs as much as usual! Just emailed you both a link.

Thanks again Tailgate for the pdf...very well written and motivational. After watching the video and reading both your book and Moseley's Fast Diet updated book, I am 2 weeks into it and down 8 lbs. It has motivated me to look harder at my diet. I have always relied on working out to allow me to eat what I want and not have weight difficulties, but at 62 am finding that diet HAS to enter into the equation. I appreciate the thread and all the information.

Any chance I can get pdf? Been meaning to ask for many months.

Tabascoag at gmail

Tabasco said:

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Any chance I can get pdf? Been meaning to ask for many months.

Tabascoag at gmail

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Email sent!

Thanks for sharing your experiences KY AG!

Tailgate88 said:

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Tabasco said:

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Any chance I can get pdf? Been meaning to ask for many months.

Tabascoag at gmail

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Email sent!

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Thanks!

Vernada,

Could you shoot me an email at markus <at> weekdayfast <dot> com? I appreciate the testimonial you did on my website but wanted to get your permission to use it on the book cover.

Thanks!