43 year old male here. I have lost 60lbs (255 -> 195) over the last 2 years and I credit IF to most of it. I didnt even do it the entire time. I did it for about the first 5-6 months but then just cycled it. I now do 1 on and 2-3 months off. When I do it, I do a 18/6 split. This keeps my body fat down, resets my eating habits (like snacking) and I can still feel ok around holidays and vacations without feeling like I have to maintain that lifestyle ALL year. Love the videos. Thank you!

Love how you give advice for the menopausal women!!!! Thank you! Love videos like this. Too much conflicting info out there. You make sense for living life

Btw, I lost 65 lbs using I.F. I have PCOS, started exercising, dieting and taking metformin and did not lose 1 lb, even after being consistent for 12 months. Started I.F. lost 30 lbs in the first month; lost the last 35 lbs over 6 months. Now happily maintaining my body composition. I highly recommend trying IF, it might work for you.

Love your common sense advice. Everyone is unique and you must see what’s works best for you. Thanks as always! 💖

Always on point! Truly appreciate your approach in promoting individuality 👌🏾

I loved the way you explained every single point. 10 very productive minutes of video. Congrats and thanks

Thank you so much for the coaching you provide us! 😊

Excellent explanations and review of the info! Those doggies at end of video are super cute!

Thank You for so much information and such a great help!!! You are amazing ❤️

You’re explanation clears the cobwebs on “IF” , love your visual menu idea’s. Yum 💪 Thank you for sharing ❤️ : ) Jesse ✌️

Thanks dear this is the info that I have been looking for about intermittent fasting

⭐️ New Subscriber⭐️ Hear 😤 I like the information put out in this Video. I use IF specifically whenever I'm trying to Loose weight. The only downside I experienced was my energy levels may have decreased.. But once I eat later on my insulin boost back up..probably shouldn't do it too much. But I usually pay attention to my meal intakes..

Excellent vid. Thank you

Thanks

GREAT GREAT VIDEO :) Thank you for this Cori :)

Context is everything and this video hits the nail squarely on the head. For me, IF can best be described as skipping breakfast although since I workout first thing in the morning, I find that eating a banana can be helpful. Ultimately, IF simply helps me to impose necessary calorie restriction. Nevertheless, hunger pangs rarely seem to impair my workouts; I may begin my workout with some pretty intense pangs, but they usually disappear within 10 minutes.

Can you do a video on how to eat when getting started with a weight loss plan? Like starting a low carb phase or not? Thx. Love your videos!

Thank you for this. It reinforces my initial thought that IF wasn't right for me. As an aerobic endurance athlete who has always been on the lean side of normal, fat loss has never been a priority. Being post-menopausal now (with no weight gain), I am concerned with maintaining muscle strength and power however. Will watch your other videos for tips on furthering that goal, absolutely. I love the look of that pizza you were holding up. Will get one of those one of these days.

I jumped on the bandwagon years ago with all kinds of variations and it seemed to ruin my digestion. Now I eat 3 meals with 3 hrs between each and stop eating after dinner. That little bit of fasting overnight is working.

I started IF around a year ago with a very forgiving eating window ratio and have since pushed it out to around a 20+ hour fast every day (with a 2-4 hour eating window) as it got easier to do. I pretty much don't get hungry anymore so I just eat when I'm expected to (usually late afternoon) and I don't get cravings or anything. It's nice to not be hungry all the time and not need to bring nutrition outside of electrolytes on long endurance events etc 🙂

I use IF, but I still find it difficult to get all of my protein in during my eating window. I am in menopause, lift 5-6 days a week, cardio 3 times a week, on HRT (controlled closely by my doctor and based on detailed bloodwork) and I am just maintaining the weight, if not seeing a slight increase. I feel like it is counting macros that will help, but I am just not hungry enough to get all of the protein in. Is that a common situation and any tips?

As an additional view on IF - I have found that it really works for me and I am maintaining weight, not losing. 40yrs+ male 5’10” and 185lbs. I lift and kettlebell 3-4 times a week, BJJ 2-5 times a week plus some walks and daily mobility. I work emergency services full shifts and don’t suffer with hunger, food distraction or mood oscillations since doing IF consistently. I always feel energised for training, other than on days where extended shifts or nights have depleted me, which would happen on any diet or training plan. IF or fasting is often discussed in terms of fat or weight loss but it also helps in terms of mood regulation and gaining some insight into eating. I now really think at any time that I might want to break or change an eating window, am I hungry or am I just bored or mentally/socially snacky? It’s well worth considering for other benefits in addition to weight control and bodily composition. It took a while to dial it in by slowly going 12/12, 13/11, 14/10 and so on but it has proven worth it. Would recommend and it also saves food prep and clean up time, plus I really savour most of what I am eating in my feeding windows, which I often move to accommodate iconic dates or events. It’s a good strategy and worth the initial planning and work.

Huge YES! Best thing I’ve ever done for myself. I fast every day for 16-18 hrs. I’m 55 and very physically active.

My 1.5 years of IF gave me really bad Gerd/Acid reflux. After research many resources, I found that I'm obviously not the only one messed up by it. Since my 20's I was able to maintain a good weight by eating restricted calories and exercises so IF should not shock my body. I was wrong! I started my 19/5 or 16/8 IF 2020, my tinnitus started in summer 2021. I saw ENT/Neurology/GI doctors and ran all the tests to conclude that it was caused by GERD, which is bad acid reflux that can hurt your throat and ears. I'm still trying to recover and getting better by resuming a bit of refeed in the evening so I don't have empty stomach soaked in acid the whole night. If you don't feel good doing IF even though it's such a hype these days. Follow your feelings and your gut. It's not for everyone.

Yay!

very helpful

I got into fasting to help preserve mental clarity as I age and after maintaining a 40-lb loss for four years. I tried a lot of varieties, and I have to admit I eventually did lose about another 10 pounds and kept that off for a long time, but I gave up the fasting. It was never as enjoyable as the way I lost the 40 pounds, but as I got older, my appetite changed, and, I’m still actually adjusting to it years later. I also develop some blood glucose issues, which was very surprising since I had lost weight and ate nearly no junk food. I’m still playing around with food but I know that the strength exercising is so key. I’ve resisted it for years but now is the time.

IF isn't my thing, I've tried it several and I've never been able to get completely comfortable with it. Part of the problem is that I do shift work, 12 hour shifts rotating periodically from day to night. It's tough when you're world gets switched 180 degrees and now you're sleeping during your food window. I've tried to make my window from afternoon into evening to try to be consistent. That's fine on my days off but when I'm working it frequently gets busy and I end up with a 2 or 3 hour window. The other issue is that I've eaten multiple small meals for many years. When I get up in the morning, which is usually around 6:00am and try to wait until 2:00pm to start eating it all falls apart. By 9:00am I'm horribly hungry and have the shakes from what I assume is my blood sugar plummeting but I'm not sure on that. After several weeks of trying like crazy to make it work I just walked away from it. I'm back to my 5 a day plan..

So very true what you're saying very true everything that you are saying

IF didn't work so well for me. I found that I get results working on my macros.

What is the app that you're using to calculate your macro?

Bahaha! The Mythical Cookies are key to my super long run success 💪💪👍 During peak mileage weeks, I make my fasting windows 12 hours. During moderate mileage, I do ye olde 16/8. I have been a mad scientist with my macros and race fueling. Result: maintain muscle mass after ultra marathons. Winning! Now that I am only in marathon training, I can squeeze some muscle gain in there. Woop!

Definitely 100% Yay!

I’ve been fasting for two years now . I’m trying incorporate more strength training but the only time I can do it is in the evening . My last meal usually is 4pm . If I eat enough protein during the day is it ok to not to eat after working out for the next 16 hours ?

You have great muscle tone! Can you tell your weight, height, and BMI? Thx

I've been fasting for a while now. Idk i feel like part of why i'm not having acid refleux/acid indigestion issues is because i made this switch.( my style is more the 1st type

My name is Anna-Maria and I'm a 58 year old full blown menopausal woman. I've been working out for 35 years and the last 4 years I have gained 15 pounds and I cannot lose them no matter what I do. My training is doing weights 5 times a week (moderate weights due to back and knee problems) different muscle groups, 3 times a week cardio. I live in a Greek island and I follow the med diet most of the time with the exception including more protein to my meals. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I also have Hashimotos thyroid disease. Any suggestions?

But what if you workout (weights) in the morning, but your eating time doesn't start till 11. Do you not eat for the workout?

Can you share your regular arm exercise? (Because,that will be very helpful,other youtuber is just show the huge arm exercise) Thanks

That's why I like to do the 5:2 method. I just eat what i normally eat for 5 days, then i bulk for 2 days. It had really helped me to do a body recomp. I do eat snacks, but I normally do snacks just before dinner, so i consider my snack calories as dinner calories, because I'll be having dinner soon after those snacks. Then i increase my consumption over the weekend, then I returned back to my week eating.

IF doesn’t work well for me. I’m up at 4. Commuting by 6. Work. Lunch at noonish. Long drive home. Dinner. Bed by 9.I’d be way too hungry going from dinner until lunch. I just do 3 meals and no snacking. Works for me.

this was a perfect timing clip to see. I've generally always been a light eater and 16:8 was normal... I am going to try IF but a longer fast, and was wondering how 1 meal a day, or 24 hour fast would work, if you work out in the morning, and want to eat your meal around 5pm each day. I cant lift heavy and have so many limitations with lower body, so is it safe to say light strength training and not eating till evening may promote muscle toning but wouldn't ultimately leave me with losing what muscle I have left?

I love IF coupled with noom, otherwise I'd be eating non-stop. My window is 9 hours, which is room enough for breakfast, lunch and dinner and any snacks. I'm 69 with a history of bulrmia.bulimia. I've dug your vids ever since I saw your 1st about warm up exercises.

When asked about my views on fasting this is pretty much exactly what I say. Everyone is different and has different needs. Things will work differently for different people.

I thought IF reduced growth hormone production?

Firstly, really like your videos and content, a lot of sensible advise and varying content, have subscribed. As far as " Intermittent Fasting " goes this has been around all of my lifetime, but was called something else, it was called the way we lived. I am old enough to remember when nearly every family sat to eat at around 6 pm and was done by 7pm. They then did not consume calories till about 7 am, it was called breakfast. It was not called fasting or any gimmicky names, it was the way we lived, it was our lifestyle. We as a society stuffed things up, we now eat too much crap, eat far too late and far too much highly processed garbage. This " Intermittent fasting " is another gimmicky phrase that the " Health/ Marketing industry use, it is a fad that will disappear like the rest of the trendy diets and fads. Here is some free advice for anyone reading this, how's this, go back to how we used to eat and live, eat sensibly at the right time, get off your arse and get moving and get a good nights sleep. And another thing we used to do, meat and 3 veg for dinner, protein and vegetables, now we stuff highly processed carbs and pasta down our throats like the world is going to run out of food. I go 14 hours EVERYDAY without consuming any calories, i don't call it any fad names like intermittent fasting, it is the way i live, the way my ancestors and forebears used to live. Just go back to eating properly, it is that simple.

I have tried but it is hard not to eat. I have had a hard time sticking to it.

It's saved me a few hundred dollars a month too. I have no guilt going out and not eatting either. It's an easy plan, no wiggle room needed. In my two months. I have had 3 days with 2 meals. The rest OMAD for the win. 30 pounds lost

Finally you take!

I do IF and it has been a life changer. I was 372 LBS. did 23 hr IF with 1 hr window of eating but also cut out most carbs and sugars. Yes it was very hard for the first month but I stuck to it and ended up at 168LBS I run,lift,bike. Completely changed my health and absolutely live by it. While I fast I allow a few cups of black coffee and as much bottle water as I desire. It works but you must get your mind set because it is not ray but it is very possible but you have to want it.

I lost 30 lbs on keto and 2 meals a day, 16/8. I still do the fast, 5 hours between meals. I’m no longer keto, now I do a diet of high protein diet, low carb and mod healthy fats. I eat a lot of veggies and avoid added sugar and processed foods. Fasting doesn’t work if you’re eating a bad diet....

I do this for to days out of week of the mouth. Not to often the next mouth when I know i have to but i know whem i need to eat more the next mouth so that i don't feel like i am going to feel like i am not eating to much

I don't do I.F. but I do only eat at 6 am and 6 pm. I did it to skip lunch in my life and use that time for something else. I eat a peanutbutter based breakfast (natural peanutbutter, banana, bread) in the morning and it keeps me full for 12 hours. Then I eat a fish based (sardines, quinoa, organic spinach, and serrano peppers) dinner in the afternoon. All my gut problems disappeared when I started eating this. I wouldn't recommend anybody else do this as you have your own tastes. For some reason my brain craves peanutbutter and sardines. Every time I try to eat something like candy, cake, chips, fast food, etc. I feel empty, with no energy, etc. I also realized anyhting I cook tastes far better than any fast food I've bought. I can taste the preservatives now, I can taste msg, I can taste salt, I can taste all those additive things. I realized after a while the brain probably turns off the taste like the nose. That's how I was able to eat it back in the day. I can't eat anything else anymore. This was my perfect balance. I can eat this for the rest of my life. No more gut pain or bloating. Just the solid consistent waste that doesn't take any effort to pass. Truth be told I am wondering if there are drugs being placed in the sardines or peanutbutter. Every day I don't eat it, my brain gets cravings for it. Hard cravings like I had for sugar cravings back in the day. I think that hearing Cori say she still has cravings for other foods, made me realize that maybe I am wired differently. Although I heard that the bacteria in the stomach may signal the brain for a craving. After getting in the groove of exercising, although still hard as hell to START every day, when I don't exercise...I feel tired and weak all day lol. I started noticing that 2/3 into the exercise I get a burst of energy that carries me through the rest of the day. It's why I committed to exercising and I can wake up and force myself over that initial friction of starting that day lol. I know from experience that there's a better feeling to set me up for the day. Does this happen to everyone else or is it just me?

I don’t really see it as fasting. I see it as adjusting my intake based on what my body needs. My approach is simple: if I weigh in around the same weight in the morning as usual, I eat the same amount. If I’m 1or 2lbs over(eat less fat). If I wake up lighter than usual or if it’s a cardio day, increase fat intake. It’s easy once you get to your ideal weight.

I eat between 7am to 7pm. I can't survive without breakfast. Anyhow, 12 hour still helps me to avoid snacking at night. I still snack during the eating window but ofc I can't snack too much when I've had meals and that's good

Been training for years. Hitting menopause in the last year definitely can see the difference. Been playing with the idea of keto but I want to do it right. Finding someone to train me in nutrition has been difficult. This was helpful but I’m still a little confused. And would like to find somebody to trainde me in this.

how about intermitment fasting + creatine + gymnastics/calisthenics ? :) ;)

fasting window should be based on metabolic health, the leaner you get the shorter window you can have, generally early dinner till breakfast 12-14 hr fast is the easiest to maintain

Would it be beneficial to do 15-16 hour fast and also incorporate one day of 500 calories? I have tried to go longer than 16 hours and it's just not realistic for my lifestyle. I'm wondering if one 500 cal day would help with fat loss and muscle gain.

IF (tre) is what helped me stop overeating and gradually led me to exchanging ultra processed food for real food. My window is filled with good, nutrient dense and high protein foods. My health markers are all in the optimal range at 55 and post menopausal. IF doesn't mean eating anything I want, but it's helped me to want better.

I do intermittent fasting combine with workout and I got great results. The key is avoiding JUNK FOOD. Feed d your body and mind with healthy fats ,nuts,fruits, veggies specially in greens family and plenty of protein. Moderation is important.

Just noticed a video called Why fasting for women is different and how to do it correctly by Dr. Mindy Pelz. If interested, might be the next place to go.

I did the IF on and off for a few years and it was stressful to me, didn't work good for my lifestyle at all. It really is a great example that one size doesn't fit all when it comes to eating

I have not seen any weight loss results with IF. Does it ruin my fast when I take one of my medications in the A.M with water only? Don’t worry, regardless of what anyone may answer, I’m NOT going to stop taking the prescribed medication. I’m just curious if maybe that’s why I’m not seeing results?

Been practicing Time restricted eating since 2018. Over time, I've settled on about 12 to 14 hour fast but really just stop eating after dinner & break the fast whenever I want to the next am. I like the fast to start around 6 or 7p but can extend it for special occasions. I just turned 60 & see how stopping eating (or having anything other than water) after this time helps my body to wind down enough to get to sleep earlier & therefore get up earlier. I have never been an early riser until I practiced this. I have lost & kept off weight I wanted (5-10 lbs) but more importantly, having an eating window has made me choose nutrient-rich foods in that window -- esp getting in calcium.

TW: I’m gonna talk about weight, numbers and losing weight, so if this triggers u, you can skip this comment if you wish. Omg, this is totally unrelated to the vid, but I’m happy to say that I’m BACK to my “COVID weight,” which was 206 pounds. But I lost nine pounds in a WEEK! Which is obviously unhealthy, which is why I’m so extremely happy for myself that I’m back to my “COVID weight,” but doing so, HEALTHILY!! I used to be 212-213 lbs, and now, after about a year of hard work, I’m happy to say I’m at the weight I’m at! I was also stuck at the 207-208 range, so I’m actually very happy with myself! And I’m gonna eat a bagel for breakfast to celebrate! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

I do enjoy eating food i do this ever blue moon

I’ve heard so much about IF but I start to feel faint when I’m too hungry. And when I get hungry seems to have more to do with the time from my last meal than how much I ate. I know that this is alleviated from eating more protein. But as someone who’s not a fan of too much meat and eggs, there are times when my meals are not protein rich.

It's my dream to have a body like yours. Please share what you eat in a day 🙏

I've had a lot of success with IF over the last 4 years. I've gotten away from it recently because since I turned 55, my weight has stayed the same, but my clothes are fitting tighter and I'm way more jiggly, so that tells me I've lost some muscle mass, even though I still have a lot of bulk in my lower body. Maybe IF isn't to blame, and I should give it another go. I do prolonged fasts two or three times a year, just for the cancer fighting and immune system benefits.

IF messed me up. .. It reduced my calories drastically because I simply just wasn’t hungry anymore. It was explained to me later by a dietician that IF really slows down our digestion. I didn’t have a lot of weight to lose but felt better doing IF; until I lost my period for 5 months and my hair was falling out. .. I continued to workout as per usual and made meal choices simple due to lack of hunger. I STRONGLY suggest that if anyone is going to attempt this that they are working with a professional. Careful.

I been intermittent fasting for 3 years. I will never go back to eating all the time! Never

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There is no way of eating or strategy that is right for everyone.

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Or, just eat 1 ingredient foods, and eliminate sugar, processed foods and seed oils...

I actually don’t believe in IF I believe in breaking the fast which is breakfast IF is such a new buzz word(s) but I do feel better having 12 hours between last meal and first meal following day It’s breakfast. Simple.

The benefits of IF are way more than merely weight loss!!!!

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Place your faith on Jesus. Jesus died so that you can have everlasting life. Jesus is the way the truth and the life, no one gets to the Father but by him. Trust Jesus. Repent Have a good day.

Holy crap!!! Even SHE can pinch flesh around her middle!! Crazy!!