What is intermittent fasting?
One common misconception about I.F(Intermittent Fasting) is that it is a diet-plan. Different types of intermittent fasting are just eating routines for weight loss.
The most popular format of it being the 16/8 format. If you follow the 16/8 format, you have to fast for at least 16 hours a day and are allowed two meals and refreshing snacks in the remaining 8-hour window in the day.
So, the ideal intermittent fasting eating routine for you would be:
Having the first meal at 12:00 noon
and last meal at 8:00 P.M
Which automatically makes you fast for the remaining 16 hours of the day.
The second common misconception about intermittent fasting is that you can only eat twice during the eight hours. You can eat absolutely anything and everything in the 8-hour window, if you manage to fast for the remaining 16 hours.
For best results, it’s highly advised to not eat sugar in any form during the 8 hour feeding period.
N.B – You can drink tea and coffee without sugar during the 16 hour fasting period.
OMAD (One Meal A Day)
The difference between the 16/8 intermittent fasting method and one-meal-a-day method is the fact that you can only eat whatever you want for an hour of the day, and fast for the remaining 23 hours. Fluids containing zero calories are allowed throughout the fasting period.
Which one is for you?
16/8
– If you are just starting intermittent fasting
– If you regularly work out/plan on working out
– If you crave for different food types during different times of the day
– If you genuinely like to eat.
OMAD
– If you are likely to binge-eat.
– If you are somebody who loves carbohydrates
– If you are not planning on building muscle
– If you don’t have the time to snack regularly
