Originally Posted by
MinnMan
Here's an interim report. Having entered this regime about a month ago, I'm sticking pretty closely to the 14/10 intermittent fast 5 days/week. I am not having any trouble sticking to the regimen, though I do find that by the time my appointed lunch hour arrives, i'm really looking forward to it.
I have not noticed any significant weight loss. Maybe 2 pounds. I'm not sure what that means, though. This time of year I'm generally diminishing both the intensity and total hours/week of cycling, and in normal years I tend to gain a few pounds through these winter months.
(Also, I stopped eating breakfast back in the spring, and this led to losing about 6 lbs. That was something like a 11/13 or 12/12 periodic fast and so the recent switch to 14/10 is perhaps a smaller change in habits.)
But my morning resting pulse has gone down from about 48-50 to 42-45. That's interesting.
A 14/10 eating schedule is just barely fasting. You don't start burning fat and running on ketones until about 12 hours after your last meal, so your fasting state isn't very long. Maybe try 16/8, and do it 7 days a week instead of only 5.
I've been doing IF on a 18/6 schedule (every day) for about 9 months. I lost 25 pounds and feel great. I also drink Sole water in the morning for the electrolytes and noticed a big difference in my ability to work out while in the fasting state.