I have gone on and off this diet for the last few months and found it better to do intermittently. In other words, if you are in a constant IF mode, your body will adapt and gains will stop, but if you do it irregularly and just when you feel like it, then it works great.
Main point of the philosophy is not being afraid to skip a lot of meals. Never eat when you are not hungry just because it’s a certain time a day and you HAVE to eat. Also, skipping breakfast will not make you unhealthy.
I’m on this and refeeds are essential, check out martin’s posts on eating whole cheesecakes. I refeed binge on carbs once every couple weeks. The only thing that happens is that I hold more (~2lbs) water for a day or so (carbs suck up quite a bit of water). I haven’t seen any negative effects at all.
Best site on IF: http://www.leangains.com/
I have gone on and off this diet for the last few months and found it better to do intermittently. In other words, if you are in a constant IF mode, your body will adapt and gains will stop, but if you do it irregularly and just when you feel like it, then it works great. Main point of the philosophy is not being afraid to skip a lot of meals. Never eat when you are not hungry just because it’s a certain time a day and you HAVE to eat. Also, skipping breakfast will not make you unhealthy.
I’m on this and refeeds are essential, check out martin’s posts on eating whole cheesecakes. I refeed binge on carbs once every couple weeks. The only thing that happens is that I hold more (~2lbs) water for a day or so (carbs suck up quite a bit of water). I haven’t seen any negative effects at all.