I’m biased against alternate-day fasts, because routines work better for me as daily things. (If you were trying to fast one day a week, then never mind!).
What I’d recommend is trying a feeding period each day- the one I use is between noon and 8 PM. Eat normally during that period, don’t eat outside of it. You’ll feel full for part of the day, and hungry for another part, and are able to remind yourself during the hungry part that the feeding period is coming up, and you just need to wait. (You can even keep a list of what things you want to eat during the feeding period, if that helps you put off eating the food.)
Having breakfast reduces my overall daily intake, but I have to force myself to eat it, since it makes me feel too full and I don’t naturally get hungry until 11am or so.
Some people do a breakfast-lunch-supper window of around 8 am to 4 pm- the downside of that one is it makes social meals in the evening more difficult. (Mine is often functionally that, because I’ll often wake up around 10-11.)
I’m biased against alternate-day fasts, because routines work better for me as daily things. (If you were trying to fast one day a week, then never mind!).
What I’d recommend is trying a feeding period each day- the one I use is between noon and 8 PM. Eat normally during that period, don’t eat outside of it. You’ll feel full for part of the day, and hungry for another part, and are able to remind yourself during the hungry part that the feeding period is coming up, and you just need to wait. (You can even keep a list of what things you want to eat during the feeding period, if that helps you put off eating the food.)
Having breakfast reduces my overall daily intake, but I have to force myself to eat it, since it makes me feel too full and I don’t naturally get hungry until 11am or so.
Some people do a breakfast-lunch-supper window of around 8 am to 4 pm- the downside of that one is it makes social meals in the evening more difficult. (Mine is often functionally that, because I’ll often wake up around 10-11.)