Intermittent Fasting 16:8 - Group Talk - Week Commencing 7th April 2025.
- friendsonajourney2
- Apr 19
- 2 min read
What is meant by the term intermittent fasting?
Have you tired intermittent fasting?
The term intermittent fasting is used for eating your food in a window of time, in fact we all actively, intermittently fast, as none of us eat, I believe when we sleep.
There are different types of fasting, sometimes known as time restricted eating.
The different types of intermittent fasting are;
· 14:10
· 16:8
· 18:6
· 20:4
· 22:2
(You can drink water, black tea, and coffee when fasting)
· 5:2 is eating a regular diet five days a week and eating a restrictive calorie intake 500/800 calories two days a week.
Research studies suggest intermittent fasting support weight loss, type 2 diabetes, unimproved your heart health.
Fasting has been observed for thousands of years and for some religions and cultures it is an important tradition.
The word break-fast, is not a meal time between 6:00 AM and 10:00 AM, it is in fact the term used when you first eat within the day. “You break the fast.”
Leaving a fasting window of 14 hours plus allows your body to fully digest the food you ate the day before, using it for energy rather than storing in fat cells.
The 16:8 is the most popular fasting window;
· 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM
· 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
· 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
· 10 AM - 6:00 PM
· 11 AM - 7:00 PM
· 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
· 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM
· 2:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Allowing your body 16 hours of fasting and an 8 hour eating window, with the help of staying within your deficit this will support your weight loss journey.
Intermittent fasting doesn't work for all as may cause short term side effects;
· Hunger
· Weakness
· Fatigue
These do you subside once you have created a routine.
Intermittent fasting research has shown results in hormone changes within animals but this research is dated a new studies are taking place. But studies do show that if going through the menopause intermittent fasting may improve your insulin sensitivity rather than decrease it and help us manage our weight so avoiding weight gain.
I actively intermittently fast as I am rarely hungry in the mornings, I eat when my body says it's hungry, as I try to listen to my body's signals. This is not always the case when emotions are high.
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