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Any Lemmings that have been regular fasters for at least a couple years? What's your first hand experience and opinion on fasting for health benefits? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I don't meant for weight loss, I mean health benefits as in autophagy, clearing out toxins, giving your organs a break type stuff

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[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Have you been able to keep the weight off after stopping IF?

[–] Zomg@piefed.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Generally, yes, but through IF I've made diet changes that have stuck with me to this day. No longer having Cereal is one of them. It was too easy to just eat the stuff. I also already enjoyed unsweet tea and sparkling water so that's helped too.

I also took walks around me neighborhood (about 6000 steps) about 3 times a week.

It also helped me to weigh myself daily so I can see if my efforts helped and that motivated me to continue my routine.

I should mention that IF is 60lbs of my ~110lb weight loss. I did hit a wall around 270 and received some help by taking phentermine while continuing IF. That got me to 227lbs.