I don't think you should fast unless it's part of a religious observance or a hunger strike. It's good to give your body fuel and nutrients regularly, you should probably just keep doing that.
I have attempted to lose weight before but I'm not now. I reject the idea that weight cannot be lost in a healthy way and that to be successful one must adopt unhealthy practices
Are you asking because you want advice, or are your asking because you think what I've done in the past is somehow relevant to whether people should starve themselves
A bit of both I guess. I think if you are against IF as a method for health reasons, then sure, but you should suggest a better alternative if you wanna be at all constructive. And if you said some shit like "I ran 20 miles a day. Anyone can lose weight without calorie control tricks" it would massively discredit your original point
I just saw the edit from OP - I have no problem with people using intermittent fasting I'm not even sure that's unhealthy honestly. I thought we were talking about just not eating for like, days.
But if you're actually asking for advice on how I lost weight most people will tell you you can't really do it by burning calories (though it can help it's pretty marginal). I counted calories, which meant very strict with treats. Lots of fruit, vegetables and nuts. Smoothies as meal replacements regularly. Popcorn as a treat when I needed one. Allowed one ridiculous treat a week (like a cinnamon bun or something). Reduced alcohol consumption pretty significantly. I did run, more every week. Eventually I did work towards about a 15km run about once a week, which worked out to be almost one day's calories. I hate running but it really is the most time-efficient way to burn calories.
I don't think you should fast unless it's part of a religious observance or a hunger strike. It's good to give your body fuel and nutrients regularly, you should probably just keep doing that.
Are you attempting or have you ever attempted to lose a lot of weight?
I have attempted to lose weight before but I'm not now. I reject the idea that weight cannot be lost in a healthy way and that to be successful one must adopt unhealthy practices
When you did what method did you use?
Are you asking because you want advice, or are your asking because you think what I've done in the past is somehow relevant to whether people should starve themselves
A bit of both I guess. I think if you are against IF as a method for health reasons, then sure, but you should suggest a better alternative if you wanna be at all constructive. And if you said some shit like "I ran 20 miles a day. Anyone can lose weight without calorie control tricks" it would massively discredit your original point
I just saw the edit from OP - I have no problem with people using intermittent fasting I'm not even sure that's unhealthy honestly. I thought we were talking about just not eating for like, days.
But if you're actually asking for advice on how I lost weight most people will tell you you can't really do it by burning calories (though it can help it's pretty marginal). I counted calories, which meant very strict with treats. Lots of fruit, vegetables and nuts. Smoothies as meal replacements regularly. Popcorn as a treat when I needed one. Allowed one ridiculous treat a week (like a cinnamon bun or something). Reduced alcohol consumption pretty significantly. I did run, more every week. Eventually I did work towards about a 15km run about once a week, which worked out to be almost one day's calories. I hate running but it really is the most time-efficient way to burn calories.
I think if you got up to running 15km a week I bet you "hate" running but secretly you enjoy it, a common relationship with running
Edit: because it sucks but is also very fun
Haha no I have always hated running I have no secrets about it running sucks