Women IFers -- lets chat about protocols! page 17

[girlhk]

Yes, I've stopped eating to relieve stress as well. Food except during meals has lost its appeal.

I'm visiting my family, and they haven't seen me in 3 months. They all noted I lost weight. I weighed myself and found that I'm 10 lbs lighter. I wasn't looking to lose weight, but it just happened. I think a lot of it is water weight though, I'm not as bloated as I used to be.

[zoebird]

Sort-of re-starting this thread. . . there have been interesting changes in my protocol!

First, i stretched my eating window out to the 10 hr window, which Martin (lean gains) says seems to work better for women. It's not every day (some days are between 3 pm and 8 pm, other days are between 10am and 8pm). And, I go ahead and eat a big snack/small meal around 4/4:30. Reason? It makes it easier for me to teach the evening class and I dont' feel like a zombie.

Eating earlier helps me be up and alert for the first class that I teach as well, so that helps a lot.

[Stephanie]

Wait....

What is IF?

[heatseeker]

I think I naturally do this, but I don't purposely IF or describe my eating style as IF. I just don't like eating before my 9am workout because it makes me queasy, and I don't like eating after 7 because I like to be fully digested for bedtime. So my eating, barring any social situations like Friday night out or Sunday breakfast, is solely between 10:30 and 6:30-7. I also eat my biggest meal mid-afternoon, usually 3ish.

If I didn't have a workout in the morning, I'm pretty sure I'd eat breakfast. I don't know that I really gain anything from the fast/feed window besides simplicity.

[zoebird]

stephanie,

as you are new to PB, don't worry about it yet. Do regular primal for several months (at least 6) before looking into "IF" (intermittent fasting). It's not a requirement, and you can let it happen naturally (as I have).

heatseeker,

for us, the simplicity and other side benefits (no longer emotionally eating) were nice surprises. Also, I realized that this is pretty natural for me. . . I never preferred to have breakfast. I always had to be up at least an hour before eating, and even then I was force feeding myself. Instead, eating around 10:30 or 11 was best for me -- which I did when I wasn't in school (i remember being totally frustrated i school).

Turns out to work nicely again. I eat then, around 4, and then again around 7. I go to bed around 10:30, so it's plenty of time if I finish by 8. Since I'm often in transit to work or working at 11, eating before is better than waiting until 2 to eat.

[Ayla2010]

I don't IF at any set times. I only eat if hungry, sometimes its once a day, sometimes 2 times. Rarely its more often than that though.
I usually ignore the first hunger pangs for a while, sometimes they go away, but if not I know I am really hungry.
Hunger is never desperate anymore, its kinda gradual. I like it.