Alternate day fasting is considered a form of intermittent fasting in which you fast on an every other day basis. This type of intermittent fasting was widely popularized by Dr. Krista Varady in her book The Every Other Day Diet. If you're wondering who she is, Dr. Varady is the leading researcher in alternate-day fasting diets and is a professor of nutrition at the … [Read more...] about Your Guide to Alternate Day Fasting – Does it Work for Weight Loss?
Intermittent Fasting
How Many Hours Do You Really Need to Fast With Intermittent Fasting?
Intermittent fasting is a popular "diet" that restricts when you eat, not what you eat. This method of eating lets you eat what you what within an eating window, but you must fast for the rest of the time. The length of time an individual may fast can vary drastically, depending on the method followed. Some fasting schedules will restrict eating to a certain time period … [Read more...] about How Many Hours Do You Really Need to Fast With Intermittent Fasting?
Brad Pilon’s Eat Stop Eat: My Review and Thoughts
Brad Pilon's book Eat Stop Eat was one of the pioneers of the intermittent fasting movement. While in recent years the Intermittent Fasting approach (and the many ways to do it) has caught on like wildfire within the health and weight loss communities, it was definitely not popular or mainstream back when Mr. Pilon launched his book nearly 15 years ago. Quick summary: … [Read more...] about Brad Pilon’s Eat Stop Eat: My Review and Thoughts
What I’ve Learned From Following the Intermittent Fasting 16:8 Method (With Weight Watchers)
I wrote an earlier post about how I was going to try intermittent fasting - more specifically, the 16:8 fasting method combined with the Weight Watchers program. Finally, after some hesitation, I've been following through for an entire month. I have some recordable results as well as some insights to share with anyone who is curious or may be interested in more about how … [Read more...] about What I’ve Learned From Following the Intermittent Fasting 16:8 Method (With Weight Watchers)
WW (Weight Watchers) and Intermittent Fasting: How and Why I’m Doing it!
So I've been quite fascinated with the idea of intermitted fasting for a while now and decided that I'm going to try something a little different - I'm going to do Weight Watchers and intermittent fasting at the same time (which has currently been rebranded as WW) I'm currently following the WW program, and while I do like it and I have been losing weight, I want to … [Read more...] about WW (Weight Watchers) and Intermittent Fasting: How and Why I’m Doing it!