There are several variations of intermittent fasting that you may consider as it will depend on how your body will react. The healthy foods that you eat and discipline matters in this method. These different types of fasting will guide you on what works best for you, and ultimately, elevate the chances of shedding some pounds.
Beginners Fasting
This is the easiest method to try when you are just getting started with fasting. This involves a 12-hour fasting period every single day. For instance, you had your last meal by 7 PM and the next meal is 7 AM on the next day. Typically, this is a good option for start-ups as this will help your body adjust the satiation levels.
For a professional and well-informed individual, this is very easy to achieve. Yet, for beginners, it may take some time to adjust and as time goes by, you can slowly increase the increase of not eating anything. The beginners fasting also includes 13:11, 14:10 and 15:9. Once you reach the 16:8 fasting, then you can consider yourself a pro!
5:2 Fasting
Another type of fasting to considering is doing it for the first 5 days, and eat normally for the last 2 days of the week. The usual routine here is fasting from Monday to Friday and enjoy any feast without restrictions on the weekends. That sounds pretty easy but always avoid eating too much on the weekend.
Alternate Day Fasting
A type of fasting that we thought to look easy but it is not. This works by fasting on alternate days and most pros do OMAD Diet and eat normally on the next day. You can do any timing you want but for better results, it is highly recommended to follow the Warriors Diet and you can then eat normally the next day and repeat.
Warriors Diet
From a beginner to an extremely professional, this by far is the most difficult to achieve. However, some people are doing really well with this diet. This is the One Meal a Day diet (OMAD). Yes, that is right! You only have to eat once in one day. But how does that work? Again, it will still depend on how your body will adjust. But this method works by eating as much as you can on a 1-hour window. Pros usually eat at around 3 PM to 4 PM and in between, they can drink black coffee/black tea to suppress hunger. Furthermore, doing some light exercise will help your brain forget eating food. The recommended calorie intake is around 1500–2000 kilocalories, depending on your Basal Metabolic Index or BMI.
It is more adaptable to your lifestyle and goes with the breeze, so you can make things fit even though your routine varies week to week. However, looser methods can result in only minor benefits.
Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn for more blogs about wellness. We are working on our website so for any updates, we will let you know soon!
