Intermittent fasting (16/8)

Fasting is for muslims I thought? It doesn't quite work if you're trying to lose weight. Changing your diet to more healthy foods as well as increasing the amount of energy you burn during the day is the only way.

So you don't know anything about fasting or intermittent fasting? It's not starving yourself. I'd suggest you read about it, it's very interesting that's why I'm trying/asking about it. And I'm not trying to lose weight.

IF works magical trust me. Been following for 2 months now. Another advantage of following IF is you don’t crave for bulky stuff after say 2 weeks which keep you motivated to keep continuing it for life tho the first 2 weeks are tough if you are foodie.

I've been doing it for around half a year, like you, it's not about losing weight because I have no weight problems. It's more just about consciously choosing not to eat more food than my body needs. I also like getting into the habit of it so that years down the line when metabolism slows down it won't be that hard to limit food intake if you've already been dong it for ages.

Sounds like a slippery slope to an eating disorder.

IF itself doesn't make you lose weight (e.g. if you always break your fast with an extra large 3000 calorie Domino's pizza ). It's being in a calorie deficit that does that, but IF can be a good strategy for some people if it makes it easier to eat less food. Personally, I use IF when I cut bodyfat purely because it helps me feel less hungry. If I eat several small meals I never feel satisfied and I'm always hungry. With IF I eat less often, but feel satisfied when I do eat so spend less time craving food. Whatever everyone else's opinion of IF is, if you're choosing healthy foods and it works for you then keep with it.

Of course, no one is talking about losing weight here, though if done smart it's an easy way to cut the amount of calories without dieting or special diets (it's just my opinion tho, I'm new to this!). I just thought to give it a try, I already implemented a lot of healthy habits in the last year so I thought about trying this. I'm glad to see that there's a few people who do this and no one is like "that sh*t dumb"

It's like saying smoking weed or drinking beer will make you an addict. If someone is smart enough they know how to eat less but healthy and with a slight calorie deficit/or no deficit at all.

It’s not a matter of being smart enough, but I see your point. It depends on your reasoning behind doing it and not getting addicted to the extent that it harms you.

Oh yeah, you didn't say you're losing weight! My mistake! In the end this isn't really a "diet" anyway. It's just an eating pattern. And if you can sustain a decent diet with it and prefer eating this way, then this sh*t ain't dumb haha.

I want "healthy" to become my lifestyle not just something I do to lose/maintain weight for now and then go back to overeating and zero activity.

You have the right idea! Whatever way of eating healthy foods you follow, it has to feel easy enough that it's sustainable for you long term. If it feels like hard work you won't stick to it longer than a few weeks. This is why extreme diets never work and people put the weight back on afterwards. But it seems to me you're on the right lines .

This is so silly. Is it that hard to consume 3 healthy meals a day and exercise?

No it's not. You eat 3 times, someone eats 5 times, someone else doesn't eat past 5pm and I don't eat before noon and past 8pm. I don't think none of these choices are silly, but then again we all have our own opinions.