It’s fine. My eating window is from 11am to 7pm, but I don’t have to start eating at 11, I can start an hour or more later. The important thing for me is to end my eating window at 7pm.
And don’t let perfection get in they way of progress. You don’t have to be exact. There’s no IF police monitoring you. Do the best you can for your goals.
Thank you. I appreciate it. Because I sometimes work late, I can’t concentrate on the time to stop eating, rather making sure I meet my daily goal. I am not trying to lose a lot of weight. Only about 5-7 pounds. But i had to stop working out because of back issues for about a year or so. Doing better now, but during that time and being that I am already in my 40’ the weight I gained went all to my abdominal section. So trying to lose that while maintaining a healthy weight. In other words, I need to make sure I eat healthy meals during my eating hours.
Don’t stress the windows sure…you marginally swing some benefits. Big deal.
Look at it this way…of you have an 8 hour eating window and target 6 pm but eat at 5pm one day…that’s 15 hours. If you eat at 6pm the following day…that’s 17 hours…you’ve averaged 16.
The beauty of IF is the flexibility. I’m all over the map….it’s about generalities. I might omad, that 16/8, then 20/4. Heck…sometimesi dont at all. Point is…im fasting overall.
Personally…I am of the opinion that creating inconsistencies is good…so your body is becoming better at adjusting