Hey IF friends,
I'm new here so I apologize in advance if this kind of questions were asked.
I would like to ask about fasting - is it healthy to have fasting in your lifestyle? Like to do 8/16 every day for like a year, two and more?
For example i am now doing 16 days of 4/20 fasting.
Then the Ramadan starts and I will be doing sunrise to sunset fasting.
After that i wanted to go 6/18 for like a month (till june)
And then to continiue with my life doing 8/16
Would that be too much? Would that be healthy?
My goal is to loose some weight till june but then start weights workout.
\+ Can someone say how do you combine weights workout with fasting if i start now?
For example I work from 7 - 15. So now I fast from 13 - 17 (1:00 - 5:00). Is it okay to drink protein shake right befor fasting starts and go working out arround 18(6:00) or 19(7:00) ?
Thank you for your answers.
If I learn something new I would be more than happy
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You don’t need to do anything special. Just exercise whenever it suits you, and start following the IF eating system in a way that fits your schedule. (The suggestion that you need food around same time as exercise, is misinformed.)
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I’m on my 3rd year of IF. Daily fasting around 16 to 22 hours depending on schedule. I get physical exams and lab work every year and no negative effects from IF compared to my medical results from ealier than 3 years. I do IF as it’s helped reduce GERD problems (I skip dinner).
I walk daily as exercise, cant speak about lifting. All in all, IF is a sustainable lifestyle for this point of my life.