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For a personal anecdote, IF was the most impactful change I did nutrition wise, and I am currently midway testing diets from carnivore to vegan.

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How long have you been on an IF style diet? I "ran" it for about 3 and a half years before moving on.

I'm curious to know what long term success looks like for people on an IF diet. I did get my weight under control on IF but when it came time to bulk or cut, in accordance with my strength and conditioning training, it simply wasn't working.

Since mid-2017. I agree it is not enough to gain muscle, but it also doesn't seem to hinder that for me.

Could you say more about your IF regimen? And what sort of impacts did you notice?

I have done IF for almost 2 years now. Some personal experiences from my blog if interested: https://link.medium.com/ju1cOdlG9kb

Improved skin, clearer mind, less fatigue. I was doing 14:10 after years of irregular eating, then settled on 16:8 which also improved the above.

I tried 23:1 for a week but I could not eat enough in that one hour.

> I tried 23:1 for a week but I could not eat enough in that one hour.

That gives me a stomach ache just thinking about it. 2000C in a sitting is a lot, even with relatively high calorie food choices.

Thanks.

One of the surprising experiments for me with IF is that hunger changes for me. After I'm used to it, I rarely experience hunger outside the eating hours even when I'm losing weight.

When you did your 23:1, what was hunger like for you?

I experienced the same when starting IF. With 23:1 I did get hungry a few hours after the meal, but the main issue wasn't that, it was not getting enough nutrients in that single meal.

I suspect that if I combine 23:1 with carnivore it'll be much easier to do.

Yeah, in my case I'm thinking of it for weight loss, so that could be a positive. Controlling eating hours for me is much easier than other things I've tried. I'll have to try 23:1 and see how it goes.

Thanks for the details!

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