Things we can do while at work to stay “fit/ active”. I can work up 13 hours at my office. I get up and walk around but do you have any suggestions. Also, I like the hair- looks a little different.
Your diary-free milk video inspired me to go diary-free, today my tummy thanks you 😙 (I have been using coconut milk😋) Recently reduced gluten too, also after two week i'm pretty much expert in being a vegan😂 Joke aside some diary-free,gluteen-free vegan dish would be great 😆❤ Also summers are coming 😍 Love, Namata🤗
This is a bit different but I am curious what your opinion is on fitness programs that are based on your DNA such as "Fitness Genes." Are these companies genuine? Technologically, are we in a place where your genes can tell you what your diet and exercise should be like to achieve your goals?
Thank you!! I love how straight to the point you are while still giving the info in an understandable way. I was just talking about this with someone and, no joke, 20 minutes later you uploaded this video. I'm gonna give this a shot.
I fall in that last category. I'm on a good plan now that I can finally stick to. Fasting has always been a breeze for me since childhood, but as I got into being a working adult I got into just eating dinner for many years and things went so bad with my health,leading to surgery and many medical issues. I had good reasons for just eating one meal,drinking and eating foods/juice highly acidic as well as years of diet soda,coffee and addiction to chocolate. Sleeping only 3 hrs per night. When I did burn out from this combination,I end up in the ER. Thank God I didn't die from not listening to my body. I had to be taught how to eat,how often,and when. I could still go for hours without even a drop of water,but now I would feel sick. If I fast it's not for a long period,and not often. Everything in moderation. I'm on a good healthy road.
The frequency of meals causes weight gain not because of people tending to overeat, but because eating frequently especially sugary and starchy foods causes Insulin hormone to stay high. High level of Insulin causes accumulation of fat. It's that simple.
I lost 30lbs in 2 months doing IF and exercise. My body is slowly getting used to it and so I’ve hit a plateau. I don’t want to cut any more calories bc I know it’s not good for my metabolism. I’ve noticed that I’ll get constipated if my metabolism is slow (which makes sense) and that’s how I know that I need to do something and make my metabolism start up again. I just don’t know what to do or what to change. I want to do something called calorie cycling where I eat more calories for like two days and for the rest of the five days I’m fasting. I’ll see if that works out for me. I wish there was some type of cheat sheet that could just reveal to me what I need to do or change hahaha. My question is: how to get over an IF and exercise plateau? What are some others ways other than calorie cycling? And just for y’all to know, I drink green tea twice a day and walk a lot bc of work. Maybe I can increase the intake of green tea and walking? Idk I NEED IDEAS !
Absolutely hear you...there seem to be a lot of conflicting ideas about how to approach plateauing! I lost 24 lbs in my first 2 months of IF but have not lost any weight in last 2 weeks even while increasing my resistance training substantially. I also understand that muscle weights more than fat but my belly has not decreased in size for some time now.
I've been an intermittent faster ( before I found out there was a name for it) for most of my life. The problem was that once I did start eating in the evening I ate too much. So 10 months ago I stopped that and am now 70 lbs lighter, but I am again at a plateau ( this will be the 3rd I think). So I can't break a plateau with IF because I was already doing it. My eating window is about 2 hours in the evening. Waiting patiently ( or not so patiently) for it to pass.There is nothing much I can do as I can't cut calories any further ( short of eating nothing at all ) and the amount of exercise required to burn off a significant / worthwhile amount of calories is not an option.
If I burn 2500 calories a day (including exercise) and I eat 3000 every day but I eat them all in one sitting at 6.00 p.m. every day, without eating anything else nor drinking anything but water, question, will I loose weight thanks to this form of fasting?
Alicia !!! Hello !! With fasting, what time would be better to exercise ? Would it be ok to do it around 7pm if the last time i ate was 6pm and wont eat till 10am ? Or should I adjust a little ? Maybe eat after exercise and have the first meal the next day a little later maybe fast from 8pm - 12am
Listen to your body-some people prefer to exercise with food in them, some don't. It isn't going to make a huge difference, just make sure you're being safe!
I started my weightloss journey at 75kg and now i am at 65kg but i really want to go down to 58kg ;( ive been at 65kg for 1 month) im 170cm btw, any tips that you could share? 🥺
for fasting you don't want to be consuming anything to mess with the benefits of ketosis, so a little cream in your coffee would probably be okay but the sugar = glucose and insulin so that would be a no.
Intermediete fasting is great way to lose weight + keto to maximize the effect. The challange i facing in my beloved country is every food cousine always have added sugar. Instead phobia to sugar which i cannot avoid, what i do intermediete fasting with one meal a day, strictly 100% no carb at all, rice, bread, potato and etc. Go for vege + protein just in that one time meal a day and work for me. Down 14kg for me. Not great but at least working. If you stay country like me Malaysia which also sugarholic like USA, at least to try to adapt it instead phobia on it.
This was a great informative video! When is a good time to work out while on intermittent fasting? I just wonder if someone could be more at a risk of exhaustion while getting in their daily workout during the hours/ days they are fasting vs hours/ days they are eating. Is choosing to work out at one time over the other generally more productive and beneficial for fat burning? (Or safer and easier on the body?) Truthfully, I'm unsure of good times to work out in general lol. Also, what pre-workout and post-workout beverages/meals are good to have around workouts? For example what best can fuel you before specific workouts (ie. Cardio vs. Fat burn) or what is good to eat to replace and recover what is lost. I think one thing I get really confused about is whether or not it's good to have a protein shake before your workout or after? Or does it matter ? Or can it actually be more beneficial to not eat before or after you workout at all such as if you do so first thing in the morning or at the end of the night? I've heard some people say that they like to work out first thing in the morning without anything on their stomach and other say it's good to have a couple of calories in there I guess to jumpstart a little energy. Now I'm wondering if the latter is a myth or unnecessary since eating breakfast in the morning doesn't necessarily kickstart your metabolism. I know there's not one answer and everyone is different when it comes to the limits they can push when working out or requiring different nutritional needs due to certain conditions, but more information on this would be interesting! Sorry for the length!
It's going to make very little difference in terms of the workouts effect on the fasting-I would listen to your body and when it prefers to workout. Some like to work out on an empty stomach, and some after eating. I would do what feels right to you so you don't get sick :)
@@MindOverMunch Thank you so much! You have been helping me so much over the years. I'm finally not afraid to eat more calories. I've made healthy eating a lifestyle rather than a diet where I starve myself. Thank you for your time and effort.
ok something is wrong here... where didn't left THE PURPLE?!?!💜 Hair,clothing? lol ok background 😜 more videos !! and really good topic p.s I loved your exercises at home much love Alysia!!💜🤗🙋♀️
You'd be right if it was 500 calories every day, it's supposed to be fasting only for 2 days. If a person is eating 500 calories every day then that's an eating disorder.
No, that's not what IF is. The food you eat won't "become" fat. Fasting, no matter the format, is simply helping your body get into a fat burning state because you aren't giving it glucose to burn.
Okay so I'm just gonna go and become anorexic right now, because apparently that will help me lose weight. Maybe you should have discussed the differences between eating disorders and intermittent fasting, and how to not burn muscle while doing it! Because that will happen, and that's not what anyone wants!
Not eating food from 7pm until 11am next day is anorexia? Also, there is a ton of research showing that fasting pumps up growth hormone in the body and that it's muscle sparing. It won't eat at your muscle until you get REALLY thin and the body has little-to-no fat to take from the body.
Ypu recieve a huge surge of human growth hormone while fasting so you wont burn muscle. And if you're fat adapted on keto you're body will prefer fat for fuel.
Oh thanks for this. I intermittent fast and everyone thinks i'm crazy "your suppose to eat 6 small meals a day, breakfast is important, you're gonna ruin your metabolism " blah blah blah like I know it works for me and sick of explaining it to not even healthy people psh. Love this!
Thank you! Everyone is different. For IF, it's not as much about how many meals, but keeping the calorie intake in that window of eating :) I'm glad you're finding what works for you!
Everyone always thought I was crazy growing up, but I've always been a "never eats until 12" person, even back in high school when I would wake up at 6:30. It's what has kept me a healthy weight my whole life. Now, with current IF studies, I am not longer seen as crazy by everyone.
I feel so much better when I don't eat late at night. I've been eating between 12p-8p for about a month+ now and definitely feel good about it! Thanks for the reminder about bodies adjusting to it though. I'll keep in mind to switch it up if I start to feel stagnant. Great video, thanks!! :)
Why dont you recommend if for people that don't sleep well? I've had insomnia most my life but I dont get hungry when I'm in bed and cant sleep, even if im awake til 4 or 5 am.
If i use IF method,i skip my breakfast,so i need to count my calorie intake? Example:my maintance calorie is 2400,i eat 1900 calorie,so i skip my breakfast and eat 1900 at lunch or dinner? Please reply😁
I find it helps to cycle with IF, too. I'll do it for a few months, and then go back to eating breakfast for a month or two. It re-regulates your hormones and gives your body an opportunity to adjust and keeps it guessing so it doesn't become too stagnant.
Love your hair - btw. Thank you for this video....helps me a lot. Can you please work on more Keto recipes? I’m stuck on the same ole foods, I’d like to mix it up if possible. Love love all your help, you have really inspired me to keep up with my weight loss journey! You really motivate me! Keep up the excellent work you do! ❤️
Over the past 2 months I lost almost 4 kilos thanks to IF but sometimes it’s so hard...I wanna lose more but it’s getting harder but having tried many diets this was by far the best method and I am afraid of plateauing...I wanna follow this as a long term plan..hope I have enough motivation to keep going!
Unfortunately, I can't do any types of fasting. I take meds. I also found out from going to the hospital for dizzy seizure. Started with low blood sugar, then to vertigo, and ended up having a seizure. I have epilepsy, more risky for me to get low blood sugar.
I get you; I'm hipoglucemic so I'm not supposed to fast either. Still, fasting every now and then has its benefits. When I want to "fast" I turn to liquids. So while I'm fasting I can take my water, teas, natural fruit juice and milk. That way I can keep my glucose checked but I'm not ingesting heavy amounts of food. Also, I son't think I've ever fastened longer than 12 hours; although I'm not counting sleep time.
Ive been fasting 5 days a week , 16+ hours a day and lost 20 lbs the first 6 weeks... but thats where the fat lost stopped, I have not lost a pound since and it has been an additional 2 months.
tbh i tried intermittent fasting mostly because i want to lose weight, i just want to share my experience with it, its really actually hard to sustain plus i do experience very excruciating headache thats why i stopped it and started agoge diet. i did lose weight without all those bad things and i have never been happier
I am doing intermittent fasting since last 3 months and I have lost 10 kg in just 2 months but now from last one month & few days, I am not loosing a single percent.. My current weight is 89 .. Please tell what should I do... I follow 16 : 8 and sometimes 18 : 6.
i do Intermittent Fasting but dont have a huge time gap and since i have started it last year i find i get fuller faster and i have gone down almost 30 pounds over the few years of doing it so for me im happy that i have not been gaining, good video
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Portion size affects insulin even if it big portion of something healthy. Also say you eat kraft dinner that will go into your body as storage. Now if you eat say whole grain pasta that will go into your body as energy. The more food goes towards energy the more weight you can lose from intermiitent fasting using body fat as fuel. Also say your doing 16/8 everyday your body could adapt to this and slow your BMR. So do 7 hour eating window some days 5 hour eating window some days. One every say 3 days mix it up. One last thing fiber and protein are important with each meal as the 2 stop your meal from raising insulin as much. So stop putting food in your body as storage and give your body energy to use when your not eating.
Love your videos! I've done a lot of research on intermittent fasting because I have about 100lbs to lose. I like the way you organized your information. I haven't gotten to a plateau yet because I am still early in my weight loss journey. I didn't think about switching things up to get the weight coming off again. Thanks for all the great information!
I have been fasting, but now I've got a plateau, and i don't know how to get away from it. So I took a break from it and I'll start again tomorrow. We'll see how i do
if our bodys smart and knows how to maintain its weight when we eat less food why doesnt it maintain weight when we eat much and our favorite foods lol
This was a very informative video! This makes sense as to why IF and low carb diets never worked for me in the past when I tried them. I have naturally very low blood pressure, and my eating schedule definitely affects my sleep! My blood pressure I think is the main reason, though.
It looks like in this video the theory is that with IF, a plateau can not be reached. Well, it can. I'm here because I've been doing IF for the past 4-5 months, and the last month I haven't lost a gram.
@@priyatn24 It's actually been one year, but I guess you meant saying that! Doing great here! Still doing intermittent, it has become a life style. I stay true to my word, the body adapts as always, but I wasn't eating very healthy at the time of the post. Always balance good meals with an active life style.
What do you think about the gallstone problem? My mother always warns me to not skip meals because she used to do that, and she had to get gallstone surgery.
Love you Thank you My mom thinks I am af crazy to follow intermittent fasting and I am like it's the best So I am at a stage I thought I am done with intermittent fasting but since I lost it I just stopped losing weight and like I have lost 8 kgs in 2.5 months I am 13.... And like I have to lose more 8 kgs to be 49.... I am not Idt teen I have done all research I am 156 cm and my ideal weight is 48 kg so yeah thank you now I am gonna continue and this time I will chole ting to help me have excercise heehee 😀 but u the best aunt thank you 😊
It will really depend on the person and how their body responds, I can't say! Some people go few months with success, some go weeks and then need a change.
Thanks for explaining this in simple plain language that is relatable, at least to me. Most videos that I have seen on this subject use terminologies and jargons that left me even more confused.
I am so frustrated. I went low carb for a month (super casual) and went down from 144 to 135 (I'm 5'2 & 27). Then I stopped everything and started keto and dropped down to 128 the first two weeks. Then I switched to IF/keto/OMAD and didn't lose anything in the past 3 weeks. I REALLY didn't want to do what I did years ago, which was obsessive exercising, but I started that anyway. Nothing. I've been in a plateau for almost a month and have no idea what to do. I wonder if 128 is my new set weight vs. 118 a few years ago.
Most of what we lose on low carb is water at first, and it's tough to sustain. There may be details you can tweak, but my personal opinion is if it's causing you so much stress the diet may not be worth it. Perhaps that energy can be directed elsewhere, to find more peace with where you're at now. For me personally, my weight did not budget until I accepted where I was at.
Hey, That's awesome that you're so committed to losing the weight. Alyssia made good points in this video but I wanted to add some things. The good news is it doesn't really matter what diet you're using (I'm a IF/omad-ish kind of guy myself), because you can break through your "plateau" by just doing two things. a) Count your calories more strictly and b) update your measurement strategy. See, the weight loss "plateau" is basically a myth because our metabolisms don't change much during normal dieting. It's a result of measurement error from using the weight scale to measure fat loss instead of using better more accurate/consistent methods like skinfold or even tape measure for circumference measurements. Trying to measure fat loss with the weight scale alone is like trying to guess how much gas you have left in your tank by weighing your entire car. Why not just look at the fuel gauge? But you said yours has lasted a month which is great news! It means you're eating at maintenance and you just need to tighten up your deficit a bit (and use better methods to measure your fat loss). Plus you're close to your goal weight and once you get to the last 10-15 pounds or so you have to increase your deficit because your body has less fat reserves to burn. That's why the last 10 pounds is so hard to lose - because you have a smaller window of deficit to work with before you hit maintenance. Anyway, I created an entire program around this idea based on what I learned as a personal trainer and you can download it free (for now since I just released it). There's an ebook, course materials, even an app as well that will calculate your timeline and your maximum fat loss per week based on your current body fat. You can find it at www.countdownprogram.com/free-program and if you have any questions feel free to email me at the address there. -Mac
I realize this is a 3 year old video...but Here's my 2cents worth. I have fasted off and on for eons and ages...but usually because I had to. Now, I strive for one meal a day, usually a big salad, with low carb bread; toasted...plenty of olive oil, pecans, walnuts, and pumpkin/sunflower seeds. I add some spices like steak seasoning, a tuscan garlic spice, oregano, or whatever sounds interesting. I munch after my late afternoon evening meal...on things like celery (any vegetable) and peanut butter, snow peas, fresh green beans, broccoli, carrots, etc...anything to finish filling me up to satiation. I drink lemon water with my meal and coffee/tea/oil/ the rest of the day. If I drink water all day, I dilute the acids too much, so I add lemon which becomes alkaline in the system. This is an every day thing...the goal is to eat only between about 4pm-8pm. But the "surprise" is that if I'm hungry at 10am...1pm...2-3 pm...I EAT!! No hard and fast rules about what I eat...except to eat as holistically and organically as possible. Pasta and Rice are allowed, as well as low carb breads and tortillas....but well balanced with good protein and fats. Today, at 11am; I had some Neufatchel Cheeze; lower in fat than regular cream cheeze... mixed with an avocado as a spread on a tortilla...piled with cilantro and two kinds of parsley (very high in potasium)...two of the small tortillas and I'm set for the rest of the day. Tonight I'll have my normal salad. But then I'll probably go 3 days or more on just the salad once a day, or maybe some sauteed vegetables with rice or pasta and possibly some shrimp. Sometimes, I'll have yogurt either early or late... My thing is to fast for as long as possible...every day. My OMAD is well balanced depending on what I think I need, and what I'm hungry for. Like a baby, if we listen to our bodies, we'll eat what we need, regardless of anyone else's idea of what's perfect for us. Babies know their needs...carbs, meat, protein, the various nutrients in vegetables, dairy, etc. If we eat like a child, we'll not want some foods on some days....pay attention to the deeper need, and then want that for your meal.
I had a baby recently. I lost 20lbs while intermittent fasting, exercising and limiting carbs. My eating window is between 11am and 6pm. Now I've been at a plateau for about 3-4 weeks. Not sure why, but I did start new medications like birth control that may have played a part in that. I have given up all junk food for now and really strict with what I do eat. Exercising 5 days each week. Drinking tons of water. Not sure why my body wants to hold onto this weight. I have about 20 more lbs that I want to lose. I'm not in a rush to lose all of it, just wish the scale would move again since Im putting so much effort in.
this video was so informative, thanks alyssia!! i have a question though. are there people who practice intermittent fasting as a lifestyle or is it more temporary to do it every once in a while to "reset" your body?
People who practice keto as a "lifestyle" tend to incorporate IF. It depends on the person. I consider it more as a "reset" and a way to keep your body from getting too used to your routine.
LOL. This is not really the video Im looking for. Im doing IF and I currently hit the weight loss plateau...? What should I do??? My IF now is 16/8 mode. Im thinking do it one meal a day now. But not sure if it helps
You put so much hard work int your videos ... you deserve a lot more subscribers and views.... I watch all your videos n love all of them ....u come up with best content. Best wishes Alyssia and mind over munch team..
I have started if (well sort of) the maximum i can do is 13-14 hours and i have lost a few pounds in a week..not a lot but its very effective. I am trying to build up my ability to fast, each day i try to stop eating early today i stopped at 18:00 but got hungry again at 20:30 so i snaked on a few cashew nuts....so well i am going to try to eat after 11 if i can make it. Its Its not very easy
I get perturbed when I see an everyday person giving advise, which all this should come from a medical professional. Ugh! Actually what you've done is repeated what everyone else before you have said. Be careful people do your research via medical experts publications.
This was really great and informative, I've known a bit about IF because of being on keto but haven't yet tried any large fasting periods. Until your video I hadn't really considered I was inadvertently fasting simply because I don't get hungry in the mornings so my first meal doesn't happen until noon. I'm thinking about incorporating some larger more conscious periods of IF to change things up so I don't get 'used' to a particular way of eating. Thanks for the great video!
The plateau where you got this word sounds beautiful. In the disease there are the words crisis, i.e. the rise of the disease, the decline of the disease and remission, weakening or decrease. Those. the process of movement of disease or recovery. Plateau geographical designation (fr. Plateau, from plat - "flat") - an elevated plain with a flat or wavy, weakly divided surface, bounded by distinct ledges from the adjacent plain spaces of the earth's surface. The plateau has no movement due to the fact that it is a plane. The plateau has only displacement due to the shift of tectonic plates. We are constantly on it on the plateau. It does not rise and fall. I did not understand. What does medicine and geography do. There is a name stable remission. Reconvalescence is a recovery process. normal life of the body after an illness. Stable (lat. Balance) state of health. Have not tried to repeat the textbook of geography.
I'm 10 pounds overweight. My BMI is 26. I eat healthy and exercise moderately. If I wanna lose the weight, I make a couple changes and lose it, but then I look like a Cancer patient on chemo because I lose all of it from my face. Everybody is asking me if I'm sick. I've realized I look my best at 10 pounds overweight and made peace with that...
I am doing IF and I've lost 34 lbs. But I do find after a couple of weeks I have to take a little time off IF because I start to feel malnourished and weak. I eat normal for a few days, then back to fasting. I try to eat as many raw veggies as possible, bit I do eat things that aren't as good like pasta, and sweets. But I limit them. I don't stick to it everyday, bit when I do IF and low carb, I drop weight like crazy. I've also started drinking a ton water and cut out sugary drinks. I found not drinking my calories made a HUGE difference. Anyway, I love your videos. Keep them coming. :)
Thanks! If you're doing IF, it's important to still make sure you're taking in enough fuel :) Many combine low carb/keto + IF because it keeps you in ketosis, and fat is more satiating (so you may not feel as weak if you're taking in more fat and less carbs).
I've recently heard a doctor talking about this, and apparently herbal teas and coffee etc will break fasting as far as your metabolism is concerned. It's water period unfortunately.
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Things we can do while at work to stay “fit/ active”. I can work up 13 hours at my office. I get up and walk around but do you have any suggestions. Also, I like the hair- looks a little different.
More Keto recipes!!!
Your diary-free milk video inspired me to go diary-free, today my tummy thanks you 😙 (I have been using coconut milk😋)
Recently reduced gluten too, also after two week i'm pretty much expert in being a vegan😂 Joke aside some diary-free,gluteen-free vegan dish would be great 😆❤
Also summers are coming 😍
Love,
Namata🤗
This is a bit different but I am curious what your opinion is on fitness programs that are based on your DNA such as "Fitness Genes." Are these companies genuine? Technologically, are we in a place where your genes can tell you what your diet and exercise should be like to achieve your goals?
Can you do a plant base high protein recipes video?
Thank you!! I love how straight to the point you are while still giving the info in an understandable way. I was just talking about this with someone and, no joke, 20 minutes later you uploaded this video. I'm gonna give this a shot.
thank you so much! I appreciate it :)
I fall in that last category. I'm on a good plan now that I can finally stick to. Fasting has always been a breeze for me since childhood, but as I got into being a working adult I got into just eating dinner for many years and things went so bad with my health,leading to surgery and many medical issues. I had good reasons for just eating one meal,drinking and eating foods/juice highly acidic as well as years of diet soda,coffee and addiction to chocolate. Sleeping only 3 hrs per night. When I did burn out from this combination,I end up in the ER.
Thank God I didn't die from not listening to my body. I had to be taught how to eat,how often,and when. I could still go for hours without even a drop of water,but now I would feel sick. If I fast it's not for a long period,and not often. Everything in moderation. I'm on a good healthy road.
As always Alyssia, great job making this video. Very informative! well done.
thank you very much!
The frequency of meals causes weight gain not because of people tending to overeat, but because eating frequently especially sugary and starchy foods causes Insulin hormone to stay high. High level of Insulin causes accumulation of fat. It's that simple.
I’ve been doing IF for a couple months and have been doing well til now. I hit a plateau. Ughh
I have heard so much about it but I didn’t know what it was thanks!!!!
Thank you!
I lost 30lbs in 2 months doing IF and exercise. My body is slowly getting used to it and so I’ve hit a plateau. I don’t want to cut any more calories bc I know it’s not good for my metabolism. I’ve noticed that I’ll get constipated if my metabolism is slow (which makes sense) and that’s how I know that I need to do something and make my metabolism start up again. I just don’t know what to do or what to change. I want to do something called calorie cycling where I eat more calories for like two days and for the rest of the five days I’m fasting. I’ll see if that works out for me. I wish there was some type of cheat sheet that could just reveal to me what I need to do or change hahaha.
My question is: how to get over an IF and exercise plateau? What are some others ways other than calorie cycling?
And just for y’all to know, I drink green tea twice a day and walk a lot bc of work. Maybe I can increase the intake of green tea and walking? Idk I NEED IDEAS !
Absolutely hear you...there seem to be a lot of conflicting ideas about how to approach plateauing! I lost 24 lbs in my first 2 months of IF but have not lost any weight in last 2 weeks even while increasing my resistance training substantially. I also understand that muscle weights more than fat but my belly has not decreased in size for some time now.
I lost a lot of weight with intermittent fasting and now I've plateaued. How to change that?
Have to say Ive always enjoyed your videos and have always found them helpful and informational thank you! 😊
thank you!
This video is so helpful! Thank you!!
my pleasure, thank you!!
I've been an intermittent faster ( before I found out there was a name for it) for most of my life. The problem was that once I did start eating in the evening I ate too much. So 10 months ago I stopped that and am now 70 lbs lighter, but I am again at a plateau ( this will be the 3rd I think). So I can't break a plateau with IF because I was already doing it. My eating window is about 2 hours in the evening. Waiting patiently ( or not so patiently) for it to pass.There is nothing much I can do as I can't cut calories any further ( short of eating nothing at all ) and the amount of exercise required to burn off a significant / worthwhile amount of calories is not an option.
Love the hair!😊 Frustrating hitting a plateau which I am in now so this vid helps a lot.
thank you!
I think plateau's are there for a reason......slow and steady wins the race.
I loved this video. I found the info very interesting. Yes, do more.
thank you!!
If I burn 2500 calories a day (including exercise) and I eat 3000 every day but I eat them all in one sitting at 6.00 p.m. every day, without eating anything else nor drinking anything but water, question, will I loose weight thanks to this form of fasting?
What if you plateau DURING intermittent fasting 😣
Im on omad now but i think my body is already getting used to it.. I dont like to eat a lot anymore..and dont get hungry easily
you helped me a lot thank u soooo much
thank you!
Alicia !!! Hello !! With fasting, what time would be better to exercise ? Would it be ok to do it around 7pm if the last time i ate was 6pm and wont eat till 10am ? Or should I adjust a little ? Maybe eat after exercise and have the first meal the next day a little later maybe fast from 8pm - 12am
Listen to your body-some people prefer to exercise with food in them, some don't. It isn't going to make a huge difference, just make sure you're being safe!
Can you do a video about what to eat / and what NOT to eat for high blood pressure, please!!
thanks for the request :)
I started my weightloss journey at 75kg and now i am at 65kg but i really want to go down to 58kg ;( ive been at 65kg for 1 month) im 170cm btw, any tips that you could share? 🥺
Still at 65?
@@josephcurko6595 im at 64kg but my weight fluctuates a lot between 63-65.5 now
I love your haircut ❤️
Does the coffee have to be black? Or can I still add sugar and cream? For IF.
10 calories or less.
I'm sorry I meant 35 cals or less
for fasting you don't want to be consuming anything to mess with the benefits of ketosis, so a little cream in your coffee would probably be okay but the sugar = glucose and insulin so that would be a no.
Mind Over Munch thank you!
Intermediete fasting is great way to lose weight + keto to maximize the effect. The challange i facing in my beloved country is every food cousine always have added sugar. Instead phobia to sugar which i cannot avoid, what i do intermediete fasting with one meal a day, strictly 100% no carb at all, rice, bread, potato and etc. Go for vege + protein just in that one time meal a day and work for me. Down 14kg for me. Not great but at least working. If you stay country like me Malaysia which also sugarholic like USA, at least to try to adapt it instead phobia on it.
This was a great informative video! When is a good time to work out while on intermittent fasting? I just wonder if someone could be more at a risk of exhaustion while getting in their daily workout during the hours/ days they are fasting vs hours/ days they are eating. Is choosing to work out at one time over the other generally more productive and beneficial for fat burning? (Or safer and easier on the body?) Truthfully, I'm unsure of good times to work out in general lol. Also, what pre-workout and post-workout beverages/meals are good to have around workouts? For example what best can fuel you before specific workouts (ie. Cardio vs. Fat burn) or what is good to eat to replace and recover what is lost. I think one thing I get really confused about is whether or not it's good to have a protein shake before your workout or after? Or does it matter ? Or can it actually be more beneficial to not eat before or after you workout at all such as if you do so first thing in the morning or at the end of the night? I've heard some people say that they like to work out first thing in the morning without anything on their stomach and other say it's good to have a couple of calories in there I guess to jumpstart a little energy. Now I'm wondering if the latter is a myth or unnecessary since eating breakfast in the morning doesn't necessarily kickstart your metabolism. I know there's not one answer and everyone is different when it comes to the limits they can push when working out or requiring different nutritional needs due to certain conditions, but more information on this would be interesting! Sorry for the length!
It's going to make very little difference in terms of the workouts effect on the fasting-I would listen to your body and when it prefers to workout. Some like to work out on an empty stomach, and some after eating. I would do what feels right to you so you don't get sick :)
Awesome video and I like your hair
Great video again Alicia! I've been doing the 5:2 diet so far! Do you think it would be beneficial if I stuck to the 16 hours of fasting too?
thank you :) I don't think it would hurt, just make sure you're taking in enough fuel for yourself and that it's sustainable for you :)
@@MindOverMunch Thank you so much! You have been helping me so much over the years. I'm finally not afraid to eat more calories. I've made healthy eating a lifestyle rather than a diet where I starve myself. Thank you for your time and effort.
Awesome info
thank you!
Can I have tea with milk? At least 2 cups daily during my fasting
Can you make a video about artificial sweeteners? I'm curious about coke zero, will it make my insulin go up if I drink it only with a meal?
Love your shirt and your haircut is nice too 😊
thank you :)
Looking great Alyssia ❤😍
That pineapple on the edge is giving me anxiety
ok something is wrong here... where didn't left THE PURPLE?!?!💜 Hair,clothing? lol ok background 😜 more videos !! and really good topic p.s I loved your exercises at home much love Alysia!!💜🤗🙋♀️
Thank you so much!
@@VFRExplorer I think it's because Alyssia usually wears purple clothing or has purple highlights in her hair and that was missing in this video.
@@yiraidaborges5947 Oh! It makes sense now. Thanks!
Eating 500 calories a day sounds like anoraxia. I am no specialist but i suggest people double check other recourses before trying that
You'd be right if it was 500 calories every day, it's supposed to be fasting only for 2 days. If a person is eating 500 calories every day then that's an eating disorder.
@@maya-gs4px like i said i am no pro plus that still does not sound right and unatural
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So everything that I eat will become fat if I follow, for example, the 5:2 diet? 😱
No, that's not what IF is. The food you eat won't "become" fat. Fasting, no matter the format, is simply helping your body get into a fat burning state because you aren't giving it glucose to burn.
@@MindOverMunch now it's clear, thanks!
Okay so I'm just gonna go and become anorexic right now, because apparently that will help me lose weight. Maybe you should have discussed the differences between eating disorders and intermittent fasting, and how to not burn muscle while doing it! Because that will happen, and that's not what anyone wants!
She does at the end discuss who should and shouldn't try it
Right? It's things like this that triggered my disordered eating in the first place, and I think now is the time for me to unsubscribe.
Not eating food from 7pm until 11am next day is anorexia? Also, there is a ton of research showing that fasting pumps up growth hormone in the body and that it's muscle sparing. It won't eat at your muscle until you get REALLY thin and the body has little-to-no fat to take from the body.
I mention this at the end of the video.
Ypu recieve a huge surge of human growth hormone while fasting so you wont burn muscle. And if you're fat adapted on keto you're body will prefer fat for fuel.
I’ve been doing 38-40 fast for 2 months now it’s pretty easy I lost 18 pounds in the first 5 weeks but the last few weeks I’ve lost nothing :(
Oh thanks for this. I intermittent fast and everyone thinks i'm crazy "your suppose to eat 6 small meals a day, breakfast is important, you're gonna ruin your metabolism " blah blah blah like I know it works for me and sick of explaining it to not even healthy people psh. Love this!
Thank you! Everyone is different. For IF, it's not as much about how many meals, but keeping the calorie intake in that window of eating :) I'm glad you're finding what works for you!
Your far from crazy. I lost 120lbs doing it.
First rule about Fight Club is that you don't talk about Fight Club!!
Ppl think I'm crazy too. But it works. Especially if you are bigger and have a lot of weight to lose.
@@anydae lol
I lose weight doing intermittent fasting combined with counting calories. I have lost 20 lbs so far. I post a recipe every other day.
Congratulations! That’s amazing!
keep it up i lost a ton of weight doing the same
Amani Murph I will be checking your channel out! Definitely could use help with recipes
The Agoge diet is so much better than the ketogenic diet, you get the same results without feeling like shit.
Everyone always thought I was crazy growing up, but I've always been a "never eats until 12" person, even back in high school when I would wake up at 6:30. It's what has kept me a healthy weight my whole life. Now, with current IF studies, I am not longer seen as crazy by everyone.
I lost 120lbs at age 40 using OMAD. it is life changing.
congratulations!
What's OMAD?
@@Dcfrea One meal a day
Here u are again!! Haha!!
@@Dcfrea you eat once a day .. has worked for me too ... but I also do fasting
I feel so much better when I don't eat late at night. I've been eating between 12p-8p for about a month+ now and definitely feel good about it! Thanks for the reminder about bodies adjusting to it though. I'll keep in mind to switch it up if I start to feel stagnant. Great video, thanks!! :)
thank you! I agree, not eating late helps me so much, too!
Why dont you recommend if for people that don't sleep well? I've had insomnia most my life but I dont get hungry when I'm in bed and cant sleep, even if im awake til 4 or 5 am.
If i use IF method,i skip my breakfast,so i need to count my calorie intake?
Example:my maintance calorie is 2400,i eat 1900 calorie,so i skip my breakfast and eat 1900 at lunch or dinner?
Please reply😁
Alyssia posts a video? I click.
LOL. But what if I hit a plateau using Intermittent Fasting?
I find it helps to cycle with IF, too. I'll do it for a few months, and then go back to eating breakfast for a month or two. It re-regulates your hormones and gives your body an opportunity to adjust and keeps it guessing so it doesn't become too stagnant.
Same question lol
Love your hair - btw. Thank you for this video....helps me a lot. Can you please work on more Keto recipes? I’m stuck on the same ole foods, I’d like to mix it up if possible. Love love all your help, you have really inspired me to keep up with my weight loss journey! You really motivate me! Keep up the excellent work you do! ❤️
thank you :) Yes more keto coming!
Over the past 2 months I lost almost 4 kilos thanks to IF but sometimes it’s so hard...I wanna lose more but it’s getting harder but having tried many diets this was by far the best method and I am afraid of plateauing...I wanna follow this as a long term plan..hope I have enough motivation to keep going!
Can I
Chew sugar free gums?????
Thanks 🥰🥰🥰✅
Unfortunately, I can't do any types of fasting. I take meds. I also found out from going to the hospital for dizzy seizure. Started with low blood sugar, then to vertigo, and ended up having a seizure. I have epilepsy, more risky for me to get low blood sugar.
I get you; I'm hipoglucemic so I'm not supposed to fast either. Still, fasting every now and then has its benefits. When I want to "fast" I turn to liquids. So while I'm fasting I can take my water, teas, natural fruit juice and milk. That way I can keep my glucose checked but I'm not ingesting heavy amounts of food. Also, I son't think I've ever fastened longer than 12 hours; although I'm not counting sleep time.
Really knowledgeable and happy I watched! Love ur vids!
Ive been fasting 5 days a week , 16+ hours a day and lost 20 lbs the first 6 weeks... but thats where the fat lost stopped, I have not lost a pound since and it has been an additional 2 months.
... I have an easy 60+ pounds of excess fat to go.
tbh i tried intermittent fasting mostly because i want to lose weight, i just want to share my experience with it, its really actually hard to sustain plus i do experience very excruciating headache thats why i stopped it and started agoge diet. i did lose weight without all those bad things and i have never been happier
I am doing intermittent fasting since last 3 months and I have lost 10 kg in just 2 months but now from last one month & few days, I am not loosing a single percent.. My current weight is 89 .. Please tell what should I do... I follow 16 : 8 and sometimes 18 : 6.
Just a question do u eat anything during ur break or do u have to eat healthy to lose weight
i do Intermittent Fasting but dont have a huge time gap and since i have started it last year i find i get fuller faster and i have gone down almost 30 pounds over the few years of doing it so for me im happy that i have not been gaining, good video
thank you!
This video will help many people dealing with this stress. 🙌Very Informative! Watch more about weight loss Plateau-ua-cam.com/video/Wl5cLjYEBZY/v-deo.html
Portion size affects insulin even if it big portion of something healthy. Also say you eat kraft dinner that will go into your body as storage. Now if you eat say whole grain pasta that will go into your body as energy. The more food goes towards energy the more weight you can lose from intermiitent fasting using body fat as fuel. Also say your doing 16/8 everyday your body could adapt to this and slow your BMR. So do 7 hour eating window some days 5 hour eating window some days. One every say 3 days mix it up. One last thing fiber and protein are important with each meal as the 2 stop your meal from raising insulin as much. So stop putting food in your body as storage and give your body energy to use when your not eating.
Love your videos! I've done a lot of research on intermittent fasting because I have about 100lbs to lose. I like the way you organized your information. I haven't gotten to a plateau yet because I am still early in my weight loss journey. I didn't think about switching things up to get the weight coming off again. Thanks for all the great information!
I have been fasting, but now I've got a plateau, and i don't know how to get away from it. So I took a break from it and I'll start again tomorrow. We'll see how i do
I m doing IF from last 1 month losing inches but not weight loss...can anyone help ...why
if our bodys smart and knows how to maintain its weight when we eat less food why doesnt it maintain weight when we eat much and our favorite foods lol
Idek
This was a very informative video! This makes sense as to why IF and low carb diets never worked for me in the past when I tried them. I have naturally very low blood pressure, and my eating schedule definitely affects my sleep! My blood pressure I think is the main reason, though.
I'm glad you found it useful! It won't be for everyone, but it's good to have the information to determine :)
It looks like in this video the theory is that with IF, a plateau can not be reached. Well, it can. I'm here because I've been doing IF for the past 4-5 months, and the last month I haven't lost a gram.
How are you now..
It's been one month since this post 😃
@@priyatn24 It's actually been one year, but I guess you meant saying that! Doing great here! Still doing intermittent, it has become a life style. I stay true to my word, the body adapts as always, but I wasn't eating very healthy at the time of the post. Always balance good meals with an active life style.
Year**
That's good to know. Did you lose more weight/ get out of the plateau after this post. If you're eating healthy I assume so..
@@priyatn24 Yes i did
What do you think about the gallstone problem? My mother always warns me to not skip meals because she used to do that, and she had to get gallstone surgery.
Love you
Thank you
My mom thinks I am af crazy to follow intermittent fasting and I am like it's the best
So I am at a stage I thought I am done with intermittent fasting but since I lost it I just stopped losing weight and like I have lost 8 kgs in 2.5 months I am 13.... And like I have to lose more 8 kgs to be 49.... I am not Idt teen I have done all research I am 156 cm and my ideal weight is 48 kg so yeah thank you now I am gonna continue and this time I will chole ting to help me have excercise heehee 😀 but u the best aunt thank you 😊
Thank you! I know it’s a tough journey, but be patient and kind to yourself!
Lots of helpful information, thanks! I love your new haircut 😊
thank you!
how often do you recommend we engage in intermittent fasting and for how long?
It will really depend on the person and how their body responds, I can't say! Some people go few months with success, some go weeks and then need a change.
@@MindOverMunch Thanks for your reply! I've been at a standstill with my weight for a while so I might talk about this with my doctor and try it out.
Does smoking stop you losing weight ? I heard it didn’t affect weight loss ?
Weed causes weight and yes all shape of smoking causes weight loss or weight gain
Thanks for explaining this in simple plain language that is relatable, at least to me. Most videos that I have seen on this subject use terminologies and jargons that left me even more confused.
Thank you!! 😊 glad you found it helpful.
If u skip breakfast everyday for one year
You eat 255,000 less calories or 73lbs of fat
Depends how much you eat the rest of the day. Most people who fast make up the calories in other meals.
Anything on reaching 'plateau' even in intermittent fasting ?
I want to know that too😔
Me ! I do intermittent fasting and I’ve plateaued. I don’t do yoyo dieting
I am so frustrated. I went low carb for a month (super casual) and went down from 144 to 135 (I'm 5'2 & 27). Then I stopped everything and started keto and dropped down to 128 the first two weeks. Then I switched to IF/keto/OMAD and didn't lose anything in the past 3 weeks. I REALLY didn't want to do what I did years ago, which was obsessive exercising, but I started that anyway. Nothing. I've been in a plateau for almost a month and have no idea what to do. I wonder if 128 is my new set weight vs. 118 a few years ago.
Most of what we lose on low carb is water at first, and it's tough to sustain. There may be details you can tweak, but my personal opinion is if it's causing you so much stress the diet may not be worth it. Perhaps that energy can be directed elsewhere, to find more peace with where you're at now. For me personally, my weight did not budget until I accepted where I was at.
Hey,
That's awesome that you're so committed to losing the weight. Alyssia made good points in this video but I wanted to add some things.
The good news is it doesn't really matter what diet you're using (I'm a IF/omad-ish kind of guy myself), because you can break through your "plateau" by just doing two things. a) Count your calories more strictly and b) update your measurement strategy.
See, the weight loss "plateau" is basically a myth because our metabolisms don't change much during normal dieting. It's a result of measurement error from using the weight scale to measure fat loss instead of using better more accurate/consistent methods like skinfold or even tape measure for circumference measurements. Trying to measure fat loss with the weight scale alone is like trying to guess how much gas you have left in your tank by weighing your entire car. Why not just look at the fuel gauge?
But you said yours has lasted a month which is great news! It means you're eating at maintenance and you just need to tighten up your deficit a bit (and use better methods to measure your fat loss). Plus you're close to your goal weight and once you get to the last 10-15 pounds or so you have to increase your deficit because your body has less fat reserves to burn. That's why the last 10 pounds is so hard to lose - because you have a smaller window of deficit to work with before you hit maintenance.
Anyway, I created an entire program around this idea based on what I learned as a personal trainer and you can download it free (for now since I just released it). There's an ebook, course materials, even an app as well that will calculate your timeline and your maximum fat loss per week based on your current body fat.
You can find it at www.countdownprogram.com/free-program and if you have any questions feel free to email me at the address there.
-Mac
I realize this is a 3 year old video...but Here's my 2cents worth.
I have fasted off and on for eons and ages...but usually because I had to.
Now, I strive for one meal a day, usually a big salad, with low carb bread; toasted...plenty of olive oil, pecans, walnuts, and pumpkin/sunflower seeds. I add some spices like steak seasoning, a tuscan garlic spice, oregano, or whatever sounds interesting. I munch after my late afternoon evening meal...on things like celery (any vegetable) and peanut butter, snow peas, fresh green beans, broccoli, carrots, etc...anything to finish filling me up to satiation. I drink lemon water with my meal and coffee/tea/oil/ the rest of the day.
If I drink water all day, I dilute the acids too much, so I add lemon which becomes alkaline in the system.
This is an every day thing...the goal is to eat only between about 4pm-8pm. But the "surprise" is that if I'm hungry at 10am...1pm...2-3 pm...I EAT!! No hard and fast rules about what I eat...except to eat as holistically and organically as possible.
Pasta and Rice are allowed, as well as low carb breads and tortillas....but well balanced with good protein and fats.
Today, at 11am; I had some Neufatchel Cheeze; lower in fat than regular cream cheeze...
mixed with an avocado as a spread on a tortilla...piled with cilantro and two kinds of parsley (very high in potasium)...two of the small tortillas and I'm set for the rest of the day. Tonight I'll have my normal salad. But then I'll probably go 3 days or more on just the salad once a day, or maybe some sauteed vegetables with rice or pasta and possibly some shrimp.
Sometimes, I'll have yogurt either early or late...
My thing is to fast for as long as possible...every day. My OMAD is well balanced depending on what I think I need, and what I'm hungry for. Like a baby, if we listen to our bodies, we'll eat what we need, regardless of anyone else's idea of what's perfect for us. Babies know their needs...carbs, meat, protein, the various nutrients in vegetables, dairy, etc. If we eat like a child, we'll not want some foods on some days....pay attention to the deeper need, and then want that for your meal.
I had a baby recently. I lost 20lbs while intermittent fasting, exercising and limiting carbs. My eating window is between 11am and 6pm. Now I've been at a plateau for about 3-4 weeks. Not sure why, but I did start new medications like birth control that may have played a part in that. I have given up all junk food for now and really strict with what I do eat. Exercising 5 days each week. Drinking tons of water. Not sure why my body wants to hold onto this weight. I have about 20 more lbs that I want to lose. I'm not in a rush to lose all of it, just wish the scale would move again since Im putting so much effort in.
this video was so informative, thanks alyssia!! i have a question though. are there people who practice intermittent fasting as a lifestyle or is it more temporary to do it every once in a while to "reset" your body?
People who practice keto as a "lifestyle" tend to incorporate IF. It depends on the person. I consider it more as a "reset" and a way to keep your body from getting too used to your routine.
Mind Over Munch i see, thanks so much for replying ❤️
I do this daily, as a longtime, lifestyle way of eating. Very easy to do daily, long term.
LOL. This is not really the video Im looking for. Im doing IF and I currently hit the weight loss plateau...? What should I do??? My IF now is 16/8 mode. Im thinking do it one meal a day now. But not sure if it helps
You put so much hard work int your videos ... you deserve a lot more subscribers and views.... I watch all your videos n love all of them ....u come up with best content. Best wishes Alyssia and mind over munch team..
thank you so much :) I appreciate you!
Smoking will stop weight loss??
I have started if (well sort of) the maximum i can do is 13-14 hours and i have lost a few pounds in a week..not a lot but its very effective. I am trying to build up my ability to fast, each day i try to stop eating early today i stopped at 18:00 but got hungry again at 20:30 so i snaked on a few cashew nuts....so well i am going to try to eat after 11 if i can make it. Its Its not very easy
I get perturbed when I see an everyday person giving advise, which all this should come from a medical professional. Ugh! Actually what you've done is repeated what everyone else before you have said. Be careful people do your research via medical experts publications.
I tried IF last year for a couple months and had great results! Best way to lose weight on my opinion. Great video!
thank you! :)
100% changed my life
So just don’t eat nothing
And drink water
I have started 18 hrs fast because 16hour fasting is not effective for my body.🕶😅
I am on a weight loss plateau while doing the 23:1 fasting keto diet. I know it's my hyperthyroid med tapazole causing the plateau, any advice?
This was really great and informative, I've known a bit about IF because of being on keto but haven't yet tried any large fasting periods. Until your video I hadn't really considered I was inadvertently fasting simply because I don't get hungry in the mornings so my first meal doesn't happen until noon. I'm thinking about incorporating some larger more conscious periods of IF to change things up so I don't get 'used' to a particular way of eating. Thanks for the great video!
I'm glad you found it helpful, thanks!
good job, enjoyed the vid
The plateau where you got this word sounds beautiful. In the disease there are the words crisis, i.e. the rise of the disease, the decline of the disease and remission, weakening or decrease. Those. the process of movement of disease or recovery. Plateau geographical designation (fr. Plateau, from plat - "flat") - an elevated plain with a flat or wavy, weakly divided surface, bounded by distinct ledges from the adjacent plain spaces of the earth's surface. The plateau has no movement due to the fact that it is a plane. The plateau has only displacement due to the shift of tectonic plates. We are constantly on it on the plateau. It does not rise and fall. I did not understand. What does medicine and geography do. There is a name stable remission. Reconvalescence is a recovery process. normal life of the body after an illness. Stable (lat. Balance) state of health. Have not tried to repeat the textbook of geography.
I found this extremely helpful :-)
thanks so much!
2nd video I've seen of yours....and I LOVE IT.... just now subbed ya;) 💜💛🤗
thank you so much! Happy to have you here, welcome to the channel!
Great Information Yes Please More of these videos (and the food Videos) this explained what has happened in my own journey Thank's M.O.M.
thank you! :)
For how long the IF will work? I mean... can I do it forever? 24 hours fast and then eat for like 3 hour window ... as lifestyle
we don't want to do the research that's why we come here and she says do your own research what a waste
I'm 10 pounds overweight. My BMI is 26. I eat healthy and exercise moderately. If I wanna lose the weight, I make a couple changes and lose it, but then I look like a Cancer patient on chemo because I lose all of it from my face. Everybody is asking me if I'm sick. I've realized I look my best at 10 pounds overweight and made peace with that...
Take care of yourself! Everyone's preferred or natural weight is going to be different
My goal weight is 54-55 hehe i hope i can get there
I am doing IF and I've lost 34 lbs. But I do find after a couple of weeks I have to take a little time off IF because I start to feel malnourished and weak. I eat normal for a few days, then back to fasting. I try to eat as many raw veggies as possible, bit I do eat things that aren't as good like pasta, and sweets. But I limit them. I don't stick to it everyday, bit when I do IF and low carb, I drop weight like crazy. I've also started drinking a ton water and cut out sugary drinks. I found not drinking my calories made a HUGE difference. Anyway, I love your videos. Keep them coming. :)
Thanks! If you're doing IF, it's important to still make sure you're taking in enough fuel :) Many combine low carb/keto + IF because it keeps you in ketosis, and fat is more satiating (so you may not feel as weak if you're taking in more fat and less carbs).
Cute hair :)
I've recently heard a doctor talking about this, and apparently herbal teas and coffee etc will break fasting as far as your metabolism is concerned. It's water period unfortunately.