The Science of Fasting

Expatriate said
This is motivating me. You're still doing the 18/6 with cardio?

yes. All calories have been between 12 and 6pm. I did have to adjust my window Monday and Tuesday because my work schedule did not allow me to get to my last meal at 6. I also feel great. I am not struggling with the not eating in the morning hardly at all. I also love the mental aspect of it. It has made me far more in tuned with how I eat and the few times that I have experienced hunger it made me more aware of my mental and physical states and the hunger fades. I also know that there is probably some skew in the numbers because of water loss but I have lost weight many times but never actually felt myself losing it like this.

Beast said
Awesome! Congratulations!

Do you have any idea on your body fat % when you started? If so, you can figure out your approximate TDEE. For instance, according to my last Skulpt scan, I'm approximately 16% body fat at 187 lbs. My TDEE should be roughly 2100 calories. That's essentially what I could eat daily without exercise and not gain fat/weight (i.e. maintenance calories).

I have not figured all of that out yet but I likely will. I am going to cut back when it just feels right. Maybe try to maintain with 2 or three days of this a week once I hit around 170. I am concerned about the deficit. I'm not really cutting back on how much I eat much other than what happens naturally because of the window. I still eat three meals a day but after that first one, the second and third are naturally smaller since I just ate 3 hours before. I have been careful with what I eat though. Its been nothing but lean proteins, fruits, vegetables and low GI carbs like whole oatmeal. I have kept watermelon and pineapple freshly cut up in the fridge for snacking in between the meals. I was pushing the cardio upwards around 1000 daily but I have scaled that back to no more than 8 to 850.