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I've been at this for 18 days now and lost 8lbs so far. Works like a charm. Thanks Bert!
I've a couple questions though.
I've been cutting calories down to around 1600 but I'm curious if this still works when your calories equal a suggested days worth, which I imagine would be hard to do within the window? Would we burn those quicker and then move on to fat burning or would we store them for the entire day and negate the fast?
Also, how come eating at night doesn't cause us to store fat? It's preached constantly that we shouldn't have food during that sedentary time or else we'll store it. I'm wondering how to reply to this criticism which I've encountered from those I've discussed the diet with.
I can't answer all your questions, but I think I can answer the one about "eating at night". Even though you may eat all your calories in the evening, you have all morning and most of the afternoon to be active and burning calories effectively. You don't wake up in the morning and immediately start putting more food in your body before you've even had the chance to really get moving.
-deborah
Well, first you're body is going to naturally adjust to a correct caloric intake if you restrict yourself to a 5-hour window. It might not... you might still need to set a caloric limit, but so far I haven't.
Don't worry about having "enough" calories. That is what causes compensitory overeating. Thinking you're not eating enough calories is limbic hunger. Yes, it's coming from your neocortex, but oddly enough the neocortex can be considered part of the limbic system, albeit an inhibitory part.
Storage of food energy requires insulin. Because I don't eat between 8:30pm and 3:30pm, I have 19 hours each day to have a period of low insulin levels. My leptin works and my weight is dropping. I sometimes pack too much food for work (I know work on the late shift), but I've learned to trust myself and not eat when I'm not hungry.