12 hours isn’t enough if someone is overeating. Ask me how I know. I could never figure why I was so hungry in the morning when I ate a big late night meal.
I’m not sure what they are on about with a “8 to 10 hour window”. If someone gets up at 6 AM then they eat all day till 4 PM? That is what everybody is already doing! To my way of thinking Intermittent Fasting if you want to quit screwing around is eating One Meal a Day, so roughly 23 hours of fasting per day. That might not work for everybody but it sure burns the fat off, and allows for large, satisfying meals.
I’ve been doing this for years. Not every day, but quite a lot. Most people in this country simply eat too much — and too often. Just because we can.
No, it is not. Most people eat 12 to 16 hours a day, often with a "midnight snack" to break up fasting even more.
Restricting eating to 10 or less hours a day involves some discipline. I have been trying it for a for a month, and seem to be seeing an effect. I decided to try it more out of curiosity than because of necessity.
The best way to lose weight is slowly. Fast weight loss is nearly impossible to keep up.
I did not even bother checking my weight at the start. (probably lost a couple of lbs, but did not keep good records.
I have been checking for the last week. Too early to tell, but down about a lb in the last week. (measured carefully to .1 lb at same time each day before eating.)
I will know a lot more in a couple of months.
I tried intermittent fasting...didn’t do a thing for me. I went to one meal a day and lost 45 lbs. Still eating that way and still slowly losing weight. Everyone tells me now not to lose anymore weight but now I’m just used to eating that way.
Eat your regular diet starting at 10am, say, and nothing after 6pm. Just move meals closer together and give your body a longer break, from 6pm to the next morning. No it’s not complicated, simple enough; but it seems to help. Could be hard if you are accustomed to snacking or kitchen grazing late into the evening.