Topp 5 QUESTIONS ABOUT INTERMITTENT FASTING

1. "Do I not get really hungry if I start skipping meals?"

When you get hungry in the morning or in the evening, this is a result of the habits you have built for your body. If you constantly eat or always eat at the same time of day, your body can actually learn to prepare for food by starting the process of insulin production and preparation for food.

After a short adjustment period, your body can adjust to the fact that it only eats a few times a day. The more overweight you are, and the more often you eat, the more difficult it can be to create new habits.

2. “Where do I get my energy for my workouts? Will I not be exhausted and unable to complete my workouts if I run periodically fast? ”

When you exercise in the fasting state, the body will be better at burning fat to get energy when there are no carbohydrates that it can use. Read more about intermittent fasting and energy in our blog.

3. "Do you not lose muscle volume during fasting?"

Our bodies are skilled at preserving muscles even during fasting. In addition, protein consumed in a shorter time has no difference on the body compared to protein distribution during the day. Fast boosters also include your growth hormone and testosterone, which are the very basis for muscle growth. So the answer is no. Read our blog on growth hormones.

4. "How about my body starving from not eating?"

People believe that when we do not eat, the body goes directly into a state of starvation where it stores more calories than burning them. Fortunately, this is NOT true. It takes a long time during starvation, before the body goes into "starvation mode". You need to be severely malnourished and burn off all your fat in order for your body in order for this situation to occur. A 16 hour intermittent fast every day will not put your body in starvation mode.

5. How much should I eat during periodic fasting?

Easy: Eat to reach your goal! If your goal is weight loss, you still need to consume fewer calories than you burn each day to lose weight. To begin with intermittent fasting 16/8. Eat your meals in "normal" size and weigh yourself every week. If you are losing weight and are happy with the progress, keep doing what you are doing! If you do NOT lose weight, you are probably eating too much. When I started with my periodic fasting 16/8, I counted the calories. My body burns 1825 calories at rest. I counted my calories and put a program where I ate 1725 calories in my eating window. Then I walked 10 km per day and strength trained 4 days / week. This gave me a deficit of about 500 calories per day. About 7000 calories corresponds to one kilo. So it gave me a weight loss of about 0.5 pounds per week. When I reached my goal weight, I increased the food to 2-2200 calories. I live with my intermittent fasting today too, although I will not lose weight anymore because the health aspect with intermittent fasting is the best.

The Kickstart team