> Whenever I skip a meal, I always feel "Hangry" without fail.
In my experience, this is a kind of carb withdrawal. If your body is accustomed to not having a lot of carbs available constantly, you won't suffer from this. If you're eating lots of carbs, and especially sugary foods, the day(s) before IF, you'll get hangry.
As with any form of withdrawal, coming out of it doesn't happen overnight though. You need to soldier through a few days and then it subsides. The first time I did this it took me around 1 1/2 to 2 weeks of IF. After that, I could go 20-22 hours without feeling hungry or hangry.
These days, when I fall off the bandwagon, it takes me a couple days only as I'm more used to the feelings and sensations, and I guess my body knows it needs to adapt.
This is highly anecdotal and empyrical though, so take it with a grain of salt.
While reading I was just going to ask if there are more non-anectotal evidence for doing this? And also, are there information sites where one could start to try it on oneself? :)
> In my experience, this is a kind of carb withdrawal.
I generally avoid high GI foods, and consume carbs with high fibre content only so that the sugar is released more slowly into the body ( https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/a-good-guide-to-go... ). I am loathe to completely avoid all kinds of carbs as it is essential for our health.
Yep, choosing your carbs wisely is the better approach. I didn't mean to say you should avoid them completely but I can understand why you might have thought that from my post.
In my experience, this is a kind of carb withdrawal. If your body is accustomed to not having a lot of carbs available constantly, you won't suffer from this. If you're eating lots of carbs, and especially sugary foods, the day(s) before IF, you'll get hangry.
As with any form of withdrawal, coming out of it doesn't happen overnight though. You need to soldier through a few days and then it subsides. The first time I did this it took me around 1 1/2 to 2 weeks of IF. After that, I could go 20-22 hours without feeling hungry or hangry.
These days, when I fall off the bandwagon, it takes me a couple days only as I'm more used to the feelings and sensations, and I guess my body knows it needs to adapt.
This is highly anecdotal and empyrical though, so take it with a grain of salt.