I have settled on a 17h non-eating window so I generally eat between 1pm and 8pm each day. What I mean is that I have lunch around 1pm, usually something small to "break the fast". Maybe a little snack around 4 or 5pm and then dinner around 7:30-8pm then I start fasting after dinner until 1pm the next day.
I usually do this every day but if I am going out for a meal one evening I just give myself a day off, it isn't a big deal. I can make it up the next day if I wish or just forget about it that one day. I don't go out for meals late very often so it isn't something I worry about.
So often I hear people say "oh I couldn't do that, it would wreck my social life!". Honestly it has never been an issue for me. Just the other week I went out for a nice meal with some friends until around 3am so just decided not to bother fasting that (next) day. It isn't like "falling off the wagon". You just start again the next day and continue.
I don't calorie count per day but over a week. If I do go out and consume a bigger than normal meal I automatically adjust what I eat the rest of the week to keep my weekly calorie consumption roughly the same.
Like I said it isn't rocket science and I feel people really over think time restricted eating mostly because of all the crap in the media about it in recent years.
I usually do this every day but if I am going out for a meal one evening I just give myself a day off, it isn't a big deal. I can make it up the next day if I wish or just forget about it that one day. I don't go out for meals late very often so it isn't something I worry about.
So often I hear people say "oh I couldn't do that, it would wreck my social life!". Honestly it has never been an issue for me. Just the other week I went out for a nice meal with some friends until around 3am so just decided not to bother fasting that (next) day. It isn't like "falling off the wagon". You just start again the next day and continue.
I don't calorie count per day but over a week. If I do go out and consume a bigger than normal meal I automatically adjust what I eat the rest of the week to keep my weekly calorie consumption roughly the same.
Like I said it isn't rocket science and I feel people really over think time restricted eating mostly because of all the crap in the media about it in recent years.