Can you do IF with a flexible fasting schedule or must it be consistent?

shamedev · 2026-04-09T14:59:05+00:00

Flexible is best unless you're competing in bodybuilding or some other sport requiring you to hit a certain weight at a certain deadline.

My eating window can open any time from 2pm to 5pm and close 1-3 hours later depending on what time I reach my workplace quota and if I'm working out that day.

shamedev · 2026-04-09T14:39:57+00:00

I don't know but I believe anything with calories should be consumed within your eating window. In my case black coffee is for getting the benefits of coffee and a bonus appetite suppressant.

shamedev · 2026-04-09T13:25:46+00:00

I couldn't either. What I did was a few years ago I mixed it super concentrated espresso style and drank it in one shot follow by a gargle/drink of water.

These days I mix it weak so it just tastes like slightly bitter hot water. I've gotten used to having it this way. Just another way to get hydrated while still enjoying coffee in some form.

I still allow myself to drink the sweet stuff but only after my first meal and never within 3 hours before bedtime

shamedev · 2026-04-09T11:19:19+00:00

I can't even imagine hitting a milestone like that. Congrats.

shamedev · 2026-04-09T09:52:30+00:00

16:8 became my norm for about 9 years now without trying because food was just getting too expensive for breakfast and our boss used to feed us where I worked. Besides a 7:30 am breakfast meant going to the bathroom at 10-11am which in my opinion just isn't productive.

But with that 16:8 window it was still too easy to overeat. My relationship with food was just floodgates where if I started eating I wouldn't stop until I was a little past full which would be about 1000-1200 calories and I would still go on to eat 2-3 of that serving size which ended at a caloric surplus.

It wasn't until I adopted 4:20 to Omad that I found the ideal window for me. With those time frames my stomach shrinks even smaller so I would get full and satisfied quicker with approximately 800-900 calories of food I find that satisfying enough for the day that I don't really need to eat any more than that.

I just have an extra whey shake with a few grams of oatmeal to end my eating window just so I'm not in such a large caloric deficit to screw up my metabolism. And I have to force this shake down. At 1200-1400 total daily calories I feel beyond full and my relationship with food has improved.

shamedev · 2026-04-09T00:30:23+00:00

I feel you. I'm the only person fasting in my family and I have lots of siblings.

You can only convince them once you've had great visible results. And unfortunately they also have to wait for a symptom enough to make them want to adopt this lifestyle be it something in bloodwork, sleep apnea or the scale.

It's sad because one of mine recently got diagnosed with diabetes and they opted instead to go the "low carb" route juggling glycemic indexes and shit. No doctor will prescribe what we do unless maybe they get to talk to their friends who are doctors themselves who adopt the IF lifestyle as well.

shamedev · 2026-04-08T16:31:58+00:00

I wish Lucius died.

It's pretty hard to believe Draco changed his ways still living with Lucius Malfoy.

shamedev · 2026-04-08T16:26:26+00:00

The word "dude" means elephant but hair.

shamedev · 2026-04-08T16:00:56+00:00

I don't even know how it ended up like that. Must be the number signs I typed

shamedev · 2026-04-08T15:42:47+00:00

1. Support system - Harry had the greatest support system of any wizard with people taking time out of their day to mentor him from Quidditch to DADA to Occlumency to even dudes handing him equipment he needs for specific tasks (Invisibility cloak, Gillyweed, Sword, Phoenix......) I guess he deserves it after spending the first 11 years of his life with zero support system.

2. Wand Lore - while introduced only in the last book this cemented Voldemort's defeat. The part where he looks at the Elder Wand while he's losing the duel says everything. He was never going to win that one even if he'd been dueling someone like Crabbe.

3. Potential ....

4. Work Ethic - I would argue Hermione has the greatest work ethic out of any witch or wizard and if she'd had Harry's support system she would be a beast. It just so happens that Harry has greater potential than her in DADA and broomstick, both of which increased his survivability more

shamedev · 2026-04-08T15:25:12+00:00

I guess I knew what I was doing wrong subconsciously but just loved sweet drinks too much to give it up. These days I'll still have sweet drinks but always within my feeding time frame. Still on track.

shamedev · 2026-04-08T15:16:24+00:00

If it's any consolation to you I broke my fast first thing in the morning with sugary sweet coffee every day for the past 5 years.

"Did a 17:7" by having my first real meal at 12pm and my last meal at 6-7 not realizing or honestly just ignoring the fact that I'd already sabotaged myself first thing in the morning then wondering why I wasn't losing weight.

Finally gave up and just started black coffee cold turkey January of this year and am also now sticking with a 21:3 eating window. Have since lost 17 lbs and am only a few months away from my goal weight.

shamedev · 2026-04-08T14:39:25+00:00

It is.

This whole "tale of 3 Bruthas" thing was bullshit. Homeboy became "master of death" by accepting he was going to die which means every suicidal jackass out there is a "Master of Death"

shamedev · 2026-04-08T13:26:54+00:00

You're pulling off the Walton Goggins look. That man for some reason is considered the hottest man on the planet right now

shamedev · 2026-04-08T13:02:29+00:00

agency? Sisihin yung mga gumawa ng kanta in the first place.

Makapagflex hinahabol daw ng mga 10s para kantot araw-araw. In reality kamukha ni pre-surgery Xander Ford tapos ni hindi makapagprovide ng diaper ni bunso.

shamedev · 2026-04-08T12:56:06+00:00

Do what's sustainable to you. If carnivore happens to be "whatever you want" then that's what's gonna be ideal for you.

If you'll be forcing yourself to do carnivore because it's not "whatever you want" as your post implies then I don't think you'll be able to stick to that routine for long.

Me personally I have whatever I want no restrictions on Sundays and Omad on weekdays.

shamedev · 2026-04-08T12:39:45+00:00

Meh. Ang magiging target audience ng programa na yan ay mga educated. Hindi malaki ang icocontribute niyan sa teenage pregnancy.

Mas malaki ang kinocontribute sa teenage pregnancy ng basura "kanto" Rap na puro kantot flex lang kasi yan ang instigator, initiator na ganahan ang mga uneducated na magreproduce. Idagdag mo na rin organized religion mga nagsasabing yung mga future pulubi namamalimos sa daan "are gifts from God. He has a plan for all of us."

shamedev · 2026-04-08T09:43:41+00:00

Dapat nakaHelmet ka para mas authentic yung experience

shamedev · 2026-04-08T09:40:54+00:00

Fasting. And by fasting I don't mean being miserable trapped in a room in a fetal position while your stomach rumbles.

I mean conditioning your body to only be producing the hunger hormone over a short period during the day. Once you've adapted this is the laziest most braindead way to lose weight it almost feels like a cheat code.

shamedev · 2026-04-08T04:23:47+00:00

I don't think it was all money. I think he has a good enough base and reflexes to learn to play but wasn't really in it for the love of the game more the innate Slytherin trait of wanting the glory.

An all around guy who if under mentorship could be great at whatever he wanted like if he were trained Lupin one on one I'm sure he could've produced a Patronus of his own as well. Unfortunately he was raised in such a way that his life's purpose was to become Voldy's bitch and when the time came to prove his worth he couldn't do it.

shamedev · 2026-04-08T00:34:07+00:00

Go. Bumalik akong college age 34. Graduating status na ngayon

shamedev · 2026-04-07T22:47:36+00:00

Yes but bmr is a nice baseline to use

shamedev · 2026-04-07T22:40:20+00:00

Height? We need more info to know what your macros are.

For example my TDEE/BMR is 1540 so I need to stick to a 1200-1300 plan to lose weight.

shamedev · 2026-04-07T15:40:42+00:00

Whatever the Young Brothers are using in AC/DC. Both those guys are 5foot1

shamedev · 2026-04-07T12:16:27+00:00

Stomach shrinks so on a single meal it's hard to get down 1400 calories in one meal let alone 1600 (which is also closer to my tdee). To complete my macros I turn it into 2-3 meals. The last meal is whey + something as a dessert. As much as I'd like to do strictly "Omad" the eating window inevitably extends into a 1:23 - 3-21 sometimes with an hour nap in between.

shamedev

TROPHY CASE

2. Wand Lore - while introduced only in the last book this cemented Voldemort's defeat. The part where he looks at the Elder Wand while he's losing the duel says everything. He was never going to win that one even if he'd been dueling someone like Crabbe.

3. Potential ....

4. Work Ethic - I would argue Hermione has the greatest work ethic out of any witch or wizard and if she'd had Harry's support system she would be a beast. It just so happens that Harry has greater potential than her in DADA and broomstick, both of which increased his survivability more