These 3 popular Intermittent Fasting Plans can help you lose weight and gain better health.With 3 totally different plans to choose from, you can find the plan that best suits your needs.Just be sure to modify the fasts if you feel dizzy or iritable, and it it always reccomended to discuss with your doctor before starting a fasting program.
Eat 3 healthy meals in the span of 8 hours (example: start at 7:00am and end at 3:00pm).
Fast for 16 hours.
Be sure to drink lots of water!
This Intermittent Fasting 16/8 plan involves restricting your eating hours to only 8 hours per day. Fasting for the remaining 16 hours. Many people find skipping breakfast helps limit the hours of eating, they choose to eat from 11am-7pm. Others skip dinner and eat from 7am to 3pm.
SPECIAL TIP: If the 16 hours of fasting is too difficult, start with an 12/12 fast... eat healthy for 12 hours and fast for 12. You can gradually move to the 16/8 plan from there adding one extra hour of fasting per day.
The Intermittent Fasting Plan Eat Stop Eat:
Fast for 24 hours.
Break your fast with a healthy meal consisting of fats (this tells your body to burn more fat).
East for 2 days, then fast for another 24 hours.
Be sure to drink lots of water!
Perhaps the simplest Intermittent Fasting plan. The Eat Stop Eat plan involves fasting for 24 hours 1-2 days a week. Most people eat only one meal on the fasting days, and they most often choose dinner as that single meal.
SPECIAL TIP: If you start to feel lightheaded, have a cup of hot chicken (or vegetable) broth with a little salt in it. It will help regulate your body.
The Intermittent Fasting Plan 5/2:
Two days a week limit your calories to 500 calories.
Make sure to have a regular day of eating in-between the fasting days to recover.
Be sure to drink lots of water!
This Intermittent Fasting plan limits only two days of your week. On the two chosen days, one will limit their food to 500 calories.
SPECIAL TIP: If you start to feel lightheaded, have a cup of hot chicken (or vegetable) broth with a little salt in it. It will help regulate your body.