Hi! I ve been wanting to share my experience with trying out the Warrior diet (a form of IF) for a while but not sure where! I found your blog while looking for inspiration from other food bloggers and seeing as there are no comments on this article - I might as well start it off with little wall of text. : )

My Experience
When I started out with the warrior diet fasting experiment I was super keen. The health benefits made a lot of sense. Weight wise I did not want to shed pounds, just get rid of any marginal fat build up which from too much computer work. I was starting to see what looked to me like slight cellulite on my legs, and I was hoping the the intermittent fasting would fix this.

I tried to aim for 20/4 each day. You basically fast for the day, and then eat all of your calories in the four hour window. Everything tasted so delicious! Being hungry was not really a problem, but I could not concentrate on anything during the day! I also got super super irritable. I did some more reading and found out that fasting can affect the hormonal balance in women, and women can sometimes do better on shorter fasts.

This was dramatically confirmed when my period arrived right in the middle of a box of contraceptive pills! Fasting is a powerful thing.

So, I stopped the fasting until all normalised. Then I started to do a little tiny fast everyday, of about 14 hours. So what this means is that I won't eat breakfast, and just have an early lunch/brunch or snack. I love it! I do not feel any hormonal effects, I feel toned and like I can maintain a healthy weight effortlessly. I eat quite healthy, so I would say that this method is definitely to be combined with clean eating for best results.

From personal accounts which I read it seems that some women do fine on extended fasts! And others cannot handle it at all. Seems to be very much up to the individual.

Personally the experimentation was well worth it, and I am happy I reached my modified fasting routine! I like the idea that the body can 'run itself empty' and burn up any unnecessary fat cells. It is also nice to only eat when one is properly hungry. I feel great, and it is totally effortless. I even have more time in the morning!

So I will continue committing the dieting sin of skipping breakfast for as long as I enjoy it. : D

Love your blog by the way, it's got such an energetic awesome feel. All the best! Daniela