Anybody experienced with fasting?

Question

I’m considering adopting intermittent fasting to help stay healthy and keep my weight low because I have awful joints. I’m in good shape and physically active every single day but I’ve got some extra baggage that makes life harder for my crappy knees. 
I’m thinking I’ll fast one or two days a week, allowing for water/coffee/tea. 
Right now the only risk on my radar is binging on nonfasting days.

Answer

First off fasting is very healthy for you and completely okay to do. You can consult your doctor to confirm anything I’m about to say if you want to lol I have never and would never do any strange diets or starve myself or harm my body in any way shape or form. Fasting is nowhere even close to the same thing as starving yourself which is a very common misconception. So I just want to put that out there to those who are jumping down your throat, saying it’s unhealthy lol 
My husband and I have been fasting on the daily for about 2 years now. We do not do 24 hour fasts. Instead, we fast from 6pm to 10am. 16 hour fasts with an 8 hour eating window. 
Your body already fasts when it’s asleep so this isn’t a new concept for it in any way. Intermittent fasting is simply extending that fasting period a bit longer. We get in our workouts first thing in the morning before we break our fast which allows your body to use fat for fuel, therefore helping you burn that fat more quickly and efficiently. 
It’s very important to make sure you’re not using your eating window to eat whatever you want. You need to be eating clean and eating the right portion sizes. I don’t personally consume dairy, gluten, refined sugars or processed foods so everything I eat is very clean. I typically have breakfast at 10am, lunch around 1pm and dinner at 5pm. I’ll have two snacks in between those meals. Usually some nuts or berries or something along those lines. 
During your fasting times, you don’t want to be consuming anything other than water. If you’re consuming anything of substance then your body isn’t going to use the stored fat for energy when you work out. It’ll use the foods or drinks you’re putting into your body. 
Hopefully this is enough info to get you started? lol my husband was looking to lose a little weight when he started fasting and he dropped a good 10 pounds in maybe 2 weeks (before I get bitchy comments on this - YES it was a healthy weight loss. So much of it was water weight and bloating. Fasting helps so much in getting rid of that). I don’t use fasting for weight loss but it helps with any bloat I have as well. My stomach is so much flatter when I wake up in the morning and it’s been so much easier to tone my abs as well. If done right, there’s so many great benefits to it! Be sure to do your research and consult your doctor if needed to confirm or deny any info you may read on it 😊

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Seems really unhealthy. I’d consult a doctor first. It’s a slippery slope between fasting a day at a time and an eating disorder.

Anybody experienced with fasting?

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