Can someone please explain intermittent fasting to me?

Question

I have googled it and know the basic definition lol I was just hoping someone could give me an "in depth" explanation of it, because I really want to try it.
How does the eating schedule work? 
How long do I go in between meals?
 How many calories should I ingest when I do eat? 
Do I eat all of my daily calories at once or do I spread them out through out my "allowed" eating time? 
Does sleeping count as part of your food restriction time? 
Can I drink water while in a restriction period?

Answer

Eat for 8hrs a day or whatever you want, fast the rest. That's the short version... Basically eat 8am-4pm for example, that's 8hrs, fast the rest until 8am again. I do the 18/6 but most do 16/8.

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16:8 is really great for women. 16 hour fast, 8 hours eating. You can have water, black coffee, and some teas during your fast. 
I do mostly water, coffee if I REALLY need it because I hate it black lol, and tea occasionally. I break my fast with a protein shake (garden of life) or eggs. Then a little bit later, like an hour or so, have a snack plate full of veggies and some fruit, cheese on occasion, hummus, etc. I eat whatever for dinner because I cook a family meal. I try to do low carb as possible, so if we have tacos I’ll make a taco salad. If we have pasta, I will use spaghetti squash. I don’t count calories.

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There are different forms of fasting. So, it’s best to google/research the different forms & see what might be best for u & ur daily schedule. But yes, u can absolutely drink water during ur fast & sleeping counts. 
I personally only fast twice a week, as my dietician said that’s what is safest for me. And, with the type I do, I only eat one meal during those days (for me it’s dinner), and simply drink water throughout the day until then. Now, I do still have my normal morning coffee on those days as well... most will say only plain black is allowed, as cream & sugar add calories, however, my dietician said it’s perfectly fine for me to still have my normal coffee with cream & sugar, because since I drink it early enough in the day, afterwards my body still gets enough fasting time before I eat dinner. I added this intermittent fasting to my weight loss journey only a few months ago (after I had already lost over 50 pounds), but it’s definitely been helping & I’m now down about 70 pounds.

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There are different ones. You can do it daily or some people eat normally for 5 days and then only consume like 500 calories for 2 days.
I just started the daily one fasting from 8 pm to noon. You can have water and fasting while you sleep counts. Then you eat normally from noon to 8 pm. I thought it was going to be hard because I always needed breakfast but it’s actually been easy and I even eat less during the time I’m allowed to eat. And I actually feel much better. Although I’m not complying 100% because while black coffee is allowed, I haven’t been able to give up my coffee creamer yet. But I figured this is a good start and either way I’m reducing caloric intake which should help for weight loss.

Can someone please explain intermittent fasting to me?

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