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My diet is almost small these days but I'm very curious about IF... Hoping I'll have willpower to do one

This is partially why I mentioned keto, keto keeps your blood sugar level very even so you don't get hungry as much. I find eating once per day to be quite easy as long as I eat the correct ratio of fat/protein/carbs. Also I worked up to eating once per day so that helped. (14 hrs for 2 weeks, then 15 hrs for 2 weeks, 16 hours for 2 weeks, etc.)

Honestly, it takes less willpower to do IF than to not do it :p

1. Wake up

2. Make Breakfast

3. Go on with day

1. Wake up

2. Go on with day.

one shot are easy, it's the semblance of regularity that is important

Less work doesn't necessarily mean less willpower. Maybe you don't get very hungry, but some people do and for them that's what makes it take more willpower to fast than not fast.

Another thing to consider is that many people who don't feel like spending the effort to make breakfast will just buy something and eat it. Doesn't take much effort or willpower to stop at Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks on the way to work.

First there's the adaptation period. Even after you're adjusted you'll experience hunger sometimes, but once you start moving and have a coffee, tea or water, the hunger subsides. The only will power you'd need is just to have your morning drink before acknowledging you're hungry.

Just try. For me that was way easier than expected.

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