Do you believe it has helped to vary the eating window (one day before 4pm, the next day after)? What do you believe would happen if you kept it the same every day (e.g. eating only before 4pm)?
Question: do you have any system or hack for keeping track of whether it's a < 4pm or > 4pm day? If you do, please share. I have a habit of mindless eating, and will likely not remember to avoid eating at my prescribed times.
By the way, if you are close to your healthy weight when doing this aim to reduce your weight so that your BMI is between 22.5 and 25. This is the area of lowest mortality. There's no point to go lower.
Once you get there you can either abandon alternating, shorten fasting window or just lessen restrictions on fasting periods like allowing eating certain type of foods, like raw vegetables or fruits or nuts so that your weight is maintained.
> reduce your weight so that your BMI is between 22.5 and 25. This is the area of lowest mortality. There's no point to go lower
Thanks. I doubt I'll have to ever worry about going below 22.5 :-). I'm at 28 right now. Gonna be a huge fight to get to 25.
Good luck to you. I feel like being stubborn about keeping it going and able to distract yourself for few hours when hungry are keys to positive outcomes.