Yes, I had the same experience, when shedding fat, that restricting my eating to a shorter window - essentially one meal, with perhaps some extra fruit if additional "snacks" are wanted - worked very well for discipline. I dropped fat steadily at the rate of about 4 pounds a month (I exercise quite a lot too, to keep muscle mass and metabolism high). Then, like Linda suggests, I started adding an additional small meal, when I wanted one, during a somewhat longer window, though still usually not more than 3-4 hours (say between 5pm and 8 or 9pm). In the longer run (several years) I've maintained, rather than changed, my body composition quite easily in this way.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
David
My advice is to stay with what you're currently doing. When and if you achieve your perfect weight, then you can elongate your window to maintain, not lose, weight.
Linda in Cowtown--On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 1:24 PM, fast5vegan <no_reply@yahoogroups.com > wrote:I've lost about twenty pounds since January 1 using a one hour window, but I'm thinking about extending my window because I know over the long haul (the rest of my life) it's going to make more sense. I'm just afraid that I'll stop losing weight. Does anybody have any experience with changing their eating window time? Does it follow that less fat will be burned?
Regards,
Linda Eichblatt
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