Re: How do you Intermittent Fast?

I did an alternate day diet for several months and lost about 20 pounds, then went off of it because of surgery and a hospital stay and have never gotten back.  I intend to.

There are two books with primarily the same plan and that is - all you want to eat one day, then 500 calories the next.  That is also called the "up day down day" diet.  I think that the down day calories are based on your height, don't remember - but within a couple of weeks it was easy to follow.  Also on the up day I didn't splurge, I kept it to no more than 2,500 calories.  On my down days I didn't use butter or oil and had a breakfast of 5 or 6 egg whites, frying them using a cooking spray.  Egg whites are very nutritious and low calorie.

Here's the two books:

The QOD Diet: Eating Well Every Other Day by Daugirdas

The Alternate-Day Diet: Turn on Your "Skinny Gene," Shed the Pounds, and Live a Longer and Healthier Life by Johnson and Laub

I think that the first book limits the age of the dieter to 60 years but I'm now 80 and did the diet when I was 79 and I see no problem for anyone else.