Hi @aesthetics,

I agree with you. Everyone is at a different place in their journey. For those looking to improve or optimize their physiological well being, making an abrupt change and plunging into "one ideal" is not the answer for at least two reasons I can think of: (1) there may not be öne ideal", and (2) their current state/position may be so far from their optimal that the sudden change might be unneccessarily jarring/disruptive.

Mike Arnstein himself was (and maybe still is) a grazer, i.e. he used to eat when he felt hungry throughout the 24 hour day. In my personal experience of eating during an 8 hour window and fasting for 16 hours I begin calorie intake between 10 and noon. I am b my sy in the morning and it is easy, now, fo e to grab water instead of an apple. My abdomen is flatter, my muscle defnition has improved appetite is not ravenous. I often prepare more than I actally eat at one sitting and I will come back and nibble. About an hour before my window closes I have to remember to consciouly pause and ask myself if I want to eat more. So most days I am having one drawn out meal or I I am eating two meals in that 8 hour window.

Of course there are other forms of intermittan fasting, too.

Thank you so much for your constuctive comments. I appreciate it. I will edit this post thrughout the day so that it is more helpful to more people.

​Sincerely,
​Niamaat​ aka Teacher Nia aka Prima Nia
English Language Coach and
Translator (Spanish to English)

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