@JayeGirl, hi! To answer your question re 16:8, it is fasting for 16 hours and eating for 8. So effectively missing a meal. This ia what I do most days as I have been through a period where I found all day fasting too hard. I feel that I can do it consistently every day too. I am comfortable if I know I am going out in the evening, not eating until I go, knowing that I can't overeat.
I don't count calories, my life would be too miserable, and I don't deprive myself either but missing meals now, no longer terrifies me and I no longer worry if I don't know where my next meal is coming from!
I don't know about being a fad, but although I haven't been as successful as I would like, like @Rawkaren, I know that if I didn't fast I would be even bigger, and I am no longer scared of eating food I enjoy. I have noticed though that I get heartburn these days when I eat too many refined carbs like bread and cakes, a reminder to limit my intake.
I don't count calories, my life would be too miserable, and I don't deprive myself either but missing meals now, no longer terrifies me and I no longer worry if I don't know where my next meal is coming from!
I don't know about being a fad, but although I haven't been as successful as I would like, like @Rawkaren, I know that if I didn't fast I would be even bigger, and I am no longer scared of eating food I enjoy. I have noticed though that I get heartburn these days when I eat too many refined carbs like bread and cakes, a reminder to limit my intake.