Let me be honest with you for a minute.
When I first tried intermittent fasting, I followed this guy on YouTube who had millions of views. He kept saying the best way is to eat at 12 PM for your first meal and 8 PM for your second meal—every single day.
So, I decided to copy him.
But honestly?
I wasn’t even hungry at 12 PM. My stomach felt fine, but I forced myself to eat anyway just because that’s what he said. I’d finish a small meal and feel okay for a bit, but by 3 or 4 PM, I was starving.
My energy dropped, my stomach was growling, and I just felt drained. It wasn’t sustainable.
That’s when I realized something important.
💡 Why was I following his schedule instead of listening to my own body?
I thought to myself:
“Why not create my own eating times that actually match my life?”
So I did.
I stopped looking at the clock and started paying attention to my real hunger.
Turns out, I naturally get hungry around 3 or 4 PM. That became my first meal of the day. No stress. No forcing it.
Some people think it’s strange because they wake up super hungry and can’t skip breakfast. But that’s not me.
☕ My mornings? I feel great without food.
Actually, the time when I gained the most weight was from eating late at night—not from skipping breakfast. So skipping early meals felt easy for me and actually helped me lose weight.
🧠 Here’s what I learned:
Stop following someone else’s fasting schedule just because it went viral on YouTube.
Make your meal times fit your body and lifestyle.
If you’re not hungry at noon, don’t eat at noon.
If your body feels best eating at 4 PM, then do it.
That’s the great thing about intermittent fasting—it’s flexible. You don’t need to be perfect. You just need to stay consistent.
🛠️ Quick Tips From My Experience:
- Eat your first meal only when you’re truly hungry
- Watch your natural hunger patterns for a few days
- Build your eating window around your real daily routine
- Don’t force yourself to eat breakfast if your body doesn’t need it
🚀 Final Thoughts
When I stopped copying other people’s routines and started doing what actually worked for me, fasting became so much easier.
No more energy crashes. No more crazy hunger spikes. And finally, I started seeing real results.
So if intermittent fasting feels hard for you right now, maybe it’s not about what you’re eating…
Maybe it’s just about when you’re eating.
Listen to your body. Find the times that feel right. Stick with them. And let your body guide you.
There’s one important thing I want you to keep in mind here:
Don’t eat more than two meals a day. And make sure you wait at least 6 hours or more before having your second meal. This will really help you if you’re like me and enjoy eating at night because your second meal will end up being in the evening, and that way you won’t struggle with late-night snacking anymore.
During the time between meals, try drinking hot lemon tea because it helps burn fat. And if you feel hungry, drink a lot of water. It’s even better to drink lemon water because it helps reduce hunger cravings.
👉 If you want to know how to make hot lemon tea that won’t break your fast, or how to prepare lemon water properly, just click on the words and you’ll find a full article explaining it all.