Intermittent fasting is the greatest thing ever. In fact, I do eat 5-7 meals a day. But they're all squeezed in a 4-6 hour window. The remaining 18-20 hours I "almost fast". Almost meaning: water-teas-coffees (no milk/sugar in either) all allowed, a-very-few-fresh-veggies-or-fruits too, but fresh is the key here and it's not for the energy -- just for loading a few enzymes/vitamins/minerals.
Basically you can feast on as much food as desired and even any kinds of carbs etc. and never get too fat / always stay skinny! Quite amazing. Now calories-in-vs-out still holds but no-one on intermittent fasting will consistently eat 3000-5000 calories day in, day out -- plus the body is tuned and trained to burn body fat for energy on a daily -- daily -- basis.
How many days in a row do you tend to fast for or is it something you just do now? I have started doing it and have found it not to be as difficult as I thought it would be.
For me, trying to eat 5-7 small meals a day is like asking an alcoholic to go to a bar 5-7 times a day but only order Pepsi. Also, people were always telling me that I should eat a good breakfast and lunch so that I wouldn't be as hungry at dinner time but that's not how it turned out for me. I ate the same amount at night regardless of what I ate before.
From a compliance stand point it has worked well; even though I don't eat during the day, I don't eat any more than usual at night. I do get some hunger pangs around 11 but they go away after a little while. It also feels good to be able to exert some control over a part of my life that I have struggled with.
"How many days in a row do you tend to fast for or is it something you just do now?" -- have been doing this on a daily basis since 2nd October 2011 (so exactly 3 months now), never broke the fasting pattern I described above so far. I went from 5-7-meals-a-day frequent-feeding to intermittent fasting "cold-turkey" -- although the only real change is how your meals are timed. Do you spread them over the course of 16 hours ("normal" eating) or 4-6 hours (intermittent fasting) per day.
Note this is not a health hazard as long as daily nutrient and caloric needs are met every day.
Working out daily in a fasted state, starting the feasting-phase as soon as possible after the work-outs.
Basically you can feast on as much food as desired and even any kinds of carbs etc. and never get too fat / always stay skinny! Quite amazing. Now calories-in-vs-out still holds but no-one on intermittent fasting will consistently eat 3000-5000 calories day in, day out -- plus the body is tuned and trained to burn body fat for energy on a daily -- daily -- basis.