{"id":69,"date":"2022-08-02T04:50:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T04:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"\/help\/?p=69"},"modified":"2022-08-02T06:45:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T06:45:19","slug":"should-i-count-calorie-intake-while-fasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/help\/should-i-count-calorie-intake-while-fasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I count calorie intake while fasting?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many newcomers have the same question when they started intermittent fasting. But it\u2019s not necessary to do strict calories counting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no calories restriction when you&#8217;re doing intermittent fasting. Unlike the traditional diet, intermittent fasting does not involve calories counting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, fasting focuses on building an eating pattern to help you naturally reduce your calories intake and healthy eating habits with nutrient-dense food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While fasting, focus on not overeating during your eating time, eating healthy and nutrient-dense foods to help you achieve the calories deficit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I recommend you have a healthy balanced meal with the 50-25-25 diet, which means distributing 50% of your plate to vegetables or fruits, 25% of your plate to protein, and 25% of your plate to whole grains\/cereals (carbs).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many newcomers have the same question when they started intermittent fasting. But it\u2019s not necessary to do strict calories counting. There is no calories restriction when you&#8217;re doing intermittent fasting. Unlike the traditional diet, intermittent fasting does not involve calories counting. Instead, fasting focuses on building an eating pattern to help you naturally reduce your&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70,"href":"\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}