{"id":206191,"date":"2026-10-19T12:44:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T12:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=206191"},"modified":"2026-10-19T12:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T12:50:44","slug":"does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/10\/19\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Intermittent Fasting Work for Long-Term Weight Loss?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The real test of intermittent fasting isn&#8217;t how much weight you lose during a short-term trial: it\u2019s whether those results actually last once the programme ends. While time-restricted eating has gained popularity as an easy way to lose weight without counting calories, traditional weight-loss diets are notorious for a quick weight-loss rebound as soon as strict rules are dropped.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, a <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/39775037\/\">new study published in Clinical Nutrition<\/a> offers some of the clearest evidence yet on whether the benefits of intermittent fasting stick around. Researchers at the University of Granada tracked adults who followed an 8-hour daily eating window for 12 weeks to see if their weight loss lasted a full year after the formal intervention concluded.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The 12-month follow-up<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The trial evaluated 99 adults who were overweight or obese over a 12-week intervention where all participants received Mediterranean diet education. They were split into four groups. One was a control group with usual eating patterns, and the other three were fasting groups.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Standard control group eating across 12 hours or more<\/li>\n<li>Early-eating group (selected a self-defined 8-h daily eating window starting before 10:00 a.m.)<\/li>\n<li>Late-eating group (selected a self-defined 8-h daily eating window starting after 1:00 p.m.)<\/li>\n<li>Self-selected group (freely chose their preferred 8-h eating window)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The true test came 12 months after the formal 12-week programme ended, when participants were no longer required to follow any strict eating schedule. The key findings include:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Sustained weight reduction<\/strong>: One year after the intervention ended, participants in both the early and late fasting groups maintained significantly greater weight loss compared to the control group, preserving roughly 50% of their initial weight loss (maintaining an average 2,5% overall reduction).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Early fasting preserves fat loss<\/strong>: While both timing schedules helped keep weight off, only the early-window group maintained statistically significant reductions in fat mass compared to the control group at the 12-month mark.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>High real-world adherence<\/strong>: Without any coaching or enforcement, roughly 1 in 3 participants (26%) voluntarily chose to continue practising intermittent fasting on their own during the follow-up year, highlighting its ease of integration into daily routines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTo date, although we knew that intermittent fasting promotes modest weight loss in the short term, it was unclear whether its effects were sustained over time. By evaluating the participants 12 months after the intervention ended, we demonstrated that the changes in body weight persist,\u201d said lead author Dr Alba Camacho Carde\u00f1osa.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ys-post-pinup\"><article class=\"loop-simple post-204718 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-health-and-training tag-circadian-rhythms tag-intermittent-fasting tag-metabolism global-categories-cycling\" data-postid=\"204718\" role=\"article\" data-post-id=\"204718\" data-word-count=\"387\" data-headline-length=\"58\" data-category=\"Health &amp; Training\" data-global-category=\"Cycling\" data-author=\"Jiri Kaloc\" data-published=\"2026-02-12T12:30:56+00:00\" data-published-day=\"Thursday\">\n    <div class=\"entry-thumbnail article-thumbnail\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2023\/11\/Intermittent-Fasting-profimedia-0790380863-CVR-150x150.webp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/02\/12\/does-intermittent-fasting-help-your-metabolism-it-depends\/\" class=\"image-holder\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2023\/11\/Intermittent-Fasting-profimedia-0790380863-CVR.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2023\/11\/Intermittent-Fasting-profimedia-0790380863-CVR.webp 990w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2023\/11\/Intermittent-Fasting-profimedia-0790380863-CVR-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2023\/11\/Intermittent-Fasting-profimedia-0790380863-CVR-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2023\/11\/Intermittent-Fasting-profimedia-0790380863-CVR-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2023\/11\/Intermittent-Fasting-profimedia-0790380863-CVR-272x182.webp 272w\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1200px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 25vw, 100vw\" alt=\"does-intermittent-fasting-help-your-metabolism-it-depends\"\/><\/a><\/div>    <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n        <a class=\"label label-secondary post-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/category\/health-and-training\/\" title=\"Health &amp; Training\">Health &amp; Training<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"entry-details\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/02\/12\/does-intermittent-fasting-help-your-metabolism-it-depends\/\" class='entry-title-wrapper'>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\"><span>Does Intermittent Fasting Help Your Metabolism? It Depends<\/span><\/h3>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>The catch: Muscle mass concerns<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While keeping body fat off is great, the study revealed a critical detail that every cyclist should pay attention to: loss of fat-free mass (muscle tissue).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the fasting groups, a noticeable portion of the initial weight loss came from lean muscle mass rather than pure fat. Unfortunately, that lean tissue loss was not fully recovered a year later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The researchers noted that late-window fasting in particular saw weight loss driven predominantly by lean mass reductions, whereas early-window fasting achieved a better balance of fat loss.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What this means for your training<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intermittent fasting can be an effective way to trim down for cycling season without compromising performance. However, to protect your hard-earned leg muscle, keep these two rules in mind:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Start your eating window early in the day<\/strong>: An early window (for example, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) appeared superior for targeting fat mass rather than muscle tissue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Combine fasting with resistance work &amp; protein<\/strong>: To counteract lean muscle loss, pair time-restricted eating with strength training and ensure you eat upwards of 1,6 g of protein per kg of body weight during your 8-hour feeding window.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The study shows that a short 12-week period of intermittent fasting can establish lasting habits that keep weight off for a full year. But it also makes it clear that protecting muscle mass during weight loss should become a high priority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The real test of intermittent fasting isn&#8217;t how much weight you lose during a short-term trial: it\u2019s whether those results [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":206360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[332],"tags":[1773,6433,5095],"global-categories":[3366],"class_list":["post-206191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-and-training","tag-intermittent-fasting","tag-intermittent-fasting-and-weight-loss","tag-new-study","global-categories-cycling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Does Intermittent Fasting Work for Long-Term Weight Loss? - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The real test of intermittent fasting isn&#039;t how much weight you lose during a short-term trial: it\u2019s whether those results actually last once the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/10\/19\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Does Intermittent Fasting Work for Long-Term Weight Loss?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The real test of intermittent fasting isn&#039;t how much weight you lose during a short-term trial: it\u2019s whether those results actually last once the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/10\/19\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u0160koda We Love Cycling\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-19T12:44:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-19T12:50:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2026\/10\/Intermittent-Fasting-Fruits-Berries-profimedia-0819959387-CVR.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"990\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"660\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"tereza\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jiri Kaloc\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/19\\\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/19\\\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"tereza\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/50f01ecd18718d2333cf72e823c4f926\"},\"headline\":\"Does Intermittent Fasting Work for Long-Term Weight Loss?\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-19T12:44:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-19T12:50:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/19\\\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":632,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/19\\\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/Intermittent-Fasting-Fruits-Berries-profimedia-0819959387-CVR.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Intermittent Fasting\",\"Intermittent Fasting and Weight Loss\",\"New Study\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Health &amp; Training\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/19\\\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/19\\\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\\\/\",\"name\":\"Does Intermittent Fasting Work for Long-Term Weight Loss? - \u0160koda We Love Cycling\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/19\\\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/19\\\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/Intermittent-Fasting-Fruits-Berries-profimedia-0819959387-CVR.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-19T12:44:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-19T12:50:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/50f01ecd18718d2333cf72e823c4f926\"},\"description\":\"The real test of intermittent fasting isn't how much weight you lose during a short-term trial: it\u2019s whether those results actually last once the\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/19\\\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/19\\\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/19\\\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/Intermittent-Fasting-Fruits-Berries-profimedia-0819959387-CVR.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/Intermittent-Fasting-Fruits-Berries-profimedia-0819959387-CVR.webp\",\"width\":990,\"height\":660,\"caption\":\"Intermittent fasting\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/19\\\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Does Intermittent Fasting Work for Long-Term Weight Loss?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u0160koda We Love Cycling\",\"description\":\"\u0160koda We Love Cycling magazine\",\"alternateName\":\"\u0160koda WLC\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/50f01ecd18718d2333cf72e823c4f926\",\"name\":\"tereza\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1f9eb71be33845f0afabce3791bc1c58ecdb0a25c62964987e5dbcf7a20d2ec7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1f9eb71be33845f0afabce3791bc1c58ecdb0a25c62964987e5dbcf7a20d2ec7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1f9eb71be33845f0afabce3791bc1c58ecdb0a25c62964987e5dbcf7a20d2ec7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"tereza\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.welovecycling.com\\\/wide\\\/author\\\/tereza\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Does Intermittent Fasting Work for Long-Term Weight Loss? - \u0160koda We Love Cycling","description":"The real test of intermittent fasting isn't how much weight you lose during a short-term trial: it\u2019s whether those results actually last once the","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/10\/19\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Does Intermittent Fasting Work for Long-Term Weight Loss?","og_description":"The real test of intermittent fasting isn't how much weight you lose during a short-term trial: it\u2019s whether those results actually last once the","og_url":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/10\/19\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\/","og_site_name":"\u0160koda We Love Cycling","article_published_time":"2026-10-19T12:44:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-10-19T12:50:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":990,"height":660,"url":"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2026\/10\/Intermittent-Fasting-Fruits-Berries-profimedia-0819959387-CVR.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"tereza","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jiri Kaloc","Est. reading time":"2"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/10\/19\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/10\/19\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\/"},"author":{"name":"tereza","@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/#\/schema\/person\/50f01ecd18718d2333cf72e823c4f926"},"headline":"Does Intermittent Fasting Work for Long-Term Weight Loss?","datePublished":"2026-10-19T12:44:54+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-19T12:50:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/10\/19\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\/"},"wordCount":632,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/10\/19\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2026\/10\/Intermittent-Fasting-Fruits-Berries-profimedia-0819959387-CVR.webp","keywords":["Intermittent Fasting","Intermittent Fasting and Weight Loss","New Study"],"articleSection":["Health &amp; Training"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/10\/19\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\/","url":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/10\/19\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\/","name":"Does Intermittent Fasting Work for Long-Term Weight Loss? - \u0160koda We Love Cycling","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/10\/19\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/10\/19\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2026\/10\/Intermittent-Fasting-Fruits-Berries-profimedia-0819959387-CVR.webp","datePublished":"2026-10-19T12:44:54+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-19T12:50:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/#\/schema\/person\/50f01ecd18718d2333cf72e823c4f926"},"description":"The real test of intermittent fasting isn't how much weight you lose during a short-term trial: it\u2019s whether those results actually last once the","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/10\/19\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/10\/19\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/10\/19\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2026\/10\/Intermittent-Fasting-Fruits-Berries-profimedia-0819959387-CVR.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2026\/10\/Intermittent-Fasting-Fruits-Berries-profimedia-0819959387-CVR.webp","width":990,"height":660,"caption":"Intermittent fasting"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2026\/10\/19\/does-intermittent-fasting-work-for-long-term-weight-loss\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Does Intermittent Fasting Work for Long-Term Weight Loss?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/","name":"\u0160koda We Love Cycling","description":"\u0160koda We Love Cycling magazine","alternateName":"\u0160koda WLC","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/#\/schema\/person\/50f01ecd18718d2333cf72e823c4f926","name":"tereza","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f9eb71be33845f0afabce3791bc1c58ecdb0a25c62964987e5dbcf7a20d2ec7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f9eb71be33845f0afabce3791bc1c58ecdb0a25c62964987e5dbcf7a20d2ec7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f9eb71be33845f0afabce3791bc1c58ecdb0a25c62964987e5dbcf7a20d2ec7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"tereza"},"url":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/author\/tereza\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206361,"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206191\/revisions\/206361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206191"},{"taxonomy":"global-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global-categories?post=206191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}