Picture it: you're at your happy weight. No calorie trackers. No diets. No extra-demanding workout plans. Sounds too good to be true, right? Maybe not — with the help of intermittent fasting. Before you dive down the rabbit hole of googling weight loss intermittent fasting, we can explain.

So, you heard about the Eat Stop Eat method of intermittent fasting: two days of 24-hour fasting five days of eating as you wish to and you're intrigued. It's low on rules and high on flexibility, plus the results look promising. Maybe this is the schedule for you!

Fat loss vs. weight loss: They're not the same thing. Although the terms are often used interchangeably, they mean something quite different, and it's more than just a linguistic distinction. Weight loss is what you see on the scale. It's the sum total of all the stuff in your body … and when you weigh less, you have less of all that stuff.