I know a Personal Trainer who didn't believe in it. So he did it to see how it would work out. He reviews this kind of stuff on his website. He said it worked great.
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Free registration at the forum removes this block.@Patrick - I was actually going to pm you to see what you thought about it and what IF program you were on or to see if you tried out a few before you found the right one. I figured to start this post to get an open discussion about IF and see everyone's opinions. I'm thinking of doing the 16/8 diet. I'm actually starting it today. I went 12 hours last night (from 10pm - 10am), skipping my usual breakfast the minute I get up. It wasn't that bad. Tomorrow I'm going to try the full 16. My biggest problem is missing breakfast, since it is my favorite meal of the day. I guess I can still eat it, just after my workout.
@Wado1 - I read an ebook last night on it and the author tried 6 different types of IF over 6 months. He loved the 16/8, which I believe he got from leangains. That's where he lost his most body fat and gained lean muscle. I'll check out the website.
@Rain - I got the hard six pack. It's just hibernating. Lol. I'll check out that book too!
@Hedgehog - I heard that you feel very energized and your focus during the fasting phase is unbelievable. Just getting through the first week is going to be tough, but I'm going to give it a shot.
There are LOTS of different forms of fasting with varying lengths/timing, etc.
Personally, I follow a healthy slow carb diet with a cheat day each week (from the 4 Hour Body), and follow my cheat day with a full 36 hour fast. So if I cheat on Saturday, I fast from Saturday night till breakfast Monday. The first time I did this it was really tough, but by the 3rd it was easy and now it feels natural.
I've gotten the best results with this single day/week fast vs 20 hour fasts daily or alternating eating days. I also find it to be the most convenient and easiest to stick to. Supposedly women will struggle with fasts this long though and do better with shorter fasts.
I believe there are several benefits to a full day fast after a cheat day. 1. it reduces my weekly calorie intake; 2. it gives my body time to repair all the damage I've done, and 3. The hormonal boost and life longevity.
What have your results been? Were you focused on muscle gains, fat/weight loss or both?
My wife is so AMAZING she cooks it up for me in the AM so it is all ready when I eat at 8 PM.
1 Dozen fertilized eggs(this I eat raw for various reasons)
I don't believe frequent 16 hour fasts provide as good of health benefits as a less frequent 36 hour fast, and health (not purely weight loss) is my primary goal.I don't understand why you think a 36 hour fast would work better seeing as how a 16 hour fasts did work for you.
Also it is physically impossible to over spike your blood glucose level. They spike( I don't like that term) but eating more than say 2000 calories wont make it spike more. In fact you probably ate extra fast and protein which would blunt a spike.
So you need to eat properly when you end the fast.
For example my fasted BG level is 70 - 75. If I eat pineapple it will spike to 125. BUT if I first eat some fats first it will only go to 105.
You simple ate too many calories when your ended your fasts. That is why you got fat doing IF.
Day 2: 14 hours without food. So far I feel pretty good. I'm thinking of hitting the gym now then having my first big meal. My only worry is working out on an empty stomach. I never do that. I'm going to drink a cup of coffee before and take some BCAA's. Hopefully that can push me through the workout until I get used to IF.
I have no problem working out in a fasted state, and I do believe it burns additional calories. However, be careful if you take any pre-workout supplement as taking it on an empty stomach will often increase the effects.Working out on am empty stomach is not much of a big deal. I asked a trainer and what he said is that is how you sometimes lose the last of your fat because that is where you burn your body fat instead of the calories from the food you are putting in your body.
What is the big difference between the 16/8 and the 36 hour fasts? I have never had much of a a problem going a full 48 hours without food but I never did it intentionally, I just have the ability to do it. I need water of course but I wasn't doing IF, I just was in a place where I couldn't get food.
Isn´t the steak all like.. dried out rubber by then?
Which reasons?
I believe a boiled egg´s protein value is higher than that of a raw egg.
Also salmonella not an issue?
A few people have been talking about this on the forum lately, so I looked into it. Actually spent a couple hours last night reading a book I downloaded from a website.
Has anyone on the forum tried it out? If so, how was you experience?
Why does it make you feel jittery? Are you taking supplements or too much caffeine on an empty stomach?
It took me about 2-3 weeks to get used to not eating breakfast. To keep myself from starving, this is what I did:
-Wake up in the morning and down a glass of water.
-Drink a cup of coffee right after, with a little bit of cream in it.
-This will suppress my appetite for a little bit. I wait a bit, then I drink a green veggie drink. I got this powdered drink from GNC. It has less than 5 grams of carbs in it. I believe it has 2, which won't affect the fast. This allows me to get an early dose of vitamins and minerals.
-During the fasted time, I'll drink another glass or two of water.
-I'll try to get my first work out in before I eat. To power me through it, I put powdered BCAA's in a water bottle and drink it 15 minutes before my workout. This usually powers me right through my workout. I have been getting some really good workouts on an empty stomach, when this was the thing that I feared most.
-If I got really hungry at any point during my fast, I would drink a little more coffee. This usually holds me over.
You don't get used to it over night and you don't see results over night. It's a process, just like the Fastlane is a process. I have seen great results and I love it now. Not sure if I'll ever go back to eating 6 meals a day.
I would HIGHLY recommend going into it slowly. If I were a big breakfast person I think it would have been very difficult.
I believe it best if you look at it as a long term lifestyle change.
I took many many months to get into it gradually. I use liberal amounts of coffee to cut the hunger. Now it is easy to go 16 - 24 hours without eating. And can still go running, working out etc. Walked two hours today on the beach. (I had to get that one in there lol)
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