Intermittent Fasting

noizeuk

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Forgive me if this subject has been covered before, however I would like to gauge others thoughts on IF as a weight loss/lean growth approach to working out.

Personally, I've picked the idea up from TMW (who by the way are at present the funniest people I've seen on YouTube) and I have been on IF since 12/08/2012. I have a cut of RDA at approx 1500 calories and additional loads for higher impact workouts (not done yet).

This passed week, I've had an eating window of 2PM to 8PM, otherwise I can only drink water/no calorie drinks. I have so far Mon-Fri done cardio workout and from a start weight (wake up, toilet #1, shorts) of 13st 13lbs, I now stand at 13st 3.5lbs. Note, I drink constantly to stave off hunger, it is NOT water weight I have lost.

So, there is my experience. Anyone else tried/on this?
 
It is very easy to start. With my eating window, I'm just skipping breakfast and not snacking.

One downside is that I had a horrendous headache on Monday, don't know if it's connected. Nothing ibuprofen couldn't sort out.. and a gym sesh.
 
The BBC program opened my eyes to the fasting thing. I am no where near unhealthy and not in any shape to tip over the edge and develop heart diesease. The program did focus on that as a major fear factor behind his reasoning to trying fasting.

The one which worked for him would not work for me really. I can see how it would work better for me, I just can't go the rest of the day with no food. With the 2/8 window I can skip breakfast, be busy at work, drink black coffee (0/1 calorie) and look forward to dinner. Finish work, gym and eat again.

Todays weight is 13st 2.8lbs. That's over 10 lbs in a week! It's getting to Peter Kay levels!

"14 stone in a day!!"
 
desires said:
Calorie counting is hard work. You have to constantly think about whether you 'can afford' to be eating something, you almost have to keep a log of what you eat (there are plenty of people that actually do this!). Or simply you just don't eat. There are a whole list of health benefits. Have a look at this video


To summarise after ~18 hours of fasting:
  • Lower insulin (the thing that stores sugar in fat cells and stores fat)
  • Higher glucagon (the thing that takes sugar out of fat cells)
  • Higher growth hormone (prevents muscle mass being used in place of fat cells by glucagon)
So as you can see there is a lot of reasons why IF is better (and easier) than trying to reduce your diet (especially if your current diet isn't actually considered unhealthy)

More proof of its worth can be seen in these blogs
http://www.leangains.com/
http://bradpilon.com/
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Great post. Not sure about your cow/lion one lol!

I watched this video before I started which convinced me it was the right way forward.

Eating less is not the key to losing weight, because you might be getting the wrong intake in the first place. With this method of eating, your still having your normal intake of food, with your body working with an empty stomach and using its stores.

I'd strongly suggest this over some of the cutting techniques. I've tried ketosis diet before but that made me feel like crap. Lost a load of weight and ate all the meat and fat available but the lack of carbs was horrible.
 
If it works in terms of lifestyle, it works. I've tried lifting only on a diet which affected my recovery times and only gained weight. What I wouldn't suggest is people rubbish any type of diet/eating regime until they have tried or researched it.
 
Delvis said:
Never realised you was doing / still on it? It's clearly working anyway :p

Pondered it, not going to try it for a long while yet. When I get in to decent shape I may tinker just to see what happens.
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I'm using it as a weight loss/discipline routine. It's working thus far so if you're looking to shift some weight, give it a go!
 
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