Intermittent Fasting. Anyone tried it?
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Maybe this is what I need. I also struggle with eating several small meals a day. I find that I skip breakfast, eat at 11 or 12, and then work out anywhere from 3-6. Then eat dinner. The problem is it's hard for me to schedule workouts in the morning since I'm active duty military and have a kiddo running around, and I have A LOT of additional duties, so my schedule fluctuates. So, I guess my question is, would it be better for me to just not eat till around 11, and then NOT eat until after my afternoon workout, and then eat a big dinner? As long as it's before, say, 9pm? It sounds SOOOO much easier for mine and my boyfriends lifestyle than the 6 meals a day thing...0
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Yes I do it often! Today I had just a meal though I did have tea and coffee during the day. I love IF!
Benefits for all the skeptics:
http://www.livestrong.com/blog/the-end-of-dieting/
http://www.romanfitnesssystems.com/blog/intermittent-fasting-201/0 -
I'm trying to understand this and just getting confused.
Considering I don't my breakfast until 11:30 AM and usually dinner at 9 PM I feel I already do this.
How my day usually works is: 7 AM pre workout snack (a slice of toast with natural pb, or an apple or some type of fruit). Workout around 8 for an hour or two, post workout shake (milk with Body Fortress protein powder that states it has over 8g of BCAA's) and then breakfast at 11:30, snacks, lunch about 4 or 5, snacks, dinner around 8:30/9. Then bed around 10:30.
Based on this info FitFireman what would you suggest I alter to work on doing IF.
My workouts are usually cardio (running, interval training) or a strength training video (ChaLEAN Extreme)0 -
Maybe this is what I need. I also struggle with eating several small meals a day. I find that I skip breakfast, eat at 11 or 12, and then work out anywhere from 3-6. Then eat dinner. The problem is it's hard for me to schedule workouts in the morning since I'm active duty military and have a kiddo running around, and I have A LOT of additional duties, so my schedule fluctuates. So, I guess my question is, would it be better for me to just not eat till around 11, and then NOT eat until after my afternoon workout, and then eat a big dinner? As long as it's before, say, 9pm? It sounds SOOOO much easier for mine and my boyfriends lifestyle than the 6 meals a day thing...
"One pre-workout meal
This is the most common setup for my younger clients that are still in college or have flexible working hours.
Sample setup
12-1 PM or around lunch/noon: Pre-workout meal. Approximately 20-25% of daily total calorie intake.
3-4 PM: Training should happen a few hours after the pre-workout meal.
4-5 PM: Post-workout meal (largest meal).
8-9 PM: Last meal before the fast.
Two pre-workout meals
This is the usual protocol for people with normal working hours.
Sample setup
12-1 PM or around lunch/noon: Meal one. Approximately 20-25% of daily total calorie intake.
4-5 PM: Pre-workout meal. Roughly equal to the first meal.
8-9 PM: Post-workout meal (largest meal)."
I hope that helps!0 -
I'm trying to understand this and just getting confused.
Considering I don't my breakfast until 11:30 AM and usually dinner at 9 PM I feel I already do this.
How my day usually works is: 7 AM pre workout snack (a slice of toast with natural pb, or an apple or some type of fruit). Workout around 8 for an hour or two, post workout shake (milk with Body Fortress protein powder that states it has over 8g of BCAA's) and then breakfast at 11:30, snacks, lunch about 4 or 5, snacks, dinner around 8:30/9. Then bed around 10:30.
Based on this info FitFireman what would you suggest I alter to work on doing IF.
My workouts are usually cardio (running, interval training) or a strength training video (ChaLEAN Extreme)
Technically, you are "breaking your fast (breakfast)" at 7am. You would need to not ingest any calories until your 11:30 meal to be properly doing this.0 -
I'm trying to understand this and just getting confused.
Considering I don't my breakfast until 11:30 AM and usually dinner at 9 PM I feel I already do this.
How my day usually works is: 7 AM pre workout snack (a slice of toast with natural pb, or an apple or some type of fruit). Workout around 8 for an hour or two, post workout shake (milk with Body Fortress protein powder that states it has over 8g of BCAA's) and then breakfast at 11:30, snacks, lunch about 4 or 5, snacks, dinner around 8:30/9. Then bed around 10:30.
Based on this info FitFireman what would you suggest I alter to work on doing IF.
My workouts are usually cardio (running, interval training) or a strength training video (ChaLEAN Extreme)
If you're eating a preworkout snack that would be breaking the fast. IF is where you consume 0 calories until your 8 hour time period of eating. You're consuming calories from 7am-9pm so you're only fasting for 10 hours a day and not the 16 hours that IF involves.0 -
ok i'm confused
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ok i'm confused
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About what?0 -
I'm trying to understand this and just getting confused.
Considering I don't my breakfast until 11:30 AM and usually dinner at 9 PM I feel I already do this.
How my day usually works is: 7 AM pre workout snack (a slice of toast with natural pb, or an apple or some type of fruit). Workout around 8 for an hour or two, post workout shake (milk with Body Fortress protein powder that states it has over 8g of BCAA's) and then breakfast at 11:30, snacks, lunch about 4 or 5, snacks, dinner around 8:30/9. Then bed around 10:30.
Based on this info FitFireman what would you suggest I alter to work on doing IF.
My workouts are usually cardio (running, interval training) or a strength training video (ChaLEAN Extreme)
If you're eating a preworkout snack that would be breaking the fast. IF is where you consume 0 calories until your 8 hour time period of eating. You're consuming calories from 7am-9pm so you're only fasting for 10 hours a day and not the 16 hours that IF involves.
But keep in mind, that Martin Berkhan recommends a 14 hour fasting/ 10 hour feed window for women.0 -
Post a link that supports your claims please regarding "no metabolic advantage" and just "dropping some extra water weight", thank you.
so you are saying IF has a metabolic advantage to traditional methods, when the same calories and macro nutrients are used?
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/research-review/meal-frequency-and-energy-balance-research-review.html would say otherwise, meal frequency has no effect on metabolism
I think you just got ignored. =P0 -
I'm trying to understand this and just getting confused.
Considering I don't my breakfast until 11:30 AM and usually dinner at 9 PM I feel I already do this.
How my day usually works is: 7 AM pre workout snack (a slice of toast with natural pb, or an apple or some type of fruit). Workout around 8 for an hour or two, post workout shake (milk with Body Fortress protein powder that states it has over 8g of BCAA's) and then breakfast at 11:30, snacks, lunch about 4 or 5, snacks, dinner around 8:30/9. Then bed around 10:30.
Based on this info FitFireman what would you suggest I alter to work on doing IF.
My workouts are usually cardio (running, interval training) or a strength training video (ChaLEAN Extreme)
If you're eating a preworkout snack that would be breaking the fast. IF is where you consume 0 calories until your 8 hour time period of eating. You're consuming calories from 7am-9pm so you're only fasting for 10 hours a day and not the 16 hours that IF involves.
But keep in mind, that Martin Berkhan recommends a 14 hour fasting/ 10 hour feed window for women.
That's true, I forgot that there was a different recommendation for males and females, good save!0 -
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I'm trying to understand this and just getting confused.
Considering I don't my breakfast until 11:30 AM and usually dinner at 9 PM I feel I already do this.
How my day usually works is: 7 AM pre workout snack (a slice of toast with natural pb, or an apple or some type of fruit). Workout around 8 for an hour or two, post workout shake (milk with Body Fortress protein powder that states it has over 8g of BCAA's) and then breakfast at 11:30, snacks, lunch about 4 or 5, snacks, dinner around 8:30/9. Then bed around 10:30.
Based on this info FitFireman what would you suggest I alter to work on doing IF.
My workouts are usually cardio (running, interval training) or a strength training video (ChaLEAN Extreme)
If you're eating a preworkout snack that would be breaking the fast. IF is where you consume 0 calories until your 8 hour time period of eating. You're consuming calories from 7am-9pm so you're only fasting for 10 hours a day and not the 16 hours that IF involves.
I've found if I don't eat anything before working out I get very light headed 75% of the way through either my cardio interval dvd or my run.0 -
Post a link that supports your claims please regarding "no metabolic advantage" and just "dropping some extra water weight", thank you.
so you are saying IF has a metabolic advantage to traditional methods, when the same calories and macro nutrients are used?
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/research-review/meal-frequency-and-energy-balance-research-review.html would say otherwise, meal frequency has no effect on metabolism
I think you just got ignored. =P
He didn't originally have that link in his statement, he edited it in after the fact. Also, that site is just stating that there's no metabolic benefit to eating 6 meals a day, has nothing to do with intermittent fasting. So he basically posted a health site trying to prove me wrong with something that has nothing to do with the conversation...0 -
He didn't originally have that link in his statement, he edited it in after the fact. Also, that site is just stating that there's no metabolic benefit to eating 6 meals a day, has nothing to do with intermittent fasting. So he basically posted a health site trying to prove me wrong with something that has nothing to do with the conversation...
Gotcha. I don't know why everyone has to argue on here about what is "right" .
Live and let live, goodness.0 -
Loving the IF zealotry here, but if you cant understand that IF is a form of meal frequency. i dont even know were to begin. I dont discredit IF at all, its a perfectly viable way of going about your business. But it is no better then what I do, or what someone else does.As long as calories and macros are met at the end of the day.0
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i'm doing juddd right now which is basically extreme calorie cycling, i have a down day which is around 500-700 calories and then an up day which is anywhere from 1800+ on my down days i fast from wake up until the latest possible and it really helps me with self control and my binges. also before starting this plan i would be on a 1500 cal diet and i would usually fast until around 3 or 4 or even later so i can eat bigger meals and still be satisfied and within my calories goals.0
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Loving the IF zealotry here, but if you cant understand that IF is a form of meal frequency. i dont even know were to begin. I dont discredit IF at all, its a perfectly viable way of going about your business. But it is no better then what I do, or what someone else does.As long as calories and macros are met at the end of the day.
Well said.
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Mose IFers use BCAA's pre-workout, or whey protein powder without anything added to it. So you are working out semi-fasted.
**I forgot to link this to the one who said she gets light headed if she doesn't eat before working out.0 -
Loving the IF zealotry here, but if you cant understand that IF is a form of meal frequency. i dont even know were to begin.
Go spam another thread to boost your post count. You have nothing to bring to this thread and you're just trying to start drama.0
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