intermittent fasting critis

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  • Alohathin
    Alohathin Posts: 360 Member
    amaizenblue44 hell yea and lots of energy good job nice little cup of black coffee is what i take b4 my workout

    Yeah, I've been drinking a bit of coffee, myself. I'm in Hawaii, gotta take advantage of the fresh Kona blends. :)
  • billyh333
    billyh333 Posts: 213
    JNick77 you kick *kitten* you know i was waiting for someone who has never done it .or anything come in and start popin off.lmaol
  • billyh333
    billyh333 Posts: 213
    amaizenblue44 hell yea and lots of energy good job nice little cup of black coffee is what i take b4 my workout

    Yeah, I've been drinking a bit of coffee, myself. I'm in Hawaii, gotta take advantage of the fresh Kona blends. :)
    lucky you
  • theologynerd
    theologynerd Posts: 264 Member
    I have been doing IF for a while. My husband was reading about Warrior, and I swore that IF was NOT for me. It took me some time to realize that I was already doing it without realizing it. I guess that means it's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be :) I do 16/8, and it works for me. I have strength trained several different times in my life, but after lifting for 4-6 months and seeing absolutely no change, I would get discouraged and quit. I have been eating a Primal diet since May, and therefore getting plenty of protein and fat. I started some very slow, basic strength training two weeks ago, and can already tell the difference. For the first time in my life, I'm beginning to get some muscle that I can actually see! It is very exciting for me :) I have always had extremely weak arms, so I will continue to move slowly with the weights, but it's nice to see some shape taking place. Before, the options were always either to have fat arms or skinny arms. I could never get toned. The same goes for my calves; no matter how well conditioned I have been in the past, there was never any definition to my calves. Now, they are looking... womanly! Feminine! I absolutely love IF combined with the strength training, and am going to do a lot more reading about it so that I can capitalize on the changes in my body.
  • billyh333
    billyh333 Posts: 213
    MoreBean13 knows her stuff so anyone with question can ask her ha
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    I have been doing IF for a while. My husband was reading about Warrior, and I swore that IF was NOT for me. It took me some time to realize that I was already doing it without realizing it. I guess that means it's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be :) I do 16/8, and it works for me. I have strength trained several different times in my life, but after lifting for 4-6 months and seeing absolutely no change, I would get discouraged and quit. I have been eating a Primal diet since May, and therefore getting plenty of protein and fat. I started some very slow, basic strength training two weeks ago, and can already tell the difference. For the first time in my life, I'm beginning to get some muscle that I can actually see! It is very exciting for me :) I have always had extremely weak arms, so I will continue to move slowly with the weights, but it's nice to see some shape taking place. Before, the options were always either to have fat arms or skinny arms. I could never get toned. The same goes for my calves; no matter how well conditioned I have been in the past, there was never any definition to my calves. Now, they are looking... womanly! Feminine! I absolutely love IF combined with the strength training, and am going to do a lot more reading about it so that I can capitalize on the changes in my body.

    I got in to it because I was already doing it too- just didn't know skipping breakfast had a name! In fact, before I found IF, I lied to people about eating breakfast because people jump down your throat about it being the most important meal of the day. I was embarrassed about it!
  • billyh333
    billyh333 Posts: 213
    I have been doing IF for a while. My husband was reading about Warrior, and I swore that IF was NOT for me. It took me some time to realize that I was already doing it without realizing it. I guess that means it's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be :) I do 16/8, and it works for me. I have strength trained several different times in my life, but after lifting for 4-6 months and seeing absolutely no change, I would get discouraged and quit. I have been eating a Primal diet since May, and therefore getting plenty of protein and fat. I started some very slow, basic strength training two weeks ago, and can already tell the difference. For the first time in my life, I'm beginning to get some muscle that I can actually see! It is very exciting for me :) I have always had extremely weak arms, so I will continue to move slowly with the weights, but it's nice to see some shape taking place. Before, the options were always either to have fat arms or skinny arms. I could never get toned. The same goes for my calves; no matter how well conditioned I have been in the past, there was never any definition to my calves. Now, they are looking... womanly! Feminine! I absolutely love IF combined with the strength training, and am going to do a lot more reading about it so that I can capitalize on the changes in my body.
    amazing story love it
  • Alohathin
    Alohathin Posts: 360 Member
    I have been doing IF for a while. My husband was reading about Warrior, and I swore that IF was NOT for me. It took me some time to realize that I was already doing it without realizing it. I guess that means it's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be :) I do 16/8, and it works for me. I have strength trained several different times in my life, but after lifting for 4-6 months and seeing absolutely no change, I would get discouraged and quit. I have been eating a Primal diet since May, and therefore getting plenty of protein and fat. I started some very slow, basic strength training two weeks ago, and can already tell the difference. For the first time in my life, I'm beginning to get some muscle that I can actually see! It is very exciting for me :) I have always had extremely weak arms, so I will continue to move slowly with the weights, but it's nice to see some shape taking place. Before, the options were always either to have fat arms or skinny arms. I could never get toned. The same goes for my calves; no matter how well conditioned I have been in the past, there was never any definition to my calves. Now, they are looking... womanly! Feminine! I absolutely love IF combined with the strength training, and am going to do a lot more reading about it so that I can capitalize on the changes in my body.

    I got in to it because I was already doing it too- just didn't know skipping breakfast had a name! In fact, before I found IF, I lied to people about eating breakfast because people jump down your throat about it being the most important meal of the day. I was embarrassed about it!

    Yeah, I always used to skip breakfast when I was in the Army, and I just got used to working out on an empty stomach. I totally prefer it.

    Now that I think about it, I was the same way when I was a kid playing sports. My mom used to try to get me to eat before my soccer games on Saturdays, but I refused. She usually got me to eat a banana, though. ;)
  • billyh333
    billyh333 Posts: 213
    Wow no hate for me tonight on this topic.
  • theologynerd
    theologynerd Posts: 264 Member
    I have been doing IF for a while. My husband was reading about Warrior, and I swore that IF was NOT for me. It took me some time to realize that I was already doing it without realizing it. I guess that means it's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be :) I do 16/8, and it works for me. I have strength trained several different times in my life, but after lifting for 4-6 months and seeing absolutely no change, I would get discouraged and quit. I have been eating a Primal diet since May, and therefore getting plenty of protein and fat. I started some very slow, basic strength training two weeks ago, and can already tell the difference. For the first time in my life, I'm beginning to get some muscle that I can actually see! It is very exciting for me :) I have always had extremely weak arms, so I will continue to move slowly with the weights, but it's nice to see some shape taking place. Before, the options were always either to have fat arms or skinny arms. I could never get toned. The same goes for my calves; no matter how well conditioned I have been in the past, there was never any definition to my calves. Now, they are looking... womanly! Feminine! I absolutely love IF combined with the strength training, and am going to do a lot more reading about it so that I can capitalize on the changes in my body.

    I got in to it because I was already doing it too- just didn't know skipping breakfast had a name! In fact, before I found IF, I lied to people about eating breakfast because people jump down your throat about it being the most important meal of the day. I was embarrassed about it!

    Yeah, I finally got fed up with trying to force myself to eat when I'm not hungry. I would notice that when I skipped breakfast and just ate how I wanted (within reason, of course), I would lose weight. Now I do the same with eating back exercise calories. 95% of the time I'm hungry enough to want to eat them, but if I have been strict with my carbs and hitting ketosis, I find that I'm satisfied well before I eat them all back. So I don't. It has been hard to listen to my body; I didn't trust myself because my reasoning was "I got fat by listening to my body! It wanted a donut, so I ate a donut!" I have realized that listening to my body is a lot different that simply indulging my body. I can tell the difference between a whim and true hunger.
  • Alohathin
    Alohathin Posts: 360 Member
    Wow no hate for me tonight on this topic.

    Troublemaker. ;)
  • theologynerd
    theologynerd Posts: 264 Member
    Wow no hate for me tonight on this topic.

    Yeah, you got ripped on hard the other night!
  • JNick77
    JNick77 Posts: 3,783 Member
    I think I posted this in the other thread that got jacked, but I love that first meal of the day. I love hitting the gym and then coming home and consuming my first 1,000 calories of the day right after I workout. It feels pretty good, although my stomach is like "WTF dude, really?"

    Another thing that is helped me is HCL. I've also had digestion issues and IF wasn't very tolerable for me at first, too much food in one sitting. Then I read an article about people that don't produce adequate stomach acid and using HCL can help. It's really changed things around for me that's for sure. I eat and it stays down for a change.
  • blakhitman
    blakhitman Posts: 29
    IF is the best thing that has happened to me. No need to go low carbs, and I am still burning a lot of fat.

    I gotta give credit to tmw though. They got me into it first and I'm loving it.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    I think I posted this in the other thread that got jacked, but I love that first meal of the day. I love hitting the gym and then coming home and consuming my first 1,000 calories of the day right after I workout. It feels pretty good, although my stomach is like "WTF dude, really?"

    Another thing that is helped me is HCL. I've also had digestion issues and IF wasn't very tolerable for me at first, too much food in one sitting. Then I read an article about people that don't produce adequate stomach acid and using HCL can help. It's really changed things around for me that's for sure. I eat and it stays down for a change.
    Have you ever tried Papaya Enzyme?
  • Dustin_02
    Dustin_02 Posts: 76 Member
    IF is the best thing that has happened to me. No need to go low carbs, and I am still burning a lot of fat.

    I gotta give credit to tmw though. They got me into it first and I'm loving it.

    Making all kinds of gains!!
  • blakhitman
    blakhitman Posts: 29
    IF is the best thing that has happened to me. No need to go low carbs, and I am still burning a lot of fat.

    I gotta give credit to tmw though. They got me into it first and I'm loving it.

    Making all kinds of gains!!

    Aaaall...kiiiiinds
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    IF is the best thing that has happened to me. No need to go low carbs, and I am still burning a lot of fat.

    I gotta give credit to tmw though. They got me into it first and I'm loving it.

    Making all kinds of gains!!

    Aaaall...kiiiiinds
    :wink: :laugh:
  • billyh333
    billyh333 Posts: 213
    Wow no hate for me tonight on this topic.

    Troublemaker. ;)
    Lmaol but really people who knock it nerver tried it that's the only problem my friend looks at me when we work out and she thinks I am crazy for the if thing.
  • billyh333
    billyh333 Posts: 213
    IF is the best thing that has happened to me. No need to go low carbs, and I am still burning a lot of fat.

    I gotta give credit to tmw though. They got me into it first and I'm loving it.
    hell yea that's why I got in2 it tmw all the way
  • whiskeycharged
    whiskeycharged Posts: 400 Member
    Hey @MoreBean13

    You see, others are also making ALL KINDS OF GAINS on IF. Just like me.

    Call me Mr. Feathers aka Mr. Striations
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    Hey @MoreBean13

    You see, others are also making ALL KINDS OF GAINS on IF. Just like me.

    Call me Mr. Feathers aka Mr. Striations

    Oh HEYYYYY
    Call him Mr. Raider
    Call him Mr. Wrong
    Call him insane?
  • whiskeycharged
    whiskeycharged Posts: 400 Member
    Hey @MoreBean13

    You see, others are also making ALL KINDS OF GAINS on IF. Just like me.

    Call me Mr. Feathers aka Mr. Striations

    Oh HEYYYYY
    Call him Mr. Raider
    Call him Mr. Wrong
    Call him insane?

    the_dude_nope.gif
  • billyh333
    billyh333 Posts: 213
    Hey @MoreBean13

    You see, others are also making ALL KINDS OF GAINS on IF. Just like me.

    Call me Mr. Feathers aka Mr. Striations
    Lmaol Mr stiations love it
  • billyh333
    billyh333 Posts: 213
    But remember this is just advice do whatever the **** you wanna do.
  • billyh333
    billyh333 Posts: 213
    But remember this is just advice do whatever the **** you wanna do.

    Those guys knocked IF now they are all for it, they're hypocrites. There is nothing special about IF, what matters is calories within a certain time period.
    they knocked it b4 they tried it like most people do they hit a platu and that did it for them.
  • whiskeycharged
    whiskeycharged Posts: 400 Member
    There is nothing special about IF, what matters is calories within a certain time period.

    Calories within a certain time period you say?

    .. Sounds like IF - where you consume your daily calories in a specific time period and fast the remaining part of the day.
  • billyh333
    billyh333 Posts: 213
    Hey @MoreBean13

    You see, others are also making ALL KINDS OF GAINS on IF. Just like me.

    Call me Mr. Feathers aka Mr. Striations

    I done IF for a long time, about a year. Didn't change much of anything. With a 4hr feeding window.
    that's why its not for everyone
  • sz8soon
    sz8soon Posts: 816 Member
    I'm very interested in IF as I think I partially do it just because of my schedule. Need to do some more reading though so I fully understand it
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    Hey @MoreBean13

    You see, others are also making ALL KINDS OF GAINS on IF. Just like me.

    Call me Mr. Feathers aka Mr. Striations

    Oh HEYYYYY
    Call him Mr. Raider
    Call him Mr. Wrong
    Call him insane?

    the_dude_nope.gif
    Honestly, I have no idea why you want to start with me. I get it. Your twin boyfriends and you are making all kinds of gains. I don't think you've been doing IF long enough to know that. It takes a long time to gain muscle. But, what do I know. I'll be interested if you still think you have the same results after you've been doing it for longer than 3ish weeks. I think you're excited about it and using a bit of rose colored glasses to interpret your results. But, I don't want to argue with you about it and derail this thread.

    I'm just here to give information and suggestions about IF, not to fight. Knowledge is power.
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