Intermittent Fasting

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  • Kmenczynski88
    Kmenczynski88 Posts: 70 Member
    I've been doing a Lean Gains and Eat Stop Eat fasting for just over 2yrs. great for controlling callorie intake and getting results.

    This. I have been doing it for about 7 months now... did it through a successful cut, and now I am currently clean bulking with it. I love the flexibility and not having to carry 40 different tupperware containers to work and out with friends. I also seem to benefit more from eating 2 huge meals as opposed to 6-7 small ones where i could be hungry 5 minutes after putting down a meal.
  • FitnessGal1983
    FitnessGal1983 Posts: 21
    I've done short fasts (3-5 days) and I really feel much better at the end. Our church encourages a 10 day fast once a year, but I haven't been brave enough. Maybe I'll try but include protein supplements and vitamins.

    But to answer your question, I felt better (especially the last 2 days) and lost 4-8 pounds. If I stay low carb that weight stays off, but if I'm sloppy with my eating then it comes back.
  • elephant_in_the_room
    elephant_in_the_room Posts: 145 Member
    This is a great BBC documentary about intermittent fasting and the results/benefits that you can achieve.

    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvdbtt_eat-fast-live-longer-hd_shortfilms#.URHSe6WTOfQ
    To revive an old thread....
    I have done alternate day fasting all through January.
    I now had my blood checked. "bad" cholesterol is still a bit high. "good" cholesterol is also high, making the overall picture still not bad. But why is my "bad" cholesterol high? Obviously IF is not a silver bullet either....
  • JUDDDing
    JUDDDing Posts: 1,367 Member
    This is a great BBC documentary about intermittent fasting and the results/benefits that you can achieve.

    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvdbtt_eat-fast-live-longer-hd_shortfilms#.URHSe6WTOfQ
    To revive an old thread....
    I have done alternate day fasting all through January.
    I now had my blood checked. "bad" cholesterol is still a bit high. "good" cholesterol is also high, making the overall picture still not bad. But why is my "bad" cholesterol high? Obviously IF is not a silver bullet either....

    Your diary is closed, but:

    1. Check your exercise - increasing that should (as I understand) help with the bad cholesterol
    2. As I understand - reducing "fast" carbs (bread, pasta, rice, cookies :) ) may help too (maybe triglycerides?)
    3. Maybe just read back through your food and see how your diet looks in general (maybe it is a supply-side issue?)

    Did your good cholesterol go up over the month? Did your bad cholesterol go down?

    I have some tests coming in early April and I'm interested in seeing what sort of progress I get.
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    I do the eat within a small window type most days without trying. I just love sitting down to one huge meal a day. Then I go work out an hour or two later with all that energy. Then I'm usually set. But I find that if I do get really hungry and not just mildly hungry later I will be ill and fatigued next day if I don't have a second meal, so when I need to I eat again.

    Also, I sleep great on an empty stomach now and horrible on a full one.
  • elephant_in_the_room
    elephant_in_the_room Posts: 145 Member
    To revive an old thread....
    I have done alternate day fasting all through January.
    I now had my blood checked. "bad" cholesterol is still a bit high. "good" cholesterol is also high, making the overall picture still not bad. But why is my "bad" cholesterol high? Obviously IF is not a silver bullet either....

    Your diary is closed, but:

    1. Check your exercise - increasing that should (as I understand) help with the bad cholesterol
    2. As I understand - reducing "fast" carbs (bread, pasta, rice, cookies :) ) may help too (maybe triglycerides?)
    3. Maybe just read back through your food and see how your diet looks in general (maybe it is a supply-side issue?)

    Did your good cholesterol go up over the month? Did your bad cholesterol go down?
    Hello,
    Thanks. My diary is open to friends.

    Exercise -- I'm forbidden to run or even walk too much, can only swim in moderation, I did cycle 100km in the week that my blood. Was taken and generally did some similar cycling all January. Oh the times when I will be able to run again!

    Carbs -- I have had instructions by my GP to up my carbs again after they were very low -- fibre-rich carbs that is. Cookies -- I have hardly any ever -- rice -- today the first time again in about a month -- pasta -- well occasionally -- usually no more than 100g per day of homemade whole meal bread from rye, wheat, oats, with sourdough. An apple every day. Sometimes even on fasting days.

    Ok, just posting this because the "lower your carbs" message is so pervasive here and everywhere and in the opinion of my GP the wrong one for me at this point.

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