HOW TO TURN YOUR BODY INTO A FAT BURNING FURNACE!

Hi JJ, Happy New Year to you, too!

I have to admit, at first I was feeling a little skeptical with what you were describing... but then I realized, holy s%*t, that's kinda what I've been (inadvertently) doing! For the past seven weeks, I've been getting up on weekdays around 5:15am to exercise (on an empty stomach) before going in to work. I admit that I'm doing mostly cardio, with just a little lifting... but still, working out, burning calories on an empty stomach. I have coffee with a little almond milk before going in to work... and I don't have a meal until lunch. I do have a little baggie of raw almonds with me in case I start feeling really hungry before I can break before lunch, and a few of those generally get me through just fine.

In any case, I work out early on an empty stomach and have nothing except coffee and maybe a couple almonds before noon... and I don't usually eat after around 8pm. And, of course, I'm watching what I eat, eating lots of veggies and lean proteins... and I have had WAY more success than I imagined I would!

For me, losing more than a pound a week is quite impressive, and in these 7 weeks I'm down almost 14lb :-) Perhaps it has to do with what you are explaining here... in any case, as soon as I'm able to (I was in a minor car accident a few days ago that left me with a soft neck brace and doctor's orders to do NO physical activity for a week... ugh!) I will be back to that routine.

Thanks for giving me a possible frame of reference as to why I'm having this unexpected success :-)

Here's to a wonderful and healthy 2014!

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Haters gonna hate. Glad you found what worked.

I do IF for the past few months and love it. It just simplifies life for me. I don't always train fasted but I have done so in the past and never felt my workouts suffered or were less productive.

This IF has worked for me too!:flowerforyou: peace

Doesn't matter if you train fasted or not, makes absolutely no difference. I've hear the argument "if you train fasted then burn fat and not the food you ate" but that's complete bull. If you're eating at a deficit, you will net the same amount of fat loss at the end of the day whether you trained fasted or not. Just count calories, eat at a deficit, eat plenty of protein and fat, lift heavy weights, and you will cut fat

Can I ask something based on this logic??

If a person has fasted for 15 hrs, goes to the gym, does his/her workout.....
Consisting of heavy lifting....or whatever form of lifting you like...

Where does the energy your body is using come from?

Wow, lot of hate here. What he is doing not only works for him but will work for anyone. He is just using the natural biomechanics of the body, let me explain...

First and foremost caloric deficit is key as we all know for "weight loss".

Basically by working out in a fasted state you force you body to use a different fuel, stored fat. If you have eaten with in 4 gours of working out your body has stored glycogen that it uses for fuel. Also working out fasted means your Human Growth Hormones are elevated (good) youe Leptin levels are balanced (good) and you insulin resistance is heightened (good).

If all you want is weight loss you can use either method. If you want to keep all lean muscle andonly lose fat you may want to give lean gains a try.

Now the idea of working out when you're fasting makes much more sense to me. Maybe I should try that.

Doesn't matter if you train fasted or not, makes absolutely no difference. I've hear the argument "if you train fasted then burn fat and not the food you ate" but that's complete bull. If you're eating at a deficit, you will net the same amount of fat loss at the end of the day whether you trained fasted or not. Just count calories, eat at a deficit, eat plenty of protein and fat, lift heavy weights, and you will cut fat

Can I ask something based on this logic??

If a person has fasted for 15 hrs, goes to the gym, does his/her workout.....
Consisting of heavy lifting....or whatever form of lifting you like...

Where does the energy your body is using come from?

It will come from storage. The problem is you will have to eat again eventually. And then it will go right back into storage, unless you ate at a deficit.

But that's the same thing that would happen if you didn't fast 15 hours before working out and ate at a deficit. Over time averaged out, it is the same thing.

No one is saying it doesn't work, it is just a more effective way to create a deficit for some.

Very interesting, thanks so much for sharing! I've never believed that breakfast was so important and I often don't eat until 10am or so. With IF, does it matter when your 8 hr window is? If I eat at 10am for the first time, and stop eating by 6pm, is that just as good as 12pm-8pm? As long as I work out before eating, does it matter if I work out 6 hrs before eating or right before eating? I'd love to hear more.


For those who say it's JUST calorie deficit, and that is the ONLY thing that determines whether calories go into storage or not.... I'm sorry but that shows a lack of understanding of the human body. Not all calories are created equal. Not all calories cause the same reaction from your body. Sorry. I'm no expert but even I know a little about insulin, using carbs vs fat for energy, some things that cue your body to store calories as fat vs cuing your body to use up stored calories, etc. It just isn't that simple.

I have just never understood why eating say 2100 calories a day within 8 hours is any different to eating them within 12 hours, but I'll admit I am ignorant on the subject.

I don't agree with some of what you've posted (I for one cannot exercise on an empty stomach), but if it works for you, then great.

Meal timing is irrelevant for the majority of people, according to the majority of the peer-reviewed research on the subject.