fasting! anybody done it? results please, advice!

Your body needs nourishment. Why deny it something it needs?

If the goal is weight loss, you only need a calorie deficit. Fasting need not apply.

Are you talking about intermitent fasting? The people I see doing IF mainly do so because they like to eat big meals. If you're talking about a juice fast, water fast, or an other ridiculous fast, read megsmom2's post.

That's not fasting, that's intermittent fasting. Otherwise known as skipping meals
Do what you know works for you!

I was just wondering if anybody had any experience with this. I have been on and off with it for a while I haven't seen brilliant results.
They say fasting works better with males. Is it worth my time?

I would suggest that you use a meal timing/distribution that makes it easiest for you to adhere to your goal intake, and that provides the best gym performance.

If that's an 8 hour eating window then do it.
If that's 5 meals per day, then do that.

Performance and adherence are substantially more important than any minimal (or non-existent) secondary effects of nutrient timing.

so you mean something like intermittent fasting?

considering that most of weight loss is about your calorie intake, meal timing isnt that big of a deal. as long as you're eating at a deficit t the end of the day then it really doesnt matter if it's spread out over 8 hours or 4 or 20.

i naturally do something like this and the main advantage for weight loss i can see is that it tends to put me below my calorie goal that already has a deficit built in to it. for instance yesterday i had a pretty feeling first meal and was left with 1200 calories. i wasnt hungry again until around 8 pm and wanted to sleep at 11 which means i had very little time to get those calories in. i ended up having a 900 calorie meal which put me under by 300.

I was just wondering if anybody had any experience with this. I have been on and off with it for a while I haven't seen brilliant results.
They say fasting works better with males. Is it worth my time?

I would suggest that you use a meal timing/distribution that makes it easiest for you to adhere to your goal intake, and that provides the best gym performance.

If that's an 8 hour eating window then do it.
If that's 5 meals per day, then do that.

Performance and adherence are substantially more important than any minimal (or non-existent) secondary effects of nutrient timing.

This. I did alternate day IF for weight loss and it worked great, but it was because I was cutting back on calories

I've had great results with intermittent fasting. The first time I did it I was doing a 14hr-18hr fasting window, and the second time I was doing 21hrs.

I was just wondering if anybody had any experience with this. I have been on and off with it for a while I haven't seen brilliant results.
They say fasting works better with males. Is it worth my time?

Given equal calorie / macro / training / excercise measures, your results will largely be the same. The main reason to do IF is because it fits your lifestyle. Most people do it because it gives them more calories either around there workout time or night time. Its no magic bullet and any metabolic advantages people tout are at best severly overstated and at worst completely non existant.

yes,,, I am all for it,,, good fasting groups on here too

About once a week, I simply pick a day and decline to eat.

I feel fantastic on my fast days. More alert, more energy .. I've never been convinced that we're actually *supposed* to eat every day.

I strength training 3 times a week as I'm trying to get on the powerlifting route. I thought IF would work as im training at night and consume food around 9/10.

Consume food whenever you want. Meal timing doesn't matter.

Yeah I agree it does give me the same effect of feeling weak. I was only attracted to it as it's speeds up metabolism? Like I said although I don't seem to be getting great results.

how exactly does it speed up metabolism?