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livingleanlivingclean wrote: »I've been tracking my macros, I eat high protein, low carb unless it's a day I am lifting. Some days I'll be in a deficit because of work getting in the way of my eating schedule. I do my cardio in a fasted state, anything from hiking, hiit, and cycling.
Your macro breakdown is irrelevant for fat loss (although going lower carb would result in initial fluid loss, and lighter weight), just as whether you train fasted or not is irrelevant.
The number of days youve been in a deficit, and the size of the deficit, has clearly been significant enough for you to drop 14lbs in a month. If you're disputing this, perhaps present yourself to the closest university for studying.
Working out fasted is relevant. You have to use fat to produce glucose and keytones while fasted and expending energy which is far more inefficient that producing glucose say from eating glucose or carbs. That makes no sense at all.15 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »I've been tracking my macros, I eat high protein, low carb unless it's a day I am lifting. Some days I'll be in a deficit because of work getting in the way of my eating schedule. I do my cardio in a fasted state, anything from hiking, hiit, and cycling.
Your macro breakdown is irrelevant for fat loss (although going lower carb would result in initial fluid loss, and lighter weight), just as whether you train fasted or not is irrelevant.
The number of days youve been in a deficit, and the size of the deficit, has clearly been significant enough for you to drop 14lbs in a month. If you're disputing this, perhaps present yourself to the closest university for studying.
I'm just sharing my results my friend, I'm a simple person. Their is no reason for me to lie in regards to what I'm doing. You have a nice night.18 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »I've been tracking my macros, I eat high protein, low carb unless it's a day I am lifting. Some days I'll be in a deficit because of work getting in the way of my eating schedule. I do my cardio in a fasted state, anything from hiking, hiit, and cycling.
Your macro breakdown is irrelevant for fat loss (although going lower carb would result in initial fluid loss, and lighter weight), just as whether you train fasted or not is irrelevant.
The number of days youve been in a deficit, and the size of the deficit, has clearly been significant enough for you to drop 14lbs in a month. If you're disputing this, perhaps present yourself to the closest university for studying.
Working out fasted is relevant. You have to use fat to produce glucose and keytones while fasted and expending energy which is far more inefficient that producing glucose say from eating glucose or carbs. That makes no sense at all.
Thanks my fiend for your nice comments
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I have pretty much always followed 16:8 eating formula, I just didn't know it had a name and that it became the latest craze...... Intermittent Fasting! LOL!
The reason why the weight had finally caught up with me over my lifetime (30lbs to lose) it's that during the 8 hours I do eat, I don't watch what and how much I eat. I also like my wine. Well, I guess I'll start tracking my caloric input during the time I DO eat and I'll see what happens. I suspect it's not really IF that's the golden bullet, it's tracking what you eat and not exceeding your caloric intake for the day.
Congrats OP on finding what works for you!
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I believe he answered without realizing his answer is still cico. Low carb high protein.. he doesn't track but low carb diets usually result in cico whether the person realizes it or not. It keeps you satiated for longer. So combine that with IF.. I can see how it would be easier to stay in a deficit. Mystery solved. Still cico.14
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Reading between the lines I'd guess the OP meant they were eating maintenance calories defined by MFP at a sedentary rate, then exercising and not eating those calories back. They also said they don't always hit their calorie target due to work getting in the way.3
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I IF and have for years and it still works as calories in and calories out that is FACT.5
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Hey everyone thanks for the nice comments. In no way am I tying to provide misinformation. Thanks for all the requests, I look forward to following success with the rests of you 13
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Hey everyone thanks for the nice comments. In no way am I tying to provide misinformation. Thanks for all the requests, I look forward to following success with the rests of you
I love IF and it definitely works for me, I do have to eat at a deficit to lose but I only really want to eat at night so it works great for me. You seem like a real nice guy. Good luck to you and great job on your weight loss so far.
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emmydoodles83 wrote: »Hey everyone thanks for the nice comments. In no way am I tying to provide misinformation. Thanks for all the requests, I look forward to following success with the rests of you
I love IF and it definitely works for me, I do have to eat at a deficit to lose but I only really want to eat at night so it works great for me. You seem like a real nice guy. Good luck to you and great job on your weight loss so far.
I think as long as we do what makes us happy. I love hiking early in the mornings too clear my head and escape the city a bit. I do my best to get nutritious food in my body. Cheers to success5 -
Hey everyone thanks for the nice comments. In no way am I tying to provide misinformation. Thanks for all the requests, I look forward to following success with the rests of you
Congratulations on your loss and thanks for sharing your information. Pay no attention to the nay sayers. I think they are just a bit jealous in the success and freedom we have found.
I followed IF and broke a plateau as I was eating 1200cal/day, very closely weighing and logging every bite that went into my mouth. I switched to IF 5:2 (eat 5 days, fast 2). On the fast days I ate only 500 calories. I drank black coffee and water, some unsweetened tea. I restricted my eating to my dinner meal. On non fast days I ate up to 2000 calories. SOOOOO - that totals 11,000 calories/week which averages 1,571 calories/day. I ran 3-4 days per week totaling about 15-20 miles. No strength training. I broke my plateau and within 2 months had lost 20 lbs - from 155 to 125. When eating 1200 cal/day that totaled 8,400 calories/week. I didn't change the types of food I ate. Both ways I ate clean mostly, but occasionally ate takeout and processed - just kept it to a minimum. If you want me to explain the science of it, I cannot. I do know a MD who subscribes to this method who explained it to me and it made sense so I tried it . It worked for me.15 -
Hey everyone thanks for the nice comments. In no way am I tying to provide misinformation. Thanks for all the requests, I look forward to following success with the rests of you
Congratulations on your loss and thanks for sharing your information. Pay no attention to the nay sayers. I think they are just a bit jealous in the success and freedom we have found.
I followed IF and broke a plateau as I was eating 1200cal/day, very closely weighing and logging every bite that went into my mouth. I switched to IF 5:2 (eat 5 days, fast 2). On the fast days I ate only 500 calories. I drank black coffee and water, some unsweetened tea. I restricted my eating to my dinner meal. On non fast days I ate up to 2000 calories. SOOOOO - that totals 11,000 calories/week which averages 1,571 calories/day. I ran 3-4 days per week totaling about 15-20 miles. No strength training. I broke my plateau and within 2 months had lost 20 lbs - from 155 to 125. When eating 1200 cal/day that totaled 8,400 calories/week. I didn't change the types of food I ate. Both ways I ate clean mostly, but occasionally ate takeout and processed - just kept it to a minimum. If you want me to explain the science of it, I cannot. I do know a MD who subscribes to this method who explained it to me and it made sense so I tried it . It worked for me.
Similarly it appears to be working for me. On about 1200 cal a day (8400 a week - never more than 9000 a week) & careful measuring and logging it took me about 4 months to lose 10 lb. I started 5:2 intermittent fasting, 2 days at 500 and 5 days around 1550 (still hitting 8400 to 9000 a week). Started Oct 4 and have dropped 6 pounds. Same calories but my body is responding VERY differently. And, I feel fantastic! No longer hangry and deprived all the time. And so free!
So, I personally do still count calories for now. But changing to 5:2 made my weight loss rate triple. No changes in CICO. I fully admit this is very early into 5:2 eating, but dang! (YAY).
So from my perspective- If there is no reason NOT to try IF (like health concerns, eating disorder history etc) then it is a good thing to try. Because it sure is good for SOME people.17 -
Hi I’m following the blood sugar diet and using the 16:8 method, I’ve lost 21lb in the last six weeks and a lot of inches! Finally found something that works and feel amazing to be honest! Well done fellow IF7
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livingleanlivingclean wrote: »StephanieDL1 wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »livingleanlivingclean wrote: »I've been tracking my macros, I eat high protein, low carb unless it's a day I am lifting. Some days I'll be in a deficit because of work getting in the way of my eating schedule. I do my cardio in a fasted state, anything from hiking, hiit, and cycling.
Your macro breakdown is irrelevant for fat loss (although going lower carb would result in initial fluid loss, and lighter weight), just as whether you train fasted or not is irrelevant.
The number of days youve been in a deficit, and the size of the deficit, has clearly been significant enough for you to drop 14lbs in a month. If you're disputing this, perhaps present yourself to the closest university for studying.
I'm just sharing my results my friend, I'm a simple person. Their is no reason for me to lie in regards to what I'm doing. You have a nice night.
You are a simple person, who is claiming to function completely differently to the rest of the population - if people could lose weight without being in a deficit, how did we end up with so many over-fat people?
You sound like you're very upset my body building friend. I eat healthy, exercise regularly, and I'm very young. I think some of those factors can be incorporated.
The only thing I'm upset at is that your aren't publicising how to lose 14lbs a month without being in a calorie deficit. This is something the world needs to know - share it, and you'd make squillions of dollars.
I am doing intermittent fasting ... I said it at the begging of my post. No need for the unwanted sarcasm. If you don't like what I wrote, then simply go elsewhere to share your words of wisdom.
I also do IF. It's not magical. If you do IF but eat too many calories, you'll still maintain or gain depending on how much you're eating. You don't lose weight unless you're in a deficit - something you seem to be disputing.
Have a nice night my body building friend... I'm going to go starve myself, then eat, and then throw up...
Again, please share how you don't eat in a deficit and manage to lose weight. The world needs to be enlightened, seriously. (you don't want to be a squillionaire as well as helping millions of people?)
I would seriously love to eat more food without consequence!
Let it go. Leave him alone, seriously. He gave you an answer, why are you still badgering him? If he isn’t giving you the answer you want move on...
Because telling people you lost weight just by following IF without being in a calorie deficit is completely misinforming people. That's not how it works.
If the OP has actually achieved this, I honestly want to know how. I'm sure that many other people would too - I would love the opportunity to eat more food but achieve my weight loss goals at the same time.
Maybe his metabolism is going faster than he realizes and if he isn't aware of it he will think it's all because of the IF. Maybe the metabolism is burning more than his records account for. It doesn't seem very likely, but that's about the best I could come up with.1 -
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I think so, no sugar, bread, pasta and potato, full fat fresh cooked food1
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KirbySmith46 wrote: »
What the heck is “woo”? .
Right, "woo" definition, here ya go.
woo
n.(or adj), Look it up if you can't draw the meaning from context on your own.
Shirley believes that in a past life she was the Jolly Green Giant of Rainbowland. Shirley is very woo.
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I've always wondered about the working out at the end of the fasting period... that's so awesome that you do it. I've always tried but find that 95% of the time I have no energy and am so excited to eat so skip the workout
I need to get over that hump. I really do think that is key, awesome job! 1 -
Here is a link to a recent study that was done at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
https://www.ottawaheart.ca/media-release/and-fasting-helps-fight-obesity
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livingleanlivingclean wrote: »I've been tracking my macros, I eat high protein, low carb unless it's a day I am lifting. Some days I'll be in a deficit because of work getting in the way of my eating schedule. I do my cardio in a fasted state, anything from hiking, hiit, and cycling.
Your macro breakdown is irrelevant for fat loss (although going lower carb would result in initial fluid loss, and lighter weight), just as whether you train fasted or not is irrelevant.
The number of days youve been in a deficit, and the size of the deficit, has clearly been significant enough for you to drop 14lbs in a month. If you're disputing this, perhaps present yourself to the closest university for studying.
Working out fasted is relevant. You have to use fat to produce glucose and keytones while fasted and expending energy which is far more inefficient that producing glucose say from eating glucose or carbs. That makes no sense at all.
No it's not relevant. Someone like the OP will have c. 2000 cals of glycogen stored in his liver and muscles. No gluconeogenesis or ketosis required.
All the daily time restriction IF is doing is moving the periods of eating / losing around the day - it's not changing the total energy balance.
Fasted exercise is an irrelevance for weight loss apart from adherence and performance (which is very personal).
Well done OP, remarkable change in a short time.1
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