Intermittent Fasting Support Group?

If it dissolves in water well then they are not good BCAA's.

I am just wondering if people use LG to lose weight or use it to when they are lean to bulk up the muscle and to get leaner??

I am not only seeing LG to lose weight, but to have it as a healthy lifestyle. I have been told that it is mainly used for the latter, not to lose weight.

Hi I'm thinking of trying this just looking for advice on how best to start it. Is it best to start with 2 x 24hr fasting a week Also if fasting for 24hrs is there any best time in the day to start ie after breakfast, lunch dinner? Or does it make no difference when you start in the day ? Thanks

I would not start with 2x24 a week. I would start with 1x24 a week then after getting used to that, consider going up to 2x24.

I find that starting after my supper then fasting 24 hours to the next supper is the easiest as then I am not trying to sleep with an empty stomach, and a large portion of the 24 hours is covered by sleep hours. You may find it is different for you. Try different stretches of time and see what works for you.

Hi I'm thinking of trying this just looking for advice on how best to start it. Is it best to start with 2 x 24hr fasting a week Also if fasting for 24hrs is there any best time in the day to start ie after breakfast, lunch dinner? Or does it make no difference when you start in the day ? Thanks

I would not start with 2x24 a week. I would start with 1x24 a week then after getting used to that, consider going up to 2x24.

I find that starting after my supper then fasting 24 hours to the next supper is the easiest as then I am not trying to sleep with an empty stomach, and a large portion of the 24 hours is covered by sleep hours. You may find it is different for you. Try different stretches of time and see what works for you.

I think this would be easiest as well. I am actually doing my first 24 hour fast tonight after dinner. I had a horrible eating weekend and basically want to detox. Then if I can do this might gradually increase to 2x a week.

Thank you for replying , will try 1 x24 and see how I go, will start after my evening meal tonight :-) Can you still have tea and coffee with a small bit of skimmed milk?

re BCAA's. Quote from the guys I get mine from.

The biggest benefit of BCAA's over straight protein is the fact that free form amino acids are readily absorbed, much more so than those available in protein powders.

Candy, your commenst about them reducing DOMS is interesting. A nice fast absorbing protein should do this too when well timed, but the fact you have mentioned you benefit from BCAA's more, further supports the theory here that rapid absorption is beneficial.

So, if you are going to have BCAA's, do not add them to your protein powder, have them seperately. People often ask me if they shoudl add them to their protein, doing this completely negates the largest benefit from them. Protein powders have masses of BCAA's in them anyway.

The largest issue most people have with BCAA's is due to the leucine content. Leucine (which should make up close to 50% of BCAA's) is non polar by nature. This means that it won't dissolve in water.

If you get BCAA's that do miraculously dissolve then I'd be very suspicious, there may not be much leucine (and other aminos) in there.

Given the problem with leucine, BCAA's aren't the most practical to take unless you blend them with other aminos. At Bulk Nutrients we offer a new product - flavoured BCAA's which are quite popular. Thanks to the addition of Citrulline Malate, they end up mixing very well, and Citrulline malate has a double effect of reducing a lot of the bitterness.

Citrulline Malate is a fantastic ingredient to add as it is assist nitric oxide levels, more so than arginine.

Hi everyone! I'm going to give this IF thing a try, using the LG method. I've read all the posts on both threads and think I have a handle on it, but still have a couple of questions. Forgive me if I've missed the answers to these questions, there were a lot of posts to read!

1. Martin suggests eating 80% of your daily calories post-workout. On a 1400 calories/day, that's over 1100 calories. I don't think I can manage that - that's a lot of food. Does anyone take a more equal approach to spreading your calories throughout the eating period? I'm planning to have a frozen strawberries/protein powder shake pre-workout (15% of daily calories) and I'd like to split my remaining calories between the post-workout meal and last meal of the day, and save another 15% for an evening snack. See any problems with this?

2. Do you strictly adhere to eating three meals/day, or do you still have some snacks? I'm looking at an eating window of 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., but I prefer to have my last meal of the day around 7. Am I messing anything up by having a snack at 8:30 p.m.?

3. Has this way of eating allowed anyone to lose fat who WASN'T already fairly lean? I need to lose probably 20 lbs. of body fat. I'm lifting heavy 3x week (following the New Rules of Lifting for Women program) and doing cardio intervals at least one other day/week, preferably two. My diet is pretty good - I eat moderate carbs and try to get 1g. protein per body weight each day, but I'm usually a bit short. I'm making a renewed effort to up my protein intake, starting today.

Thanks in advance for any advice you can give!