Intermittent Fasting

I have completed 5 days of 12/12x2 and 16/8x2 and yesterday doing 20/4 working out during two of those days and I have lost 5lbs. I saw above that after doing the big fast you lose 3lbs. Is there a way to keep it off for the coming days? Today am doing a 12/12 again

don't weigh in every day

I have completed 5 days of 12/12x2 and 16/8x2 and yesterday doing 20/4 working out during two of those days and I have lost 5lbs. I saw above that after doing the big fast you lose 3lbs. Is there a way to keep it off for the coming days? Today am doing a 12/12 again

You want to establish a normal pattern. You're jumping around too much.

Bump to read through later.

Stupid q's that I couldn't work out from the leangains site or the thread...

- is there a particular trigger or set of circumstances in which you should consider IF? Many of the posters in this thread seem to be in the low BF% range and cut like frickin marble sculptures; is there still significant benefit if you're (m) and >20% BF?

- are there prereqs for IF - ie should there be a set of steps you should carry out before considering IF?

- those married or with SOs - were they supportive? unsupportive? weirded out?

I have completed 5 days of 12/12x2 and 16/8x2 and yesterday doing 20/4 working out during two of those days and I have lost 5lbs. I saw above that after doing the big fast you lose 3lbs. Is there a way to keep it off for the coming days? Today am doing a 12/12 again

You want to establish a normal pattern. You're jumping around too much.

Any suggestions?

So let me get this right.. When you fast you still eat your entire day's calories but before/after the fast..

so say if I did 5pm today til 5pm tomorrow then I'll have all of my calories today before 5 and tomorrow after 5.. giving me a 24 hour break?

Do certain times make a difference? Say if you did 10am to 10am the next day.. And also I assume you eat nothing and just drink water?

Just doing my initial research as I'm hoping this can help boost me out of this horrible plateau I'm in.

Any advice would be hugely appreciated

It depends on the fasting method. I do 16 hours fast and 8 hours eating. Sometimes I do 24 hours fasting. I do that due to my work schedule. I would suggest www.leangains.com

So let me get this right.. When you fast you still eat your entire day's calories but before/after the fast..

so say if I did 5pm today til 5pm tomorrow then I'll have all of my calories today before 5 and tomorrow after 5.. giving me a 24 hour break?

Do certain times make a difference? Say if you did 10am to 10am the next day.. And also I assume you eat nothing and just drink water?

Just doing my initial research as I'm hoping this can help boost me out of this horrible plateau I'm in.

Any advice would be hugely appreciated

I do 2 x 24 hour fasts a week and I don't eat my entire days calories at the end of the fast. I just eat a small to moderate dinner, like I normally would. You have to be careful that you don't cancel out your deficit by overeating after you complete your fast. You should resume normal eating the next day however. With lean gains, I understand you eat an entire days worth of calories in 8 hours. So you get the benefits of fasting (accelerated fat burning etc) by fasting for 16 hours, but you don't care the deficit you do with Eat Stop Eat.

Also I would recommend reading Eat Stop Eat on Lean Gains website thoroughly before beginning so you can understand what to do and why you're doing it

So let me get this right.. When you fast you still eat your entire day's calories but before/after the fast..

so say if I did 5pm today til 5pm tomorrow then I'll have all of my calories today before 5 and tomorrow after 5.. giving me a 24 hour break?

Do certain times make a difference? Say if you did 10am to 10am the next day.. And also I assume you eat nothing and just drink water?

Just doing my initial research as I'm hoping this can help boost me out of this horrible plateau I'm in.

Any advice would be hugely appreciated

I do 2 x 24 hour fasts a week and I don't eat my entire days calories at the end of the fast. I just eat a small to moderate dinner, like I normally would. You have to be careful that you don't cancel out your deficit by overeating after you complete your fast. You should resume normal eating the next day however. With lean gains, I understand you eat an entire days worth of calories in 8 hours. So you get the benefits of fasting (accelerated fat burning etc) by fasting for 16 hours, but you don't care the deficit you do with Eat Stop Eat.

Also I would recommend reading Eat Stop Eat on Lean Gains website thoroughly before beginning so you can understand what to do and why you're doing it

Thanks

Also, is drinking tea/coffee allowed? I've been fasting for 19 hours now and I am really craving some caffeine!