TheFitFireman Member

Go spam another thread to boost your post count. You have nothing to bring to this thread and you're just trying to start drama.

He didn't originally have that link in his statement, he edited it in after the fact. Also, that site is just stating that there's no metabolic benefit to eating 6 meals a day, has nothing to do with intermittent fasting. So he basically posted a health site trying to prove me wrong with something that has nothing to do…

That's true, I forgot that there was a different recommendation for males and females, good save!

About what?

If you're eating a preworkout snack that would be breaking the fast. IF is where you consume 0 calories until your 8 hour time period of eating. You're consuming calories from 7am-9pm so you're only fasting for 10 hours a day and not the 16 hours that IF involves.

"One pre-workout meal This is the most common setup for my younger clients that are still in college or have flexible working hours. Sample setup 12-1 PM or around lunch/noon: Pre-workout meal. Approximately 20-25% of daily total calorie intake. 3-4 PM: Training should happen a few hours after the pre-workout meal. 4-5 PM:…

Again, post a site that backs your claims of no benefits. Otherwise get off my thread and stop spamming and trolling.

Post a link that supports your claims please regarding "no metabolic advantage" and just "dropping some extra water weight", thank you.

I'm still waiting for you to post a site that denies the benefits that the sites I've posted claim. Still patiently waiting... I understand the concept of a caloric deficits and a caloric surplus, those clearly dictate whether someone is gaining or losing weight. I never stated that you couldn't get the same results from…

That's not a required part of IF... That's something that's recommended... Also, if someone were to choose to do those things they are easy, it's just adjusting macros for whether or not it's a day that you're exercising... Please post a site that denies the benefits of IF since you claim there's no benefit to it yet…

Glad you like it as well! :happy:

What on earth are you talking about? There's no calorie or macronutrient cycling involved. Show a source that denies all the benefits to IF please, because I've already posted 4 sites that do nothing but praise IF...

Fish.

Skim milk for drinking alone, unsweetened vanilla almond milk for adding into coffee or shakes.

You don't have to be training to try IF! It's just a timing of when you eat, so training or not you can still try it out :happy:

Go to the sources I posted on here, they address HGH and how fasting has positive affects towards HGH levels. http://healthreads.hubpages.com/hub/The-value-of-fasting-in-raising-HGH-levels

You're welcome! :happy: It helped me out of my plateau so hopefully it will help you as well!

Your first meal should be around 50% of your calories for the day if you're doing IF, so maybe increase the amount of food for your meal at 12! Hungry pains subside after a couple days, stick through it and you will get past that part of it!

I was the same way, I never felt satisfied from smaller meals throughout the day, but having large meals like you do from IF seemed amazing to me. It almost feels like it's a reward at the end of the day for having the discipline to remain fasted when I'm suppose too. I also felt the famine post from the person was quite…

Glad you enjoy it as well!

True, but your body doesn't go into that famine mode within that 16 hour fasted period. Takes longer than that for your body to think you need to start storing fat. Plus, you have all those calories you consumed still in your body being used as energy from the day before.

There's a reason I posted a short version before the longer, more in depth part, so it wasn't too long for people to read...

Don't eat out of boredom, you don't want to do that anyways. If you can, try getting out of the house and finding outdoor activities you can enjoy and keep food off your mind.

You can do it! Set your mind to it and you can make it through that 24 hours!

Here's some sites that back fasting and promote its benefits. http://voices.yahoo.com/fasting-weight-loss-increased-human-growth-hormone-4799394.html?cat=51 http://www.naturalnews.com/032212_fasting_disease_prevention.html http://healthreads.hubpages.com/hub/The-value-of-fasting-in-raising-HGH-levels…

I'm glad you enjoy it as well! That's one of my favorite things about it, the fact that I can eat large meals and feel like I'm indulging instead eating like a rabbit where I eat tiny meals throughout the day like some people think you're suppose to do.

You can eat 8 hours of the day... You can begin your eating period earlier in the day to fit in breakfast if you wanted to. Also, you don't have to "cycle macros" at all, so not sure exactly what you were doing there... I've felt great doing "IF" and from every single person I've talked to who has done it has felt great as…

Never claimed it to be some kind of "magic bullet", but have you actually done any research on it, or are you talking from ignorance? Just thought I'd inform people on this way of living, it has worked for thousands of people and helped them out of fat loss plateaus like it did for me. You shouldn't knock it unless you've…

Excess calories make you fat; you should be avoiding simple carbs and eating mostly, if not all, complex carbs.

I still use Truvia sweetener and nonfat coffee mate creamers; don't worry about trying to give it up, caffeine from what I've heard has thermogenic properties so a cup of coffee has its benefits over downfalls. The added sweetener and nonfat creamer won't hurt anything.