Aleysia87 Member

Don't listen to the people telling you that fasting is bad or "why would you do that?". There's actually an Intermittent Fasting group on MFP (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/49-intermittent-fasting) where I've seen a few of these threads floating around, and more generally, I would suggest doing more research,…

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/275-canadian-eh There's a thread with several pages of replies from BC peeps! :)

It's actually pretty normal to have a higher calorie refeed/cheat/whatever-else-people-call-it day to boost metabolism, preserve your sanity, and refill muscle glycogen.

Look into Lyle McDonald's Ultimate Diet 2.0.

At about 5'6" and 112 lbs or so, my maintenance seems to be around the 1700-1800 mark. That's with a sedentary job, but ~1 hr walking and 2-3 very short, intense strength workouts per week.

Try mixing almond butter in with your yogurt or cottage cheese -- it's a pretty delicious, calorie-dense combination.

Hm, can you elaborate? There's a lot of different types of protein out there! Do you just not like animal protein, etc.?

Some people (myself included) actually do this on purpose. It goes by a lot of different names/variations: refeed days, cheat days, calorie cycling, Lyle McDonald's UD2.0, Russell Branjord's spike diet, etc. The most popular reasons for doing this include - minimizing metabolic damage by having some high calorie days…

I do body weight exercises at home, yes, usually either 5 x 12 reps or 5 x 5 reps depending on the exercise. While I look a bit skinny-fat, I can do pistols (single-leg squats), full push-ups, walk up 500-step staircases, hold a plank for 2 minutes, whatever. Not amazing, but not terrible either, I hope. Maybe I'll work…

I'm just under 5'6" and small-framed, but bottom-heavy. My natural waist isn't noticeably narrower than my rib cage (regardless of angle of viewing), unless I haven't eaten in a while. I'm also far from gifted genetically when it comes to breasts/butt (I blame Asian genes...), so when I was up at a "normal" weight of ~135…

One possible explanation (depending on your TDEE) is that your body is just stressed out. Stress = cortisol = water retention. Sometimes, a good solid refeed day (i.e. eat your maintenance + couple hundred kcal extra) can cause your body to release the extra water. I've experienced this myself -- though granted, I do…

IMHO, any sort of brain-rewiring takes time, and more importantly, non-reinforcement. In this case, it means disassociating food with comfort, but also disassociating food with guilt (which then makes you want to feel comforted). I have no doubts that there are a multitude of ways to accomplish this, but I'll share my…

Many people who do intense workouts find that they have more energy if they take ~10g of BCAAs pre-workout... but afaik, it's only if they exercise fasted to begin with. If you ate a meal 3-4 hours before hand already, I don't see how they would do anything for you.

A consistent weight gain over so many weeks suggests it isn't water weight. I would check to make sure you really are eating 2200 cals a day, because gaining 3 lbs in 2 weeks while eating 2200 cals would mean that your body is only burning about 1450 cals a day! I doubt that is the case, especially after months of reverse…