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36 hour fasts effect cravings and leptin
Hey i did a 36hour fast where i finished my last bite of my dinner at around 6pm on a wednesday and on thursday evening ii was soo hungry but just had water and oolong tea to help with cravings. On thursday night i couldnt sleep n fell asleep by 1am and woke up at aroung 7am the next morning without feeling tired AT ALL.…
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Truth about Reverse Dieting?
So for those who know about reverse dieting it apparently helps metabolism increase by slowly eating more and staying around the same weight. But by this logic, if a person is sedentary and their maintenance according to online calculators is 2000 calories, isnt it possible to go from eating 1500 calories to 2800 calories…
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Dry vs. Wet Carb Refeed?
If i had a refeed on a non-workout day that is 10% calories over maintenance, twice the amount of carbs of a regular day and drink alot of water, would it have the same overall effects/benefits as if i had that same refeed but with little/no water on that day?
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How long should my reverse diet be?
So im pretty sure my maintenance is around 2400 calories and Ive been eating 1800 calories everyday since about the second week of april but ive only been weight lifting, little to no cardio on most days, sometimes no exercise AT ALL. So seeing as how i maybe only lost like 3 lbs since then ive decided to go according to…
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Can you take advantage of Metabolic Adaptation?
For example the bodys reaction to decreased food intake is slowing weight loss and decreasing metabolism. So wouldnt eating more cause the opposite, as i remember before i started fitness i used to eat ALOT and i was heavier than i am now but not even by that much and i averaged maybe like 4000 calories a day of mostly…
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Carbs actually matter on a Cut?
So for the past cuts all ive been doing was restricting calories ans not giving a **** about macros but now im realizing the whole 40/40/20 thing and im on a cut now and realized that i could be leaner now and why id be bloated for the next week after my refeed and cheat day so 3 weeks into my cut ive decided to do the…
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does the body adapt to calories?
So i read that the body always wants to remain in homeostasis so if you do some thing less or in exess than the body will rewire itself to make it think that that is the norm. Is that the same thing with calories? If i ate less would i lose weight at first and then my metabolism would adapt and become slower or if i ate…
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Can metaboloc adaption be good?
So i heard that if you eat less than you need than eventually thatll b ur new maintenance. But if u usually burn 2000 and u exercise to burn 2500, will metabolic adaption occur and after a few months 2500 is the new maintenance. Also if ur suppose to b eating 2000 calories but begin to exercise on a daily basis and i burn…
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Reverse Diet after a 2 week cut?
So im about to start lifting but I want to take off a little bit of body fat before I start bulking so if for two weeks I do cardio with hiit every other day mixed with keto + intermittent fasting 20/4 and have a carb refeed on the staturdays after lifting weights, will a reverse diet be necessary? I know this only a…
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Does the body have an Unlimited Metabolic Capacity?
So i was metabolically damaged and went on a reverse diet. But because i had decent knowledge on the concept i decided to see if i could increase my original maintenance so very slowly, by increasing carbs by 20g and fats by 2g a week and not exercising unless i had a physical task to complete, i managed to increase my…
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Can you Intermittent Fast on a Reverse Diet?
So I am reverse dieting and my "suppose to be" maintenance is exactly 2000 calories, but I am at 1900 right now and i realized that i've only gained about 4 lbs in the past month but i look considerably bigger and fatter (bigger wrists, bigger face, bloated stomach, and less definition in legs. So I am wondering if i…
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Can you Intermittent Fast on a Reverse Diet?
So I am reverse dieting and my "suppose to be" maintenance is exactly 2000 calories, but I am at 1900 right now and i realized that i've only gained about 4 lbs in the past month but i look considerably bigger and fatter (bigger wrists, bigger face, bloated stomach, and less definition in legs. So I am wondering if i…
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Refeeds while Reverse Dieting?
So ive been reverse dieting since the new year only because from the beginning of december i took a dietbreak trying to maintwin my weight but just gained all of it back so since my metabolism was still slow i decided to go back to my low calories and work my way up. After doing that right away i lost weight which u guess…
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How to fix an out of porportion body?
So i am a slim mesomorph who is relatively lean but i have the arms of a mesomorph. Like it i got a putlre mesomorph and a pure ectomorph my arms would be the same size as the ectomorphs but my legs would be bigger than his. So everytiime i lose weighti it doesnt look good as my arms areookay but i look fat and when i lose…
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Are Refeeds needed in Reverse dieting?
So ive been reverse dieting since the new year only because from the beginning of december i took a dietbreak trying to maintwin my weight but just gained all of it back so since my metabolism was still slow i decided to go back to my low calories and work my way up. After doing that right away i lost weight which u guess…
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OxyElite Pro?
So Ive heard this thing increases metabolism like crazy if you take maybe 2 doses of it say 1 at 8 am and the next at 2 pm. So say i took this for a couple weeks or months, would this have a permanent effect on my metabolism or thyroid? I am asking this because i've heard that its purpose is to regulate thyroid, not to…
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How do Deficits effect Leptin?
Hey from Jan 2013-Jun 2013 i did the 6 small meals diet where you eat breakfast, lunch and dinner with a small snack or meal between breakfast and lunch and one between lunch and dinner, averaging a meal every 3 hours. So when i came off the diet, for the first week i had an insane appetite and it lowered after the first…
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Why do some people not gain weight after starving?
So my friend went to India in July 2010 for 1 month, before that i knew him as the somewhat chubby kid with a fat midsection and was a pretty slow runner. When i saw him the September after, he was much slimmer and was actually pretty fast. I asked him what happened and he said that on his trip he didn't really like the…
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Can raising calories increase metabolism?
Hey, I've heard that while dieting to lose weight, weekly re-feeds above maintenance are imperative as it temporarily spikes the metabolism. I also heard that after dieting to lose weight, the metabolism slows down and going straight from the deficit back maintenance calories will make the body see maintenance as a surplus…
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Can raising calories increase metabolism?
Hey, I've heard that while dieting to lose weight, weekly re-feeds above maintenance are imperative as it temporarily spikes the metabolism. I also heard that after dieting to lose weight, the metabolism slows down and going straight from the deficit back maintenance calories will make the body see maintenance as a surplus…
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How to properly fix a damaged metabolism?
So after research, ive concluded that ive damaged my metabolism, I'm certain, but I wont explain as it would make the question too long. I heard that when you lose weight, the metabolism decreases at a faster rate than your weight does, like if you lose down to 150lbs than youd have the metabolism of a 145lbs person or…
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Refeed WEEK to maintain weight loss
Hey i used to be at this certain weight somewhat over a year ago and i dont remember being too active but i remember eating what ever i wanted including fast food, sometimes even everyday for lunch. Ironicly , after i stopped eating fastfood but began eating more poccessed at-home foods, i gained weight and now i want to…
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High Carb Maintenance week to raise Leptin Levels?
So I know refeed days are where you eat a bit over maintenance with carbs once a week to raise Leptin which helps stabilize hunger to stop over eating once done dieting. So if I do a refeed day once a week while losing weight with exercise and Intermittent Fasting, once I get to my ideal weight and I eat a high carb diet…
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Do Weekly Refeeds and I.F. help Leptin levels?
......First paragraph just explains why my body got messed up, just scroll down to second paragraph for my real question..... Hey, from May 19-21 2012 I went on a fast but had a few meals and lost 9lbs to look good for a trip to Montreal and on my trip I binged on things like twinkie and bread and once arriving back home…
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Can you sprint faster on a caloroc defecit?
Hey i am currently doing intermittent Fasting and i want to get faster, i am aware that you cant build muscle on a defecit, but can you build fibers? Especially the fast ones? I used to be pretty fast but i trained for distance and got slower and being fast is in my genetics so if i sprint tran, would the speed naturaly…
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Intermittent Fasting 5:2 causes starvation mode?
Hey on the 5:2 diet for IF ig i really ate whatever i wanted on feeding days then just dinner with the fam on fadting days, could i possibly gain weight? Also if i eat on a defecit on the feeding days and dinner with the family on fasting days, could that cause starvation mode, because ive wwnt on a 4week plateau before…
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How to fix and out of proportion body?
Hey i am a mesomorph but my arms look like an ectomorph's arms. Like when i gain fat on my body i gain fat on my arms too (obviously) and when i train them i can gain muscle on them like anywhere else on my body so i can definitely say that my arms are mesomorph arms. But they are the size of an ectomorphs and somewhat…
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Do you gain weight after quitting I.F.?
Hey i watched a youtube video by Low Carb Cory saying that after you quit I.F. that you gain weight. Lets say i weigh 155lbs and i go on a cut and get lean, then i go on a bulk to gain back the weight but i lift weights so i can make most lf the weight gain muscle and gain back to 155lbs. If i stop lifting but i do a…
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Is Intermittent fasting 36/12 superior for fat loss?
Hey im doing intermittent fasting where i eat all my calories in a 1-2 hour window and fast for 22-23 hours (i end up eating so much because i always get hungry when it comes time to eat). I unknowingly under ate way below my recommendation for a week or two along the way so i hit a plateau and stayed there for almost a…
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Does Intermittent fasting cause stomach bloating?
Hey i was doing intermittent fasting and i ended up having 1-2hr feeding window and eating at a range of 1700-1400 calories since i always got so hungry after not eating the whole day. Its Sunday night and i stopped doing I.F. on Saturday, now im just eating regularly and youd think that im binging now and eating bad…
