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It basically involves eating nothing after your evening meal (which tends to be junk anyway) and delaying breakfast for a couple of hrs.
I found it tough for the first week or so because I struggled in the mornings without breakfast.
But as soon as my body started working as it should and could burn fat for energy it was easy, as long as I go easy on the carbs
Now im no longer a slave to food. I can eat when I want.
I do virtually all my bike training and weights etc in a fasted state and it's no problem.
Last year I climbed scafell pike and didn't eat a thing until I got to the summit! And still felt good.
As as I said earlier it's been life changing and easy too.
Sorry im a 16/8 fanboy I'm afraid
Energy consumed vs energy used is undeniably the root of weight gain vs weight loss. That in no way suggests having an unhealthy diet.
Me too
I broke my 10k record today in a fasted state.
When I get up in the morning it's only the knowledge that there is food downstairs that keeps me from cannibalism.
The initial period where your body switches back to using fat as a primary fuel source is tough - but only lasts between a 3-10 days after which all the stuff elsewhere in this thread happens - energy, appetite change, sensible rate of weight loss.
This LCHF style eating lost me a load of weight a few years back. I’m a week in on another round
I could dig out something that would back up what I said about fat storing, and something that would contradict it! There is good evidence though to say that eating little and often stimulates your metabolism, as opposed to fasting. And there's good evidence to say the opposite! There's evidence to say that if you want to burn fat, you need to eat more fat. And vice versa.
Maybe it;s all malarkey and the only people that benefit from all this stuff are the publishers of Men's Health and the writers of of all these faddy books.
But, it mostly comes down to common sense IMO. Eating isn't a science, and so it shouldnt be.
My routine works for me, don't know if it falls into any of these 16/8, 6/4. 5/4, hoogamafilp, but it keeps me trim and well:
up at 6, gym by 6:20, empty stomach 5 days a week, 3 days heavy weights, large muscles, 2 days highre intensity stuff and core.
Breakfast of protein/veg/yoghurt smoothie, at around 8am
A few nuts around 11, plain unsalted
Lunch around 1, soup, or salad, maybe a bit of bread, yoghurt, seeds, bit of fuit. Something like that.
Few nuts at about 4 sh
Dinner at 7-9, could be anything, but all fresh cooked. Reasonable portion sizes, but not massive. Often spicy.
Aim to cut out booze on weekdays, achieved with moderate to good success.
Bed by 10:30, kipping by 11.
Vegetarian too.