Has anyone tried Intermittent Fasting and What Results?

just dont eat sometimes wrote:

I think what they mean by keto being a sham is just that keto as practiced by most people includes way too much protein for those people to actually even be in ketosis at all. Excess protein just gets converted to carbs anyway, its basically just an excuse to eat a lot of foods people have a hard time cutting out and you are trading calories from carbs to calories from protein and fat To lose any weight you still need a deficit. A true keto diet requires in most cases medical supervision and very strict planning.

Good lord stop posting on topics for which you obviously have zero experience or credibility.

Im on it now. In my 7th week. Lost so far 15lbs.

I take 5:2 approch plus add 4 x30 second dashs to my daily run to get heartbeat up.

I eat about 800 cals for 5 days in a row then about 2000 cals for 2 days in row. So weekdays i keep cals down then weekends i jave 4 big meals where i eat what want wothon reason.

YMMV wrote:

just dont eat sometimes wrote:

I think what they mean by keto being a sham is just that keto as practiced by most people includes way too much protein for those people to actually even be in ketosis at all. Excess protein just gets converted to carbs anyway, its basically just an excuse to eat a lot of foods people have a hard time cutting out and you are trading calories from carbs to calories from protein and fat To lose any weight you still need a deficit. A true keto diet requires in most cases medical supervision and very strict planning.

Good lord stop posting on topics for which you obviously have zero experience or credibility.

I get it. Posting about topics for which you obviously have zero experience or credibility is your thing. Didn't mean to step on any toes.

Hey guys! I read a lot about fasting and want to give it a try. What are your thoughts on this? Is it worth it?

It is worth it for the pleasure of putting food into a very hungry tummy compared to mouth-breathing snacks all day.

I run about 90-95 a week on only two doubles because I believe in intermittent fasting. I have cut out snacking completely and focus on two very large meals per day. I don't eat from probably 7 pm-11 am everyday and eat a large lunch at 11 am. This will last me for a 10-14 mile run in the afternoon and by 6:30 pm I'm very hungry and eat a huge dinner. I was worried I'd lose a lot of weight because of my mileage but I only lost about 5 pounds and have noticed an immense amount of muscle growth and more energy. I have never felt more energy in my entire life and this is with a heavy running load and school work. My stomach issues on runs have gone away and I always feel like I can go that extra mile. Before a competition I usually add in a breakfast snack just to be safe. 3 months in, I never even have the inclination to snack probably because of lots of water intake as well.

Close to you, bro. My window is normally 13:00-21:00 pm.

6.1/166. On 16/8 since 2018. Regular OMAD days, about once a month, 23-24 hour fasts.

Two issues come up when Im fasting (usually do a around 6 hour eating window). 1) If I do longer runs or have a double run day, I find I’m extremely hungry towards the evening even after I’ve eaten enough adequate calories for the amount I’ve workouted for the day. As a result I’ll tend to overeat too much late in the evening. 2). Irritability from hunger pangs towards the end of a fast. Sometimes I’m able to overcome them if I wait a bit, other times it becomes overwhelming and Ill have to eat something small like a piece of fruit before eating breakfast.

I workout in the mornings and sometimes double in the afternoon. I notice that if those runs are particular moderate or harder efforts, then my hunger and appetite will go way up.

Is there any point to this fasting? I assume it helps you with weight control but you’d get the same results if you ate the same number of calories spread out more.

You wouldn't get the same result that's the whole point.

If you never stop eating your body never has a reason to pull calories from fat stores.

If you fast your body becomes more adapted to using your own fat as energy.

That’s stupid. Your body is constantly burning fat and the only way to do that is to pull it from fat stores.