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What do you guys think about eating one big meal a day and fasting the rest of the day? I’ve done it before but starting it again today.
Just had a rotisserie chicken, green beans, carrots, sweet potato and a garden salad.
Starting up 2 hours of cardio a day.
Keeping 50 msg of test every 4 days and adding in low dose anavar at 10-15mgs daily
Goal is to be looking good at 255-60.
Anyone else do the one meal a day?
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Not me but the plan of reduced food and more exercise sounds good.
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I tried it consistently, carnivore style, for a couple of years. I'd eat a pound or more of ribeye steak seasoned only with salt around 2pm. On the weekends, if I got the munchies after that, I'd add some cheese, bacon, etc.
It worked great for me, for a while. It was nice not having to think about preparing food, eating, clean up, etc. more than once per day. I got lean very easily, had lots of energy all day long, lifting was great, no hunger, no cravings, etc.
One year after my annual physical, the doctor noticed my fasting blood glucose was above 100, which is very strange since I wasn't eating carbs. He made some recommendations that ended up not working for me at all.
After looking at the medical literature myself, turns out some studies have shown that skipping breakfast and/or eating one meal a day can raise cortisol levels in some people. Cortisol stimulates gluconeogenesis which raises blood sugar levels, even in people not eating any carbs at all.
So I started eating a steak first thing in the morning, another steak for lunch, and some eggs and cheese for an early afternoon dinner. My blood glucose levels dropped like a rock and have remained normal consistently since then.
I'm still fasting from early afternoon until breakfast the next morning, but I no longer have issues with elevated cortisol or glucose.
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I skip breakfast and eat at noon and not after 7 and I don’t see any real benefit other than I eat one less meal/fewer calories a day. Weekends I’m off of that, as I usually make a big breakfast of pancakes and bacon for my family on Saturday and Sunday.
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Jeff will probably chime in .He does/did 1 meal fasting if I do remember correctly and dropped some weight ,but still keeps size.
Not for me .I need few meals even when dieting .Just very low carbs and rather bump cardio then cut meals.
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I eat when Im hungry, not a fasting guy at all. Just keep it protein/fats and carbs around 60g per day. Id go bananas if i could only eat once per day
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I eat when Im hungry
Always a good thing .........unless of course a person is an obese glutton.
BUT,you should try to get in the correct macros needed of course to keep progressing or maintaining,or losing bodyfat etc. etc.
Another good way to eat IMO of course, is GRAZING ........which means eating small amounts all day like other mammals do other than man.
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Im on a 4 hour window at the moment eating between 4pm and 8pm, I eat one main meal and a bowl of oat cereal
Dont think Im eating any more than 70gms protein a day
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Im on a 4 hour window at the moment eating between 4pm and 8pm, I eat one main meal and a bowl of oat cereal
Dont think Im eating any more than 70gms protein a day
I bet you feel great too.
I tried consistently eating 300 gms. of protein years ago and got fat,and sluggish................ ...I was also eating carbs.........just way too many calories........I gained zero muscle only fat, and felt like shit.
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A friend of mine dropped a lot of weight by eating only once a day.
He didn't lift and wasn't concerned with maintaining muscle, just losing fat. He was extremely active though. He'd start each day by swimming something like 2 or 3 miles. It was a crazy ammount of swimming and he was also an avid skier. He just loved eating and didn't want to change what he ate. So he changed how much he ate.
If I ate only once a day I would waste away to nothing.
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Im on a 4 hour window at the moment eating between 4pm and 8pm, I eat one main meal and a bowl of oat cereal
Dont think Im eating any more than 70gms protein a day
I’ve never been huge on protein, I mean just naturally eating would get a lot in but I never really cared to get more than 100-150 in.
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I tried it consistently, carnivore style, for a couple of years. I'd eat a pound or more of ribeye steak seasoned only with salt around 2pm. On the weekends, if I got the munchies after that, I'd add some cheese, bacon, etc.
It worked great for me, for a while. It was nice not having to think about preparing food, eating, clean up, etc. more than once per day. I got lean very easily, had lots of energy all day long, lifting was great, no hunger, no cravings, etc.
One year after my annual physical, the doctor noticed my fasting blood glucose was above 100, which is very strange since I wasn't eating carbs. He made some recommendations that ended up not working for me at all.
After looking at the medical literature myself, turns out some studies have shown that skipping breakfast and/or eating one meal a day can raise cortisol levels in some people. Cortisol stimulates gluconeogenesis which raises blood sugar levels, even in people not eating any carbs at all.
So I started eating a steak first thing in the morning, another steak for lunch, and some eggs and cheese for an early afternoon dinner. My blood glucose levels dropped like a rock and have remained normal consistently since then.
I'm still fasting from early afternoon until breakfast the next morning, but I no longer have issues with elevated cortisol or glucose.
Ok I will eat at 11am and 7 pm.
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Always a good thing .........unless of course a person is an obese glutton.
BUT,you should try to get in the correct macros needed of course to keep progressing or maintaining,or losing bodyfat etc. etc.
Another good way to eat IMO of course, is GRAZING ........which means eating small amounts all day like other mammals do other than man.
thats exactly how i eat. I love eating too much to only eat once or twice a day so ill eat only one thing every 90 minutes to 2 hours.
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thats exactly how i eat. I love eating too much to only eat once or twice a day so ill eat only one thing every 90 minutes to 2 hours.
That`s a great thing for digestion and assimilation also Josh.....keep it up brother,you look great!! ;)
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I bet you feel great too.
I tried consistently eating 300 gms. of protein years ago and got fat,and sluggish................ ...I was also eating carbs.........just way too many calories........I gained zero muscle only fat, and felt like shit.
I dont miss eating at all
Fucks sake all the years being a "bodybuilder" convincing myself I had to eat a certain way
People eat way too much as it is.
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That`s a great thing for digestion and assimilation also Josh.....keep it up brother,you look great!! ;)
no homo?
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I dont miss eating at all
Fucks sake all the years being a "bodybuilder" convincing myself I had to eat a certain way
People eat way too much as it is.
Would you like to see Nick’s all day eating video???
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Would you like to see Nick’s all day eating video???
I eat 4,000 calories on a bad day, few times a week at least.
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I eat 4,000 calories on a bad day, few times a week at least.
It was joke for Jeff .I forgot to add Jeff would love to see on repeat moments where Nick adds almond butter into every meal.
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Always a good thing .........unless of course a person is an obese glutton.
BUT,you should try to get in the correct macros needed of course to keep progressing or maintaining,or losing bodyfat etc. etc.
Another good way to eat IMO of course, is GRAZING ........which means eating small amounts all day like other mammals do other than man.
Wild and domestic mammals who graze are herbivores which eat grass and other vegetation. Wild mammals who are carnivores hunt for their food and therefore have a 'feast or famine' consumption style, wherein they may go several days without a meal and then gorge themselves consuming up to 20% of their body weight. Humans and some other mammals are omnivores who eat both plants and meat. Many omnivores enjoy a balanced diet of meals and snacks that contain foods from all five major groups. There are also subgroups, such as frugivores (primarily fruit eaters), detritivores (consume decomposing organic matter), and scavengers.
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Would you like to see Nick’s all day eating video???
4567 is pretty low calories compared to what I’ve been eating. Hence the 285lb weight.
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Would you like to see Nick’s all day eating video???
hahaha Ive seen it, silly kunt weighing every fucking meal to the nearest gram.
He even peels a new banana to break off about half an inch of it to make weight on the scales
I even saw that dwarf Clarida picking single grains of rice out because he put a bit too much in his bowl
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hahaha Ive seen it, silly kunt weighing every fucking meal to the nearest gram.
He even peels a new banana to break off about half an inch of it to make weight on the scales
I even saw that dwarf Clarida picking single grains of rice out because he put a bit too much in his bowl
F…g morons ;D ;D
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no homo?
On the contrary...........EXTRE ME HOMO !!!!!!!11111111111 :D
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I dont miss eating at all
Fucks sake all the years being a "bodybuilder" convincing myself I had to eat a certain way
People eat way too much as it is.
I hear you brother!
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Wild and domestic mammals who graze are herbivores which eat grass and other vegetation. Wild mammals who are carnivores hunt for their food and therefore have a 'feast or famine' consumption style, wherein they may go several days without a meal and then gorge themselves consuming up to 20% of their body weight. Humans and some other mammals are omnivores who eat both plants and meat. Many omnivores enjoy a balanced diet of meals and snacks that contain foods from all five major groups. There are also subgroups, such as frugivores (primarily fruit eaters), detritivores (consume decomposing organic matter), and scavengers.
I knew all that! LOL ;D
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Depends on body type and goals. As an ectomorph it isn’t as necessary for me to fast much it seems, but I will still occasionally make eating window smaller.
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I tried it consistently, carnivore style, for a couple of years. I'd eat a pound or more of ribeye steak seasoned only with salt around 2pm. On the weekends, if I got the munchies after that, I'd add some cheese, bacon, etc.
It worked great for me, for a while. It was nice not having to think about preparing food, eating, clean up, etc. more than once per day. I got lean very easily, had lots of energy all day long, lifting was great, no hunger, no cravings, etc.
One year after my annual physical, the doctor noticed my fasting blood glucose was above 100, which is very strange since I wasn't eating carbs. He made some recommendations that ended up not working for me at all.
After looking at the medical literature myself, turns out some studies have shown that skipping breakfast and/or eating one meal a day can raise cortisol levels in some people. Cortisol stimulates gluconeogenesis which raises blood sugar levels, even in people not eating any carbs at all.
So I started eating a steak first thing in the morning, another steak for lunch, and some eggs and cheese for an early afternoon dinner. My blood glucose levels dropped like a rock and have remained normal consistently since then.
I'm still fasting from early afternoon until breakfast the next morning, but I no longer have issues with elevated cortisol or glucose.
Bro...
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Wild and domestic mammals who graze are herbivores which eat grass and other vegetation. Wild mammals who are carnivores hunt for their food and therefore have a 'feast or famine' consumption style, wherein they may go several days without a meal and then gorge themselves consuming up to 20% of their body weight. Humans and some other mammals are omnivores who eat both plants and meat. Many omnivores enjoy a balanced diet of meals and snacks that contain foods from all five major groups. There are also subgroups, such as frugivores (primarily fruit eaters), detritivores (consume decomposing organic matter), and scavengers.
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So I did two 1 meal 2 days ago and 2 melas yesterday and I’m down 13lbs this morning. I am a water buffalo. Seems I will be down 25-30 in a couple weeks.
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So I did two 1 meal 2 days ago and 2 melas yesterday and I’m down 13lbs this morning. I am a water buffalo. Seems I will be down 25-30 in a couple weeks.
You lose weight faster than (blank).
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I dont miss eating at all
Fucks sake all the years being a "bodybuilder" convincing myself I had to eat a certain way
People eat way too much as it is.
Same here.
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You lose weight faster than (blank).
Haha, I hold crazy water.
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I did it for 6 months or so, on non training days, otherwise i got hypo. Didn't lose a pound, but that wasn't the goal at the time.
Right now i do 2 meals a day, but i get some brain fog after 15/16 hours without food. Maybe because i don't have much fat. I'm 190 at 5'9".
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What do you guys think about eating one big meal a day and fasting the rest of the day? I’ve done it before but starting it again today.
Just had a rotisserie chicken, green beans, carrots, sweet potato and a garden salad.
Starting up 2 hours of cardio a day.
Keeping 50 msg of test every 4 days and adding in low dose anavar at 10-15mgs daily
Goal is to be looking good at 255-60.
Anyone else do the one meal a day?
Won't eating 1-2 meals a day keep you away from your goal of incline pressing 200 lbs of dumbbells?
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Won't eating 1-2 meals a day keep you away from your goal of incline pressing 200 lbs of dumbbells?
Depends how big those 1-2 meals are.
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I've slowly gone from 6 meals a day to 3. Currently flirting with 2, but don't think it will work for me. 1 meal a day without snacks is less than optimal.
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for the past month ive only eaten 2 meals per day... a prework out shake(4 days per week) and and 2 bananas or strawberrys..... dinner is meat, salad, greek yogurt, eggs, atkins candy,....on days i dont train its one meal per day of pretty much whatever i feel like, within reason... one of these meals is a cheat meal tho.. im happy and seeing results..im not as hungry as i used to be so that helps.
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3 light meals and one larger meal {Usually dinner} a day for me.
...If I skip during the day I start to feel dizzy.
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3 light meals and one larger meal {Usually dinner} a day for me.
...If I skip during the day I start to feel dizzy.
try stationary bike
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Counting calories always works - just build in 20% as a buffer since that is the typical error/variance in reported values and weights.
Fasting is for Lent and concentration camps.
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I've slowly gone from 6 meals a day to 3. Currently flirting with 2, but don't think it will work for me. 1 meal a day without snacks is less than optimal.
Yes, I went a full year on the 1 meal a day diet with no snacks and I thought of food constantly. Workouts were also low energy.
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Yes, I went a full year on the 1 meal a day diet with no snacks and I thought of food constantly. Workouts were also low energy.
I eat two meals a day and snack throughout the day.
Anything more and I feel bloated and gross. Can’t imagine how bodybuilders eat all those meals.
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Down 20lbs of water in 7 days. 265 feels way better than 285 haha. 2 meals a day is working wonderfully.
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I eat two meals a day and snack throughout the day.
Anything more and I feel bloated and gross. Can’t imagine how bodybuilders eat all those meals.
No way I could put down all that food either. Breakfast and dinner only for me.