Intermittent Fasting

[Hypertrophy]

Seems the best way for me to lean out. Nothing magical about it- you just eat less.


But I have found that I no longer get hunger pangs which is why most diets fail. I eat 2000 kcal a day, with 500 in the morning about 10 AM and 1500 at dinner time which is 6-8 PM range. I'll even snack up to 10 PM is I feel hungry enough. I just stick to 2000+/- 100 kcal.


Started out at 210 pounds three weeks ago. Now 202. Target weight is 190. I feel and look the best in the high 180's.


If I feel slight hunger I drink a Zevia which for me is the best 0 cal drink out there.


And I haven't found any loss of strength or energy. I did a 50 K training race (bicycle) last night and finished top 10. Weight lifting poundage are the same- I just lift for maintenance these days since I've hit my natural limit.


Height 5'9.028"

[Marty Champions]

You seem like one of the more beefy guys around here

[Marty Champions]

Eating no processed food except for some pretzels ..... You need lots of veg shakes too

[Hypertrophy]

Eating no processed food except for some pretzels ..... You need lots of veg shakes too

I avoid heavily processed foods because they have so much garbage in them! I pretty much stick to meat/vegetables/fruit/dairy and some whole wheat products.


I'm not a fan of shakes- I usually get a stomach ache from them.

[Irongrip400]

I have been doing this for a while now during the week. Call it skipping breakfast or whatever, but you’re taking a meal out of the equation. I stop eating at 7. I don’t really restrict calories, as I bet I down 5,000 easily on a Saturday with beer and whatever else I eat.

I literally just came off a 66 hour fast today at noon. Hadn’t eaten since 6 o’clock Sunday. Water and black coffee in the morning. It’s amazing how much water weight you can drop. I was 251 on Saturday and 241 this morning. I do this once a quarter.

[IRON CROSS]

OMAD diet is great , love 'killing' mangos/durians that way !.

[bhank]

WTF is this GetBig or get an eating disorder anorexia what is next mid day purging??

[Hypertrophy]

I have been doing this for a while now during the week. Call it skipping breakfast or whatever, but you’re taking a meal out of the equation. I stop eating at 7. I don’t really restrict calories, as I bet I down 5,000 easily on a Saturday with beer and whatever else I eat.

I literally just came off a 66 hour fast today at noon. Hadn’t eaten since 6 o’clock Sunday. Water and black coffee in the morning. It’s amazing how much water weight you can drop. I was 251 on Saturday and 241 this morning. I do this once a quarter.

66 hours! holy shit- I think I would die if I had to that, lol!  You must have some awesome willpower.

[Hypertrophy]

WTF is this GetBig or get an eating disorder anorexia what is next mid day purging??

Try adding to the conversation instead of being your usual  self.

[bhank]

Try adding to the conversation instead of being your usual  self.

Try not to be another idiot pushing starvation to get in shape

[bhank]

Seems the best way for me to lean out. Nothing magical about it- you just eat less.


But I have found that I no longer get hunger pangs which is why most diets fail. I eat 2000 kcal a day, with 500 in the morning about 10 AM and 1500 at dinner time which is 6-8 PM range. I'll even snack up to 10 PM is I feel hungry enough. I just stick to 2000+/- 100 kcal.


Started out at 210 pounds three weeks ago. Now 202. Target weight is 190. I feel and look the best in the high 180's.


If I feel slight hunger I drink a Zevia which for me is the best 0 cal drink out there.


And I haven't found any loss of strength or energy. I did a 50 K training race (bicycle) last night and finished top 10. Weight lifting poundage are the same- I just lift for maintenance these days since I've hit my natural limit.


Height 5'9.028"

Do you actually want to get in shape? Stop thinking you can just starve away 25lbs to be in shape. Dieting down 25lbs on a 2k calorie diet is not even close to sustainable. Double the fucking calories and take your lazy ass to the gym and start doing hundreds of reps a day. You will gain muscle burn off fat and change your body into a fat burning calorie consuming machine. That is how you actually get in long term shape not by starving on 2k calories back to your high school weight because you have no fucking metabolism because you barely work out are insulin resistant and are carrying 25lbs of extra fat.

[Irongrip400]

66 hours! holy shit- I think I would die if I had to that, lol!  You must have some awesome willpower.

60 is usually limit on these things but today I pushed another six hours. Probably could’ve cruised to dinner tonight. I’ll do another in the fall. Might try and make it to 72 hours. This was the easiest time I’ve done it, the first day is the worst but if you keep busy it makes it easier. I tiled my office after work the past two nights. Came home after dinner. I still did my cardio in the morning and just drank three caffeine drinks a day.

[Straw Man]

Seems the best way for me to lean out. Nothing magical about it- you just eat less.


But I have found that I no longer get hunger pangs which is why most diets fail. I eat 2000 kcal a day, with 500 in the morning about 10 AM and 1500 at dinner time which is 6-8 PM range. I'll even snack up to 10 PM is I feel hungry enough. I just stick to 2000+/- 100 kcal.


Started out at 210 pounds three weeks ago. Now 202. Target weight is 190. I feel and look the best in the high 180's.


If I feel slight hunger I drink a Zevia which for me is the best 0 cal drink out there.


And I haven't found any loss of strength or energy. I did a 50 K training race (bicycle) last night and finished top 10. Weight lifting poundage are the same- I just lift for maintenance these days since I've hit my natural limit.


Height 5'9.028"

so you're "fasting" from 10pm to 10 am

how is that any different than what most people do?

Most IM protocols are fasting for 16 hours (or more)  and eating within an 8 hour window

sounds like all you're doing is counting calories and getting into a deficit

[IRON CROSS]

Try not to be another idiot pushing starvation to get in shape

So what if you don't eat 3X p/d or have just 1 meal in 24 hours !.

When I travel, 8-10 long flight , airport transit 1-4 h, another flight 1 - 3 h, + 1 h car/train !.

I don't eat airlines food or @ the airports !.

[ThisisOverload]

It works great.

The best shape i've been in was when i was IM.

Two big meals a day, no carbs after 5pm.

Fast for 14-16 hours a day.

Lost 42 pounds in 4 months and kept it off once i slowly started eating normally. Was ripped and still strong.

Great for your health too.

[Marty Champions]

Do you actually want to get in shape? Stop thinking you can just starve away 25lbs to be in shape. Dieting down 25lbs on a 2k calorie diet is not even close to sustainable. Double the fucking calories and take your lazy ass to the gym and start doing hundreds of reps a day. You will gain muscle burn off fat and change your body into a fat burning calorie consuming machine. That is how you actually get in long term shape not by starving on 2k calories back to your high school weight because you have no fucking metabolism because you barely work out are insulin resistant and are carrying 25lbs of extra fat.

listen to bhank
Start eating 10 bannanas per day on top of wat you already have and a set of pushups and squats

[Grape Ape]

It works great.

The best shape i've been in was when i was IM.

Two big meals a day, no carbs after 5pm.

Fast for 14-16 hours a day.

Lost 42 pounds in 4 months and kept it off once i slowly started eating normally. Was ripped and still strong.

Great for your health too.

It is legit the easiest way to eat if you want to get in shape without limiting delicious foods.

I won't call it a diet, since it's lifestyle change.

You don't even miss the food in the am, and energy levels are through the roof near the end of fast.

[bhank]

Fucking nonsense I am tired and want to go to bed but I have 3 kosher bun length hotdogs 2 buns and a can of chili beans and will add 2 pieces of cheese cooking for a midnight snack. I am going to wash it down with lemonade when I add that all up its 1650 calories for a snack!!! I ate my meals earlier Why because I actually train and I am sore and hungry and I need some godamn calories to recover while I sleep. Meanwhile y'all talking about jailhouse rations. I eat your daily rations 3-4 times a day. Don't even pretend you are training right eating like a bird. You are just starving away your fat that is not the same as working out and getting in shape. No idea why people think they can just starve themselves back to their glory days when they were 20lbs lighter 20 years younger and actually in some kind of shape. It doesn't work that way. You have to eat and exercise to ramp up your metabolism to get in shape. Starvation is not part of the process and certainly never step 1

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[youandme]

Do you actually want to get in shape? Stop thinking you can just starve away 25lbs to be in shape. Dieting down 25lbs on a 2k calorie diet is not even close to sustainable. Double the fucking calories and take your lazy ass to the gym and start doing hundreds of reps a day. You will gain muscle burn off fat and change your body into a fat burning calorie consuming machine. That is how you actually get in long term shape not by starving on 2k calories back to your high school weight because you have no fucking metabolism because you barely work out are insulin resistant and are carrying 25lbs of extra fat.

This. Research already proved that the fasting slowed metabolism and weight loss was muscle and less fat while than non fasting diet on restricted calories.

[bhank]

This. Research already proved that the fasting slowed metabolism and weight loss was muscle and less fat while than non fasting diet on restricted calories.

You know whats 1000X more effective than any kind of diet or restricted calories??? Getting your lazy fucking ass off the couch and actually working out everyday week after week month after month year after year . You can't do that if you are not eating. Slowing your metabolism is exactly what you don't want to do. You don't need to lose weight throw your fucking scale away until you get in shape. I know you dont lift don't even lie about some bike ride. Start lifting daily and your body is going to make you eat more. You can only get in real shape from eating and training you will never get anywhere starving

[bhank]

I will straight up murder death kill and eat one of you motherfuckers before I try and survive on a 2k calorie a day

[ThisisOverload]

I will straight up murder death kill and eat one of you motherfuckers before I try and survive on a 2k calorie a day

You look like shit though.

So there's that too.

[Henda]

Do it on workdays more so because of convenience than trying to loose weight. Can’t be bothered to eat in morning rather lie down and drink cups of tea till leave, also working hard on full stomach is very unpleasant feeling so it just works better not eating till mid day

[IroNat]

[Humble Narcissist]

I will straight up murder death kill and eat one of you motherfuckers before I try and survive on a 2k calorie a day

Don't ever go to prison.