Intermittent Fasting

[Nader_uggghhh]

ahhh....you might want to get a hold of Dr Shawn Baker and let him know. He is 100% Carnivore....zero carbs...

That's a hell of a belly button.

 

[Bigman38]

I always find nutrition and health to be fascinating because there are so many schools of thought (often contradictory) and people have success with all of them.

I think over the years of trying a bunch of things it's mostly just finding what you can maintain. Every diet "works" if you can stick to it, and the reasons why are pretty simple, they're all just various ways to cut calories and burn more. The really hard part is finding something that fits your lifestyle and what you're good at.

I've read some of the supposed science on fasting and I'm pretty skeptical of it, just out of pessimism when it comes to diet fads, but regardless it seems like a pretty simple way to cut calories and regulate your schedule.

 

[besserheimerphat]

This is an informative thread for me. I've lost 40 lbs since April of this year through the Farrell's program. I lost 21 during the 10 week session, but i've dropped another 20 since then.

People at the gym hate me for saying this, but I can't stop losing weight. I was very regimented with my diet for the first 4 months I was doing Farrell's (no bread/pasta/rice/potatoes/sweets) and lost the weight pretty fast. I ate around 1800 calories a day. My body was burning that just being alive, so add to it the 500-800 calories I'd burn during a given farrell's workout and I can understand how I lost the weight.

However, even since then, I've opened my diet back up and I'm still losing weight. I allow myself sweets on occasion as well as the occasional diet pop and a (rare) piece of bread. I'm consuming around 2200 calories a day (2500 on many days) and I'm still dropping weight. I honestly want to start putting some muscle on, but I can't seem to figure out an equation that puts weight on.

Any tips from you folks? Just up the calories through lean proteins?

My typical day is:

5am - Protein balls (oatmeal/flax/protein powder/PB)
7am - Protein shake
9am - Strawberries, yogurt, and granola
11:30a - Lunch (usually turkey chili or some high protein meal)
2:30pm - Protein bar (usually quest brand)
6pm - Dinner

If you've gained muscle, your basal metabolism has increased. So if you aren't also increasing calorie intake accordingly you'll still be burning body fat. You only need about 0.7g of protein per pound of lean body weight to build muscle so you may be wasting some money on supplements, eating more protein than you can use. Adding some good carbs can be an inexpensive way to boost your total calorie intake to help fuel workouts rather than taking more protein, and help prevent you from reaching the point where you start breaking down muscle.