Intermittent Fasting

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Greg please go and stay go

Intermittent fasting is just an easier way of calorie restricting for some people. at the end of the day it's calories in/calories out. count your calories and watch your macros, use an app and it's super easy, thats all you need. that being said, in my personal experience i find it much easier to deal with the hunger of caloric deficit when skipping breakfast and drinking coffee all morning instead.

>>35508530
Go away kinobody shill

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>>35508545
He claims he eats over 2500 calories maybe more as he says he doesn't strictly count calories. Also says that he only goes to the gym 2 to 3 times per week. Ive been dropping weight for a bit off and on now. Started at 235 and down to 189. Just trying to make things go a bit smoother.

>>35508545
This. It works great for some people. For others it's hell. If you're naturally a "grazer" you might do better on a restricted diet eating small meals throughout the day. That's how my wife is. I'm good with eating just once a day. It all depends on how *your* body reacts. All of this really depends on personal responses to stimuli. You'll need to experiment and find what works best for you.

>>35508545
I've been doing it for half a year now. I feel way better than before, and I got stronger in the first month. I guess those hormone optimizing effects are real.
But yeah, it's calories in vs calories out. You need to combine it with a proper diet to get results. It's not magic. I speak from experience.
You don't want to overdo it. Don't go under 6 hours of eating a day. Don't even think about 40 hour fasting. You will lose gains. I've had all these mistakes.
I've been able to get to 9-10% bf with IF + IIFYM. But I still have decent love handles at this point because of shit genetics. Now that I plateaud, I started carb cycling to get more lean. I hope this will work.

>>35508666
If carb cycling doesn't work you can try a reverse diet as well.

>>35508688
what is that?

>>35508666
I myself fast for about 16 to 18 hours. I have a snack or my first meal at around after 2pm, then my last meal around 9pm. I like the lean feeling I get from it, and overall my stomach feels generally better.

>>35508697
It's a way to counteract your weight loss plateau, or metabolic fatigue (some people call it starvation mode but they're idiots).

Up your calories 500/wk until you notice a weight gain to get everything back in balance. Then start your cut over. Carb cycling does something similar. It's just a different tactic to try to rejuvenate your metabolism.

>>35508730
This is interesting.
Now I started doing carb cycling with the Brandon Carter approach: having 1 cheat day every week, when I eat all kinds of shit to get my metabolism running.

>>35508760
Yeah that's solid. Pizza and beer Saturday.