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IF (intermittent fasting)

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Hi all

Anybody tried intermittent fasting for weight loss or cutting.

Am toying with the idea of giving it a go. So was wondering if anybody has tried it.

Basic concept of it is you fast for 16hrs each day then eat your days worth of food in a eight hour window.

Hugh jackman is a big fan of it having trained like it for the latest wolverine film.

I normally train from 11.30am till

1pm each day.

So if on On a IF I then would eat from 1pm till 9pm my 8hr eating window.

And then fast from 9pm till 1pm the following day.

Good to here anyone's experience of IF.

Paul

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

I pretty much do this anyway as I don't eat breakfast and then have my lunch at 1 and dinner at 6.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sounds like a fad to me, three to five small meals a day within your calorie allowance is probably healthier. I thought if you fast, your body's instinct was to store as much fat as possible in case you were starving. Especially as everyone typically fasts for 7 or 8 hours while sleeping, hence 'break...fast' hope it works for you. Keep us posted.

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By *o new WinksMan
over a year ago

BSE

Lost 4 stone doing this. I got back into training so didnt eat til after I trained.

There are so many advantages to this biologically and I had done it all my life until injury forced me out of training. Execising in a starved state is by far and away the best for fat loss and muscular growth as it is how we evolved through prehistory.

I suggest you go to the Leangains website.....fantastic site that has so many links to published info.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Sounds like a fad to me, three to five small meals a day within your calorie allowance is probably healthier. I thought if you fast, your body's instinct was to store as much fat as possible in case you were starving. Especially as everyone typically fasts for 7 or 8 hours while sleeping, hence 'break...fast' hope it works for you. Keep us posted. "

You are right the body will store fat, which then needs to be turned into muscle hence needing to do heavy exercise, which is what hugh Jackman did to achieve his goal weight/physique.

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By *bi HaiveMan
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over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset


"I pretty much do this anyway as I don't eat breakfast and then have my lunch at 1 and dinner at 6. "

Ditto!

I'm aware it's not the done thing to skip breakfast - but I'm often on the road at 6/7am and apart from a cuppa first thing won't eat until 6/7pm when I get home.

Weekends are different - but it's been the same for years. And I've never heard of IF !

I thought it was a bank! (Intelligent Finance)

A

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset


"Sounds like a fad to me, three to five small meals a day within your calorie allowance is probably healthier. I thought if you fast, your body's instinct was to store as much fat as possible in case you were starving. Especially as everyone typically fasts for 7 or 8 hours while sleeping, hence 'break...fast' hope it works for you. Keep us posted.

You are right the body will store fat, which then needs to be turned into muscle hence needing to do heavy exercise, which is what hugh Jackman did to achieve his goal weight/physique. "

Wrong! See below!

"Muscle mass and fat are two different animals: Muscle is active tissue that burns calories around the clock even as you sleep, kind of like an engine running in neutral. When you move around, you burn more calories, just like a car will consume more gas the faster you go. Fat, on the other hand, is just a storage of excess energy. It does nothing but sit there with its sole goal in life to be a spare tire around your waist until you put in the effort to burn it off."

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By *o new WinksMan
over a year ago

BSE

The body will store fat if you have been starving....its a fail safe system but only kicks in if you have been starving for a long period of time.

This is overriden by the requirement for muscle that heavy training places on it. The need to survive possible over stressing over the body leaps right to the front of the queue.

Muscle is never turned to fat.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

If you do it everyday how is it intermittent?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you want to get ripped cut the carbs from your diet, protein is your best friend in doing this. I done it last year for 2 weeks and done loads of cardio and I seen serious results. Just look up no carb diets don't do the fasting as you don't want to lose muscle mass. It all starts in the kitchen the kitchen is your science lab

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Hi all

Anybody tried intermittent fasting for weight loss or cutting.

Am toying with the idea of giving it a go. So was wondering if anybody has tried it.

Basic concept of it is you fast for 16hrs each day then eat your days worth of food in a eight hour window.

Hugh jackman is a big fan of it having trained like it for the latest wolverine film.

I normally train from 11.30am till

1pm each day.

So if on On a IF I then would eat from 1pm till 9pm my 8hr eating window.

And then fast from 9pm till 1pm the following day.

Good to here anyone's experience of IF.

Paul"

Look out for the leangains IF program. It works but stick to the rules. You will see results

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By *o new WinksMan
over a year ago

BSE

IF is not about reducing calories although it can be used that way.

Its about utilising the bodies cortosol levels, and other responses to starved state training, to maximise hypertrophic response.

Eating when your body most needs it and will do most with the nutrients provided. 5 meals a day is just a modern day eating pattern that a million year old machine has not evolved to use.

As for the usual bunkum doled out by BB magazines.......dont bother.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You can tell I'm not awake! I thought it said fisting

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

sounds a bit caveman to me - and a bit bingy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"You can tell I'm not awake! I thought it said fisting "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"sounds a bit caveman to me - and a bit bingy "

There is a slight variation to this called the caveman diet too

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By *ScotsmanMan
over a year ago

ayrshire

Better eating your high protein diet but on just one or two days a week eat much less than usual,maybe a good protein meal and plenty fluid. For fat loss.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I ate IF style for over a year, and personally found it helps a lot with regard to maintaining your weight, but never had much in the way of fat loss from it.

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By *al2001Man
over a year ago

kildare

When im tryin to lean up for meet I do faating cardio.

Similar to IF but just cut out carbs after 6 in eve, eat all protein u want, and do cardio first thing in morning on empty stomach.u burn ur fat for energy

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By *al2001Man
over a year ago

kildare

That should b fasting cardio

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By *ittyticklerCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

Low carb all the way for me, with cardio. I've lost 8 pounds in threes weeks, no hunger or feelings of deprivation.

IF just turned me into a moody bitch.

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By *habsMan
over a year ago

Fortress of Solitude, Middlesex

My tip: cut out sugar... including bread. I lost 2 stone in 3 months. For a sweet tooth like me, it was a mini nightmare

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

Not good if you work long hours in a stressful job and can't spend half a day in the gym.

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