The Science of Fasting (17 Viewers)

yes. All calories have been between 12 and 6pm. I did have to adjust my window Monday and Tuesday because my work schedule did not allow me to get to my last meal at 6. I also feel great. I am not struggling with the not eating in the morning hardly at all. I also love the mental aspect of it. It has made me far more in tuned with how I eat and the few times that I have experienced hunger it made me more aware of my mental and physical states and the hunger fades. I also know that there is probably some skew in the numbers because of water loss but I have lost weight many times but never actually felt myself losing it like this.



I have not figured all of that out yet but I likely will. I am going to cut back when it just feels right. Maybe try to maintain with 2 or three days of this a week once I hit around 170. I am concerned about the deficit. I'm not really cutting back on how much I eat much other than what happens naturally because of the window. I still eat three meals a day but after that first one, the second and third are naturally smaller since I just ate 3 hours before. I have been careful with what I eat though. Its been nothing but lean proteins, fruits, vegetables and low GI carbs like whole oatmeal. I have kept watermelon and pineapple freshly cut up in the fridge for snacking in between the meals. I was pushing the cardio upwards around 1000 daily but I have scaled that back to no more than 8 to 850.

Yes, eventually you'll need to figure that out. At some point, your body will adjust to what you're giving it and the weight will stop coming off. That's when you'll need to adjust your macros. It's good that you're focusing on lean proteins and low GI carbs. Those low GI carbs can help offset the down regulation of your metabolism and hormones (like leptin) that will eventually occur.

You could also consider moving to a OMAD or TMAD approach (One Meal a Day or Two Meals a Day). Lots of people have success with that and IF.

Sounds like you've got a handle on things, but definitely watch for too much cardio. Cardio can stimulate appetite as well. I read Lyle McDonald's Rapid Fat Loss handbook recently (and implemented it to drop 10 lbs in 3 weeks) and he covered cardio on a severely restricted diet in it.
 
This is an odd question. Does the science support that being in ketosis is an all or nothing thing as far as calorie intake? I’m curious if mints at less than 5 calories each will mess me up in the mornings
 
This is an odd question. Does the science support that being in ketosis is an all or nothing thing as far as calorie intake? I’m curious if mints at less than 5 calories each will mess me up in the mornings

So the mints could break your fast sooner, but ketosis and calories aren't necessarily linked. Ketosis is all about lack of carbohydrates. I assume they're 1g of carbs each. But there's really no set daily carb amount for remaining in ketosis. It's a person by person thing. Someone that's been doing keto for a while might be able to have 200+ grams of carbs in a day and be back in ketosis the next day. Others might get kicked out with 50g and take days to get back.

I really think one of the main goals of intermittent fasting is to be more aware of your intake, both when and how much. Your question is a perfect example of this. Previously, you might have thought nothing about eating however many of them. But now you are.

If you're on Facebook and want a good group to learn from, check out Ketogenic Intermittent Fasting. It's not a group where people support massive amounts of fat intake in order to lose weight. Why take in fat when you're trying to lose it? It's more protein focused. And read the pinned post first.
 
thanks, I will check out the group. I really have not read any nutrition type books since sugar busters was popular but I still believe in watching the GI of foods to this day. I picked up a couple of audiobooks that I am about to catch up on some. The Obesity Code and The Complete Guide to Fasting. I actually feel so much better. I had to give it a break for a couple of days because I do think my metabolism had adjusted but I feel so much more sluggish when I do that. I honestly feel I can probably finally achieve my real goal of "just maintaining" with some variation of this way of eating.
 
No joke, when I saw the title of the thread, I THOUGHT it said, "The Science of FARTING" and thought...well, THIS ought to be interesting.
 
This is an odd question. Does the science support that being in ketosis is an all or nothing thing as far as calorie intake? I’m curious if mints at less than 5 calories each will mess me up in the mornings
I believe it's not about the calories. ANY calorie, even from a mint, technically breaks a water fast and interrupts autophagy. Will just that kick you out of ketosis? Probably not, but it can. And it can signal an insulin response and raise glucose making it harder to continue the fast, if that's what you want to do, by the body making you feel hungry again.
 
this weeks work schedule made me opt to not go to the gym at all but I stuck with the fasting and lost 3 pounds. So I am now at my goal weight and it would appear that I did better than the weeks with cardio sans that first one. Now I need to learn a little more about it and stagger two or three days a week of fasting with cardio maybe on the other days. Who knew there were muscles underneath a gut?
 
Good thread.

I’m curious about this program and been wanting to try.

I’ve been on a sugar fast for 5 days. Lost 5 lbs.
I weighed 198 and now at 193.
Not sure if I can maintain the routine but I learnt a lot about the prevalensce of sugar in our lives and the impact of sugar on overall health. Heart, mental etc. sugar + fat = bad.
Fat alone = not so bad.
 
this weeks work schedule made me opt to not go to the gym at all but I stuck with the fasting and lost 3 pounds. So I am now at my goal weight and it would appear that I did better than the weeks with cardio sans that first one. Now I need to learn a little more about it and stagger two or three days a week of fasting with cardio maybe on the other days. Who knew there were muscles underneath a gut?

Depending on your calorie intake, your cardio could have been raising cortisol levels (ie hormone tied to stress) such that your body was holding onto fat and/or water. I think I'd mentioned that before on this thread, but if not, it is possible.

Congrats on reaching your goal weight!
 
I still have not started those audiobooks I picked up. I guess its time to learn about it lol. I honestly don't see myself changing at this point. It will just have to be more intermittent.
 
Even if the scale isn't changing, the cardio will impove your health. Just take occasional breaks.
 
This one fascinates me. I wouldn’t be able to pull it off. As a kid I was forced to unintentionally fast. Thank goodness for peanut butter on a spoon with a dab of sugar. That was breakfast lunch and dinner a lot of the time. Those memories of forced hunger would probably make this one impossible for me. ?
 
But it isn't forced hunger. It's training your body not to crash from sugar highs so you don't over eat when you do eat. In fact you realize you aren't really hungry most of the time.
 

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