Fasting

[t-dogg]

What are peoples thoughts on this? Doing fasting every 3-4 days or once a week? Results?

[Tron3219]

What are peoples thoughts on this? Doing fasting every 3-4 days or once a week? Results?

I did an intermittent fast that produced great results (eating maint. Cals in an 8 hour feed window, 16 hours fast in a perpetual cycle). 405 does an every other day fast mixed with carb cycling, and his results have been great as well

-TroN-

[t-dogg]

Ive read he does, and talked alittle with him. I wanted others insight also.

[Tron3219]

http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?518118-Cutting

There's a link of a thread I had going before vacation and holidays, gives weekly pictures if u wanna see progress photos of that type of diet. It's kind of a half ass log lol

-TroN-

[--->>405<<---]

fasting = awesome on many levels

increased insulin sensitivity

better utilization of body fat for fuel

helps fight inflammation and free radicals which require constant nutrition to survive

enables more dietary freedom IMO

makes calorie control a LOT easier IMO

[Sick_beard]

fasting = awesome on many levels

increased insulin sensitivity

better utilization of body fat for fuel

helps fight inflammation and free radicals which require constant nutrition to survive

enables more dietary freedom IMO

makes calorie control a LOT easier IMO

2 meals/ day for life!!

[t-dogg]

Im trying it as we speak. I ate bfest and then went to the gym did 45mins walking cardio on max incline. Im trying not to eat the rest of the day now. Will take some getting used to. I may try every 3-4days. Will see how this goes.



Hungry right now...

[t-dogg]

Ill be drinking water, green tea, and coffee the rest of the day. Hopefully.

[Tron3219]

Im trying it as we speak. I ate bfest and then went to the gym did 45mins walking cardio on max incline. Im trying not to eat the rest of the day now. Will take some getting used to. I may try every 3-4days. Will see how this goes.

Hungry right now...

Yeah getting past the hungar is difficult at first. U can drink bcaa, water, coffee, green tea and things with zero to trace calories to help subdue the hungr

-TroN-

[Tron3219]

Ill be drinking water, green tea, and coffee the rest of the day. Hopefully.

Lol ur on top of it!

-TroN-

[t-dogg]

Lol ur on top of it!

-TroN-

My first martial art was "ninjitsu". Im a ninja.

[t-dogg]

thoughts on splenda in coffee?

[Tron3219]

thoughts on splenda in coffee?

Stevia tastes better and doesn't digest at all. Spenda has cals, just so low, it will still spike insulin , slightly but still will but prolly not enough to matter lol

-TroN-

[t-dogg]

Sorry I have equal here. No cals, and less then 1gram carb lol.

[Tron3219]

Sorry I have equal here. No cals, and less then 1gram carb lol.

Lol equals g2g

-TroN-

[--->>405<<---]

t-dogg if ur gonna fast do it right.. do NOT eat breakfast.. it is breaking the fast u have already started during sleep..

[t-dogg]

t-dogg if ur gonna fast do it right.. do NOT eat breakfast.. it is breaking the fast u have already started during sleep..

So you should go 24hrs then? I wasnt going to eat again until tom morning.

[951thompson]

t-dogg if ur gonna fast do it right.. do NOT eat breakfast.. it is breaking the fast u have already started during sleep..

Do you do 36 hour fasts or 24? Ive had success fasting this way, it's good shit. Cleanses your body (detox) this makes burning bodyfat easier for your body, plus it boasts HGH level and insulin sensitivity. Sure you know all this, just putting it out there for other folks to read :-D

@ T-dogg the hunger goes after few times of doing it, are /you doing leangains also?

[951thompson]

So you should go 24hrs then? I wasnt going to eat again until tom morning.

It's easier to go straight though without breakfast, it will help with the hunger problem. But as long as you fast for 24 hours you should be fine. Do you like reading books?a book called "Eat stop eat" is a good read on this subject.

[t-dogg]

All I care about is lean gains. Not ever looking to be "big". Ill look into the book.

[951thompson]

All I care about is lean gains. Not ever looking to be "big". Ill look into the book.

Leangains is a style of intermittent fasting. Check out leangains dot com (good shit)

[--->>405<<---]

So you should go 24hrs then? I wasnt going to eat again until tom morning.

there are many ways to do it. the way i prefer is to eat my last meal by 9-10pm and then fast until like 6pm the next day. then i eat according to appetite and do not eat any carbs. also include at least 45-60mins cardio on this day.

a day like this will really help u to stay lean and give u more freedom on ur training days to crank up the carbs and cals without having to worry as much about gaining bf..

so u basically have 2 types of days:
1. training/eating days

2. non-training/fasting/fat burning cardio days

the key is figuring out the ratio of each so as to have the desired results.

[t-dogg]

Im reading more into this right now. If I decide to start doing this I will have to break my two days off up now.

[t-dogg]

Im reading more into this right now. If I decide to start doing this I will have to break my two days off up now.

For cardio I did 45mins at 3.3mph walking at 15% "max" incline. I hit "500cals burned" it said, didnt have my hrm on. kepted heart rate at 130ish.

[Marc_83]

I've started off with the 24 hour fast after reading Brad Pilon's book. Then switched to the leans gain approach of 16 hour fast and 8 hour eating window. Now I fast sometimes 22 hours a day and a 2 hour eating window on some days.

This has helped me stay relatively lean and I'm strongest as I have ever been. I'll be turning 30 soon.

Eventually when my schedule allows me I will be doing the warrior diet of only eating one meal a day at night time before bed.

I feel awesome when I'm fasting during the day and at night when I eat I get sleepy.

I'm never going back to the 2.5 hours eating.

[t-dogg]

What is "relatively lean" to you? What else did it do for you?

[Marc_83]

I'm not cutting right now. I'm gaining 2 pounds per week. (not all muscle) so I'm staying relatively lean. If it wasn't for fasting I can guaranteed for me, I would be putting on a lot more fat on.

And at The start of April is when I start my cut, Fasting (for cutting) has helped me burn stubborn fat that I thought I could never get rid of. (with the help of carb cycling).

It supposedly (I forgot what source I heard this from, I think Brad Pilons book) ejaculates HGH by 1000% when your fasting to preserve your muscle. Like 405 sais it increases insulin sensitivity. I'm going to live till I'm about 121 years old.

It does wonders for me.

My only Con is sometimes eating a super big meal makes me very tired. So I try to only eat at night time. I work out fasted as well in the morning/afternoon So I have no choice but to eat after an hour.

If you get the chance read EAT STOP EAT by Brad Pilon. You can download it for free on the net. its only like 50 pages.

[t-dogg]

So really you can do any where from 12hrs to 36hrs for fasting.

[t-dogg]

Well i decided to just do 12hrs of fasting to start out. Woke up this morning feeling great. Did look leaner. Im going to do another 12hr fast mid week and then this coming sunday will try 24hrs.


Ill find out soon how this does for my body.

[krugerr]

Well i decided to just do 12hrs of fasting to start out. Woke up this morning feeling great. Did look leaner. Im going to do another 12hr fast mid week and then this coming sunday will try 24hrs.

Ill find out soon how this does for my body.

12 hour fasting is pretty easy if you fit it around your sleeping pattern. I start my fast 2hours before bed. Then once I've slept 9-10hours I'm already close to 12hours fasted.
I've been tempted to experiment with both a 16/8 fast routine, and a 24hour fast once a week. This will drastically reduce my calorie intake for the week and could see done great fat loss.

[t-dogg]

12 hour fasting is pretty easy if you fit it around your sleeping pattern. I start my fast 2hours before bed. Then once I've slept 9-10hours I'm already close to 12hours fasted.
I've been tempted to experiment with both a 16/8 fast routine, and a 24hour fast once a week. This will drastically reduce my calorie intake for the week and could see done great fat loss.

I started at 10am and went to 1030pm. Was a small test run.

[--->>405<<---]

tdogg IMO u will get more out of it if u maintain the fast established by sleep.. personally i have been fasting but only counting my waking hours. so if i fast 12 hrs then its 12 hrs after i wake up. i started with 6 hrs and increased the duration over time.. (weeks).. up to 12 hrs..

sleep is just a bonus but i do not count it..

[t-dogg]

tdogg IMO u will get more out of it if u maintain the fast established by sleep.. personally i have been fasting but only counting my waking hours. so if i fast 12 hrs then its 12 hrs after i wake up. i started with 6 hrs and increased the duration over time.. (weeks).. up to 12 hrs..

sleep is just a bonus but i do not count it..

Wednesday i will do another fast. Ill do 12hrs from the time i wake up.

[gbrice75]

OP - you might find these threads useful re: fasting. I've also bumped them for your convenience.

http://forums.steroid.com/showthread...g#.UQaWjB1EGSo

http://forums.steroid.com/showthread...g#.UQaWlh1EGSo

[t-dogg]

Thanks!


I will start reading tonight.


I think i will respond well to fasting. Im seeing results this fast.


Just dont want to get ahead of myself.

[--->>405<<---]

id suggest starting with 6hrs after waking and then go to 8 then 10 then 12.. over a week or 2 or 3..

remember this: Water (especially 32oz bottles chugged entirely) is ur friend!

[t-dogg]

Sunday I did a 12hr fast. Wends ill do another 12hr fast and the following sunday Im shooting for 24hrs.

[Lunk1]

Started mine again today T. 18 hours fasted (9 hours sleeping+9 hous awake). I will be doing 2off/1on/1off/1on/2off. The off days are my non fasted lifting days! So fasting 2X per week!

[t-dogg]

Hmm, do we have a stickie on this?

[gbrice75]

Hmm, do we have a stickie on this?

On what - fasting? Not currently, although I've been considering writing one up. The problem is that there are SO many different 'flavors' of fasting... but I suppose it's not that much different than training or dieting in that regard.