re: Intermittent Fasting experiences?

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Not according to Dr. Rhonda Patrick. She was saying the studies show that anything other than water that makes the liver produce enzymes lessens the effects of the fast. Which lessens the fat loss/muscle gain side of it. I'm doing the 16:8 as well but only water during If. According to her, I even have to wait to do my vitamins and EC stack when I break fast.

I mean, I know it works if you drink coffee, because shite I've done it. Just wanted to share that info because it surprised me too.

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yea i read and listened to some of her stuff and I believe she is 100% correct. Its just how strict do you want to get, especially when you are lifting like martin does.

Yea that's where I first heard her. Yeah my if is more about body comp. I like the other benefits and am still not convinced you don't get some of those with with coffee.

I'm gonna do a 72 hour water fat in a couple weeks, that's as far as I will go with the IF

Forever, it's just a way of eating.

777

What are your thoughts on having black coffee with Splenda during Fast? There are so many contradicting beliefs. I’ve also read that Liqiud Splenda would be better than the packets, no idea if that has any merit.

Also, my SO wants to start again with me, and she is wanting to use Walden Farms Creamer in her coffee. Who knows what that stuff is made of, but it has no caloric content, so it would potentially be ok. Although I suppose it could trigger an insulin response.

Appreciate your thoughts!

Thats 777

I'm starting Kino Greek God soon, so I just wanted to get your thoughts.

Once I start program, I'll report back too.

I usually break fast at 11:30 during weekdays.

On weekends when I fast until 12:30 or 1:00 I feel like a million bucks and 10 lbs lighter.

Funny how the brain works.

Sounds miserable

Anyone have experience with alternate day/one day fasting? Do you find it incredibly hard?

Lately I've kinda been blowing my weekday deficit by drinking/eating poorly on the weekend. With festival season and vacations coming up, I need a way to meet calorie goals while still enjoying these events. Obviously, I've done unplanned whole day fasting (sick, hungover, busy running errands, etc.) but I'm unsure how it would go on a normal day when I have a normal appetite and am just sitting around.

I'm seeing stuff online about alternate day fasting where you eat day 1, fast day 2, eat day 3, and so on. I'm not so sure I'd want to do it quite that much each week, especially since I don't think I'd eat enough on feeding days to make that math work out in a healthy way. But maybe 1 or 2 days per week. Essentially trying to offset the ~2 days a week I go way too deep into the calorie dense food and beer.

I’ve been doing 18-20 hrs on the weekdays. Feeling great.

I did IF really seriously when I was lifting full time a few years ago and it's the real deal. I will say that even though I have not been able to do gym as much lately I have kept one thing constant, which is IF. It's a complete bitch to turn this into so much of a habit that your body finally quits worrying you about it, but it will come with time. Now, I can pretty much do any 12-14 hour stretch without any caloric intake(as long as I did enough before time starts), but I usually just stick with no food after 8-10PM and not before 10AM.