Intermittant Fasting

biffo2014

Sorry to Drag up an Old thread. But just wondering how people got on with results regarding IF. I'm looking at doing the 16:8 IF do go along with Weights training to Bulk up but cut fat to an extent. Would love to hear feedback from people who tried and succeeded/failed

papu

biffo2014 wrote: »

Sorry to Drag up an Old thread. But just wondering how people got on with results regarding IF. I'm looking at doing the 16:8 IF do go along with Weights training to Bulk up but cut fat to an extent. Would love to hear feedback from people who tried and succeeded/failed

going to be extremely difficult to Cut & Bulk at the same time , unless you are a beginner or using enhancements.
focus on doing one at a time. IF is usually more helpful for cutting.

biffo2014

Tanks for reply. But is IF not also useful for getting strength gains?

papu

biffo2014 wrote: »

Tanks for reply. But is IF not also useful for getting strength gains?

Why would it be? How would only eating for 8 hours make you stronger?

It would be useful for cutting as your limiting your food intake window.

Chancer3001

biffo2014 wrote: »

Sorry to Drag up an Old thread. But just wondering how people got on with results regarding IF. I'm looking at doing the 16:8 IF do go along with Weights training to Bulk up but cut fat to an extent. Would love to hear feedback from people who tried and succeeded/failed

I stuck to it for about 18 months. It's brilliant.

Go to leangains.com and read everything there

biffo2014

What sort of results did you get and did you stop after the 18 months?

Chancer3001

I achieved serious results, got in best shape of my life.

Every lift increased, I lost fat, IMO I gained muscle also. Waist was much slimmer, got compliments on how my skin looked and what good shape I got into on a daily/weekly basis

I stopped after 18 months just by being lazy and loving food too much.

I used to go 1pm-6pm was my eating window. For me, it just meant skipping breakfast and small break in work. Then eat at lunch and dinner as normal. I eat huge portions so I was getting enough calories.

These days I do IF probably twice a week, the rest I'm not disciplined enough and eat for small break and eat after 6.

biffo2014

Chancer3001 wrote: »

I achieved serious results, got in best shape of my life.

Every lift increased, I lost fat, IMO I gained muscle also. Waist was much slimmer, got compliments on how my skin looked and what good shape I got into on a daily/weekly basis

I stopped after 18 months just by being lazy and loving food too much.

I used to go 1pm-6pm was my eating window. For me, it just meant skipping breakfast and small break in work. Then eat at lunch and dinner as normal. I eat huge portions so I was getting enough calories.

These days I do IF probably twice a week, the rest I'm not disciplined enough and eat for small break and eat after 6.

Thanks for the reply. Good to hear people getting good results. Have started it since monday and I am actually surprised im not hungry in the mornings and evening like I use to be. This morning especially I didnt feel sluggish.

I am doing my eating window from 12-8pm as I train around 6/7 on training days. Normally I would of had porridge at 7am and then something else like a sandwich etc around 11am. The last 2 morning I just had a black coffee or green tea before 12. I dont feel sluggish and only start to get hungry around 11. Gonna try it for a few weeks and ee how it goes.

Blacktie.

Chancer3001 wrote: »

I achieved serious results, got in best shape of my life.

Every lift increased, I lost fat, IMO I gained muscle also. Waist was much slimmer, got compliments on how my skin looked and what good shape I got into on a daily/weekly basis

I stopped after 18 months just by being lazy and loving food too much.

I used to go 1pm-6pm was my eating window. For me, it just meant skipping breakfast and small break in work. Then eat at lunch and dinner as normal. I eat huge portions so I was getting enough calories.

These days I do IF probably twice a week, the rest I'm not disciplined enough and eat for small break and eat after 6.

What time would your workout have been at?

Chancer3001

4pm.

Light cardio during the day from 9-4 as part of my job.

Finish my workout by 5, dinner at 5.40. Finished eating after that

dartstothesea

^The results I've seen people claiming from the leangains-prescribed type of IF seem to be unreal. I never seen so many people say (and show) such positive results from one 'protocol' and even claim to feel it's so easy to stick to.
For a guru (Martin Berkhan, likeable Swedish oddball imo) that's not in fact actively trying to make a buck (from what I could tell) increasing the reknown of their diet approach etc, that's gotta be some kind of indicator too that maybe it isn't just marketing.

biffo2014

Results are unreal. I have been doing it the nearly two weeks. Have been training 3 days a week with Cardio as I am training for a half marathon in 2 weeks, but I have lost a good bit of Fat but have only lost 2lb weight which is good. Wont be touching weights till after the half marathon so see how it goes then.

I use to swear by eating breakfast but rising at 6.30 and not eating till 12 is no problem now. I get hungry around 10/11 but i just drink water or a green tea and I have noticed myself having more energy in the mornings. My daily routine would be:

6.30 am - Rise
7.00 am - Coffee with no sugar and a drop of coconut milk
12.00 pm - Depends - Brown bread roll with chicken and salad, Tuna and Sweetcorn and Tomato Salad, Salmon, Mackerel etc. Mostly high protein meal with veg or salad. Also include fruit aswell
4.00 pm - Yogurt/Avocado/Homemade Oatmeal Bar/Fruit Smoothie
6.00 pm - Train
8.00 pm - Dinner - Usually lean Meat with lots of veg. with either rice or sweet potatoes.
10.00 pm(roughly) - Bed

All this along with 4 litres of water daily. I do my training around 6pm and havent ever felt loss of energy and my time has improved slightly also. I normally would of eaten a high carb snack or something similar before any training. Will wait till after the half marathon and record my results and then after 4 weeks of Weight training and record my results also.

Chancer3001

Testimony after two weeks probabaly isn't very valid.

Try two months or two years

bohsman

Also a daily diet of the above with excercise mixed in is going to lead to similar results be it in IF or spread across 14 hours. For me IF suits because I was never a breakfast person anyway and I would be a grazer at night so it's mainly about stopping that.

madma

back on it myself since Jan, discovered it a few year sback and had great results combined with healthy living. like other posters have mentioned it also suits me as i'm not a breakfast person myself bar the very odd time and the late night eating was a killer for me back in the day so eating between a 6-8 window stops me eating late and keeps the calories down although i find the weekends hard as i like my alcohol and the diet is not as good as weekdays

20-24hr fasts 1-2 days a week works great for me also.

TommyJoe15

Just finished my first weekk and found it pretty good although it's early days. I close my eating window at 7pm and don't break fast until atleast 17 hours later . The past week I've fasted for 18, 18.5, 17, 20.5, 21.5, and 18 hours! Ive been training an hour or two before I break fast each day. I know the minimum fasting period is 16 hours but I was just wondering is their any issue with my fasting windows being inconsistent.?
thanks

newcar2016

Might try out this Intermittent fasting - eat in a 8 hour window and fast in 16 hours.

From a quick read of some research it seems to be somewhat logical, but I guess the number of calories is the main thing.

Blacktie.

newcar2016 wrote:

From a quick read of some research it seems to be somewhat logical, but I guess the number of calories is the main thing.

It's a useful method of appetite control. It probably has some hormonal benefits as well but that's the only noticeable effect I had from it.

newcar2016

Haven't had anything in over four hours. Caved in now though, having some soup, only 55 calories though :pac:

Mellor

newcar2016 wrote: »

Haven't had anything in over four hours. Caved in now though, having some soup, only 55 calories though :pac:

So, it's working out well for you

pumpkin4life

I typically have two meals a day: one at 1-2 and the other at 6-7. I skip breakfast and don't snack. So depending on the day (even skip lunch sometimes) I have 17-24 hour fasts.

If you eat nutritionally dense foods, you won't be hungry. To be honest, I don't know if its the cyclical ketogenic diet that I'm doing, or this, what is driving the whole health of it, but it's working great for me.

Its fairly well established in terms of research anyway.

newcar2016

There was news reports recently about research stating that your evening meal should be a small one.

Irish mammies being doing it wrong all this time.

Blacktie.

newcar2016 wrote:

There was news reports recently about research stating that your evening meal should be a small one.

newcar2016 wrote:

Irish mammies being doing it wrong all this time.

There's contradictory advice out all the time. Personally I make my evening meal the largest because its my post workout meal.

Mellor

Blacktie. wrote: »

There's contradictory advice out all the time. Personally I make my evening meal the largest because its my post workout meal.

I make my post workout meal a medium sized dinner not large




To leave room for dessert.
Delicious dessert gains

Blacktie.

Mellor wrote:

I make my post workout meal a medium sized dinner not large

Dessert is still post workout meal! All of the sugary goodness... I mean post workout carb loading super metabolism boost for increased MPS and insulin sensitivity. Yep that's why I have a big dessert. MPS and insulin and stuff...