Fasting

[Rusty]

Does anyone regular fast as part of their health and fitness plan?

 

If so, what type of fast do you do?

 

 

 

 

[JHbowhunter]

I skip lunch a lot on weekends...  Sometimes skip dinner during week...  Thats about it!

[DeplorableDan]

On the contrary actually, I try to eat every 3 hours at least

[rossbowhunter]

no way Jose Tejas......

[not on the rug]

I dabbled with intermittent fasting several years ago and found it difficult to do much of anything during those times.  The best times to do it are over the weekends when you can basically just sit around the house and watch TV, spend some time in meditation, etc.  Depending on how long you are fasting for, you don't really want to be doing much else.

 

Lots of studies have been done on intermittent fasting and on calorie restriction as well, in terms of longevity, overall health, inflammation, etc.  There is a ton of info out there. Guys like Mark Sisson and Robb Wolf have talked about it pretty extensively

 

In terms of calorie restriction for fat loss while maintaining muscle mass, I had much more success with carb cycling and macronutrient manipulation.  Essentially, protein intake stays roughly the same every single day. Lifting days are high carb and low fat and rest days or cardio days are high fat and low carb.  This worked well for me.  YMMV

 

Let me know if you have any questions

[tjfslaughter]

That is up next on my diet plan.  I have been using recipes found on dietdoctor.com and they have fasting ideas.  I cut carbs since new years and have dropped 21 lbs. I have a ways to go.  Once I hit my ideal weight I will re-introduce some carbs.

Edited February 8, 2017 by tjfslaughter

[Gobblengrunt]

thank the Lord I have a fast metabolism and stay very active, I could never imagine myself missing any meals!!

[Rusty]

It seems that most of you have the same definition of "fasting" as I do, long periods of time with no food.  But apparently I've been fasting all along without realizing it.  When I need to drop a few pounds I simply lay off the ice cream after dinner and the weight comes off pretty quick. 

 

Going just 12 hours without eating is considered a fast, and the benefits to your health are impressive.  Eating dinner at 6:00 and then not eating again until breakfast the next morning puts your body into fast mode, and all kinds of good things happen.  If this is too extreme then doing it every other day instead of every day is also beneficial.  Who knew???   

[dlist777]

I tried the 5/2 plan for a while.  You take 2 days a week and on those 2 days you only eat 600 calories.  So, I would do Mon / Thr.  Monday because I usually ate so much over the weekend that it wasn't very hard.  Then, just one other day that wasn't consecutive.   I dropped a lot of weight, but I was always majorly HANGRY in the evenings of the fast days.  Gave it up.  There is a lot of info out there on it.  It's called the 5-2 fasting plan or something similar.  

[jerseyhunter]

only fasting I ever do is not eat meat on Fridays during lent  .  11:30 Thursday night  I usually  have a burger going , if I miss my deadline it's tuna fish. But come Sat  midnight and on is all fair game.  Guess that fasting for health is for the young guns.  Getting to lat in life to not enjoy.   My mom's last weeks she declined my  Polish dumplings  which she loved  but the bacon and salt had to be cut back  so she would live longer.  Ha , F all the Dr's orders and as a   Great Lady once had in her  subliminals  from I remember,  Don't go to the grave with a nice  healthy body , but slide in all worn out  saying ," Man what a ride".   Besides who wants to live forever.

[NJ Predator]

Intermittent Fasting.....I have done this on two separate occasions...It's hard the first week or so but it works....I Would have my last healthy snack at 8pm, and not eat until lunch time the following day and would have normal meals at 3pm 6pm with a snack meal or protein shake in between at say 1:30 4:30 7:30 and do it all over again...Did it for a few weeks and you definitely lose weight but depends on what you eat you could lose muscle as well. Sometimes I will do it for a week or two max because I just don't have the will power anymore to eat healthy although I am trying now to eat healthy while on my diet now

[Gobblengrunt]

What are the benefits to fasting?

[Stevo]

We were given 3 days rations for 5 day LRRP missions. Does that count? 

[not on the rug]

What are the benefits to fasting?

Fat loss. Improved insulin sensitivity. Increased longevity. Regulates hunger hormones like leptin. Improved brain function due to a boost in a particular protein (I forget what it's called right now). Strengthened immune function.

 

Actually a ton of benefits and very little downside unless you have any serious pre-existing health conditions that would require frequent meals.

 

There has been a ton written on it in the past few years. Get on your google machine and check it out

[Haskell_Hunter]

I need to reduce my triglycerides and reduce my blood pressure.  I can take a pill or try to figure out the right lifestyle changes.  The doctor probably has the pill picked out, what are the lifestyle changes I need to make?

 

If it involves not drinking beer, eating BBQ brisket, bacon, ice cream, and sushi, I'm going the pill route.