Date: March 18th, 2015 12:13 AM Author: Boyish Den
That Harper's article inspired me and I haven't eaten anything for the past three days and only about 3k calories in the past seven. Obviously it appears to be working thus far, but I'm wondering if there are big hazards I should be aware of before I try going a week or more without food. Currently I'm just taking a multivitamin.
Date: March 18th, 2015 12:28 AM Author: NeumannMorgenste
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Well, I basically started on Wednesday after eating a full calorie load on Tuesday. I've had a few hiccups but I've been ramping up the intensity pretty fast
-Wednesday I ate 1 chocolate-covered pretzal because there was a box at the office, and that was it
-Thursday I caved a bit while covering a press event and ate a couple cookies
-Friday I ate nothing
-On Saturday I was invited to a St. Patrick's Day party. I was planning in advance to eat at it and pretty much ate normally, probably about 2200 calories
-Since leaving that party on Saturday night I've eaten nothing.
I've only been drinking water, besides one beer and some whisky at the party I went to. It's been easier than I expected but also not a walk in the park, though I hear once you get over the 3-4 day hump it can be a lot easier because hunger mostly goes away. We'll see if I can maek it.
One thing that helps is that in mental terms I think it's easier to simply eat nothing than to rigorously watch what you eat all day.
Could you elaborate on who it's really unhealthy for? I doubt it's me as I'm an extremely generic subset of the population rather than an exceptional one, but obviously I should confirm this.
My genetics and metabolism are pretty much the norm for American 20-something doods, I imagine. I'm not as active as I should be but I do enough walking to not be a super couch potato. Obviously I should be lifting, but I'm currently not.
Date: March 18th, 2015 11:33 AM Author: Comical Big-titted Associate Pozpig
I did that stupid Master Cleanse lemonade diet 12 years ago and went from 181 to 159 in 12 days. First three days kind of sucked, but after that I stopped caring about food. Have to admit I felt pretty amazing afterwards and it killed my appetite for junk/fast food and booze for a few months.
You shouldn't go much longer than about 36 hours. Your body starts to break down muscle about 48 hours after digesting your last meal. Your testosterone and hgh levels go through the roof at about 16 hours of no food, stay that way until about 30 hours (HGH goes up 2000% after 24 hours), and start to tank about 36 hours in. IF also keeps insulin low.
IF is way better. Most of the benefits from fasting kick in at about 16-20 hours. Not much of a point going beyond 24 from a physiological viewpoint. But no harm until about 36.
If you do IF though, you need to keep a consistent eating window or you'll fuck with your hormones and circadian rhythm. Also not a good idea to fast without medical supervision if you're diabetic. Also, men can fast longer than women (it's a hormonal thing).
Lean gains is a 16/8; you can also do a 20/4 or even a 23/1; 5/2 is okay. I do one meal on a cut/maintenance and two meals on a bulk. There's also the warrior diet but that's not "true" IF.
Also, don't eat post-workout. Ride that HGH wave. When you eat, insulin goes up which brings down HGH and Test.
Date: March 24th, 2015 9:54 PM Author: Dashing main people
Can you explain more not eating after workout? I thought traditional idea was you wanted that post workout feed with insulin spike to pack nutrients into muscles.
After working out (heavy weights/low-moderate rep) your body releases HGH and Testosterone. When you eat, your body releases insulin. When Insulin goes up HGH/Test tanks, and the opposite. So you want to ride that wave for about 4-5 hours post workout. You'll still get the insulin spike benefit (whatever your first meal is up to 24 hours post-workout).
Date: March 24th, 2015 8:43 PM Author: NeumannMorgenste
1. I have not done this. 2. I am not ruthlessly mocking you--nor would I ever ruthlessly mock you. I love the idea of one of our brothers undertaking an extended fast and documenting the effects. It's poignant in its own way.