Fasting strategies for healthy waist management

I in fact picked the "No fasting at all - eat 6 meals a day!" option, not as a joke either.
I quite literally do eat 6 meals a day, a meal every 3 hours or so.
And yet I'm not unhealthy at all, in fact quite the opposite,
"How?" some may ask?
Well it's pretty much as simple as hitting the weights 3 times a day, and then doing some cardio.
Of course if you're not doing a weight training regime like me, eating that much is not necessary, in fact it's actually quite detrimental to one's health I'd imagine.
Yes, I do eat a lot, but it's not ridiculous junk food. I eat very carefully and eat in a way that's conducive to building muscle mass.

I'm sick of people who make excuses for not exercising.
"I DON'T HAVE TIME!".
Blargh, in my experience most of the people that say that often end up in front of the TV for hours just wasting away or just playing games on their gaming console or some crap like that.
I could easily do that too if I wanted too, but I'm simply just not a lazy, excuse making slob, so I don't.
Find a reason to do something, not an excuse not too.
Obviously, weights aren't for everyone, well at least not in the way I'm doing it.
You can train for endurance, or for strength or in my case but in my case I'm training for muscle mass (although that obviously does bring about usable gains in strength too, which is also what I want).
But just find a workout suitable for you and then get stuck into it and you'll feel 100000 times better, seriously.

Your crusades tend to lose steam after a while good Mike...  

Here's some more info on the alternating day diet (alias "feast or famine diet"):

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/feast-or-famine-diet/

"Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago designed an alternate day regimen that restricted food on “famine” days to 25% of estimated energy needs. Sixteen obese participants went through a 10-week program: a 2-week control period, 4-week alternating day 25%/”controlled intake” period, and 4-week alternating day 25%/”self-selected intake” (albeit with diet counseling) period. The results? (Can you guess, IFers?) Subjects lost weight consistently in both 4 week periods and showed improvement in key blood markers (total cholesterol, LDL, triglycerides and systolic blood pressure)."

And also this:

"Dr. William Davis of the Heart Scan Blog, a blogroll friend of mine, did a great sequence a few weeks ago on grazing, fasting and postprandial patterns. As he emphasizes, the postprandial (aka “after eating”) period is the most damaging for artery plaque buildup. In our society, we’re encouraged to be starting the next meal before the previous one has even been fully absorbed. Our systems rarely, if ever, have the chance to return to zero. Fasting allows for that resetting."

CPicard wrote: Well, Mr.ProgFreak, you seem to have created several threads about food, diets and all. You seem to be a bit... worried about that subject... Any reason, mmmm...?

"Interested" would be a better word ... or even "fascinated". It amazes me that there are so many conflicting points of view about such basic human activities as eating and exercising. 65% of all adults in the US are overweight, most of them eat at least three meals a day and take care not to eat too much fat ... yet I'm getting weird looks when I propose things like eating less carbs, or to occasionally skip a meal, or to spend a day without food.

Can't I be glad that I am losing fat and gaining muscle, and isn't it ok to try to help others to achieve the same results? I know that many overweight people don't care about their body, but some do - some try to lose weight and fail, and to some of them threads like this one might be helpful.

I will rival the proven genius Stonebeard with my own recipe.  

1. Eat food and do at least 45 minutes of physical training a day (for example walking instead of driving)
2. Monitor weight.
3. If weight is undesirably high...
4. Put in some extra training sessions.

Eat less does not work for everyone. It can make you depressed and you may do something you may regret. Kicking your partner out of the house for example or wiping out your local village in rage. People, like myself, only loose weight through cycling, golf or walking. I am back from a 130 km/8 hours long round-trip on my bike in the local mountains so I should know. That's some grammes with gained muscles and probably a kilo or two off my surplus weight.

 

Edited by toroddfuglesteg - May 31 2010 at 10:47

No fasting, if you're eating too much, eat less and create a new baseline. Drastically cutting your caloric intake temporarily does nothing.

tuxon wrote: stonebeard wrote: 1. Eat food. 2. Monitor weight. 3. If weight is undesirably high... 4. Eat less food. Hot damn I'm a genius.   yeah you really are a genius. that's the best thing since sliced bread.

Which is coincidentally something you'll probably have to eat less of if you're following my awesome plan.

- Eat early

No fasting, eat two good meals a day plus a smaller one and snack something healthy every few hours to keep the stomach working and making your metabolism smoother; Also, of course, MOVE. 

Well, Mr.ProgFreak, you seem to have created several threads about food, diets and all. You seem to be a bit... worried about that subject... Any reason, mmmm...?