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Dieting and Intermittent Fasting

rkempston

rkempston

So about 4 years ago i used to be in tremendous shape. But after i moved from NY to IL my workouts came to a halt. Then when my wife was pregnant she had some serious morning sickness, to the point when the only thing she managed to keep down all day was wendys. So that being said we basically lived off of Wendys for 9 months. Needless to say ive gained a bit of weight. Not a terrible amount. (10lbs or so) But for my height its pretty noticeable.

So about 3 weeks ago now i started going to the gym again. And ive been having some decent success there are far as muscle gains go. But i really wanted to speed up losing my belly fat. (This is where 99% of my weight gain ended up) So i decided to try intermittent Fasting.

Basically for anyone who doesnt know intermittent fasting is where in a given day you're only allowed to eat for an 8 hour time period, then you have to fast for the remain 16hrs. (Fasting mean you dont eat, you can only drink water) With a reduced calorie intake (1500/day) im hoping to lose 2-3lbs of belly fat a week


Has anyone tried intermittent fasting? Does anyone have any other workout/dieting that worked for them?

Should also mention that ive reduced my caloric intake to 1500 and i cycle my carbs. (Workout days i have more carbs less fat and rest days i have zero carbs and more fat.)(protein remains consistent at a 1.5g/lb ratio everyday))
 
Intermittent fasting is aimed teaching the body to burn fat instead of carbs.
A better way is a low carb diet in conjunction with exercise.
 
I have a reduced calorie, carb cycling routine atm. I ingest more carbs on strength training day and none on rest days. So im kinda doing both atm
 
I've had success with the bowflex 6 week diet and exercise plan
1st 2 weeks 1500 calories 300 breakfast 300 lunch 200 afternoon snack 500 dinner 200 evening snack.
Every 2 weeks you cut the snack by 50 calories.
You do a 30 min workout 3x a week, adding 5% more weight every two weeks.
Took off 20lbs during that time.
 
Awesome! i'm personally on my third day of fasting and i cant believe the energy i have.Its nuts. Plus im sleeping better which is weird.
 
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