dreamsinart's Journal, 23 April 2014

I have read several places that fasting is good for you. Is it good if you do Intermittent High Cardio. I also like to lift weights. If I am fasting there is no way I can build muscle---correct?
I think it was the book---Free The Animal--he proposed fasting is good and also lifting heavy weights------

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If you fast for extended periods like three or more days then your muscles become affected. However, do a 24 or 16 hour fast will not harm you. You will actually benefit from a boos tin growth hormone, and your insulin going back to baseline. You could say it's kind of like restarting your computer. Building muscle is not a bad thing, it improve metabolic function and take up a considerable less amount of space than body fat.  
24 Apr 14 by member: charles_27
Sorry for the typos.  
24 Apr 14 by member: charles_27
Wow----amazing Thank you. Should have read this before I had breakfast, I already had 10 hrs in. Thank you big time 
24 Apr 14 by member: dreamsinart
I do a 24 hour fast once or twice a week along with 16 hour fast once or twice a week. During the 16 hour fast I eat my daily calories within a 6-8 hour window and plan it so that eight of the 16 is during sleep :). In short, even though I do this I have noticed no loss in muscles mass. Of course I am sure there has been a little bit that is to be expected whenever you try to loose body fat; bodybuilders often try to bulk as much as they can before they start "cutting" to factor in small amounts of muscle loss. 
25 Apr 14 by member: charles_27
I usually do 16/8. The articles I found said to exercise before you eat (breaking the fast) so I'm trying it. 
25 Apr 14 by member: Kris AZ
I tend to get a 12-16hr fast in every day LOL. My schedule is this: I wake up, get my meals entered in my log for the day so I know what to plan for, get my weight lifting in (usually about an hour to hour and 1/2), run any errands and such, THEN I will eat my first meal of the day. Today, my first meal was about 4 hrs after I woke up (which is pretty typical for me). Then I will eat all my meals/snacks in the next 6-8 hrs. It doesn't work for everyone, and is exponentially more difficult for someone who is NOT following a low carb-high fat lifestyle as carbs burn out a lot faster in your system than fat does. Since I am only 2 weeks or so into my weight training, my body is still retaining fluid, so I haven't noticed huge losses in the scale department lately, but I have noticed HUGE differences in how my clothing fits and how my body looks. Prior to starting the lifting program, I was still doing Intermittent Fasting and had pretty significant losses (about 25 pounds in 6 wks)  
25 Apr 14 by member: kari29
Yeah, for me IF is fun, not to mention the next best tool I have to ketogenic eating. 
25 Apr 14 by member: charles_27

     
 

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