This past spring I started to workout heavily. I have a long history of being overweight since I was a child. I was 25 and in a matter of about 4 months I managed to get shredded with a very low body fat percentage and had a visible six pack. I worked out 6 days a week doing strength training then about 30-35 minutes of cardio daily. My diet was an rx bar and a quest bar for breakfast. A salad for lunch with spinach, grilled chicken, pineapples, feta cheese, and red onions with honey mustard. Dinner was an avocado, 1 chicken breast and salsa with a Greek yogurt parfait that had granola, blueberries, and apples as well as a quest bar. I averaged 15-20,000 steps a day. I managed to sustain this until this winter and lately I’ve been putting on weight. The thing is I feel like I’m eating less now. I’m getting visibly chunky. My diet consist of a banana and 2 handfuls of mixed nuts for breakfast. A salmon and spinach salad with red onions, olives, carrots, cucumber and feta cheese with honey mustard for lunch. Dinner is exactly the same minus the Greek yogurt parfait. All the way through I’ve done an average of 30 minutes of yoga a day. Same weight training exercises with slightly more weight, 21 minutes of cardio a day instead of 30-35 and 10,000 steps a day instead of 15-20. I don’t drink. How does this slight variation alter me from someone with a six pack and the fittest guy I knew to someone who is visibly chubby with almost no muscle definition?
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overlandflyer
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this guy explains the inherent problem with the typical "eat less, move more" diet in that it does work... for a while.
Dr. Jason Fung - Solving the Two-Compartment Problem
Dr. Jason Fung - Solving the Two-Compartment Problem
overlandflyer
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"try" is really a good operative word. all intermittent fasting should based on a fasting stretch of .GTE. 14 hours, but there are numerous ways to achieve this combined with various food diets. my only eating window rules are VERY low sugar & minimal low-level fiber carbs. my timing ranges from 16/8 to 20/4, but start/stop times vary greatly... easier to do with a retired lifestyle.
to answer your basic question, though, yes... i've been trying it for about 7 months now.