Alternate Day Fasting

Temujin

Temujin

Fapstronaut
For someone who has experimented with fasting a lot in my life, I am now attempting to adopt an alternate day fasting diet.

So what this means is that I can eat whatever I like one day, and the next I can only have a maximum of 500 calories, and i keep alternating between them everyday.

Was wondering if anyone else here has experimented with fasting cycles
 
I did once water fasting and after my next fasting I will include intermittent fasting into my schedule.
Mavricko said:
I think fasting is dumb. If you want to lose weight eat slightly under calorie maintenance level on a daily basis
Click to expand...
Fasting properly done boosts creativity and decresases level or urges. True fasting is not for weight loss.
 
MeTP said:
I did once water fasting and after my next fasting I will include intermittent fasting into my schedule.

Fasting properly done boosts creativity and decresases level or urges. True fasting is not for weight loss.
Click to expand...

True fasting is dumb. I don't agree I've tried it, it just makes you weaker
 
Mavricko said:
I think fasting is dumb. If you want to lose weight eat slightly under calorie maintenance level on a daily basis
Click to expand...
Don't listen to this bloody idolt. The point of fasting isn't to loss weight, its too clear your system of toxics and to heal the mind. Fasting is very beneficial, but anyway what you've described sounds stupid. You are wasting your time by eating what ever you want one day and then fasting the next. You're just trying to give yourself an excuse to fast. Fasting isn't like that. You should adapt a healthy diet before you fast
 
If eating whatever you like includes junk food, I definitely would reconsider.

I follow an intermittent fasting plan. I typically eat during a 7 hour period (12-7) and fast during the remaining hours. I'll try to go longer periods on days I don't exercise. I've followed that for over a year, and it's worked well. I'm noticeably leaner, I'm able to think more clearly, and and an issue I'd developed with low blood sugar has mostly gone away.

If you're looking for something a bit more intense, you might try 24 hour fasts 1-2 days per week. If you exercise 5 days per week, it might make sense to do these fasts on the two days you don't exercise.

During the fasts, I would recommend drinking water and herbal teas only. Juice fasting seems a bad idea, mostly due to the fact that there are no fats or proteins to slow down the spike to your blood sugar.
 
Last edited:
Wolves said:
Don't listen to this bloody idolt. The point of fasting isn't to loss weight, its too clear your system of toxics and to heal the mind. Fasting is very beneficial, but anyway what you've described sounds stupid. You are wasting your time by eating what ever you want one day and then fasting the next. You're just trying to give yourself an excuse to fast. Fasting isn't like that. You should adapt a healthy diet before you fast
Click to expand...

Fasting is dumb. Get used to it. A steady slow cut is going to do the same thing anyway, but be far more beneficial, healthy and sustainable "bloody idiot".
 
I don't wish to interject myself into an argument, but there are many who think that fasting offers a variety of benefits beyond weight loss. As mentioned, I found it to be helpful in dealing with a blood sugar problem I'd developed, and there are a variety of other benefits claimed by its advocates, some of which are probably verifiable, others less so.

Regardless, I would agree that fasting is not the best option if the primary goal is sustained weight loss. For that, a solid exercise and diet plan would definitely be the best approach.
 
Got to Overcome said:
I don't wish to interject myself into an argument, but there are many who think that fasting offers a variety of benefits beyond weight loss. As mentioned, I found it to be helpful in dealing with a blood sugar problem I'd developed, and there are a variety of other benefits claimed by its advocates, some of which are probably verifiable, others less so.

Regardless, I would agree that fasting is not the best option if the primary goal is sustained weight loss. For that, a solid exercise and diet plan would definitely be the best approach.
Click to expand...

If you are ill as shit, some serious condition like chronic pain or a bad disease that's giving you serious pain...then all means be my guest to experiment..

But most fasters are mentally ill, they have tendency to do extreme stuff and don't know their body that well. Steady cut just below maintainence whilst eating the right combination of protein/fats and low carbs and cooking your food in a clean manner is the way to go for me.

If you are fasting then your exercise plan is in the dustbin frankly, because you aren't getting any calories..you are not only going to be weak as hell, but at extreme risk of injuring yourself and exhaustion. To maintain a fast you need to ensure you are constantly drinking water and having loads of sleep. The whole thing is very pointless in my view. You are going to get the same detox effects from a prolonged cut anyway and be in a much better position at that stage. There is a reason why when you were at school you probably thought girls that said that ate nothing all day were crazy, because it is crazy to eat nothing all day. Natural instincts say it's dumb, because it is.

I say this as someone who has tried intermittent fasting and water fasted for over 2 weeks before. Giant waste of time imo. I like to try things before I comment, I wouldn't comment here if I hadn't experienced first hand how pointless fasting is and would highly recommend anyone reading AVOIDS fasting.

My 2 cents. Peace.
 
You know, fasting is a real ascetic and disciplined experiance one may get if they want. I did fasting on only banana last week and my testosterone level was so low that i didn't even had any sexual thought in my mind. I was more spiritual and disciplined. But on day 8 i overeaten something and my intestines had so much pressure that i relapsed. Don't try fasting if you are a blood pressure or sugar patient, but yes, fasting is a hell great disciplined experiance. I will fast on every saturday's without consuming any calories and only on water, i think water fasting is the name of it. If you are going to follow this alternative day fasting program, then please do share your experiance...
 
As mentioned, I agree that for sustainable weight loss, water fasts are a poor idea. Any weight lost during them will more than likely immediately be gained back upon resuming normal food consumption.

Mavricko said:
I say this as someone who has tried intermittent fasting
Click to expand...

Everything I've read about intermittent fasting says that it's simply an approach to eating rather than a diet. That's how I personally implement it. I eat for a total of seven hours per day and fast for the remaining seventeen. During that period, I eat a similar number of calories to what I would eat with more traditionally spaced meals. The supposed health benefits of intermittent fasting therefore come not from calorie reduction but from giving your body more time to repair itself, as the less time and energy the body spends in the process of digestion, the more time and energy it will have to heal.

I also occasionally implement two or three day fasts. I do these during times when I'm not exercising. I find them to be a help for digestion related issues, and I also just like the feeling of calmness they bring.

Regardless, I'm not here to convert anyone. Plenty of people find fasting beneficial, plenty of others don't. The science behind fasting seems to be mostly anecdotal, so it's entirely possible it's all in our heads. Given the number of people who have found it to be of benefit however, I don't think it's fair to deride us all as mentally ill.
 
I really did not expect this to break into a discussion for/against fasting.

Anyway, i`ve been doing it. Going well so far. I get hungry on the fasting days but it isn't too difficult.
Apparently after the first two weeks the body adapts and the fasting days aren't difficult at all.

Looking forward too it
 
Last edited:
Ate two days in a row last two days, but back on the fasting today.

Feeling very hungry this morning, let's see how the day goes
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top