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I try to stick to 40/40/10. That is, 40% protein, 40% carbs, 10% fat. I eat about 5 small meals a day about 3.5 hours between. Usual protein is eggs, chicken, sometimes pork/beef, and supplemented with whey. Carbs are usually multi-grain breads, brown rice, or sweet potatoes. Fats usually nuts and cheeses. I'll throw green veggies into a few of my daily meals. I avoid all refined foods and sugars. I try to stick to t…
I have been doing intermittent fasting for 3 years or so. Just the bog-standard 16h fast/8h eating window version
Fast is broken around 10am with 3 eggs with sea-salt and 4 small homemade cookies
Lunch is usually a regular cerealbowl sized bowl of veggie soup w/olive oil, a handful of salad, one glass of milk (small tumbler size), a 5g square of dark chocolate [1] and a handful of nuts (walnuts, cashews, almonds, hazelnuts, pecans and Brazil nuts). On days where I have extra training in the evening I'll also have a small bowl of 6% fat yogurt with some granola and jam.
Dinner is eaten around 5pm, is home-made, and is as much as I can comfortably eat while being active within a half hour of finishing. I also have a tall mug of 2% milk with it. There is a meat component about 80% of the time, but by volume it is about 80% veggies and rice/potato/bread. After dinner I have a 2nd square of chocolate and some walnuts. I do not eat anything after dinner until breaking the fast the next day.
I carbo-load once a week with a Sunday brunch of pancakes, waffles or crepes (rotating), eating until I am satiated
I supplement with BCAAs, creatine, maca, coffee (2 cups on workout mornings) and green tea (2l/day)
This keeps me within 2kg of my target weight and 2% of my target BF all year round.
The most important thing for maintaining a steady weight is volume of food. Once you get a consistent volume of food day-to-day and can go by feel, you can ramp it up or down and control your weight as if you are turning a dial.
If you are interested in body composition (ie. body fat/muscle) and not just weight, then you have to add in an exercise component
I also do a ~5 day water-only fast every 6 months, as the practice seems to help with healing any persistent injuries I have accumulated in the meantime.
Ketogenic diet for 2.5 years now. High fat, moderate protein, very low carb. Weight loss was not the goal, not snoring at night was the goal. Still weight the same as I have for the last 15 years but I've put on more muscle.
What are your favorite forms of high fat? Looking for accessibility, healthiness, and satiety.
I do daily 16:8 fasting (only eat from noon-8pm) and keep things paleo/low carb when eating. Recently I've tried some extended 72-hour fasts and really like them too. The big thing for me is that I love exercising in a fasted state--I'll do 30 mins. of cardio and about 10 mins of bodyweight strength training each day in the most fasted state (right before noon when I break the fast). The combo of eating low carb, int…
Half home cooked (or healthy restaurant) meals and half fast food (as in, literally McDonalds.) I eat a fair amount of red meat (I'm a hamburger junkie) a moderate amount of fish and vegetables (lots of crucifers), and get my healthy carbs from rice (brown and white) and oats. I eat a ton of whole eggs - sometimes a couple dozen a week. Not a big dessert eater, but I will binge on sweets now and then. Unless I'm dieting, I will plow through a box of oreos a week.
I default to a Mediterranean diet (because I was raised on it) and probably eat that way at least a 1/3 of the time and sometimes more, time permitting. Bottle or two of wine a week. I almost always skip breakfast because it tends to upset my stomach.
Protein: If I'm exercising and/or trying to gain weight, I shoot for 1g protein per pound of bodyweight. Otherwise, I try for 0.5g/lb.
Calories: If I'm trying to lose weight, I shoot for 1000-1500 calories a day. Slightly more if I'm trying to maintain. 2500-3500 if I'm trying to gain.
Supplements: magnesium, vitamin D, creatine.
38 years old, 5'7", weight fluctuates between 150-180 lbs, body fat fluctuates between 8-18% but has definitely been over 20% for short periods, total cholesterol usually around 150.
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I did a 72 hour water fast and it was so refreshing ! And wow! You more than halved your size. That is absolutely incredible.
Yeah it's wild, here's a before and after: http://imgur.com/hHtyMPF Training to climb Mt. Rainier later this summer--something I could never have imagined being possible 2 years ago.
-10 portions of fruit and veggies a day (1 portion: ~ 80g)
-No processed foods.
-Wild caught fish at least twice a week
-Red meat twice a week, at most.
-Anything else is fair game, as long as I make it myself so I know what it contains. Pizzas, pasta, burgers, steak, cakes (with stevia instead of sugar).
-No supplements of any kind.
-No trans fats, additives, fruit juices, smoothies, corn syrups, "natural flavourings" or "concentrated" juices
-As little stuff that I can't pronounce as possible.
I eat out only during social occasions (at least once a week), almost never on my own.
I have been doing this for a year now, although I have been eating healthily for at least five years now.
Results?
- I look five years younger (I am 33). Not my own assessment, but that of other people, mostly females.
- My gut flora changed to the point where I never get diarrhea anymore, a problem I have had since I was very young.
- Blood results could not be better.
- I rarely feel down or moody.
A number of other factors contributed to the above, so diet alone does not fix everything. But I had really underestimated its importance. In retrospect, I shouldn't have been surprised, it is simply paying attention to what goes inside my body.
soylent + coffee, later beer
When I am really lazy at home, I'll make ramen + egg + leafy green + a piece of processed cheese (it dissolves to make the broth thicker).
I don't really eat snack too often, but I'll take those raw almonds packet from work sometimes. I buy fruits when I can, especially strawberries or grapefruits.
When I cook all my food, I feel healthier, and it also saves money. I don't take any supplement.