I added another option for those, like me, who stayed the same, more or less.Thanks, slipped my mind.
I went in for IF because Aajonus's recommendations to eat lots of small meals throughout the day wasn't working for me. I realised that all that constant digestion was diverting useful resources away from healing. Also, despite the fact that I had severe adrenal burnout, I found that I actually did better not eating all the time.Yea I have been putting food into my stomach non stop in an effort to gain mass and It is beginning to drain my energy, without worthwhile effects.
Yea I have been putting food into my stomach non stop in an effort to gain mass and It is beginning to drain my energy, without worthwhile effects.I only drink alkaline mineral water. I do from 0-3 whole day fasts a fortnight, depending on circumstances. Otherwise it's 1 large meal a day, eaten within 4 hours max, usually much less than that.
Do you drink water/ veggie juices when you fast?
About how much do you eat each day?
Wow... That is barely a pound of meat. Seems like such a small amount yet you look nourished to me.I eat half a kilo or a kilo, depending. Sometimes I'll even eat 1.5 kilos, but that's rare.
How about you Tyler?
I'd appreciate if you would share your own experiences!
Isn't a pound about 1600 calories..
I'm sure it depends on the cut.
I could never go back to mulitple (more than 2) meals a day. It is so unnatural. |
I become irritable and easily pissed off if i don't eat when I'm hungry. |
Klowcarb- how did you get to one meal a day?
I would really like to get there, yet i do my workouts first thing in the morning so i am not sure if that is wise for me.
But i am still curious how one can make it on only one meal a day. do you juice during the day or just drink water?
you must have a very big dinner ;D
I don't do it consciously. It is more like sometimes for weeks, I dont feel like eating a lot. I skip down to only a small meal at night. I like feeling hungry sometimes. I mean really hungry. I obviously slim down but what I really love is the clearness of thought that comes with hunger. I am a ghrelin addict for sure. But Im far from anorexic I love eating and can eat like a hog (and will do so most of the time) but fasting is a natural part of my life. I wouldnt want to be without it, nor do I want to schedule it.
1600 calories would be very fatty beef. 85/15 ground round is 1000 calories a pound.
I would never make a meal of just muscle meat only. Made that mistake on the fake ZC. A pound of 85/15 grassfed PLUS either eggs or organ meats (heart, liver, gizzards, tongue...) AND grassfed butter OR extra virgin coconut oil. A muscle meat only ZC diet is insane. I wish I never did it at one point.
Just a MEAL of (fatty) muscle meat only is absolutely OK, for me.
Why do you think that a muscle meat only ZC diet is insane? What kind of problems did you experience?
Aren't there many successful dieters on such a diet at ZIOH? (I was never a member, just heard of it)
Löwenherz
No carnivorous group in nature ever ate just muscle meat. If by "successful" you mean lose weight, sure. You can lose weight on any diet. I did not have any problems, but I am glad I did not stick to muscle meat only. There is very little if any vitamin A and organs and eggs are super nutrient dense. It is stupid to live on Wal-Mart hamburger rolls and think you are eating like the Inuit or that that is in anyway a complete diet.
After I finally erased my brainwashed ideas that just eating muscle meat was a healthy zero carb diet, I added tons of eggs, especially yolks, grassffed butter
Yes, you are right, it may be very unwise to rely completely on muscle meats only.
But my question was: What kind of problems did you experience on such a muscle meat only ZC diet?
Löwenherz
Nothing outwardly, but luckily I only did muscle meat only for about 6 months or so, before I got more into paleo eating and research and adapted paleo principles to being ZC. I was fine for years as a vegetarian--no outward issues--but luckily I did not stick to that. Muscle meat itself has lots of Vitamin B12, B6, zinc, selenium, etc. but is very deficient in Vitamin A, D, K2, etc.
I have heard that backfat is relatively high(?).