Fasting

RedRiver0415 · 2020-04-26T16:23:56+00:00

I'm 31 years old. Test levels are consistently very high 700s. I am in good shape. I tested the whole intermittent fasting thing last year. The results were better than I expected.

First, I do 6 days a week of 18/6 intermittent fasting. Every other sunday I do a full 24 hour fast.

Same workout programs, same sleep pattern, same diet, nothing changed from my first round of bloodwork to the second.

I initially tried it out for 45 days and had more blood work done.....I lost no muscle, based on the calipers and the mirror I lost a small amount of bodyfat, and the best one is that my test levels were 842. Needless to say I will continue to do IF and believe you should too. Do you research and try it.

Fukboi1399 · 2020-04-26T11:30:37+00:00

I've done 80 hour water fasts, nothing to worry about. Of course you'll lose some water weight and glycogen. But you won't lose any muscle mass.

dudedoodickle · 2020-04-26T12:36:40+00:00

yeah you'll probably look a lot smaller and flat but it's due to water/glycogen(?) loss in your muscles. I don't think you will actually lose much if at all muscle mass.

Just be careful, if and when you break the fast, start eating slowly as if you go on a carb spree i have heard that you can potentially kill yourself because of the insulin response.

mediagator · 2020-04-26T12:09:28+00:00

Currently in the middle of a 12 day fast. I wouldn’t worry about muscle loss, I’ve done many and not noticed it. I also do light full body workouts daily. Get electrolytes.

If you do break, go keto and try and hop back on. It also helps being keto before a fast.

Sylvester_Sterone · 2020-04-26T14:48:56+00:00

You will be fine.

hombredelmurir · 2020-04-26T17:06:31+00:00

Happy Ramadan brother

Scheme00 · 2020-04-26T17:10:27+00:00

I do 24s all the time. it’s great and will cut out all the bloat and you’ll lose a little bit of fat. Your muscles will look deflated for about 5-7 days. You’ll look a lot smaller for a temporary amount of time but it comes back. Don’t let it fool you, it’s just very temporary. I love doing them though even though they are no fun.

imjustaman93 · 2020-04-26T20:02:39+00:00

Black coffee and ephedrine helps to suppress the hunger.

Title	Fasting
Author	UnknownOrigins808
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Comments	11
Date	April 26, 2020 11:09 AM UTC (6 years ago)
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