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I inadvertently started fasting during college due to my class schedule, living off campus, and not being able to afford eating out. I'm now at a point in my li

I inadvertently started fasting during college due to my class schedule, living off campus, and not being able to afford eating out. I'm now at a point in my life where my schedule is more flexible, I'm not spending as much time commuting, and I can afford to eat out if I choose to, but I've continued to maintain a one meal a day lifestyle. I don't feel the sensation of hunger anymore though I still have an appetite. My coworkers get noticeably anxious and antsy if they don't have their lunch by 11 AM while hunger no longer affects my ability to concentrate. I've also been able to maintain a healthy BMI as I age; I'm neither overweight or underweight. I will say that when I was younger I often wanted a bodybuilder physique, but I didn't have the discipline to eat enough to support proper muscle growth. Now I'm just glad I'm not going the seemingly inevitable route of becoming an overweight middle-aged office worker that morphs into their chair. Edit: To be clear, I still go to the gym regularly to lift weights and do cardio even with fasting, but I never have and never will compete in any bodybuilding competitions (which I'm OK with).

nesky 7y ago
> I will say that when I was younger I often wanted a bodybuilder physique, but I didn't have the discipline to eat enough to support proper muscle growth. Now I'm just glad I'm not going the seemingly inevitable route of becoming an overweight middle-aged office worker that morphs into their chair. This can't be reiterated enough. Fasting helped me NOT eat all day while sitting at a desk. I eat no breakfast during the week and have a light salad for lunch and then have a regular dinner. The only byproducts I've come across is a slightly higher sensitivity to caffeine and I'm more alert.
roland35 7y ago
I was forced to a fasting schedule in college too since I could only afford a 14 meal a week plan during college, luckily it was all you could eat once you were inside!
RobertRoberts 7y ago
Does the exercising during fasting cause you to feel hunger pangs more intensely?
- jordan801 7y ago
  I haven't noticed any. I've been intermittent fasting for about two years with 16 hours no eating 8 hours to eat. Occasionally a 24 hour fast. Usually the most intense hunger pangs occur when I have eaten a lot of carbs the day prior. I do weight training and running. Usually after a workout I feel like the cravings I do have are more manageable. You do need to be careful though. I wouldn't recommend doing any weight training if you're doing more than a 24 hour fast and if you are weight training while fasting make sure you have a spotter. At least at first.
- grogers 7y ago
  I personally eat one meal a day typically and exercise fasted because it's a convenient time for me to exercise. After exercise I usually feel almost no hunger, usually much less than before. Hard to say if that ends up with more 5 hours later when it would be close to dinner time, I haven't noticed much difference on days when I skip the gym. When doing cardio, I feel like I have more energy fasted than if I eat before. That might not be normal, might just be what I'm used to.
tvanantwerp 7y ago
Instead of gaining 15 pounds my freshman year, I lost it. I wasn't consciously fasting--I was just too lazy to leave my dorm room to grab snacks. I didn't keep up the habit as I got older and put on weight. Now I'm consciously fasting every day since the start of the year. I'm about 25 pounds down so far and I don't see myself ever giving up this lifestyle.
acconrad 7y ago
> when I was younger I often wanted a bodybuilder physique As someone who has competed in both bodybuilding and powerlifting, I can attest that you don't want that physique. It's not worth the pain, time, and effort for it. Plus, anyone you see with rock-hard abs looks like that for maybe a 3 hour window. Almost no one looks like that year-round all of the time.

nesky 7y ago

> I will say that when I was younger I often wanted a bodybuilder physique, but I didn't have the discipline to eat enough to support proper muscle growth. Now I'm just glad I'm not going the seemingly inevitable route of becoming an overweight middle-aged office worker that morphs into their chair. This can't be reiterated enough. Fasting helped me NOT eat all day while sitting at a desk. I eat no breakfast during the week and have a light salad for lunch and then have a regular dinner. The only byproducts I've come across is a slightly higher sensitivity to caffeine and I'm more alert.

roland35 7y ago

I was forced to a fasting schedule in college too since I could only afford a 14 meal a week plan during college, luckily it was all you could eat once you were inside!

RobertRoberts 7y ago

Does the exercising during fasting cause you to feel hunger pangs more intensely?

jordan801 7y ago
I haven't noticed any. I've been intermittent fasting for about two years with 16 hours no eating 8 hours to eat. Occasionally a 24 hour fast. Usually the most intense hunger pangs occur when I have eaten a lot of carbs the day prior. I do weight training and running. Usually after a workout I feel like the cravings I do have are more manageable. You do need to be careful though. I wouldn't recommend doing any weight training if you're doing more than a 24 hour fast and if you are weight training while fasting make sure you have a spotter. At least at first.
grogers 7y ago
I personally eat one meal a day typically and exercise fasted because it's a convenient time for me to exercise. After exercise I usually feel almost no hunger, usually much less than before. Hard to say if that ends up with more 5 hours later when it would be close to dinner time, I haven't noticed much difference on days when I skip the gym. When doing cardio, I feel like I have more energy fasted than if I eat before. That might not be normal, might just be what I'm used to.

tvanantwerp 7y ago

Instead of gaining 15 pounds my freshman year, I lost it. I wasn't consciously fasting--I was just too lazy to leave my dorm room to grab snacks. I didn't keep up the habit as I got older and put on weight. Now I'm consciously fasting every day since the start of the year. I'm about 25 pounds down so far and I don't see myself ever giving up this lifestyle.

acconrad 7y ago

> when I was younger I often wanted a bodybuilder physique As someone who has competed in both bodybuilding and powerlifting, I can attest that you don't want that physique. It's not worth the pain, time, and effort for it. Plus, anyone you see with rock-hard abs looks like that for maybe a 3 hour window. Almost no one looks like that year-round all of the time.