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I don't calorie count. 4pm meal can be a cheese burger, Chinese food or paki food ( like chicken Karahi) I do an evening workout around 7pm with kettle bell swi

I don't calorie count. 4pm meal can be a cheese burger, Chinese food or paki food ( like chicken Karahi) I do an evening workout around 7pm with kettle bell swings to burn the sugar. Then i have a snack after. But Its very odd I am NOT hungry just like "used" to eating as if it's a memory. I am still getting used to this. I can't explain it clearly. I guess you just have to try it. My whole family has diabetes even my little brother who is 10 years younger than me. Could be the bad south Asian genes ( Pakistani) , I don't know. lol. I try to stay away from carbs such as white bread ,no ice cream / sugar etc... or i limit the amount of naan breads i have to like 1 when eating with a curry dish but i do love a chicken bryani once in a while but the portion size is less , i just can't eat like i used too before i started the IF diet.

throwaway_tech 7y ago
>4pm meal can be a cheese burger, Chinese food or paki food (like chicken Karahi) I do an evening workout around 7pm with kettle bell swings to burn the sugar. If I can make a suggestion...if possible continue the fast into the workout. If you find you don't have the energy to get through the workout or performance suffers try replacing the meal with a sugarfree pre-workout to get through, then eat the carbs with some protein post workout. The general idea is the sugar/carbs you eat at 4 will not truly be available to burn at 7, but you will have probably spiked insulin so your body is trying to store energy while you are in the gym trying to access the energy. Whereas if you can make the workout fasted, you will be in ketosis burning fat and have naturally spiked you HGH from the fast, then after the workout while you are catabolic you will eat carbs/protein to trigger anabolism (recovery/repair) of the muscles while filing up your depleted glucose/glycogen aided by the carbs/insulin.
- uhtred 7y ago
  Jeez, or just eat 3 healthy balanced meals a day and stop obsessing over gimicks and fad diets. I can't imagine our ancient ancestors worrying about fasting or being keto.
  - very_nice_3 7y ago
    I think you have it backwards. The reason people are fasting and doing keto is because it seems to be much closer to how our ancient ancestors lived. Fasting is a natural state many animals, including humans, are well equipped to enter. Not only are we equipped to enter fasting, but it seems to have some very good effects on us when we do it Of course our ancient ancestors didn't have to "worry" about fasting or being keto, just like they didn't have to "worry" about getting enough cardio and exercise. Yet we do, because otherwise our modern conveniences will keep killing us and making us sick. Fasting and Keto are two answers to the question of "How do we better replicate the way ancient Humans lived?"
  - throwaway_tech 7y ago
    >Jeez, or just eat 3 healthy balanced meals a day and stop obsessing over gimmicks and fad diets. Do you see the irony is calling fasting a fad diet when it has been part of human culture across the globe for thousands of years, and instead you point to "3 healthy balanced meals a day" which essentially was a fad diet in the 18th century. >I can't imagine our ancient ancestors worrying about fasting or being keto. Again all the Worlds major religions have codified fasting into their religious texts and traditions (they must have thought it was pretty important to pass down together with sacred religious texts). As far as Keto...the original Keto diet was developed and codified because is prevented epileptic seizures, but that wasn't a wild guess in the dark, its been known for thousands of years fasting would prevent seizures (it just wasn't codified that fasting puts someone in a state of ketosis which can be mimicked with a high fat diet).
    - uhtred 7y ago
      Fasting is done by religious people (not renowned for their rational thought) to appease a god, not because they think it's supposedly healthy. And sure, replace my "three meals a day" with "regular eating throughout the day" if it makes you feel better. My point is, our ancient ancestors were foragers and would have grazed on plants throughout the day. It's what our bodies have evolved to do. As for keto, you said it yourself. It was used as a way to reduce epileptic seizures, not because it was thought of as the optimal way for humans to eat.
- 0-_-0 7y ago
  That actually makes sense
- adamqureshi 7y ago
  YES. So i workout 12-1pm in the afternoon in a fasted state. The eve workout 12 min , is to burn any extra sugar i may have in my blood stream from eating at 4pm. I am with you. My pre-diabetes status is now gone. I think i may have to make IF a life long diet. I have NEVER felt better. I am 170 5' 10" solid I "was" 184 when i had the pre-diabetes diagnosis.
  - throwaway_tech 7y ago
    >My pre-diabetes status is now gone. Congrats. I hope you continue to be inspired and inspire others on your journey.
    - adamqureshi 7y ago
      THANK YOU! I tell EVERYBODY! I URGE everyone to try! Eat LESS stuff. Mostly plants. Have SOME bacon / grass fed beed / steak ONCE a week so what. :-)

throwaway_tech 7y ago

>4pm meal can be a cheese burger, Chinese food or paki food (like chicken Karahi) I do an evening workout around 7pm with kettle bell swings to burn the sugar. If I can make a suggestion...if possible continue the fast into the workout. If you find you don't have the energy to get through the workout or performance suffers try replacing the meal with a sugarfree pre-workout to get through, then eat the carbs with some protein post workout. The general idea is the sugar/carbs you eat at 4 will not truly be available to burn at 7, but you will have probably spiked insulin so your body is trying to store energy while you are in the gym trying to access the energy. Whereas if you can make the workout fasted, you will be in ketosis burning fat and have naturally spiked you HGH from the fast, then after the workout while you are catabolic you will eat carbs/protein to trigger anabolism (recovery/repair) of the muscles while filing up your depleted glucose/glycogen aided by the carbs/insulin.

uhtred 7y ago
Jeez, or just eat 3 healthy balanced meals a day and stop obsessing over gimicks and fad diets. I can't imagine our ancient ancestors worrying about fasting or being keto.
- very_nice_3 7y ago
  I think you have it backwards. The reason people are fasting and doing keto is because it seems to be much closer to how our ancient ancestors lived. Fasting is a natural state many animals, including humans, are well equipped to enter. Not only are we equipped to enter fasting, but it seems to have some very good effects on us when we do it Of course our ancient ancestors didn't have to "worry" about fasting or being keto, just like they didn't have to "worry" about getting enough cardio and exercise. Yet we do, because otherwise our modern conveniences will keep killing us and making us sick. Fasting and Keto are two answers to the question of "How do we better replicate the way ancient Humans lived?"
- throwaway_tech 7y ago
  >Jeez, or just eat 3 healthy balanced meals a day and stop obsessing over gimmicks and fad diets. Do you see the irony is calling fasting a fad diet when it has been part of human culture across the globe for thousands of years, and instead you point to "3 healthy balanced meals a day" which essentially was a fad diet in the 18th century. >I can't imagine our ancient ancestors worrying about fasting or being keto. Again all the Worlds major religions have codified fasting into their religious texts and traditions (they must have thought it was pretty important to pass down together with sacred religious texts). As far as Keto...the original Keto diet was developed and codified because is prevented epileptic seizures, but that wasn't a wild guess in the dark, its been known for thousands of years fasting would prevent seizures (it just wasn't codified that fasting puts someone in a state of ketosis which can be mimicked with a high fat diet).
  - uhtred 7y ago
    Fasting is done by religious people (not renowned for their rational thought) to appease a god, not because they think it's supposedly healthy. And sure, replace my "three meals a day" with "regular eating throughout the day" if it makes you feel better. My point is, our ancient ancestors were foragers and would have grazed on plants throughout the day. It's what our bodies have evolved to do. As for keto, you said it yourself. It was used as a way to reduce epileptic seizures, not because it was thought of as the optimal way for humans to eat.
0-_-0 7y ago
That actually makes sense
adamqureshi 7y ago
YES. So i workout 12-1pm in the afternoon in a fasted state. The eve workout 12 min , is to burn any extra sugar i may have in my blood stream from eating at 4pm. I am with you. My pre-diabetes status is now gone. I think i may have to make IF a life long diet. I have NEVER felt better. I am 170 5' 10" solid I "was" 184 when i had the pre-diabetes diagnosis.
- throwaway_tech 7y ago
  >My pre-diabetes status is now gone. Congrats. I hope you continue to be inspired and inspire others on your journey.
  - adamqureshi 7y ago
    THANK YOU! I tell EVERYBODY! I URGE everyone to try! Eat LESS stuff. Mostly plants. Have SOME bacon / grass fed beed / steak ONCE a week so what. :-)