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this doesnt change parent comments point, if youre fasting 36 hours a week itll be very difficult to be in calorie surplus while working out. If nothing else yo

this doesnt change parent comments point, if youre fasting 36 hours a week itll be very difficult to be in calorie surplus while working out. If nothing else youd be binge eating to catchup, which has its own drawbacks

broast 3y ago
I think people underestimate the calories they've had, and over estimate the calories they need, to begin with. Calorie surpluses with exercise really only fulfills one temporary periodic goal that not everyone one may have. Even as I fasted every day and lost 70 lbs sustainably for years, I was still able to significantly increase my muscle mass, energy capacity, and theoretically my longevity during that period.
gwd 3y ago
"Calorie surplus" could mean two different things (keeping in mind that I'm not a trained physiologist): 1. Over the course of a week, you eat X calories and burn Y calories, where X < Y 2. At any given point in time, is your body burning glycogen or fat? If you stop eating Sunday after dinner, then by Monday noon your body is out of glycogen and starts burning fat until Tuesday morning after you've had breakfast. If you simply listen to your body and eat until you're sated rather than full, you'll naturally have a slightly larger breakfast on Tuesday, but by lunchtime you'll have your full complement of glycogen again. Then work out and eat like normal. > If nothing else youd be binge eating to catchup, which has its own drawbacks The vast majority of animals on this planet go through "boom / bust" cycles: periods where there's lots of food and periods where there's less. The same was true for the vast majority of humans until a century or two ago. Obviously repeatedly losing and gaining 100 pounds is problematic, but losing and gaining 10 pounds over the course of a year, or 1 pound over the course of a week, is perfectly normal from a historical perspective. What's very unusual from an evolutionary perspective is never going through the "bust" cycle where we live off our fat reserves. That's why intentional fasting is both easier and healthier than you'd think -- because just like exercising, our bodies are actually designed for it, and suffer when we don't get it.

broast 3y ago

I think people underestimate the calories they've had, and over estimate the calories they need, to begin with. Calorie surpluses with exercise really only fulfills one temporary periodic goal that not everyone one may have. Even as I fasted every day and lost 70 lbs sustainably for years, I was still able to significantly increase my muscle mass, energy capacity, and theoretically my longevity during that period.

gwd 3y ago

"Calorie surplus" could mean two different things (keeping in mind that I'm not a trained physiologist): 1. Over the course of a week, you eat X calories and burn Y calories, where X < Y 2. At any given point in time, is your body burning glycogen or fat? If you stop eating Sunday after dinner, then by Monday noon your body is out of glycogen and starts burning fat until Tuesday morning after you've had breakfast. If you simply listen to your body and eat until you're sated rather than full, you'll naturally have a slightly larger breakfast on Tuesday, but by lunchtime you'll have your full complement of glycogen again. Then work out and eat like normal. > If nothing else youd be binge eating to catchup, which has its own drawbacks The vast majority of animals on this planet go through "boom / bust" cycles: periods where there's lots of food and periods where there's less. The same was true for the vast majority of humans until a century or two ago. Obviously repeatedly losing and gaining 100 pounds is problematic, but losing and gaining 10 pounds over the course of a year, or 1 pound over the course of a week, is perfectly normal from a historical perspective. What's very unusual from an evolutionary perspective is never going through the "bust" cycle where we live off our fat reserves. That's why intentional fasting is both easier and healthier than you'd think -- because just like exercising, our bodies are actually designed for it, and suffer when we don't get it.