Re: Intermittent fasting training

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From: " aequalsz " <aequalsz@y...>

Date: Fri Jul 23, 2004 9:35 pm

Subject: Intermittent fasting training

Well tonight I stated training for my upcoming intermittent fasting

diet... [snip]

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I have been considering an IF schedule that would work for me. I

liked Mattson's idea of having a morning cuttoff hour (say 9:00 AM) to

delimit fasting 24 hour periods. The problem for IF schedules is that

because a week has an odd number of days, you would fast on a Monday

and the next week you would eat on a Monday, effectively having a

2-week cycle. Similarly, fasting on odd numbered days gets screwed up

at the end of months that have 31 days.

I decided that the best schedule would be to fast on Tuesday,

Thursday, and Saturday, with Sunday being a 2000-calorie day, and

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday being " gorging " , 4000-calorie days.

Since the cutoff hour is 9:00 AM, I can have breakfast at 8:00 AM on a

fasting day and that should tide me over until 9:00 AM for the

non-fasting day.

The schedule is basically:

Sunday: 3 meals after 9:00, 2000 calories

Monday: 4 meals at any time, 3250 (4000-750) calories

Tuesday: Only breakfast before 9:00, 750 calories

Wednesday: 4 meals after 9:00, 3250 calories

Thursday: Only breakfast before 9:00, 750 calories

Friday: 4 meals after 9:00, 3250 calories

Saturday: Only breakfast before 9:00, 750 calories

People who prefer to fast on MWF can use the above schedule, but

change the days of the week to start from Saturday instead of Sunday.

This has the advantage that there is no fasting on Saturday

and Sunday when there are many social activities.

This IF schedule averages 2000 calories per day, but should be

adjusted to your individual requirements.

Tony

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Ice cream has a relatively low glycemic index, especially the high fat versions.

>From: "aequalsz" <aequalsz@...> >Reply- > >Subject: [ ] Intermittent fasting training >Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:35:33 -0000 > >Well tonight I stated training for my upcoming intermittent fasting >diet. First began the day in a normal fashion eating only about 1000 >calories and figuring on eating the last 1000 after about 6 o'clock >PM. Unfortunately took the wife to an authentic Mexican restaurant >and started eating and drinking a few beers. (Real Mexican food is >really delicious BTW). Came home and watched a movie and decided to >have a little rocky road ice cream. Well it turned out to be a sad >movie, "The Human Stain" and to alleviate my sorrows I just kept >eating the RR ice cream until before I knew it, 80% of the carton was >gone (about 1800 calories worth). So I think I'll probably enjoy the >IF diet a lot better than the CRON diet, but can't start on it for >about another four months until after I lose another 10 pounds. Oh, >an interesting thing, thought that after all that ice cream my glucose >level would be around 3 or 4 hundred whatevers, but after the 2 hour >movie was only 85 mg/dL. Does anyone know why such a low reading >after eating all that sweet ice cream?. Believe me CRONers (ies) IF >is the way to go. :_) > >My factitious, self >Aequalsz >

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Came home and watched a movie and decided to

> have a little rocky road ice cream. Well it turned out to be a sad

> movie, " The Human Stain " and to alleviate my sorrows I just kept

> eating the RR ice cream until before I knew it, 80% of the carton

was

> gone (about 1800 calories worth). So I think I'll probably enjoy

the

> IF diet a lot better than the CRON diet, but can't start on it for

> about another four months until after I lose another 10 pounds.

Oh,

> an interesting thing, thought that after all that ice cream my

glucose

> level would be around 3 or 4 hundred whatevers, but after the 2

hour

> movie was only 85 mg/dL. Does anyone know why such a low reading

> after eating all that sweet ice cream?. Believe me CRONers (ies)

IF

> is the way to go. :_)

>

> My factitious, self

> Aequalsz

Well I usually don't talk to myself but had a few thoughts for some

of you health experts. Still curious about getting a blood glucose

reading of 85 mg/dL after eating Mexican food, drinking beer, and

consuming about 1800 calories of Rocky Road ice cream. Took the

reading less than one hour after finishing the ice cream so it seems

that the level should have still been elevated. Possible

explanations are:

(1) Bought the glucose meter and strips on Ebay - checked the

calibration and it showed O.K. but maybe the second batch of test

strips (although they showed an expiration date of 4/2006) were

actually quite older than that and are no longer accurate. The

vials containing the strips were not sealed and older test strips

could have been substituted.

(2) The blood sample from my finger tip may not have contained

well " glucosed " blood, maybe due to poor circulation.

(3) I'm just one ole healthy guy after following the CRON diet for

about three or four months.

(4) I had a post-gorging relative hypoglycemia condition.

(5) All of the above

(6) None of the above

Can hardly wait to have another glutenous, gorge episode to get

further scientific data on this important issue.

Aequalsz

PS Realize these home administered tests are not a substitute for a

professional doctor's exam and plan to get a fully comprehensive

exam after I,

(a) Bring my weight down another 10 lbs and again verify that my

cholesterol level is well below 200 mg/dL.

( Recover from my weight lifting induced shoulder injury.

(Actually may need shoulder surgery - so much for " stressing the

system " .)

© Get back from a trip to Europe.

(d) All of the above

(e) None of the above

PPS Will try to be more serious in the future as befits this group

of earnest, scientific, and dedicated CRONers.