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I wanted to start a thread to see if anyone else looking after their waistline has tried "Intermittent Fasting." There are several variants (Warrior Diet, 6/18, 5/2, LeanGains, etc.), but the basic premise is simple: rather than limit calorie intake here and there, go for the extreme and average a caloric deficit over a longer timeframe. My routine is: five days a week, I eat normally. Two days a week, I limit myself to 600 calories. Here's how it works: Let's say that, to maintain weight, I had to eat 2300 calories a day, or about 16k a week. If I wanted to lose weight, say about 3-4 lbs a month, I would need to drop that to around 12k-13k calories a week. A traditional diet might do it this way: M 1800 T 1800 W 1800 T 1800 F 1800 S 1800 S 1800 So every single day you have to watch what you eat and count the calories. With my routine, however: M 600 T 2300 W 600 T 2300 F 2300 S 2300 S 2300 With both routines, I would lose the same amount of weight. However, with my routine, I only need to exert myself two days a week instead of seven days a week. Better to suffer some days than all days, right? As you can see, I've lost a little over 5 lbs in 2 months following this routine. That's an average deficit of about 300 calories a day (I'm not made of stone!). Is anyone else trying this? Does anyone else want to try this?
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