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No it's not too late, she's still at a gf's house and hasn't came home, by the time she cooks it it will be 9PM. My guess is she isn't even making it at this point. Had a couple (like 4) pretzel crisps with hummus, not overly hungry. The pretzel crisps are zero fat and hardly any calories, but high sodium of course. May just drink a bunch of water to try to stay full at this point, hate eating this late.
quick google search gives hundreds of sources explaining why.
I could give you hundreds of sources explaining why it's fine.So you think fasting is a bad idea. Why?
I don't think there are any health reasons. Eating 1000 calories in a day isn't dangerous.
When you come off the back of a pig out day, a semi-fast shouldn't be all that difficult.
tell that to my two clients that had extended hospital stays that doctors determined were due to their decision to under eat.
the only thing is ..its just kind of stupid...
one high calorie day really will not affect the weight loss.
I agree it wouldn't work for me.
yes, weight loss people need to create a new routine. They don't have one now. Consistency leads to success. The swings from fasting are difficult for the body to handle, which makes it more difficult for the weight loss client to handle mentally. This often leads to more bad decision making.
If you're hospitalized because you only ate a thousand calories that day, you have other issues.
The two I cited are the extremes. Others have tried. Most of their stories are similar to the ones I read from you actually.
No no. Just 1 day. That's all that was suggested. Just 1 day
Eating 1000 calories a day puts you in the hospital.
that's usually what they say the first time. By the 11th time when they're miserable and made no progress is when they usually give up.No no. Just 1 day. That's all that was suggested. Just 1 day
Eating 1000 calories a day puts you in the hospital.
Do you really think a guy that struggles making good decisions eating and currently has health issues should start significantly under eating days after over eating? This would be a terrible habit to start.
No. The weekend did not go that well man. Sorry to break the news. Your not going to make real good strides to life change and better health having 12 wings and 14 ounce ribeye's, crab cakes, filet of fish with cheese and tarter. Alcohol will also not help.
I just don't eat until lunch, then after 8:00 the kitchen is closed. Not that hard. Not much discipline needed.
Given the bad habits displayed to this point, this could have dangerous consequences if sustained over several weeks/months. I have never seen this approach work over the long term, especially with someone with the dietary issues he started with. It's taken years of bad decisions to get to this point. In order to get healthy one needs to start making good ones. This approach doesn't necessarily encourage bad decisions, but it doesn't discourage them either; if anything it unintentionally enables them.
hah, last night I wrote similar responses a few times but deleted them before posting because they came off as sanctimonious and dickish. But you're right . . . . . Gussy, if you're about to have a full meal you're going to have to pass on the appetizers, extra sides, and desserts. The meal itself should be more than enough. Seriously.
If only there was a successful diet that said you can eat whatever you want between the hours of 12 and 8. That would be awesome.
I doubt it. I could eat 3500 calories in 8 hours easy, and I'd start gaining weight like crazy if I did it. The "whatever you want" mantra in many diets sells books and is popular, but ultimately it's about the quantity, not the timing.
A male north of 250 semi-routinely consuming 1K calories in a day with a history similar to gussy? No, I've never seen a successful case. They've all regressed at some point. Obviously, some worse than others.
Yeah, I know. I was kidding. If the hours you eat were the only rules you needed to follow, everyone would be thin.
I totally agree. Once the light came on, I felt like it "exposed" 90% of the diets out there.
There's lots of ways to be successful. You just have to pick a sustainable method that works for you. I'm to the point in which I don't really pay attention to what I eat/drink unless I have a race coming up. If I wake up and don't like what I see, my clothes are a little snug, or my body fails me exercising then I am a little extra cautious for a couple-few days about what I consume. You're right, in a vacuum, it is not that hard. It is for someone over weight though. They're where they are because of a serious of bad decisions over an extended period of time. They need to cut some of those bad decisions out of their lifestyle in order to be successful. Which ones? Entirely depends on what that person values. Whichever one they choose it must be sustainable though.
To be fair, I didn't ask him to routinely do this. I said do it in response to a really bad cheat day one time. I think we all agree that he doesn't really need those cheat days. But when he does fall off the wagon, I personally think it's easier to try and "make up ground" by putting himself in a severe caloric deficit the next day. Heck, if he wants he can eat 1800 calories the next day and go burn 800 in the gym. Whatever. It's all the same.
Based on what he's posted to date he's very susceptible to bad days. Planning is not a strong suit, neither is good decision making. If given an out for a bad day someone like him is likely to take advantage of it. Repeatedly.
I did that for a few months and actually didn't mind it. Body felt pretty good, lost some weight, nice to get into a routine. But I'm about as disciplined as a monkey on speed these days. Need to get back into this one....after the holidays, of course.
Don't be a ####### idiot and the weight falls off pretty easily. You still have to eat good food. But cutting out 8 hours of eat time during a day is pretty important. Heck most people have 500 calories in before lunch and eat another 500 after 8:00.
