Updated progress (or lack of)

Well, I've maintained fasting for at least 2 days each week,  but didn't mind my macros (see previous blog entries).  Thanksgiving was a train-wreck for dieting.  So were a few drunken nights spent with friends.  And I hardly ever sleep, so fat maintains a hold on my midsection.

On the positive side, I have bulked some while maintaining some small semblance of abdominal muscles. Time to get back to being dead serious about ADF. 

If you want to try ADF make sure you stay busy as hell and drink water like your life depends on it. Also starting your fast at night helps too. Going to sleep as soon as possible on the following night will make you more successful at 36hr fasts!

Here are some updated pics. Love the irony of this 1st pic

IF Blog Halloween Ramble

Hope everyone had a happy Halloween!  Mine was great because I was able to take my babies trick-or-treating.  Unfortunately there were no after parties for me to go to, so I thought I would use something from last Halloween for today's picture. I promise this blog will be back on track next week or you can draw and quarter me.

Starting next week I will be giving you a diet overview and better updates.  Using alternate day fasting has been extremely easy, so the diet portion isn't really that complicated. I'll go over a few more things and answer any questions in my email. My work schedule kind of dictates the exact days that I am able to update so please bear with me.

Here is a pic from last Halloween. I dressed up as a former co-worker. That was a fun and crazy night! I was 205lbs and 8%BF in that pic

Until next week!

OK, I decided to update, as discussed with a few friends Anyway I don't feel there is any significant improvement since last week

One month IF/ADF update and what I learned

Hi all!  I had some setbacks this week, as in I met with some friends on different days and ended up drinking. I busted my macros for 4 days straight. Only fasted for 1 day this week. It's not that this diet is hard (it isn't), it's just that some unexpected opportunities arose and I didn't want to miss out!

What I learned:
- It's easier for me to eat nothing (zero cal) on fasting days vs getting the allotted discretionary cals
- IF/ADF is easy if you stay busy
- Hunger doesn't even register after a couple of ADF's
- Missed the gym way too often and it definitely hampered my progress (should have been faster)
- I never felt weak or dizzy (NOT ONCE!) even during fasted HIIT

I tried IF alone for the 16/8 and 20/4 and I failed miserably. Decided to try this again and go in 100%. It works faster than no/low carb, but is infinitely easier to maintain. It saves me time as I don't worry about eating 3 days a week, and I eat what I want the other 4 days. This diet  is less stressful than normal cutting (for me). Here is the 1 month progress pic.

Since I found this diet easy to maintain, I am going to give it another month. I will post weekly updates, This time I will make sure that I hit the gym way more religiously, and I truly expect amazing results through November.

Will update tonight or on the morning of 10/30/2014. Sorry for the delay

I have been busy and will update my pics/status tonight or tomorrow morning! Thanks to all the people who have visited and/or given me feedback! You are an incredible motivation and I very much appreciate it.

Oct 22nd results (3 weeks of IF using ADF protocol)

So here are the results from start to week 3. I felt I was losing too much muscle so I started to intake 500 calories as allowed (from experts on fasting like Sarah Solomon) on my 36-40 hour fasts. Fasting days I make a protein shake with 400 calories and drink a cup of coffee with creamer in the morning. I still take 1g of BCAAs every 4 hours while awake. This is honestly easier than very low carb dieting simply because I don't eat 3 days a week. I'm happy with the progress except the looser fitting sleeves on my shirts.

These pics are not taken post workout and are as raw as I can take. It's always a little scary to put yourself out there, but if I didn't create this blog it is unlikely that I would have continued with this diet. I have 1 more week in this experiment to decide if the progress I made is worth continuing, or if I will go back to low carb dieting.

I appreciate the positive feedback I have received, and welcome any help with this experiment. As usual you can FB message or email me with comments and suggestions.

Oct 15th results from the 2nd week of Alternate Day Intermittent Fasting

Here are the week 2 results. Unfortunately the only differences are that I lost 1/2 inch on my stomach, and my shirts fit looser in the arms and chest (NOT GOOD!). I do understand that I lost a small amount of muscle with traditional low carb dieting so I am not that worried at the moment.


2 more weeks to go in this experiment and I'm hoping for better results in week 3.

Oct 8th results from the 1st week of Alternate Day Intermittent Fasting

Today has been my first full week of Intermittent FASTING! No hangry hulking out or dizziness at all. It was easier than I thought!. I did 3 alternate day fasts and I think the results are above expectations. Here are the 1st week progress pics.