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[RageAgainstTDL]

I've been doing 18/6 intermittent fasting for almost a year now, but for the past 4-5 months, I've been more regimented about it. I've also been very strict to ensure I'm getting at least 80-100 grams protein per day. Basically 18/6 intermittent fasting means I skip breakfast every day and then eat all my food within a 6 hour window.

It was hard at first. By about the 15th hour without food I always start getting a bit edgy. A little tremulous, a little wired up. But over time it's become easy and so far the improvement it's given my body has been very worthwhile.

I've always been scrawny and skinnyfat. I'm still scrawny (will need 6-12 months to gain muscle soon) but I'm no longer skinny fat.

My waistline has gone down at least 3". I went down 2-3 belt loop sizes then cut another 1.5" off my belt to make it fit. I've had to buy new pants. By calipers my body fat went down from around 22% to now 13% and still dropping.

From an appearance standpoint it's impressive. I don't have the same fatty hips and stomach. My mantits are less titlike. My face looks a little more gaunt/old, but also a bit more masculine (negligible but true). I can see my top 4 abs well enough. I'm extremely happy with the change.

It's surprising though how much fat one has to lose to have what would be considered an "attractive" body as a man. I still look like I have shitty definition and pathetic compared to the Hollywood standard. You really have to be sub 10% body fat to be able to reach the "attractive" body point. And you also need a lot of muscle which I don't have.

I'm aiming to do this another 4-5 weeks and then by Christmas I will likely switch to trying to gain muscle. I'm gonna keep doing it via intermittent fasting, but with much more calories. Currently I'm only eating 1000-1500 calories a day.

I don't think it's likely this will make me dramatically more attractive to women, but it can't hurt, and either way, it's made me a lot happier. I've always wanted to be lean or have abs and nothing I ever tried previously worked for it. But this is really working great. I'd highly recommend it.

 

[ICanOnlyFapToBDSM]

how do you have the dedication to do this shit? my mind simply operates on a "wake up, drive to work, work, drive from work, drink beer and eat food, sleep" basis.

i have no energy for this starving yourself shit

 

[StaroRavager]

Congrats

 

[Modus Coperandi]

Nice bro.
18-6 is a very high IQ technique.

I think your results would have been even better if you build muscle before losing weight, other way around is more difficult, I think.

 

[Deleted member 15737]

how do you have the dedication to do this shit? my mind simply operates on a "wake up, drive to work, work, drive from work, drink beer and eat food, sleep" basis.

i have no energy for this starving yourself shit

Sums up most of my life pretty well too. Wake up, go to work, come home, binge eat some shit that makes me forget my pain for a little bit, drink alcohol, pass out, repeat. Shit posting here at work and playing video games fills most of the free time.

Wasn’t until recently that I’ve actually tried to eat healthy and diet. I’ve already lost 50lbs.

 

[Clock Tower]

Intermittent fasting is great. I highly recommend it too. As a fatty, even I didn't find it too hard. Once you get used to it it becomes very easy.

 

[FaceandHFD]

you dont need high protein intake. it just turn into glucose.
lower protein, consume more fats.

 

[blackcel]

I found it easier to just limit my caloric intake tbh.

Don't even watch what type of food I eat. Once I get over my limit it is game over and I'm stuck drinking water for the rest of the day.

 

[Michael15651]

Nice commitment, wish I could stick to things

 

[tiredofthisshit]

I do the same but usually just eat for like 30-60 minutes and then wait till next day.

 

[RopeShow]

I've been doing 18/6 intermittent fasting for almost a year now, but for the past 4-5 months, I've been more regimented about it. I've also been very strict to ensure I'm getting at least 80-100 grams protein per day. Basically 18/6 intermittent fasting means I skip breakfast every day and then eat all my food within a 6 hour window.

It was hard at first. By about the 15th hour without food I always start getting a bit edgy. A little tremulous, a little wired up. But over time it's become easy and so far the improvement it's given my body has been very worthwhile.

I've always been scrawny and skinnyfat. I'm still scrawny (will need 6-12 months to gain muscle soon) but I'm no longer skinny fat.

My waistline has gone down at least 3". I went down 2-3 belt loop sizes then cut another 1.5" off my belt to make it fit. I've had to buy new pants. By calipers my body fat went down from around 22% to now 13% and still dropping.

From an appearance standpoint it's impressive. I don't have the same fatty hips and stomach. My mantits are less titlike. My face looks a little more gaunt/old, but also a bit more masculine (negligible but true). I can see my top 4 abs well enough. I'm extremely happy with the change.

It's surprising though how much fat one has to lose to have what would be considered an "attractive" body as a man. I still look like I have shitty definition and pathetic compared to the Hollywood standard. You really have to be sub 10% body fat to be able to reach the "attractive" body point. And you also need a lot of muscle which I don't have.

I'm aiming to do this another 4-5 weeks and then by Christmas I will likely switch to trying to gain muscle. I'm gonna keep doing it via intermittent fasting, but with much more calories. Currently I'm only eating 1000-1500 calories a day.

I don't think it's likely this will make me dramatically more attractive to women, but it can't hurt, and either way, it's made me a lot happier. I've always wanted to be lean or have abs and nothing I ever tried previously worked for it. But this is really working great. I'd highly recommend it.

What are you doing exactly bro? I wanna give this a shot, see if I can get at least below 200lbs

 

[RageAgainstTDL]

What are you doing exactly bro? I wanna give this a shot, see if I can get at least below 200lbs

Basically it's this:

Don't eat all day at work. This is an easy way to force yourself to fast. If you eat before bed, go to bed, wake up, work 8 hours, then come home and only eat when you get back home, you're pretty much guaranteed to have fasted 16-18 hours. I drink a shitload of water all day. I go through at least 4 standard water bottles. Fasting makes you thirsty like crazy. This is necessary.

When I get home, I'll typically eat something like this:

- Chicken and broccoli ~300-400 calories, 20-30 g protein, or storebought frozen chicken/rice dish ~400 cals, 22 g protein.
- Hot skim milk with raw cocoa powder ~140 cals, ~15 g protein.
- Package of sliced turkey ~200 calories, 40 g protein, or Whey protein shake ~130 cals, 30 g protein.
- A couple small pieces of a kit kat or other junk ~200 cals.
- Veggie shake maybe every other day ~80 cals (should do it more but I get sick of blending).
- Minestrone soup can, ~200 cals, or banana ~100 cals.
- Bran cereal bowl with skim milk, ~200-300 cals.

Rare nights I'll do a cheat approach like a slice of pizza from store ~600 cals, but then I can mostly only have protein and a veggie shake for the rest of the evening to compensate.

When you eat that much within a short window like 5-6 hours it doesn't actually feel like that little. I definitely feel like I'm starving all day at work, but I just keep busy as fuck and focus on work and plow through it. I don't keep junk like chips or cookies in my house or I'll eat them all. I got used to not having a lot of bread/rice/pasta etc after a few months (used to have a high carb diet).

3 times a week I'll bike for 30-50 minutes which burns maybe 400-500 cals each time. I was weight lifting a bit but hurt my shoulder so had to stop. Maybe I can restart by New Year.

That's basically it. I find this very sustainable and not that much work. I can't be bothered cooking a lot and don't need to for this.

I started at 142 lb maybe ~22% body fat by calipers (I wasn't using them properly back then so approximately) = 31 lb fat, 110 lb lean.
I'm now at 137 lb ~13% body fat by calipers = 17 lb fat, 119 lb lean.

So I'm down in weight a bit but if anything I've gained muscle and lost fat which is perfect body recomp. I credit the intermittent fasting for that. Goal is to go down another 4-5 lb fat so my waist/ass/hips/stomach slims a bit more, then gain slowly for 1-2 years to try to get bigger.

It's very slow making progress so the most important thing is just to stick with it and make it a regular routine. If you cheat, just get back on track again and keep going. One day won't break anything. You just need to behave most days, and not misbehave too much on the bad days.

 

[Deleted member 6214]

Basically it's this:

Don't eat all day at work. This is an easy way to force yourself to fast. If you eat before bed, go to bed, wake up, work 8 hours, then come home and only eat when you get back home, you're pretty much guaranteed to have fasted 16-18 hours. I drink a shitload of water all day. I go through at least 4 standard water bottles. Fasting makes you thirsty like crazy. This is necessary.

When I get home, I'll typically eat something like this:

- Chicken and broccoli ~300-400 calories, 20-30 g protein, or storebought frozen chicken/rice dish ~400 cals, 22 g protein.
- Hot skim milk with raw cocoa powder ~140 cals, ~15 g protein.
- Package of sliced turkey ~200 calories, 40 g protein, or Whey protein shake ~130 cals, 30 g protein.
- A couple small pieces of a kit kat or other junk ~200 cals.
- Veggie shake maybe every other day ~80 cals (should do it more but I get sick of blending).
- Minestrone soup can, ~200 cals, or banana ~100 cals.
- Bran cereal bowl with skim milk, ~200-300 cals.

Rare nights I'll do a cheat approach like a slice of pizza from store ~600 cals, but then I can mostly only have protein and a veggie shake for the rest of the evening to compensate.

When you eat that much within a short window like 5-6 hours it doesn't actually feel like that little. I definitely feel like I'm starving all day at work, but I just keep busy as fuck and focus on work and plow through it. I don't keep junk like chips or cookies in my house or I'll eat them all. I got used to not having a lot of bread/rice/pasta etc after a few months (used to have a high carb diet).

3 times a week I'll bike for 30-50 minutes which burns maybe 400-500 cals each time. I was weight lifting a bit but hurt my shoulder so had to stop. Maybe I can restart by New Year.

That's basically it. I find this very sustainable and not that much work. I can't be bothered cooking a lot and don't need to for this.

I started at 142 lb maybe ~22% body fat by calipers (I wasn't using them properly back then so approximately) = 31 lb fat, 110 lb lean.
I'm now at 137 lb ~13% body fat by calipers = 17 lb fat, 119 lb lean.

So I'm down in weight a bit but if anything I've gained muscle and lost fat which is perfect body recomp. I credit the intermittent fasting for that. Goal is to go down another 4-5 lb fat so my waist/ass/hips/stomach slims a bit more, then gain slowly for 1-2 years to try to get bigger.

It's very slow making progress so the most important thing is just to stick with it and make it a regular routine. If you cheat, just get back on track again and keep going. One day won't break anything. You just need to behave most days, and not misbehave too much on the bad days.

Thanks for going into detail bro. I've been doing roughly the same thing, however, instead of fasting I've just been cutting out all fat from my diet. I still eat breakfast lunch and dinner, but only high protein meals like fish, meat and vegetables/fruit.

 

[nice_try]

Intermittent fasting is literally the best thing ever happend to me. It gives me more energy, I'm less hungry and I can cut weight easily.
You just have to get used to it in the beginning. That's the hardest thing.

 

[Ticcel]

I last 40 pounds in 4 months from Keto/intermittent fasting. However, I wouldn’t recommend keto long term.

 

[lastchancel]

i'm not overweight, i'm actually below recommended weight for my height, but it seems like all the weight went to my belly and nowhere else. My body is so retarded i swear

 

[Deleted member 14577]

Good for you, bro.

Eating healthy can also be good for mental health, which is a great benefit for many incels.

 

[KingOfRome]

IF and EF gave me shit for results. Seeing all the good testimonials for them are honestly ragefuel for me. Knowing all these people can get shredded on 16/8 IF while I abstain from food completely for over a month and just get incredibly weak, low-T, and fatter despite losing a lot of weight.

Not knocking you guys on your progress, just warning any lurking dietcels that their results may vary.

 

[RageAgainstTDL]

IF and EF gave me shit for results. Seeing all the good testimonials for them are honestly ragefuel for me. Knowing all these people can get shredded on 16/8 IF while I abstain from food completely for over a month and just get incredibly weak, low-T, and fatter despite losing a lot of weight.

Not knocking you guys on your progress, just warning any lurking dietcels that their results may vary.

Dude one month is nothing. Also you're not supposed to abstain from food completely.

My biggest mistake in the past attempts to cut before this were only doing one month at a time, giving up as soon as my lifts when down (they will always go down even temporarily from glycogen depletion), and trusting bioimpedance for my body fat (it's shit and always gave flawed results). I'd always try cutting for a month, see the drop in my lifts, see bioimpedance telling me I was worsening, and then give up.

This time I stuck with it. It took months before I was sure anything was even happening. If you're going to judge 16/8 or 18/6 intermittent fasting, give it at least 3-6 months. Also post a typical day's diet. If you're not getting at least 100 grams protein a day, eating less than 1500 cals a day, and limiting refined/junk carbs/fats you're not likely gonna see the same benefit as well.

It takes work but once you get into a routine it just becomes normal. And it definitely takes many months to years to get any sort of impressive natural transition. I've got incredibly shitty skinnyfat genetics. I've been skinnyfat my whole life.

 

[TINMAN]

Basically 18/6 intermittent fasting means I skip breakfast every day and then eat all my food within a 6 hour window.

I do this too but more because I'm really depressed. Some days I even forget to eat.

 

[KingOfRome]

Dude one month is nothing. Also you're not supposed to abstain from food completely.

My biggest mistake in the past attempts to cut before this were only doing one month at a time, giving up as soon as my lifts when down (they will always go down even temporarily from glycogen depletion), and trusting bioimpedance for my body fat (it's shit and always gave flawed results). I'd always try cutting for a month, see the drop in my lifts, see bioimpedance telling me I was worsening, and then give up.

This time I stuck with it. It took months before I was sure anything was even happening. If you're going to judge 16/8 or 18/6 intermittent fasting, give it at least 3-6 months. Also post a typical day's diet. If you're not getting at least 100 grams protein a day, eating less than 1500 cals a day, and limiting refined/junk carbs/fats you're not likely gonna see the same benefit as well.

It takes work but once you get into a routine it just becomes normal. And it definitely takes many months to years to get any sort of impressive natural transition.

One month isn't nothing if your calorie intake is zero, you're still exercising, and you're not a morbidly obese ham who needs to lose more than 20 pounds. There was a massive difference between day 1 and day 30 of that fast, it was just a shit difference. Go jerk off to Thomas DeLauer's pecs or something. Your diet cult does not work for everyone.

 

[RageAgainstTDL]

One month isn't nothing if your calorie intake is zero, you're still exercising, and you're not a morbidly obese ham who needs to lose more than 20 pounds. There was a massive difference between day 1 and day 30 of that fast, it was just a shit difference. Go jerk off to Thomas DeLauer's pecs or something. Your diet cult does not work for everyone.

I'm not sure what diet you were following that suggests zero calorie intake. That's not what I did as described. 1000 cals min per day with 100 grams protein min per day.

If you haven't tried that for 3-6 months then I don't think you're in a good position to claim what is a "cult" or not.

 

[KingOfRome]

I'm not sure what diet you were following that suggests zero calorie intake.

It's mind-boggling how you can follow a diet protocol called "intermittent fasting" and not know what fasting is.

 

[RageAgainstTDL]

It's mind-boggling how you can follow a diet protocol called "intermittent fasting" and not know what fasting is.

I know that it's incredibly stupid because people who do prolonged fasts lose massive amounts of muscle. Again, that's not what I was doing and I'm not sure why anyone would do that.

Again, that's not what this thread is about. That's the whole point of "intermittent" and 100+ grams of protein per day. To prevent this type of insanity while still encouraging fat loss and body recomp.

 

[KingOfRome]

I know that it's incredibly stupid because people who do prolonged fasts lose massive amounts of muscle. Again, that's not what I was doing and I'm not sure why anyone would do that.

Again, that's not what this thread is about. That's the whole point of "intermittent" and 100+ grams of protein per day. To prevent this type of insanity while still encouraging fat loss and body recomp.

My experience with IF is it's not more or less effective than standard calorie restriction. I did a lot of that as well and was not impressed with the results.

Again, not knocking your progress, just saying it doesn't work for everyone, and I do get a bit tired of people presenting IF and EF as some magic bullet for fat loss when it isn't. I actually got leaner when I stopped fasting and ate more carbs. Still not as lean as I'd like, but given where I came from, I can't complain too hard.