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Thanks for posting those articles RickRock13. It's been about a month since my potential metabolic damage diagnosis and I've been slowly increasing my carbs on rest days and refeed days. My strength has increased slightly but my weight has not increased at all, even after a couple of binges...

It's possible, I've been dieting a lot and even thrown in many full fasting days here and there. No problem though, I have learned to be patient over the years. I plan to increase lean muscle mass over the next few months anyway and it will be nice adding carbs gradually. Hell, I'm 6'7", if a...

Wow, I never thought of that. Looks like I have some homework to do tonight via youtube. I love that stuff. The long road to rippedness continues. I always think I have it all figured out and then I get thrown a curve ball. Thanks!

When you say "refeeds" is this independent of raising your carb and calorie intake on training days? I generally take a "diet break" every 4-6 weeks when my fat loss stalls, for about 10-14 days (ala Lyle McDonald). However, even with this I have not been able to get any lower than about 8%...

I've been doing IF for about a year now and I decided to take a couple of weeks off the gym to settle a nagging lower back injury. In the process I also decided to take a diet break and throw in some breakfast. You mentioned that you throw in breakfast when you are bulking and I think it might...

You're probably right. Thanks for giving me piece of mind. I think my biggest loss of muscle during my previous cut was more due to dropping my carbs on training day to 250g, instead of the previous volume of 300g. I find that going below the 300g level is insufficient for muscle maintenance...

Way to go Wolverine! I just realized that over the last year of IF, I have mis-measured my BCAA dosing. I was taking the capsules and ingesting 2g, instead of 10g. Not sure what kind of impact it had, although on one cut, I did lose a lot of strength. Now I'll start taking the proper, 10g...

That's funny. I love that food high after a big carb-up. I visualize the nutrients being shuttled around my body and into the cells. I also went for a brunch with my friends the other day and these days I usually order two meals, as one just is not enough. My buddy's girlfriend asked if she...

I discovered an interesting thing yesterday after fasting all day to enjoy a cheat meal feast in the evening: the longer I fast before a meal and the more excited I am to eat the food in front of me, the more animalistic I become. By animalistic, I mean I become very primitive and protective of...

Ha ha, thanks soupeater. You too.

Thanks RickRock. Much appreciated!

Hi RickRock13, Thanks for all the great information and the that you have been going out of your way to answer everyone's questions for so long now. I just came across this thread yesterday. I have been doing IF for about a 7 months now, with great results. I love the lifestyle most of all and...