The Banting/LCHF Thread

faniedry said:
I'd love to break 110. I've dropped from hovering at around 114 to low 112. Have been "not eating at work" for the last two weeks. Well mostly. Also mostly just water. No Monster.

I'd love to hear what impact you think the fasting had... especially after the second one. During this period, do you weigh everyday, to see if there is a dramatic drop after the fasting, or shortly thereafter?
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I am still in the first 3 days of switching to fat burning so I think the water weight loss and the fast day results were mixed - dropped 1.5 in 24hrs... I wanted to get rid of as much glucose as possible to speed up the change to fat burning so I think I achieved that by how I am feeling today.

I am going to choose a busy day next week and do it again and weigh before and after and see what the change is. I watched the documentary Eat, Fast and Live Longer and the fasting science really interested me - they saying one can live much longer by eating less through fasting!
 
FlashSA said:
I am still in the first 3 days of switching to fat burning so I think the water weight loss and the fast day results were mixed - dropped 1.5 in 24hrs... I wanted to get rid of as much glucose as possible to speed up the change to fat burning so I think I achieved that by how I am feeling today.

I am going to choose a busy day next week and do it again and weigh before and after and see what the change is. I watched the documentary Eat, Fast and Live Longer and the fasting science really interested me - they saying one can live much longer by eating less through fasting!
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umm... isn't that the point of fasting? :wtf:
 
faniedry said:
umm... isn't that the point of fasting? :wtf:
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Yeah sorry, let me rephrase: The doccie science stated that, through the reduction in food and calorie intake through fasting, mice lived 30% longer. This has now also been tested on monkey's with similiar results.
 
Doing my first proper fast tomorrow ........ I'm also curious to see what impact it has if I do at least 1 day a week for now. Will be a bit killer because Friday is my bake day, heh but I'll sterkte through it :D
 
I fast all the time now. Haven't had breakfast or lunch in over two weeks. I have a normal portion of food for supper.

It has resulted in visible fat loss and noticeable weight loss. I think most of the weight loss is from water. After one "normal" weekend, most of the weight comes back on again. But my boep looks noticeably smaller.

You get used to it. I haven't eaten in nearly 20 hours, and while I'm aware of it, its not killing me with hunger. The only time I get super hungry is if I go for a 5km run in the morning. Then I want to start eating my arm by 2PM.

I can still exercise while fasting, although I think the recovery period is longer. I think it would be difficult to build muscle and fast at the same time, or on the same day.

You don't necessarily have to eat less to gain the benefits from fasting - some of the benefits come from the fact that you are now eating in a smaller window of time. The reason for this is twofold. The first reason is that your body is not saturated in insulin for as much of the time. You spend most of the day with low levels of insulin in your blood stream, which, over time, will increase insulin sensitivity. The second reason is that fasting for a while increases the production of human growth hormone. Human growth hormone tends to result in an increase of lean muscle mass.
 
Ancalagon said:
The second reason is that fasting for a while increases the production of human growth hormone. Human growth hormone tends to result in an increase of lean muscle mass.
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If I am not mistaken, human growth hormone is responsible for repairing damaged cells. In the Doccie I mentioned, it was said that increase HGH can reduce the risk of cancer considerably by healing damaged cells.
 
FlashSA said:
If I am not mistaken, human growth hormone is responsible for repairing damaged cells. In the Doccie I mentioned, it was said that increase HGH can reduce the risk of cancer considerably by healing damaged cells.
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I haven't watched the doccie, I'm just going on the stuff I've read, including wikipedia and some articles by a medical doctor.
 
Kosmik said:
Here you go:

2 cups nut flour (I used almond flour) 1 cup desiccated coconut. 2 table spoons baking powder, 6 table spoons cocoa powder, 1 cup butter, 6 table spoons xylitol, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (I used esseance), 1 cup full cream milk, 6 eggs

That is for the cake

Mouse filling is next

1 cup fresh cream, 2 table spoons cocoa powder, half table spoon xylitol

Chocolate gauche is next
1 cup fresh cream, 3-4 table spoons cocoa powder, 2 table spoons butter, 1 table spoon xylitol.

Handful macadamia nuts optional
10g carbs per serving
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Very similar to a Paleo recipe.
 
FlashSA said:
If I am not mistaken, human growth hormone is responsible for repairing damaged cells. In the Doccie I mentioned, it was said that increase HGH can reduce the risk of cancer considerably by healing damaged cells.
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question... when you cut down on meat during the day, and rashers at night... do you have bacon for breakfast, or not?
 
faniedry said:
question... when you cut down on meat during the day, and rashers at night... do you have bacon for breakfast, or not?
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Today I had 2 boiled eggs, gouda cheese slices and a slice of woolies carb conscious linseed toasted with lots of farm butter on. I am recovering from a severe gout attack in my ankle hence no mest in the day. Bacon will be included from next week most probably.
 
The ribs were amazing .... added a touch of Xylitol for some sweetness to offset the paprika, nomnom stuff
 
Well luckily I had some home made 'tomato sauce' (splash of balsamic, tsp curry powder, dried basil, tomato, touch of diced onion) to which I added vinegar, lemon juice, paprika, xylitol and garlic.
Let the ribs sit in it the whole morning, drained all the liquid into a non stick pan, whacked the ribs in the oven on a low heat and reduced the basting right down until it was gloopy. Took the ribs out and coated them with all that liquid. Made a little salad with toasted seeds in it, grabbed a banting bun and got stuck in. Still got 3 racks for tomorrow :D


- Will be making way more use of that butcher from now on, stunning meat for good prices.
 
Sounds awesome!

I may have to do something similar tomorrow - I'm thinking of making enough ribs in my Weber to last me the entire week. But I'll start with raw ribs and smoke them.
 
Mephisto_Helix said:
Well luckily I had some home made 'tomato sauce' (splash of balsamic, tsp curry powder, dried basil, tomato, touch of diced onion) to which I added vinegar, lemon juice, paprika, xylitol and garlic.
Let the ribs sit in it the whole morning, drained all the liquid into a non stick pan, whacked the ribs in the oven on a low heat and reduced the basting right down until it was gloopy. Took the ribs out and coated them with all that liquid. Made a little salad with toasted seeds in it, grabbed a banting bun and got stuck in. Still got 3 racks for tomorrow :D


- Will be making way more use of that butcher from now on, stunning meat for good prices.
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Cape Town? Butcher details?
 
Got around to making these waffles again, think it works out to something silly like 1.5g carb per waffle ...... had 2 waffles, 3 rashers of bacon and a blob of berry jam (banting friendly of course) with them :D

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