Can't agree more. The diet wars are overwhelming. I have researched several diets (e.g., keto, IF). And its clear that there is no one diet for everyone. And you need to choose a "diet" that you can stick to about 80% of the time.
I had a lot of success with intermittent fasting at 16:8 interval (sometimes 18:6). This got me to lose a lot of weight but I was also skinny fat since I wasn’t lifting.
I’m curious if it could be sustainable now with the goal of muscle growth, my guess is no.
I do the same thing. Usually about 10-14hr fast periods. I have enough energy to workout and do my day and I’m still building muscle. Just depends what your eating during your windows. More protein for me has helped keep and build muscle. I also understand that since I’m 20 it’s easier for me but still
This is relieving. I feel like this community of lifters, runners, athletes etc are coming to the conclusion that working out and eating simple but good foods that aren’t processed is the key. There isn’t some magic pill or diet that fixes everything. Just simple. Eat good foods. You can still have things you enjoy (cheesecake for me) but compensated with diet AND exercise will only provide good results if consistent. Right?
When dieting, to you account for exercise using the calories burned according to Whoop, step tracking app, etc? Or do you just set the activity multiplier in the TDEE calculation?
I've never much trusted the TDEE multiplier because keeping the same energy balance day to day seems most important, but I've seen a lot of people saying fitness tracker calories burned are wildly inaccurate.
The online * diet advocacy is one specific portion of the wider online fitness and lifestyle mess of attention seeking, sometimes with terrible results as we've seen. I tend to skip these days when I come across another variation, or reselling of some extreme diet.
There are some pros and cons to different diet modes to specific circumstances of course, and in the past I've dabbled with some of this myself, but they are generally poorly sustained and of time-limited benefit to the average person.
Can't agree more. The diet wars are overwhelming. I have researched several diets (e.g., keto, IF). And its clear that there is no one diet for everyone. And you need to choose a "diet" that you can stick to about 80% of the time.
I had a lot of success with intermittent fasting at 16:8 interval (sometimes 18:6). This got me to lose a lot of weight but I was also skinny fat since I wasn’t lifting.
I’m curious if it could be sustainable now with the goal of muscle growth, my guess is no.
I do the same thing. Usually about 10-14hr fast periods. I have enough energy to workout and do my day and I’m still building muscle. Just depends what your eating during your windows. More protein for me has helped keep and build muscle. I also understand that since I’m 20 it’s easier for me but still
This is relieving. I feel like this community of lifters, runners, athletes etc are coming to the conclusion that working out and eating simple but good foods that aren’t processed is the key. There isn’t some magic pill or diet that fixes everything. Just simple. Eat good foods. You can still have things you enjoy (cheesecake for me) but compensated with diet AND exercise will only provide good results if consistent. Right?
Hello, Whats your opinion on Seed oils? I have seen a lot of talk about that going around lately.
I’ve written my stance on a previous Substack
https://www.bowtiedox.io/p/healthy-vs-bad-foods
When dieting, to you account for exercise using the calories burned according to Whoop, step tracking app, etc? Or do you just set the activity multiplier in the TDEE calculation?
I've never much trusted the TDEE multiplier because keeping the same energy balance day to day seems most important, but I've seen a lot of people saying fitness tracker calories burned are wildly inaccurate.
TDEE unless some extreme event like a 10+ mile walk, long run, etc. TDEE will give a more accurate by week average which is what matters.
Even on days I’ve done 12 mile rucks, I just take the estimated calories & offset by 80-90% & then just enjoy the extra fat burn that day
If trying to gain size, then I’d account for 110-120% of the calories burned
Awesome article, MY BRUDDAH!
The online * diet advocacy is one specific portion of the wider online fitness and lifestyle mess of attention seeking, sometimes with terrible results as we've seen. I tend to skip these days when I come across another variation, or reselling of some extreme diet.
There are some pros and cons to different diet modes to specific circumstances of course, and in the past I've dabbled with some of this myself, but they are generally poorly sustained and of time-limited benefit to the average person.
Well said