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Good morning jc, I do not believe I met Willsie. Did you ever shoot with Bill O'Brien?

This is posted as a courtesy for those who may possibly think crappy has any credibility at all, every thing he comes up with is straight up gleaned from the internet.

Just a bullshit artist.

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I'm not against a pizza made as healthy as possible. I do want to stress that on OMAD it's a lot more important to monitor what you are eating to insure good nutrition.

Not that I recall, I may have but we are talking almost 50 years.

Have you ever watched the show "My 600 lbs. Life"? I not look it up on the internet IMAGES, it will blow your mind!

There are lots of people that fat and FATTER!

Still a good idea to watch your carbohydrate intake because spiking your insulin massively after every 24 hour fast can land you in diabetic mode. Also, a 48 hour fast has a specific reason mainly to reset your dopamine receptors. If you need a dopamine reset it's great but remember that a 48 hour fast is long enough that your digestive system will downregulate and it takes one week to upregulate your digestive system again. The 36 hour fast doesn't downregulate your digestive system at all so for simply losing weight I stick with the 36. The longer fasts because they are hacking into your metabolics pretty hard should be saved for maybe 3 times a year. While the 48 hour and longer fasts do have tremendous benefits they also have a downside if used to often where as the 36 doesn't get into this territory

FYI, I do not eat a lot of carbs, mostly Meat and Veggies. Pizza is a once-a-week treat.

I do also have deserts, but typically not more than twice a week. Like this Key Lime Pie I made

I'm 5 days into my switch from 16-8 to OMAD, my one meal a day has been (Steak, Ham, Eggs) alternating, with broccoli and salads. Got on the scale this morning, lost 9lbs in 5 days. Feeling great. Ketone breath meter says I'm right where I need to be.

Longbob posted this info earlier in this thread. Keto Meter (This is the one that I have been using. It is about $50.)


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Thanks for posting the info Longbob. The meter works well.

That is exactly the one I got and glad you like it. Works well for me also. I think the sticks go out of usefulness after a little while. It seems like the don't react as well over time.

Good work jc, I am ordering one as well, the sticks are a pain in the butt! Intermittent Fasting Works Period!

This is the very successful restaurant Paul owned in Montreal before he sold it to Gordon Ramsay.

I was basing my reply off of your advice to JC189 to....."eat whatever you want when you do 24 hour fasts"

Everyone has a different idea on "fasting" but two considerations:

1. You can achieve the benefits of "fasting" with 500 calories a day - which ain't hard. You don't need to go zero calories unless you just want to for whatever personal reason.

2. The idea of beneficial fasting is to kick start the insulin response reset (it takes time for that). But if you go right back to carbs and sugar you accomplish nothing. It's just a lot easier to cut all carbs and sugar for a month and then add some complex carbs back in.

I stick to 30 grams or less carbs a day and 15 grams of that is Ezekiel Bread at breakfast - which is generally around noon for me. That gives me 17 hours between my last and first meal. That is my daily "fast". If I decide to eat pizza, I just extend my daily fast till dinner the next day. Otherwise, I eat zero additional sugar or simple carbs.

Once again, this isn't difficult.

I would like to pick up one of those too. Can you post a link or give the model and make so I get the same one please?

As the old saying goes "A child can do it"

No BS Counting Calories, no charts, graphs, or special grocery lists!

Then what does one call a pizza - made without the crust?

Bean-less chili?

Askin' for a friend.

... who's a gym meathead in the retail Italian baby food business.

Ha!




GR

My wife made one a couple of months ago with Cauliflower as the crust. I said "Please never make that chit for me again" lol

NEWS FLASH: If it isn't a bread crust it's not Pizza

What really works well is an IM/P 2/5 (or 3/4) Feasting/Fasting.

Eat really well (Keto), breakfast and dinner (9A/2P), on the weekends - and then water, dark roast Community coffee, and brine tea Fast during the week.

The [Fast/Work/hunt/Retrieve/Process/Cook => Feast/sleep/screw] cycle is very interesting.

A little like bein' back in high school.




GR

I do not have time to watch a 2+ hour podcast or a 44 minute podcast.

However, I do have an ok understanding of physiology. And I would like for someone to explain to me how fasting is supposed to work for losing weight. Fasting is about the worst thing to do to lose weight because the body is less likely to release stores when it perceives itself to be in a starvation situation.

The big insulin swings from not eating for 16+ hours to challenging your body with a large calorie load doesn't compute for weight loss.

How can it be "starving" if a person is feasting on their own bodyfat?