Sun, Jun-11-17, 10:03
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Senior Member
Posts: 4,324
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Plan: vLC/GF,CF,SF
Stats: 197/136/150
BF:
Progress: 130%
Location: Alberta
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I tried the fat fast several times ~10 yrs ago, and would lose a few pounds, but then nothing more for the rest of the month. The net effect was that I lost the same per month as on regular Induction, which was easier for me without the hunger and food obsession associated with five 200-cal mini-meals/day on the FF. The one thing the FF taught me, however, was that my body did well on higher fat. So I started adding more fat to my Induction diet.
I initially set my goal weight at 150, because that was the lowest I ever got on previous diets. When I got there my next goal was to improve my overall health so I read up on food intolerances and decided to do an elimination diet and found that without any grains or any dairy protein or legumes, the last 15 lbs fell off effortlessly (and believe me I had never in 35 yrs lost any weight without extreme effort). So no, the Fat Fat did not mess up my metabolism (which has always been slow).
In the past 2 years, to maintain and correct myself after a dietary excursion, I've kept to a ketogenic diet (basically Induction with nuts and plenty of fat), still grain-free, legume-free and dairy-protein-minimal, but incorporated Intermittent Fasting à la Jason Fung, eating 1-2 big meals a day in an ~6-hr eating window. Interestingly, some days I eat Fat Fast foods (except cheese & cream cheese) and the same ~1000 calories, but I do not get hungry and obsessed about food eating 2x500cals instead of the Fat Fast's 5x200cals. So timing can make difference.
Last edited by deirdra : Sun, Jun-11-17 at 10:17.
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