Fasting
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jazzkat
Fixed wheel fanatic.
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- The Cumbrian Riviera
I've just had some blood tests done.
It's years since I had the usual cholesterol tests etc and the last time I was on the high side. Since then the powers that be have moved the goalposts so that what was borderline would now be seen as high. So when I asked for the tests I was expecting them to still be on the high side. My brother has issues with cholesterol as does my father. My father also has diabetes (along with most of my paternal family) and two years ago had a triple heart bypass after a heart attack, anyway.......
I rang a moment ago for my results and all the tests came back in the normal range and the Doc doesn't want to see me!!
What I eat is essentially unchanged from the last time I had tests (we're talking about ten years ago here!) although I don't drink in the week these days. I am cycling a little bit more than then but of course two days a week I fast.
Read into it what you will, but I am a happy bunny
All I've got to do now is get this broken collarbone/shoulder sorted
It's years since I had the usual cholesterol tests etc and the last time I was on the high side. Since then the powers that be have moved the goalposts so that what was borderline would now be seen as high. So when I asked for the tests I was expecting them to still be on the high side. My brother has issues with cholesterol as does my father. My father also has diabetes (along with most of my paternal family) and two years ago had a triple heart bypass after a heart attack, anyway.......
I rang a moment ago for my results and all the tests came back in the normal range and the Doc doesn't want to see me!!
What I eat is essentially unchanged from the last time I had tests (we're talking about ten years ago here!) although I don't drink in the week these days. I am cycling a little bit more than then but of course two days a week I fast.
Read into it what you will, but I am a happy bunny
All I've got to do now is get this broken collarbone/shoulder sorted
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Yellow Fang
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I've just had some blood tests done.
It's years since I had the usual cholesterol tests etc and the last time I was on the high side. Since then the powers that be have moved the goalposts so that what was borderline would now be seen as high. So when I asked for the tests I was expecting them to still be on the high side. My brother has issues with cholesterol as does my father. My father also has diabetes (along with most of my paternal family) and two years ago had a triple heart bypass after a heart attack, anyway.......
I rang a moment ago for my results and all the tests came back in the normal range and the Doc doesn't want to see me!!
What I eat is essentially unchanged from the last time I had tests (we're talking about ten years ago here!) although I don't drink in the week these days. I am cycling a little bit more than then but of course two days a week I fast.
Read into it what you will, but I am a happy bunny
All I've got to do now is get this broken collarbone/shoulder sorted
How much of that is due to weight loss and how much due to other metabolic effects of fasting, do you think?
I seem to remember reading most professional cyclists broke their collarbones. It may even be an advantage because when they heal, your shoulders aren't as broad and thus you present a smaller frontal area to the wind.
ColinJ
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
On the Horizon programme which triggered off the current interest in 'fasting', the metabolic benefits were emphasised and any weight loss was treated almost as a side-effect.
For that reason, when I get to my target weight I am going to carry on with '5:2' fasting, but will just have to put up with having to eat more 5 days a week to maintain my weight!
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Yellow Fang
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On the Horizon programme which triggered off the current interest in 'fasting', the metabolic benefits were emphasised and any weight loss was treated almost as a side-effect.
For that reason, when I get to my target weight I am going to carry on with '5:2' fasting, but will just have to put up with having to eat more 5 days a week to maintain my weight!
I saw the presenter of that Horizon programme on breakfast TV recently. He said he was only eating 600 calories one day a week now because his wife said he had lost enough weight.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I saw that too. From the weight loss p.o.v., that might make sense but then he is losing one day's worth of potential metabolic benefits. Until somebody does some research to clarify the matter, I'll probably stick with 5:2
Michael Mosley seems to be doing a lot of TV work these days - he is also one of the presenters on The Genius of Invention. He definitely looks a lot thinner now than when he started out on that Horizon programme.
This is on again tonight on BBC2 - 9pm.
The Jogger
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Wrong one........
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
But I'm recording it anyway. It's an earlier Dr. Mosley Horizon; the one where he advocates doing 3-or-so minutes of intense exercise a week!
The Jogger
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Looks good, I've seen it before but a lot of it is new to me, an age thing you know.........
Ahh quite right! They seemed to have morphed in my memory as the one program, but maybe coupling both these ideas could mean a 'healthier' lifestyle...
paulw1969
Ridley rider
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- Long Eaton, Notts.
Well i started 5:2 this week along with a colleague.
Mondays and Thursdays are my days for 600 cals.
I have been cycling since last March and and i am still heavier now than when i began (although i did stop smoking last January i suspect this has affected my metabolism)....despite not really eating more than i used i decided it was time to address my diet.
One thing i did notice was i didn't seem to want to make up for the the fasting day on the Tuesday. Hopefully a side effect will be that it will help reduce my appetite on non fasting days.
Will be gathering some recipes soon as it will help effect the "lifestyle change" for me....i think perhaps i will need to do this to prevent treating this as a diet rather than a new way of life.
Mondays and Thursdays are my days for 600 cals.
I have been cycling since last March and and i am still heavier now than when i began (although i did stop smoking last January i suspect this has affected my metabolism)....despite not really eating more than i used i decided it was time to address my diet.
One thing i did notice was i didn't seem to want to make up for the the fasting day on the Tuesday. Hopefully a side effect will be that it will help reduce my appetite on non fasting days.
Will be gathering some recipes soon as it will help effect the "lifestyle change" for me....i think perhaps i will need to do this to prevent treating this as a diet rather than a new way of life.
jazzkat
Fixed wheel fanatic.
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- The Cumbrian Riviera
I don't know.
I am definitely lighter now than I used to be, although as a 30-something I was still pretty fit and active. I can quite honestly say that I have never felt as fit and as fast (on my bike) as I was in October (pre crash). I can only put this improvement in fitness down to fasting as I have done nothing different with regard to fitness/training in the last three or four years other than fast (and hence lose weight)
Yes, broken collar bones are very common amongst cyclists, motorcyclists and horse riders. It's the first bit to hit the deck!
Nigel-YZ1
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Me and my better half are trying the 5:2 thing starting this weekend. I'm 6'2" and 14st 12lb, and just not exercising enough (hence the minor mileage in the Strava doofer below). My lady is 5'5" and would squish me like a bug if I mentioned her weight. So we've got the info and we're giving it a go.
The Jogger
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Excellent and good luck, did you see the link to the programme?
