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As I expected, I stabilized my weight at 170lbs for the past weeks, this accounts beautifully with the initial water/glycogen replenishment from the refeed over the weeks. This is even mathematically in synch with my next step. After the diet break I’m now entering a slow process of body recomposition, what this means is that I will eat around maintenance …

This was the end of the first week out of the diet, there is a slight similarity between breaking a long fast and finishing a diet period: you don’t want to run into excesses. This means that in both cases you want to take it easy on the food as you come out of the deficit state to avoid upsetting …

Well, the hardest part of my plan for the year is done. I finished this stage of the process at 166.5lbs and around 12% body fat. I lost around 16lbs in 10 weeks, almost 1% of my body weight every week as I originally planned from day 1. It was a journey I’ll never forget, this has been hands down …

Almost done with the dieting period of my plan, this will be the last week I spend in a deficit before going into a diet break. I am very satisfied with the results so far, and the grind has been different than before which made it very easy to maintain adherence for me. Between my fasting protocols, daily activity, and …

The change from last week worked great to manage the calorie deficit while fueling my training. I am nearing the end of this mini-cut and I hope to continue the rate of weight loss I’ve had so far. Usually the last couple of weeks are harder to see progress. This is due to the body’s adaptations to the diet, being …

This week marked the beginning of the diet discomfort, nothing too uncomfortable, but some hunger on training days, and still no issue with rest/fasting days. Still, I am moving around a couple of things within the program to negate the effects of hunger and maintain the same deficit I’ve been running. Improve life quality if you will. I am entering …

Dieting is an opportunity to learn, and the lessons you can get from it are very important if you care for maintaining your goals once you achieve them, or even the lifestyle if you never want to go back to the previous you. I think part of the problem of unsuccessful diets is that a lot of people can’t wait …

I chose this week to do a 48 hour fast because it was also my deload week, and I am so glad I did because the energy demands of training are too high for what I had in the tank. The 2-day fast was actually interesting, just like in the past with 24 and 36 hour fasts I felt hunger …

Right around this time in a diet, I start feeling some hunger pangs outside the threshold of the 12 hour fast, nothing unmanageable to be sure, but something worth noticing. These will be more prevalent now since hormones are catching up on what’s happening in the body: we are starving! My prediction from last week was pretty accurate, I kept …

Week 3 is over, the introduction of more fasting days tipped the scale (pun intended) in favor of my expectations. It was an overall low calorie week with a well deserved refeed on Sunday. One thing I decided to do for this cut was to let my body tell me when and how much it wants to eat after the …