Food/Diet and training hobbies

Matt Wood

@ryan-carruthers I love the clarity of mind it brings when you are 12+ hrs fasted. PLus like @Lee-woodman said you get a little wave of hunger, distract yourself for 30mins, then its gone.

did a 50 hour fast once to experience it, really was not that hard, by hour 50 I felt fine and could have gone on for ages.

Gym is great for things like Scoliosis (have it myself now since surgery on my lower back). Do you also do things like yoga to help stretch out the tight areas?

Matt Wood

@lee-woodman said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:

@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:

Black coffee nice and early this morning to catch the games in Asia.
Finished eating yesterday at 1500 and wont eat today until 1300. Get some IGF-1 boosted

Anyone else fast or time restrict their eating? If so how do you find it?

I used to do this when i was more conscious of what i was eating or if i was trimming down. 12-8 tended to be my eating window and it worked well, after the first couple of days the hunger goes and it isnt even noticeable and the energy levels were actually probably better due to the lack of spikes. If anyone is on the fence and either wants to cut down or keep calories relatively controlled then id say try it for a few weeks

Nowadays im much more active and have bulked up a fair bit so i eat a lot more so i dont really do it. Im not rigid with it, just try to get a decent amount of protein in.

I was rigid with it years ago but now I'm much more flexible with it and change the times up to suit gym training.
Eating window for me is usually 8am to 3-5pm as I train in the morning.

Every now and then if I feel crappy I will do 24hrs to clear everything out.

100% agree with it helping calorie control for weight loss. I was advising clients to use this as a tool years and years ago. The horror on some people faces is hilarious when you tell them you wont eat for 16 hours. "But I will starve!" hahah once you explain how it works they usually calm down

Martin

Went to the driving range yesterday, my short game was good chipping to the tees but my driving was horrendous. To the point I think if I play a round in the future I will use only irons and a putter. Think I will stick with tennis I'm far better at it

Matt Wood

@lee-woodman said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:

Cant beat going to the gym to lift some weights to de-stress and put yourself in a great frame of mind. Ive only just really started again since the gyms opened so my heavy sets now are my old warm-up! Ha ha! Im not strict with it but i do push myself hard when im there and tend to go 2 or 3 times per week

Also love running, i dont do it routinely as i do a lot of running & walking in my job but nothing clears my mind like a quick 30 minute run

I quite enjoy cycling too, not so much a full lycra & road bike set up but more pondering about with the kids. The youngest is 7 so weve been gradually increasing the distances since schools closed in March and did 10 miles at weekend. They absolutely love it and as we live in the country theres literally miles and miles for us to go at round here

Weights really clears my mind too. When I walk into the gym I am 100% thinking about lifting the weights so clears everything out of my cluttered head lol.
Ive been back since they reopened, started 2 days a week then 3 now back up to 4. Only just starting to feel strong again though Just about managed to push the heavy sets back somewhere near to pre lockdown, long road back though and I'm too old to go mad now lol.

I cant run or cycle anymore (spinal surgery) but the bike rides in the country with family sounds a great idea, gets the little ones outdoors as well

Ryan

I'm a 16:8 intermittent faster, love it done it for years played around with a few diets as well in terms of keto, carb cycling etc... at present I'f off dairy and its made a huge difference to me.

Got back into running as of late, always been a fan of hitting the gym mainly for the impact it has on my scoliosis

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@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:

Black coffee nice and early this morning to catch the games in Asia.
Finished eating yesterday at 1500 and wont eat today until 1300. Get some IGF-1 boosted

Anyone else fast or time restrict their eating? If so how do you find it?

I used to do this when i was more conscious of what i was eating or if i was trimming down. 12-8 tended to be my eating window and it worked well, after the first couple of days the hunger goes and it isnt even noticeable and the energy levels were actually probably better due to the lack of spikes. If anyone is on the fence and either wants to cut down or keep calories relatively controlled then id say try it for a few weeks

Nowadays im much more active and have bulked up a fair bit so i eat a lot more so i dont really do it. Im not rigid with it, just try to get a decent amount of protein in.

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Cant beat going to the gym to lift some weights to de-stress and put yourself in a great frame of mind. Ive only just really started again since the gyms opened so my heavy sets now are my old warm-up! Ha ha! Im not strict with it but i do push myself hard when im there and tend to go 2 or 3 times per week

Also love running, i dont do it routinely as i do a lot of running & walking in my job but nothing clears my mind like a quick 30 minute run

I quite enjoy cycling too, not so much a full lycra & road bike set up but more pondering about with the kids. The youngest is 7 so weve been gradually increasing the distances since schools closed in March and did 10 miles at weekend. They absolutely love it and as we live in the country theres literally miles and miles for us to go at round here

Matt Wood

Black coffee nice and early this morning to catch the games in Asia.
Finished eating yesterday at 1500 and wont eat today until 1300. Get some IGF-1 boosted

Anyone else fast or time restrict their eating? If so how do you find it?

Matt Wood

@richard-latimer said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:

@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:

@richard-latimer Walking is very under-rated as an exercise and calorie control activity. Low risk of injury and low stress on the body but still uses plenty of calories, especially if you are walking for miles a day

Yeah, I'm a glorified postman haha!!

Any activity is infinitely better than no activity

Richard Latimer

@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:

@richard-latimer Walking is very under-rated as an exercise and calorie control activity. Low risk of injury and low stress on the body but still uses plenty of calories, especially if you are walking for miles a day

Yeah, I'm a glorified postman haha!!

Matt Wood

@richard-latimer Walking is very under-rated as an exercise and calorie control activity. Low risk of injury and low stress on the body but still uses plenty of calories, especially if you are walking for miles a day

Richard Latimer

@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:

@richard-latimer I had that problem during lockdown, was not training so no reason not to start at 10am Thankfully gyms open and not a drop to be seen now

I was doing Joe Wicks every day for a while but that got slack in the end too. Now I just walk miles a day in my job which keeps everything at bay a little haha

Matt Wood

@richard-latimer I had that problem during lockdown, was not training so no reason not to start at 10am Thankfully gyms open and not a drop to be seen now

Richard Latimer

Is this thread going to include drink?!? Shame it's still too early to crack one open haha! In fact I need to go past the shop while picking kids up from school.

When I was furloughed and shielding I was stockpiling and it was never a problem. Also so easy to excuse getting on it early because there really was nothing else to do haha!

Richard Latimer

@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:

I will kick things off with my not so finest moment

The missus brother was staying with us and after a chat around junk food they learned that I had not been inside a McDonalds for 25 years. They were horrified and said we must get one now. Not being that interested I said lets make it an eating contest then. The gf's brother always thought he could out-eat me, so the challenge was on. Spoiler alert I won

Daaaaammmmmmnn!!!!!!!

Making me feel hungry now haha.

I had some burger king fries not that long ago and I could only wonder where the salt had gone. Hoping Maccy D's hasn't gone the same way. It's really something when you get a junkfood fix and they're moderating your salt intake.....bastards!

Matt Wood

I will kick things off with my not so finest moment

The missus brother was staying with us and after a chat around junk food they learned that I had not been inside a McDonalds for 25 years. They were horrified and said we must get one now. Not being that interested I said lets make it an eating contest then. The gf's brother always thought he could out-eat me, so the challenge was on. Spoiler alert I won

My winning tally: