In a few weeks, I start fasting - sounds awesome right?
I’m not cutting, and its not intermittent.
For the month of Ramadan, I abstain from food, drink (including water) during the daylight hours. From ~4:30AM to 7:30PM, I’ll be running on only what I’ve eaten while the sun was down. Repeat this cycle for 30 days, and you get the month.
In reality, I’ve been doing this for 13 or 14 years now, so the hunger doesn’t bother me. I’ve fasted the longest days of the year (think 4:00 to 20:30) and its not so bad, what gets to you is the sleep.
BUT I’M NOT HERE TO BITCH!
I’ve always sucked up the large losses I take during this month to my mass, but now that I’m here I figured I’d ask you meatheads: I have a couple of precious waking hours where I’m able to eat; what should I eat?
It sounds like a simple question, but really its something I’d love to experiment with - I just want to do the best I can to even just maintain my mass or anything close to it, rather than dropping eight or nine pounds. I’ve proven I can lift while fasting, I just need to keep the volume in check. Doing this, my strength doesn’t die much (I’ve PR’d while fasting, actually - its all in your head [stomach])
So, you nutrition experts, what is YOUR opinion on crap I should be eating? I have two meals, one “breakfast” and one “supper.” Remeber, “stuff your face” isn’t the best option, your body is so tired such an overload of food just makes you pass out - chances are you’ll miss “breakfast.”
Thanks in advance brahs
To give you an idea of what I eat currently, my dinner normally looks like something out of Thanksgiving, and my breakfast is normally some eggs (varies, after awhile you ironically can barely stomach anything at 4AM) with some oatmeal and such. It sounds retarded but try getting to day 25 and eating solid