don_1987
October 16th, 2004, 09:40 PM
Hi there to everyone... I was hoping to get some useful advice here, like I always get... Ok, so here's my problem... Currently I'm fasting, so this is usually my typical day...
I would get up at 4:30 in the morning, cook my meal and then eat...
I would usually have brown rice, protein source, like let's say fish or chicken, some eggs, skim milk and some breads. After eating, (I no this doesn't sound too good..) I lay down again on my bed, trying to get some sleep again or watch tv.
Then I would start to be active at around 10:00 AM or 11:00AM. At this time until the afternoon, I love to walk a lot, this is like my cardio, I try to walk wherever I go, then 3 times a week, I lift weights at the afternoon.
Then at around 6:00 PM, I would have my meal, it usually contains brown rice, protein source, breads and etc... I always try to eat clean even during fasting. And also try and manage not to binge.
On a typical day, I would eat 5-6 small meals a day containing about 300-400 calories. But during fasting, since I usually intake only 3 meals, I eat quite big, around 600-700 calories per meal. I'm not use to eating large so this sound big to me.
That's the brief story of me... Any comments or suggestion? Now my questions are...
First, this fasting last for 1 month, do you think my metabolism will fall drasticly?
Second, the exercise that I do everyday (which is walking) will it help burn some fat instead of muscle? Cause I heard that long low-intensity cardio burns more fat instead of muscles... Just curiuos here...
And the last, I just want to share some strange phenomena, hoping that anyone could explain... Not eating or drinking for approximately 12 hours is not the best way to build muscle (everybody knows that), but strange to me cause it seems that my arm and chest are getting bigger, like they're getting pump, and I'm lifting... could it be just water retention? And in the morning, my stomach seems loose, but late in through the day, it seems tight,.. what could be causing this?
Sorry for the long thread... thanks for reading and hope to here your reply... :cool:
I would get up at 4:30 in the morning, cook my meal and then eat...
I would usually have brown rice, protein source, like let's say fish or chicken, some eggs, skim milk and some breads. After eating, (I no this doesn't sound too good..) I lay down again on my bed, trying to get some sleep again or watch tv.
Then I would start to be active at around 10:00 AM or 11:00AM. At this time until the afternoon, I love to walk a lot, this is like my cardio, I try to walk wherever I go, then 3 times a week, I lift weights at the afternoon.
Then at around 6:00 PM, I would have my meal, it usually contains brown rice, protein source, breads and etc... I always try to eat clean even during fasting. And also try and manage not to binge.
On a typical day, I would eat 5-6 small meals a day containing about 300-400 calories. But during fasting, since I usually intake only 3 meals, I eat quite big, around 600-700 calories per meal. I'm not use to eating large so this sound big to me.
That's the brief story of me... Any comments or suggestion? Now my questions are...
First, this fasting last for 1 month, do you think my metabolism will fall drasticly?
Second, the exercise that I do everyday (which is walking) will it help burn some fat instead of muscle? Cause I heard that long low-intensity cardio burns more fat instead of muscles... Just curiuos here...
And the last, I just want to share some strange phenomena, hoping that anyone could explain... Not eating or drinking for approximately 12 hours is not the best way to build muscle (everybody knows that), but strange to me cause it seems that my arm and chest are getting bigger, like they're getting pump, and I'm lifting... could it be just water retention? And in the morning, my stomach seems loose, but late in through the day, it seems tight,.. what could be causing this?
Sorry for the long thread... thanks for reading and hope to here your reply... :cool: