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Quote: Originally Posted by Jonesy

I've gotten a few PM's about what a sample day would look like on IF so I'll post up what an average day looks like for me on IF: 5am Wake up 5-6am weight training (3 days per week) or cardio (3 days per week) I take 2 scoops of xtend mixed with water during my training, the watermelon flavour is awesome, it helps with recovery and is virtually zero cals. I then fast until noon. I do have 2 cups of coffee with splenda and just a small dash of milk in each in the morning which gets me buzzing. 12 noon - for lunch I usually have chicken breast (or some other lean meat) + brown rice + veges or a sandwich on wholegrain bread (about 500 cals) 3pm - a small snack usually some nuts or a piece of fruit and few boiled eggs or something (usually around 200 cals) 7pm - dinner - I have a nice big dinner with the family and with 1000-1300 cals to work with the choices are limitless and I even have a few glasses of wine on occasion or ice cream a few times per week. I stop all eating by 8pm then fast until lunch again the next day. I take a multi vitamin and inner health plus (a probiotic for gut health) and that's pretty much it. I drink heaps of water and never drink full sugar drinks or fruit juices. Very easy to stick with and the results have been awesome!

Thanks for the details, Jonesy. This is pretty much my diet cept I'd be skipping breakfast and I'm never hungry when I wake up anyway.

I don't know if I can get in enough cals in just a noon-8pm slot but I'll try. My biggest issues are always...

1) Crazy/stressful day at work so when I get home I'm starving and just pig out
2) When I make a healthy dinner (chicken, veggies, etc) I always get full much more quickly and can never eat a "healthy 1000-1300 cals" in that one sitting.

Consistently eating a huge, healthy dinner will definitely be a challenge for me. My other concern is that I often work long hours so my gym time is 830-10pm. Do I still fast at that point? I see that you left in the early AM and then fast for six hours so I'm guessing I'd do the same. You aren't starving after working out sometimes?


I'll start this up tomorrow and see how it goes. I know so many people that skip breakfast and I bust their balls for it so I'll have to keep this a secret for now. I was never a huge proponent of six small meals either but I like that this doesn't require that. Time, prep work, micromanagement, etc isn't my thing when it comes to a diet.