Peter Gabriel Live Blood 2012

PeterGabrielLiveBlood2012What I actually eat, part II IFIK circa Q3 2. Note to readers This post was written in September of 2. PLEASE do not ask me why I eat this or why I dont eat that as what is shown here does not necessarily reflect what or how I eat today or more importantly, how you should eat. My diet evolves constantly, due to my constant tweaking and self experimentation. Over time, Ill share it here and there, but what I eat is not at all the focus of this blog. I ask that you refrains for asking questions about what I eat your comments. For reasons I dont fully understand the most read post on this blog is one I wrote very quickly and with very little thought. I wrote it in response to a question Im asked all the time, What do you actually eat  The post, aptly titled, What I actually eat, has more than twice the traffic of the next three most read posts combined. Go figure. After a full year in strict i. I wanted to experiment with other eating patterns. How To Install Cfw On Ps Vita'>How To Install Cfw On Ps Vita. I had been reading about intermittent fasting IF, and had a few discussions and exchanges with Mark Sisson and Robb Wolf about it. Though I dont know Brad Pilon or Martin Berkhan personally, Id also read a few interesting things they had written. Why the change My curiosity was sufficiently piqued to break a golden rule if it aint broke, dont fix it. I was very happy after a year of nutritional ketosis, but I did wonder if I could improve on a few things. For starters, as my cycling season was about to ramp up, I wondered what it would be like to weigh 7. I know 3 kg does not sound like a lot, but it can make a huge difference when riding up Mount Palomar, assuming one can preserve power output. Project Gutenberg listing of public domain stories by Sax Rohmer. Live Concert from the 2003 Growing Up Tour in Filaforum, Milan, Italy. Peter Gabriel Live Blood 2012 FilmI also liked the idea of not spending so much time eating. As you probably know, Im pretty obsessive about how I utilize the 1. This includes sleep, which I wish I could figure out a way to thrive without. In the end, I think Mark Sisson finally just egged me on enough to agree to at least give it try even just one day per week. And with that, I embarked on the next phase of my nutritional odyssey. I decided, in early May, to start with the following protocol one meal per 2. On the other 5 days I consumed my usual keto diet. On the two IF days I would just eat one meal at around dinner time. I still consumed normal amounts of liquids water, coffee, tea and supplements see list below, with one exception on fasting days I doubled the amount of sodium I supplemented via bouillon from 2 gm per day to 4 gm per day. Like all nutritional changes, this one took some getting used to. Because I exercise in the mornings, on fasting days I would get pretty hungry by about 1. DE_0header1.jpg' alt='Peter Gabriel Live Blood 2012' title='Peter Gabriel Live Blood 2012' />Interestingly, though, by about 2 pm, as my blood glucose levels would be between 6. L, I would start to feel completely fine. In fact, by about 5 or 6 pm, just before eating my meal, I found I wasnt really hungry. This may have been due to the fact that my B OHB levels were usually above 3 m. M by this time of day. Why do I call it IFIKNot surprisingly, after eating 1. B OHB levels would fall, often below 0. M, the practical threshold of nutritional ketosis. Usually within 2. Id be back to my normal levels, generally between about 1 and 2 m. M. But, the cycling in and out of ketosis was new to me, hence the phrase intermittent fasting, intermittent ketosis, or IFIK. I guess you can see why I didnt end up in marketing if ik doesnt really have a nice ring to it. The purpose of this post is not to provide a detailed overview of IF or ketosis, but rather to address the following common questions I often get asked in response to the original post on what I ate Question Peter, why do you eat so much dairy  Answer I dont. That was a year ago. I did eat a lot of dairy, and seemed to tolerate it quite well. I realize thats not true for everyone. Regardless, I seem to eat much less today. Question Peter, is ketosis for everyoneAnswer Of course not. Download Apple Mobile Device Recovery Mode Driver there. Besides oxygen and water, few things are. Question Peter, why do you eat so much meatAnswer I dont. In fact, some days I dont eat any. Other days I do. I obviously dont think there is anything harmful with eating meat read this post for a refresher, but Im quite happy eating lots of non meat items, too. Question Peter, how can anyone possibly do anything athletic without carb loading Answer Its easy. Anyone can do it, if they are just patient and let their body adapt refer to this post for a few examples. Question Peter, you eat like a freak ok, not really a question Response And your point is What happened after several months of IFIK Interestingly, I did lose weight. After briefly hitting 1. I settled out at where I am right now, about 1. I have not yet repeated a DEXA scan to confirm, but I suspect I lost a bit of muscle, along with more fat, probably at about a 1 2 ratio. My last DEXA measured a body fat of about 9, and I suspect Im about the same, though my waist is half an inch smaller than when I started, so I may be closer to 8. Why do I think this happened In the IF community there are really two maybe more theories on why I lost weight. I wont describe them here in any detail, but will do so in subsequent posts. One hypothesis is that Im simply consuming fewer of the same high quality calories than I did before. The other hypothesis is that the physiologic response to IF rather than the response to prolonged fasting is to increase my REE during the period of IF, possibly through the up and or down regulation of various hormones. Of course, it could be a combination of these, or something entirely different, too. Drumroll. Before getting to the part that folks who are still reading probably care about, let me point out a few differences between what I eat today and what I ate a year ago. I consume, on average, fewer calories per day. I am also lighter, and we know TEE varies with body mass, so its not surprising that most days I am not eating over 4,0. I used to. Of course, one might argue my body has become more metabolically efficient at utilizing substrate, and so my REE is lower than it was a year ago. Finally, I do exercise less than last year. Hence, there are many explanations for this difference. I consume less dairy. Dont read too much into this. There is nothing deliberate about it, just an observation of my behavior. I consume less meat of all varieties. Again, dont read too much into this. I have no explanation except that I seem to crave it in lower amounts and less frequently. I consume more overall carbohydrates, though still virtually zero sugar or refined carbohydrates. Most of this additional carbohydrate is in the form of nuts and Super. Starch. I consume virtually zero sugar substitutes, except for the little bit in my Super. Starch and protein powder sucralose. I also drink, at most, about one diet soda per month. I spend less money on food. I spend less time eating. Currently I only eat three meals per day about once a week. I eat two meals per day probably 4 times per week, and one meal per day twice per week. To calculate the nutritional content of my intake I use a piece of software called Nutritionist Pro, which is not for the faint of heart. Its one step removed from a DOS prompt. In addition to costing about 6. Id probably describe it as user hostile, actually. But, its really accurate and has a database that is unrivaled. The reports, once you learn how to generate them, are very good, also.