This is a question I saw this morning I thought I might break it down.Question: “If the goal is fat loss, would it be better to fast two Seperate days a week, (currently fasting Tuesdays and Thursdays) or do two days in a row, so fast all of Tuesdays and Wednesdays?”
Before I get into this this is a perfect example of quantity of food.
If fat loss is your goal you must know your quantity.
The ONLY way to lose fat is by being in a calorie deficit (eating under your calorie budget)
The ONLY reason why this fasting approach would work:Look at your weekly calories as a weekly budget.Before you started fasting for two days lets say for example you were eating 3000 calories for 7 days.
Monday you eat: 3000 calories
Tuesday you eat: 3000 calories
Wednesday you eat: 3000 calories
Thursday you eat: 3000 calories
Friday you eat: 3000 calories
Saturday you eat: 3000 calories
Sunday you eat: 3000 calories
Your total budget at the end of the week was: 3000 calories x 7 days = 21000 calories over the week
You add in two fasting days on Tuesday and Thursday (where you are eating less)
Monday you eat: 3000 calories
Tuesday you eat: 1500 calories
Wednesday you eat: 3000 calories
Thursday you eat: 1500 calories
Friday you eat: 3000 calories
Saturday you eat: 3000 calories
Sunday you eat: 3000 calories
Your total budget at the end of the week was: 18000
There is no magic here all that happened was you consumed LESS food on Tuesday and Thursday which made your total budget lower than the previous week.While there are some benefits when it comes to fasting when it comes to fat loss all that fasting does is forces you to EAT LESS food on that day.
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