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>I started off doing OMAD at roughly ~800 calories/day for a total of 5,600 calories a week. After some extended fasts, I switched over to ADF, where I do OMAD at 800-1200 calories on my eating day for a total of roughly 4,500-5,000 calories/week.

When I first got serious about my diet (and after I dropped calorie counting and doing daily cardio, since it resulted in temporary losses and was not maintainable), I started off doing something similar to you: low fat, lots of protein, low carbs. I experienced something akin to what you are, too: I lost extra fat but my body composition/physique remained close to the same 'shape', simply a smaller version of it.

I added in HIIT training and kettlebells which helped some, but I believe embracing a high fat/moderate protein keto diet with only veggies for carbs (no starches like potatoes/beets, no sweets) was when my physique really shifted towards what I desired it to be.

This was amplified further by adding in Wim Hof Method cold showers and breathwork (check out his app, youtube channel or the reddit sub /r/BecomingTheIceman if curious).

As an aside, I also found a huge benefit to how 'sharp' my mind felt by drinking pure water. I learned about fluoride and how it blocks the natural iodine receptor actions in the brain, and I also believe it is healthier for the entire body and organs to avoid processing the chemicals used to treat municipal tap water. My choices have been alkalized RO water or distilled.

>So if I'm doing ADF, how does working out out on my eating day (before my meal) and resting and fasting the next sound?

Yep, precisely. Rest and fast on the same day, do HIIT workout prior to meal on feeding day.

>I know you mention adding some extra fat to my meal-- do you suggest maybe replacing the usual potatoes in my meal with something fatty? Should I aim for more than the usual 800-1200 calories I get on HIIT/eating days?

What worked for me was dropping all carbs other than veggies (no starches -potatoes/tubers/squashes, no sweets) until I got to the physique I desired. I then added them in sparingly, such as once/week after a sprint session. When I did eat carbs after reaching my ideal body composition, I'd do it on workout days - such as a baked sweet potato w/ cinnamon&butter, or a 1-2 squares of 85+% dark chocolate after my meal. Due to my pallet adjusting from how much I was limiting carbs, 85% tasted very sweet and satisfying to me. This got me to ~8% BF and an 8-pack physique that I maintained for 2-3 years. My goals have shifted and I've switched to yoga/stretching and meditation/breathwork for my fitness, with occasional sprints. I remain very lean though not to the same extreme.

For my meats, I completely let go of CAFO chicken and beef. I actually tested it and I can blindly taste the differences between two steaks -one CAFO and one grass fed, or between two eggs - one CAFO and one pastured. I believe there is something going on at a subtle/energetic level that makes a difference to how my body reacts and feels -both at the moment of eating it and as I digest and integrate the foods into my being. I have a feeling it is to do with the energetic charge of the electrons in the food; science has yet to completely discover what that is, though someday we will and I believe humans will drastically shift the way we treat animals (and plants for that matter) raised for food.

I can best relate this to an analogy with being around different people: if you walk in a room and someone was just really angry and shouting, you can feel the tension leftover from it- even if you weren't there when it happened, you know it did. Similarly, if you are around someone who is really positive, bubbly and open you can feel this and it may make you feel happier too. I believe this is what is happening to animals, and the residual feelings of how they spent their life is reflected in the meat: whether they lived caged/confined in tight quarters spending their whole lives indoors, or if they were free to roam, grazing openly under the sun and treated lovingly/respectfully by those who raised them.

As far as fish, I also believe the benefit stems from an energetic level. Water is ~24x more dense than air; due to this a pool that is 70 degrees may feel cool, while air that is 70 degrees is very comfortable, or possibly warm. I believe fish intrinsically have more densely-energized fat/meat to match the environment they experienced their life in. Anecdotally, I experience this as eating a lot less fish to achieve the same level of satiation as I would with cow/steak.

With these ideas, I designed my diet around eating fatty, wild caught fish and fatty, grass fed steaks. I also cook the fatty meats in more fat, and typically eat the whole lot of it, pouring it onto the plate and soaking it up with each bite. For a while I was buying a 1/4 - 1/2 a cow at a time from a local grass fed farmer, so I'd get a good price and have a chest freezer full of delicious meats. I'd also ask for ~20 lbs of extra fat cuttings from the same cow, and I'd render my own beef tallow in a crock pot to have a healthy, grass fed cooking fat included for free.

When I do eat lean meats its typically wild caught white fish, and I cover it in grass fed cheese and cook it in a pool of butter (my go-to is Kerrygold butter and their dubliner cheese).

This PUR Water Filter is a great way to cut down on the use of water bottles, and makes water tasty! Where I live, the tap water isn't all that great, so it would be super useful!

Great contest idea!! xo

I hope your crap day gets better. I'm sorry work was rough. I'll make you dinner when you come home. <3

This water pitcher is awesome and under 10 dollars. I'm gonna try to convert my grandma from spending money buying gallons of water all the time into using a filter pitcher. And this is the list I have it on. Thanks for giftingg!

I have one of these

Fill it up with water from my kitchen sink, tells me when to replace the filter unit (every month or so). It's nice because I also don't have to worry about limescale build up anymore.

To me all water here in England so far tastes bleh, but after a couple months I definitely got used to it.

If you're not bothered to wait till you get used to it, buy a water filter jug like this. You can keep reusing them and if it stops working after a while you can replace the filter (they last a couple months tho I think).

I buy these filters: http://www.amazon.com/Brita-Pitcher-Replacement-Filters-4-Pack/dp/B0000CF98Q/ref=pd_bbs_5?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1215119930&sr=8-5

It says two months for family use and I'm on my own here so four months doesn't seem like too huge an issue to me.

I have always had heartburn - for over 15 years. Drinking Soylent did make it worse. I was taking Zantac 150 in the morning and another at night. Something changed about 4 months ago though. I seriously have no heartburn anymore and I can eat whatever pretty much. The only thing that changed is I started taking GNC Mega Men vitamin and started drinking alkaline water. I think that water is what fixed it.

This is what I use for the water. When I started, I was drinking over 120oz a day for a month. Now just drink maybe 50 to 70 oz a day.

pH ON-THE-GO Alkaline Water Filter Pouch- Portable Alkaline Water Filtration System For Your Bottle, Pitcher, Jug, Container - High pH Ionized Water - Long-Life 16 Gallon/72 Litre (3-pack) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076H1MXP5/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_qyavDb0SE5928

If you look at this report http://info.nsf.org/Certified/DWTU/Listings.asp?ProductFunction=053%7CTrihalomethanes+%28TTHM%29+Reduction&ProductType=&submit2=Search the Aquasana filters are NSF certified to remove TTHMs from your drinking water.

I found these ones (by searching for the models listed in the report) on amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Aquasana-AQ-PWFS-D-B-Dispenser-Powered-Filtration/dp/B00LAF75UC

Any of the ones listed right there should match the model numbers in the report. I can't say that they are cheap up front compared wit the $20 Brita filters, but they will actually remove the TTHMs from your water, and can save you a ton of money over buying bottled water. You have no idea how long the water problem will go on, so you do take a risk in investing this much. But it will at least protect you from the worst.