by Donna Reish
Welcome to another Fast Shot Video post! I have loved creating these! They give me a chance to answer reader’s questions immediately in my private FB group–and I love the challenge of trying to stay under ten minutes! (Failed this time…but close at around twelve minutes!)
This is a super important question for people just starting out in IF (and one reason that I created the 20 page freebie, “IF Start Up Charts”! and my month-long course). The first few weeks can be challenging with hunger and the hangries!
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by Donna Reish
Welcome to another Fast Shot Video Post! Today I am answering a reader’s question about counting calories, knowing your TDEE, and using Appetite Correction vs. Calorie Counting to get to your goal weight!
Fast Shot: Should You Count Calories Along with IF to Reach Your Goal?
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by Donna Reish
In this broadcast, Donna Reish, blogger, curriculum author of 100+ language arts/writing books, and Intermittent Fasting teacher, teaches listeners about Carbohydrate Cycling—and how it might be used with Intermittent Fasting. She begins by reminding listeners that if IF alone is working well, you are not plateaued desperately, or you are not working on the last stubborn 20 pounds, you probably want to keep doing what you are doing. However, we can all benefit from learning about what our bodies need, macro-nutrients, and healthier eating, so listen on! Donna gives an overview of Carb Cycling in general—how it isn’t necessarily a “low carb” or “keto” diet but rather is a focus on switching up fuel sources day by day and correlates with low intensity and strength training exercise days. Finally, in the first half of this two-part broadcast, Donna rants and raves about this approach—how it is healthy to focus on macronutrients, why it helps us incorporate real foods more fully, how we don’t need to villainize entire food groups, why it’s better to up carbs than it is to have cheat days, and the positive effect Carb Cycling can have mentally and emotionally compared to other “diets.” Finally, she recommends that listeners ask themselves how different this approach might be to other restrictions and how they might already do some of these things intuitively. Donna leaves listeners with the option of receiving a free sample of the Plexus pink drink, today’s broadcast sponsor. (Join Donna in Broadcast #28 when she explains three ways to Carb Cycle and teaches IF’ers how they can use a low math method to look at their entire week and make better food choices.)
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by Donna Reish
Welcome to my first FAST SHOT! I appreciate all of your support and encouragement for my weekly broadcast–Donna’s IF Journal (videos at Youtube, podcast on iTunes, and blog post/video/outline at the blog).
And I am definitely continuing that….teachers must teach! I love teaching long, in-depth lessons about IF and all things pertaining to it! So join my FB group or subscribe to the blog, my Youtube channel, or podcast site to get those full-length ones each week!
However, I am starting something new a couple of times a week in Donna’s Intermittent Fasting Group (and will eventually get these up at my Youtube channel and the DonnaReish blog!).
Today’s FAST Shot topic is Calorie Cycling—you can follow the abridged outline below if you would like!
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by Donna Reish
In Episode #26, Donna Reish, blogger, curriculum author of over 100 language arts/writing books, and Intermittent Fasting teacher, explains the basis of Calorie Cycling. She begins with how she “discovered” it—only to find out that it was a real thing! She then teaches the official definitions and benefits users find with it. Next, Donna examines calorie counting vs calorie cycling and why low calorie diets, even when combined with the metabolic benefits of Intermittent Fasting, can wreak havoc on our metabolism and future weight management endeavors. She explains traditional calorie cycling protocols, including so much low time and so much higher time and how these approaches might preserve metabolic function, much like IF does. She explains that while we might not need a “counting approach” to weight management when IF is working well for us, some might feel the need to add more boundaries (besides the OMAD/3 she teaches at the blog and the boundaries provided with Appetite Correction). Calorie Cycling might be a good boundary for IF’ers who are looking to balance out their caloric intake over the week and still enjoy parties, social events, and festivities while eating healthy foods on non-party days. Lastly, Donna explains some low-math ways to calorie cycle for those who want to add this boundary into their IF practice without so much counting and record keeping. This week’s supplement focus at the end of the broadcast is on Plexus Pink Drink, specifically the Hunger Control Plexus Slim.
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