Really interesting stuff guys, thanks. I’m going to give it a go, but gradually, rather than go full on straight away.
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Down to 13 stone 3 yesterday, but heavy day on the beers and eating rubbish.
I’m definitely fitter, and have lost a few pounds this year, but I was hoping to be under 13 at this point.
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72.6 this morning - moving in the right direction again
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87.2 again again 
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I don’t weigh myself very often, but the profile of 2 and a bit ribs were visible this morning. That’s not great, but it’s still early in the season & a few long bike rides will help redistribute my weight.
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Im not doing well. Up a bit 139.2 kg
Im going to post my weight every Monday and how much it has changed. If it hasnt gone down you have my permission to call me names and stuff.
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88
No sweets/sugar isn’t having any effect it seems.
Tried fasting in the morning but I’m hangry at night and famished this morning.
Will eat more regularly during the day today and only water after 9.
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Peaked at 74.1kg last week which is probably my heaviest for a long time and then back down to 72.6kg this week, yes I always weigh at the same time of the day. Fairly usual weight fluctuation for me.
I’m sure everyone here is aware that fasting doesn’t provide any special benefits its just another method to easily get yourself into a calorie deficit but a useful one none the less.
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Monday night I had chicken wings at the hotel, been sat in a car for hours on end. Hardly moved yesterday, came home last night, large-ish dinner.
This morning I’m back down to 86.5 
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I think this is the reason! 
I had 1 bowl of cereal instead of 3 this morning 
yeah they weren’t very nice!
Did a 36 hr fast last week. No issues and had a light snack after and went for a 2hr ride just chilled
I felt amazing after. I went for a ride the following day and - felt lighter and stronger. My cravings for junk food and booze were kicked into touch completely and you get a calm self respect feeling in your body, which helps your food choices. Felt super charged and alert after I began eating again - maybe that’s the metabolism. It’s like a reboot.
Tip - don’t eat too fibrous food after as gut can’t handle it, I got a dicky tummy
So I thought I’d do it again this week!
I wouldn’t run fasted past maybe 12hrs, but cycling or lifting is absolutely fine
Dead easy. Would recommend it. Might try and stretch it out past 1pm today. Like @Doka says first day is a bit weird but into second day you wake up early, and no hunger really.
With regards to general eating pattern - I’m very similar to @JibberJim so possibly body has gotten used to it anyway. Drives my mum mad that I don’t eat breakfast lol
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78 for the last three days.
More cardio less weights last week, tri and get back up to 80… ish this week.
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36 hour is similar to the longest fast I’ve done, I remember having a go on the pull bar and feeling incredibly strong, it’s very strange.
I don’t do that regularly, just to try it. My take away is that the feeling of hunger is a chemical response, unless you are malnourished you can ignore it (and you can learn to just like suffering in training) and nothing bad will happen.
Fundamentally, if you want to lose weight you need to be in calorie deficit, if you do that you will feel hungry & you have to be able to resist temptation or you can fast & then it’s much easier as after a period (when your ketone level is at whatever) you don’t feel hungry. Then it just makes sense to use the period your sleeping to help get into a fasted state.
Fasting is not is not conducive to heavy training but then if you it’s hard to see why you would have trouble with weight if you have a such high training load.
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Well I guess that makes sense - why a lot of weight lifters do it.
You can do it for any number of reasons - curiosity I suppose, health, creativity, breaking bad habits or weight. Personally I’m thinking also about prostate as dads encouraging me and brother to get checks soon and he had a very aggressive tumour so my thinking is a bit of this now and then can only be a good thing
You get an amazing mental clarity too
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81.1kg today. Same as yesterday
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I didn’t know about the link between fasting and prostate. It’s on the cards for me as my dad and uncle both had it. I quite like the feeling of an empty stomach and trying to resist the temptation to snack and eat. I’d like to lose a few kgs so I might give it a go before race season kicks off.
Is there a good time to fast during a training block? In a recovery week - or at the start of a taper week?
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I think if you’re doing a lot of training, then there’s no need and you could risk injury, not recover fully or be inadequately fuelled obvs, but if you’re having a week doing little exercise or low intensity maybe worth a go. Trial and error
It’s that magic word autophagy again - ‘a cellular clean up operation in the body’
Dunce question are you drinking while fasting?
12 tinnies a day.
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