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Comment by hollerith

Yeah, well, the problem with time-restricted eating (for me) was that I couldn't get enough protein to my muscles: I got weaker and weaker during the 1.5 years or so that I was doing it. I was eating plenty of meat, but cramming all my calories into 2 meals separated by 3 or 4 hours didn't give me enough protein even though I (unlike the average American) I was eating just as much protein in the first meal of the day as the other meals.

I still try to have been fasting at least 12 hours when I wake up in the morning, but I also try to get 40 g of protein 3 times a day and to separate those meals by at least 3 or 4 hours, and my muscles are back to being able to benefit from strength training like they are supposed to be.

parent hollerith 3 years ago

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