How many days of not lifting BUT still eating protein until you start losing muscle?

[Hozay]

Title.

 

[toth77]

i think its extremely hard to lose muscle because its one of the last things ur body uses for energy, ur sugar and fat will take weeks to burn

 

[Hozay]

i think its extremely hard to lose muscle because its one of the last things ur body uses for energy, ur sugar and fat will take weeks to burn

Thanks for the serious reply bro

 

[Deleted member 6403]

don't fast

I made that mistake years ago

 

[Deleted member 13335]

agree

don't fast

I made that mistake years ago

When I involuntarily fasted for more than week I've lost a ton of muscle and I am still not able to regain it

 

[Hozay]

don't fast

I made that mistake years ago

LOL SAME, never water fasting again in my fucking life. I do IF fast though, eat all my calories in the morning. Haven't lost any muscle at all only fat.

 

[Hozay]

agree

When I involuntarily fasted for more than week I've lost a ton of muscle and I am still not able to regain it

You're talking about water fasting right?

 

[Deleted member 6403]

agree

When I involuntarily fasted for more than week I've lost a ton of muscle and I am still not able to regain it

fasting destroys the thymus gland before bodily tissue

I'm certain my liver stores are still fucked at the moment

 

[Deleted member 13335]

You're talking about water fasting right?

No, I consumed like 250-500 calories a day but still was losing weight very fast as well as muscle. I regained my strength fast though, but not muscle

 

[Deleted member 6403]

LOL SAME, never water fasting again in my fucking life. I do IF fast though, eat all my calories in the morning. Haven't lost any muscle at all only fat.

I wouldn't even recommend IF either because that's mainly what I was doing and it's just as catabolic

 

[Hozay]

No, I consumed like 250-500 calories a day but still was losing weight very fast as well as muscle. I regained my strength fast though, but not muscle

Nvm, you just ate very low amount of calories. I did the same thing one year, lost a shit load of muscle and stayed at a high bodyfat percentage. It was a complete mess. (no lifting at all and getting no protein in either).

 

[Hozay]

I wouldn't even recommend IF either because that's mainly what I was doing and it's just as catabolic

Nah, you're bugging if you think IF makes you lose muscle. Do your research, i've done OMAD and IF and haven't lost any muscle at all and my bodyfat percentage is going down. As long as you get your calories that you need and your protien + lifting you will be fine.

 

[Solidcoin]

don't fast

I made that mistake years ago

Copenhagen

Dry fasting is insanely good

 

[Deleted member 6403]

Nah, you're bugging if you think IF makes you lose muscle. Do your research, i've done OMAD and IF and haven't lost any muscle at all and my bodyfat percentage is going down. As long as you get your calories that you need and your protien + lifting you will be fine.

Copenhagen

Dry fasting is insanely good

Good luck. that's all I can say

 

[Hozay]

Good luck. that's all I can say

Idk why you're wishing me good luck, you don't know what you're talking about if you think IF burns muscle. do your research

 

[Solidcoin]

Good luck. that's all I can say

link studies to prove your buffoonery

 

[Deleted member 6403]

Idk why you're wishing me good luck, you don't know what you're talking about if you think IF burns muscle. do your research

that's fine

 

[Chinacurry]

LOL SAME, never water fasting again in my fucking life. I do IF fast though, eat all my calories in the morning. Haven't lost any muscle at all only fat.

If is legit, I used to do it, lost about 2kg in a month, problem is I can't handle it right now because I need to eat 180g of proteiN while in a deficit which means I'm drinking a lot of shakes, which just isn't possible in a short, 4hr window sadly

 

[Hozay]

that's fine

Stupid nigger

 

[Deleted member 13137]

I haven’t eaten in 36 hours hours am I gonna die

 

[BearBoy]

As long as you dont lose the weight you maintained while training you will be good

 

[dnrd]

i believe 2 weeks

 

[goat2x]

Its not whether your body uses it for energy lel its whether you gave them stress to maintain themselves, like 3 weeks , very minimal doe, if ur planning to take a break for a long time use sum body weight shit its actually easy to gain back muscle anyways

 

[Lmao]

don't fast

I made that mistake years ago

how long is considered a fast?

 

[Deleted member 6403]

how long is considered a fast?

depends on your glycogen stores and how fast they're depleted

 

[Pietrosiek]

agree

When I involuntarily fasted for more than week I've lost a ton of muscle and I am still not able to regain it

What about musle memory?

 

[Hero of the Imperium]

agree

When I involuntarily fasted for more than week I've lost a ton of muscle and I am still not able to regain it

Involuntary? Were you lost in the wilderness

 

[DEFAULT]

IIRC according to Greg Nuckols' writeup it's about 2-3 weeks if you stay active (do other sports) and eat at maintenance with sufficient protein

 

[everydayfun]

It depends on the person, I barely lost any of my size during the pandemic with the gyms closed, but I sure lost some strength.

 

[Deleted member 13335]

What about musle memory?

Muscle memory only affected my strength which returned fast, but according to dexa scan, even after 3 months I wasnt able to return all my muscle mass. Maybe because I wasnt eating enough

 

[Pietrosiek]

Muscle memory only affected my strength which returned fast, but according to dexa scan, even after 3 months I wasnt able to return all my muscle mass. Maybe because I wasnt eating enough

Dexa scan is the nr1 bullshit. There are cases of people getting way better physiques and getting way stronger while dexa scan shows they they gained fat and lost musle. Just lol at anyone that belives in dexa scans

 

[Baldingman1998]

Nvm, you just ate very low amount of calories. I did the same thing one year, lost a shit load of muscle and stayed at a high bodyfat percentage. It was a complete mess. (no lifting at all and getting no protein in either).

I told you that would happen but you ignored my advise. Fasting= lose muscle and not fat

 

[Deleted member 13335]

Dexa scan is the nr1 bullshit. There are cases of people getting way better physiques and getting way stronger while dexa scan shows they they gained fat and lost musle. Just lol at anyone that belives in dexa scans

Idk, I trust dexa scales in my gym, because if I make measurements frequently the changes in values are small and quite predictable.
Man, I've lost 7 kilos and regained only 2 so far. Do you really think I have returned all my muscle? According to dexa scan, I have now 1 kg less muscle, 1 kg less water and 3 kgs less fat than I used to have before that big weight loss. And this is all after 2 months of me trying to bring back my gains

 

[ALP]

i think its extremely hard to lose muscle because its one of the last things ur body uses for energy, ur sugar and fat will take weeks to burn

Thanks bro i was thinking about this whole time.

 

[Donc0ck]

According to biology a muscle needs around 6 Sets per week to be maintained

 

[Deleted member 13335]

i believe 2 weeks

There is no "muscle loss countdown". If you are fasting and losing weight extremely fast, you will be put into a catabolic state from the first day and start losing muscle immediately.

There is no sense in the words that muscle is the thing that your body spares and starts breaking down only after a lot of time of fasting. Muscle isn't just an energy source, muscle tissue consumes a lot of calories. When fasting your body is trying to reduce energy expenditure, and reducing muscle tissue is one of the ways to do it. You can't prevent it

 

[Bewusst]

Exactly 36.2 days, 5.819 hours, 41 minutes, 84.25839274693784669209 seconds and 638 milliseconds for every single person, regardless of sex, age, height, weight, health, physical activity, stress levels, sleeping habits and FFMI. After that, everyone will lose exactly 9.5287731 grams of muscle per day in the first week, with a gradual increase in the rate of lean tissue loss of exactly 2.581% per week until it becomes a constant function with no further slope at week 23. Since humans are robots and everyone is exactly the same, this applies to every human being on the planet.

 

[Carnivore]

From experience: a little bit after 1 month, a lot after 2 months. The more time away from the gym, the faster the degradation of muscle.

source: Coov lockdowns.

 

[Pietrosiek]

Idk, I trust dexa scales in my gym, because if I make measurements frequently the changes in values are small and quite predictable.
Man, I've lost 7 kilos and regained only 2 so far. Do you really think I have returned all my muscle? According to dexa scan, I have now 1 kg less muscle, 1 kg less water and 3 kgs less fat than I used to have before that big weight loss. And this is all after 2 months of me trying to bring back my gains

does your physique looks like u gained the musle back? thats all that does matter, nobody gives a fuck about some scans. Look in the mirror and judge yourself. Also if u regained your strenght then propably u the musle is back there as well

 

[Deleted member 13335]

does your physique looks like u gained the musle back? thats all that does matter, nobody gives a fuck about some scans. Look in the mirror and judge yourself. Also if u regained your strenght then propably u the musle is back there as well

I think I did in the upper-body, but not in the legs because I stopped training them

 

[Pietrosiek]

I think I did in the upper-body, but not in the legs because I stopped training them

then u have your answer