It’s important to remember that we’re not necessarily adapted to fasting. Fasting is simply a means of modeling our natural state where we weren’t always successful in getting food. The idea is that the body uses that state to repair and use up broken down protein waste, which I deem beneficial as an acute stressor.

I find that fasts are easiest if I eat my last meal as a late lunch, say 2pm-ish. That way, I only have a few hours of potential gnawing hunger before, and it’s pretty easy to get to bedtime. Then, I find sleep really kills the fast and by the time I get hungry again it’s only a few hours of holding out.

But, that’s just me.

Am I just being weak willed?

Will, my point about insulin resistance from constant eating was primarily toward those on a non-paleo diet. I think constant eating on a paleo diet will cause less damage because there will be lower average insulin levels, but giving your pancreas and receptors a break is a favorable thing to do regardless of how you’re eating. Also, regarding Richard’s points of IF and strength gains if you’re constantly eating before and after workouts, you’ll receive less benefit, less adaptation, less gene expression. Many good points are made in this regard by Dr. McGuff, DeVany, and Richard has really good posts on this subject, too.

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As for the issue of eating before a workout, I’ve established pretty well what works for me there. I just can’t throw around the same weights without food in my stomach, especially on days where I’m doing squats or deadlift. I think that this is something that everyone has to experiment with, though, because as you’ve pointed out, I know a lot of people who operate better during a workout without any food beforehand.

Before, when i used to eat green vegetables i used to eat 9 ounces of chicken along with some vegetables. But lately i have been eating chicken alone for lunch without any carbohydrates. So i had to increase the amount of chicken i eat.

Oh, another thing i wanted to comment is that Whey Protein Powder has some carbs. The Body Fortress Whey Protein Powder i use has about 5 grams of carbs per scoop, that’s why i quit eating vegetables so i could stay around 10 to 20 grams a day from whey protein i use.

Oh by the way that chicken looked pretty good

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Been doing that for nearly two years and in that time have made gains of 200-300% in most routines and in some cases four times and more the amount of weight. I can vary intensity to bring on hunger or back off and kill it, at will.

IF combined with paleo combined with intense workouts fasted gives you high resolution into hunger. Ultimately, it becomes your friend, not your dreaded enemy.

http://www.thepaleogarden.com/2009/11/13/vocab-lesson-catabolic-state/

Will, basically:
-constant anabolic state will lead to a constant catabolic state (brought on by insulin resistance)
-Why? because your insulin will always be high because you’re eating all of the time
-When you lose your insulin sensitivity you will at the cellular level be in a catabolic state. Diab0etics’ have their muscle mass waste away. Many bodybuilders who believe in chronic anabolism become diabetic.
-Will, you are confusing the brief catabolic state (from a brief fast) with a prolonged catabolic state (e.g., starving)

Again, the ironic thing, in a bodybuilder’s quest for constant anabolism, in the end a hormonal reckoning will cause catabolism brought on by insulin resistance, diabetes, and perhaps even metabolic syndrome.