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Potassium supplements! If you get your potassium/sodium balance way out of whack, your body will compensate by pulling the potassium out into your large intestine( along with huge amounts of water ). Make sure you do it on a night you don't plan on going out though. :) When I was doing the...

I've started incorporating the concept of slow-digesting proteins and healthy fats in my diet pre-bedtime. I started doing this with Muscle Milk, since it contains primarily casein( slow digesting protein )and allegedly healthy fats, with minimal carbohydrate load. During the day I've also...

My favorite sources of dextrose are smarties and pixie stix. They're both about 99.5% dextrose.

I doubt this has anything to do with fiber. Maybe a little, but that's not the point. #1 The large intestine requires a certain amount of time to pull the water out of the food you eat. #2 Most good foods( veggies, meats, etc )are mostly water. #3 If you increase your food consumption...

Actually, you CAN have too much of it. Too much water without compensatory electrolytes can lead to hyponatremia and hypokalemia, both of which can make you MUCH weaker than simple dehydration or in extreme circumstances, kill you. Many cases of so-called "heat exhaustion" are actually one of...

#1 Bill Mckibben is a goddamned JOURNALIST. He is neither a dietician, doctor, nor does hold any scrap of legitimacy as anything resembling an "expert" in any of the fields in which he writes. He is a shitstain on the face of society, and the only people keeping him fed are the same people who...

Sugar alcohols are nice in theory, since a good number of sugar-free candies( like the sugar free reeses peanut butter cups, yum )are made with them. Unfortunately, they give about 1/3 of the population, including myself, the kind of liquid shits that would put a gallon of metamucil to shame...

I've never done south to north and back, but I've done many south rim to phantom ranch and back day hikes, and IIRC it's 26 miles roundtrip by Bright Angel trail and 20 miles roundtrip by South Kaibab trail. South Kaibab is a lot steeper and I don't think it runs through Indian Gardens, but it...

WHAT. THE. FUCK. Are you seriouly still alive? How is that even possible?

You'd need a daily 2000-3000 kcal defecit, which is batshit insane and will probably kill you after 5 weeks. You'll most likely die trying, but if you're serious about it, you could try this: - Eat water and multivitamins and nothing else for the next 5 weeks. - Do 2 hours of HIIT every day...

This post is not intended to denigrate fatties; I used to be one. That said, it's that time of the year again, when for about a month the gym is swarmed by fatties of all kinds, who don't know what the hell they're doing, and who tend to irritate the hell out of me when I'm just trying to get...

Triscuits: whole-wheat carb source; decent amount of fiber Peanut butter: omega-6 non-trans healthy fat source, some protein Whey: amino-complete, with lots of glutamine to help with anti-catabolism Cottage cheese before bed: slow-digesting protein, also amino-complete fish oil before bed...

Thanks for the highly detailed critique, bro. :rolleyes: Yikes or not, it's been pretty effective so far. Down 4lbs in 2 weeks with no strength loss yet. Coworkers make fun of me, tho.

Yikes what ?

I doubt every hour would be a good idea. The meals would be so small that you would *never* get even a partial feeling of fullness, which is something that a lot of people need to stay sane. For the last 2 weeks I've been living on 5 meals per day, each meal exactly 3 hours apart, each meal...