u/DarkSaturnPrince

This one was completely censored from the Mandela Effect sub. Probably because it's ubiquitous and damning, and they are a gateway of control.

Yankee Doodle lyrics changed in a huge way: he no longer "went" to town: he "came" to town!!

This lyrics video shows the discrepancy, it still shows "went": https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qYcy0Y9Hu-A

Bonus: the song also says, "cap" instead of "hat", but I've heard both variants before.

There was a study done in Australia in 2019 to negate the metabolic downregulation that comes from prolonged energy restriction called the MATADOR study (Minimising Adaptive Thermogenesis And Deactivating Obesity Rebound). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28925405/

I'm going to butcher these numbers, as I'm writing this by memory, so bear with me. ​​This is more or less a human-readable summary.

In a nutshell, there were 2 groups: one that did continuous dieting for 16 weeks straight, and another that did 8 rounds of 2 weeks dieting and 2 weeks maintenance. The dieting phase was eating around 70% of daily maintenance.

The intermittent group lost fat at 150% the rate of the continuous group on the weeks that they were on the diet. (something like 12kg vs 8kg) In other words, their metabolism recovered during each maintenance break which allowed for more effective fatloss during the periods of energy restriction. And at the end of the study, the adaptive thermogenesis (lowering of metabolic​ rate) was only half the amount as the continuous group​.

But here's the kicker: at 6 months followup after the end of the study, the continuous group regained nearly ALL THE FAT they had lost. While the intermittent group kept ~90 percent of it off.

This is significant. It means not only is an intermittent diet infinitely more tolerable and less stressful, it's also far more effective in the long term. And protects your metabolism.

I immediately applied this in my personal life because after my initial 2 weeks of rapid fatloss, I noticed a definite stalling out, tiredness, and feeling of malaise and nausea during a workout. I said "not this again". I knew right away that my metabolism had downregulated substantially. ​​It only took 3 weeks, but I knew.​

So I returned to maintenance of 3000 cals a day. My workouts are much better and so far I've only gained .4lbs after nearly a week (193.8 to 194.2)

I won't really know how effective this intermittent strategy is until 3 weeks from now when I finish my next round of dieting for 2 weeks. If I once again lose ~3 pounds of fat (and 2 pounds food/water) and/or dip under 190, then this will be a major breakthrough for me moving forward. My longterm goal is 175lbs and I might be able to reach it in one long ass, intermittent stretch (5 rounds of losing 3lbs per month). Then I'm coasting at a slight surplus and gaining muscle from then on.

Found a gem: an outtake from Pumping Iron where Arnold says, "Sally Fields" while talking with Bud Cort in a laundromat.

https://youtu.be/ZItIqOL_yLk?t=248