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21 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
1/ Well... this is awkward...

I'm gaining weight on my "bonus" carb-swap phase in spite of it being isocaloric and everything else being nearly identical (exercise, sleep, supplements, even liquid consumption) w/ prior keto phases.

And I'm gaining it pretty fast, actually...
2/ And actually, the "low carb" phase is technically slightly lower in calories than the keto phase.

And this experiment is as controlled as I get
- Fixed eating times with fixed meals (9am/2pm/7pm)
- Fixed exercise (walking) with same route and time (~3pm)
- Comparable sleep
3/ Sure -- like many reading this, I'd assume this is in large part glycogen and water gain. But I'll concede this is impressively fast given I'm at maintenance level of calories -- which was literally just demonstrated in the run-up phases before this one.
4/ Of course, it could also just be on the tail of variability (I didn't retest). But I can't say I've seen a "200" on that scale since the days of my weight gain experiment (which was intentionally hypercaloric).

So what's your prediction for my remaining 4 days in this phase?

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Given this shorter time span for the phase, I wasn't expecting much difference to emerge...
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1/ Some preliminary data from the #EatingWindowExperiment while we wait for the labs to come back.

These are the mean avgs for each period taken over the last 3 days of each phase (wake/7am/9am/2pm/7pm/10pm) compared.

Needless to say, this is some fascinating stuff...
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1/ Thread — #EatingWindowExperiment initial thoughts...

(If you need a primer, see the experiment design here: cholesterolcode.com/eating-window-…)

All in all, this turned out pretty well. Yes, I had to amend in tighter fasting window timing after the first day....
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