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> I will say that when I was younger I often wanted a bodybuilder physique, but I didn't have the discipline to eat enough to support proper muscle growth. Now I'm just glad I'm not going the seemingly inevitable route of becoming an overweight middle-aged office worker that morphs into their chair.

This can't be reiterated enough. Fasting helped me NOT eat all day while sitting at a desk. I eat no breakfast during the week and have a light salad for lunch and then have a regular dinner. The only byproducts I've come across is a slightly higher sensitivity to caffeine and I'm more alert.

I was forced to a fasting schedule in college too since I could only afford a 14 meal a week plan during college, luckily it was all you could eat once you were inside!

> when I was younger I often wanted a bodybuilder physique

As someone who has competed in both bodybuilding and powerlifting, I can attest that you don't want that physique. It's not worth the pain, time, and effort for it. Plus, anyone you see with rock-hard abs looks like that for maybe a 3 hour window. Almost no one looks like that year-round all of the time.

Instead of gaining 15 pounds my freshman year, I lost it. I wasn't consciously fasting--I was just too lazy to leave my dorm room to grab snacks. I didn't keep up the habit as I got older and put on weight. Now I'm consciously fasting every day since the start of the year. I'm about 25 pounds down so far and I don't see myself ever giving up this lifestyle.

Does the exercising during fasting cause you to feel hunger pangs more intensely?

I haven't noticed any. I've been intermittent fasting for about two years with 16 hours no eating 8 hours to eat. Occasionally a 24 hour fast. Usually the most intense hunger pangs occur when I have eaten a lot of carbs the day prior.

I do weight training and running. Usually after a workout I feel like the cravings I do have are more manageable. You do need to be careful though. I wouldn't recommend doing any weight training if you're doing more than a 24 hour fast and if you are weight training while fasting make sure you have a spotter. At least at first.

I personally eat one meal a day typically and exercise fasted because it's a convenient time for me to exercise. After exercise I usually feel almost no hunger, usually much less than before. Hard to say if that ends up with more 5 hours later when it would be close to dinner time, I haven't noticed much difference on days when I skip the gym.

When doing cardio, I feel like I have more energy fasted than if I eat before. That might not be normal, might just be what I'm used to.