[logicalmike]

I've cycled through many methods of eating, trying to find an optimal diet to pair with heavy weight training for 6-7 days a week.. while at the same time keeping my weight more or less the same (with only slight fluctuations).

Intermittent fasting (or more specifically, following a loose version of the Renegade Diet) is where I landed.. and have been able to keep my weight steady while still making strength gains. In my opinion, it's a good choice who have a hard time controlling their food intake without the hassle of counting calories and/or macros. This way, rules are set, and then can look forward to ~4 hours of eating without restriction. I've pushed this feeding window to the limit, and to gain significant amounts of weight week over week, I basically had to eat until I physically sick for multiple days.

I've also had blood work done, with everything being normal since I started over a year ago.

[thrownblown]

I've been playing with IF and high activity too, and have been struggling to find a good balance.

My sport (track cycling) is very power intensive and has both strength and endurance components.

I have two eating periods on active days and one on my rest days. That seems to do me ok, but endurance has still been an issue.

[logicalmike]

It's hard to know without seeing what you eat, but are you sure it's enough? Have you tried tracking a few days to see if you're hitting high enough calories? I'm really stuffing myself at night.. and from others I've talked to, it's very easy for them to under-eat.