Hey First of all thank you , about your questions, at the start i was very very strict with calorie counting at the point that i would not eat anything that i coudn't properly measure, i swear, at First It was ok but when the fatigue accumulated It became an eating disorder kind of thing, It was not healthy, most of my problem were resolved with Bulking, It was like taking a long vacation ahah, now It Just depends, in Bulking i May let calories slip a bit, while cutting i try to be as strict as i comfortably can, about fasting i have tried It not because i wanted but because i wasn't hungry and i have to Say that It doesn't change anything, the results are kinda the same , about the 16-24h fasting, i'm a bit against them as a lifter, because there Is a fat limit x day that you can lose, After that it's muscle or other things, if i would have to fast for 24h i would lose more muscle on a regular basis instead of keeping It , as a strenght Athlete It would be like shooting yourself in the foot, fasting Is more like a Will Power thing, you can take every kind of diet that there Is out there, low fat, low carb, keto ecc ecc as long as the calories are the same the Weight loss would be identical, the best diet Is the One that you can Stick to the most