Fasting is for Losers
Lately I've been experimenting with intermittent fasting. The premise is that if you go long enough between meals, your body will revert to using fat for energy. At least that is the simple explanation.
No one should take my word at this. I tend to understand things in a basic way that doesn't facilitate explaining the concept well. what I do know is that I do well with the rigid schedule.
Some days I will fast until about noon, aiming for a sixteen hour fast. That is supposedly long enough for the body to begin converting fat into energy. This works fairly well, as it doesn't get in the way of my social life too much. I can still have lunch on the weekend and even dinner.
Most days, however, I prefer to eat only one meal a day. This is a lot more challenging, yet as long as I have copious amounts of water to drink as soon as I begin to feel hungry, I am fine.
Many people claim to feel a sense of increased focus and mental clarity. I can't really attest to that. I do however enjoy my meal guilt-free. That is worth it to me.
I have been fasting on and off for several months now. I have lost and gained several pounds along the way. I am hoping to lose a lot more, and eventually feel much more able to tackle parenthood when it arrives.
I have a friend who has also been doing one meal a day, and he has lost somewhere in the neighborhood of twenty pounds so far. He has been a lot more diligent than I have; even cutting back on most of the alcohol he drank. He also followed a mostly low-carb diet even on fast days.
I would sincerely like to be comfortable in my own skin again. I can't help but notice K and I have
become more and more overweight as the years go by. Food is our drug of choice. I suppose I can't help that. But I can mitigate the damages.
No one should take my word at this. I tend to understand things in a basic way that doesn't facilitate explaining the concept well. what I do know is that I do well with the rigid schedule.
Some days I will fast until about noon, aiming for a sixteen hour fast. That is supposedly long enough for the body to begin converting fat into energy. This works fairly well, as it doesn't get in the way of my social life too much. I can still have lunch on the weekend and even dinner.
Most days, however, I prefer to eat only one meal a day. This is a lot more challenging, yet as long as I have copious amounts of water to drink as soon as I begin to feel hungry, I am fine.
Many people claim to feel a sense of increased focus and mental clarity. I can't really attest to that. I do however enjoy my meal guilt-free. That is worth it to me.
I have been fasting on and off for several months now. I have lost and gained several pounds along the way. I am hoping to lose a lot more, and eventually feel much more able to tackle parenthood when it arrives.
I have a friend who has also been doing one meal a day, and he has lost somewhere in the neighborhood of twenty pounds so far. He has been a lot more diligent than I have; even cutting back on most of the alcohol he drank. He also followed a mostly low-carb diet even on fast days.
I would sincerely like to be comfortable in my own skin again. I can't help but notice K and I have
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