Psst, a little secret. I might have cracked intermittent fasting.
I’ve tried a few different ways in the past:
– Skip breakfast once/twice a week (leave a ~16 hour gap between an evening meal, and lunch the following day)
– Eat restricted calories (500 kcals or so) on two days a week (aka 5:2 diet)
– Try a 24 hour fast once a month
But I couldn’t maintain any consistency.
Recently I listened to an episode of the Zoe podcast which encouraged me to try a different approach
It suggests eating in a ~8 hour window, keeping to water, black tea or coffee (bitter flavours only, avoid the Earl Grey tea!). And most importantly for me, doing the same thing every day for a month. EVERY DAY.
Bye bye breakfast
So for the last two weeks I’ve skipped breakfast. The first 10 days was hard, but around mid week this (2nd) week I began to see the benefit. Clear headedness and energy throughout the day, better mood, healthier gut.
I feel pretty good!
This is what my schedule looks like:
- Wake up at 6am
- Exercise every other day (20-30m of HIIT training)
- Water and 1-2 black coffees (I take care with the coffee as too much on an empty stomach leaves me feeling jittery and anxious)
- Snack at 11am or 12pm
- Lunch at 1pm
- Snack at 4pm
- Evening meal somewhere 7-9pm, day/schedule dependent.
If you’d asked me a few weeks ago if I could do this, I’d have laughed at you. But you know, I feel better for fasting this way than at any other time I’ve tried it. And it’s easy to decide what to do. Every day is the same.
Two weeks to go. More to follow.
Boom! First post in a long time, done!
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