Intermittent fasting week 4 session 1

Fasting was completed Tuesday 3 p.m. This fast felt extremely easy then all the other ones. Normally the first few hours after my last meal I start to want food but this time around it wasn't the case. On all my other fast I craved a lot of stuff but this time I didn't crave anything. It was also funny because now I feel kinda different from my family because whenever they ask me if I want to eat lunch with them and I start to feel like I am some magical being that no longer need to eat.

I decided from now on I will just write a post on my fasting experiences only once a week and spend the rest of the time to focus on other habits I want to establish. As for the results of the fast I haven't noticed much change in my weight however I will allow my body to take the time it needs to drop the weight. That's all for today

Intermittent fasting Week 3 session 2

This fast was completed at 4 p.m on Saturday. This time around the fast felt the most easiest to me. The last 3 hours felt hard since I couldn't keep my mind off the time. I am starting to feel more energetic usually the first few hours after the fast. I decided to change my mind and extend the experiment to 12 weeks instead of just 4.

Since this is kind of a Diet plan I should give it a 3 month period to give it enough time to make the changes. I will in the mean time while doing this experiment I will try to do other experiments as well to further improve my life. I will do research on other things as well and will take the next few days to contemplate what I want to do next. However I have a few ideas already on what I might do. One of them is called the personal therapist journal method. It is where I will right down exactly how I feel which helps me accept and admit my feelings about things. The other is the gratitude journal where I will list 5 things to be grateful for each day.

As for the fast I feel that I want to keep it and make it a lifestyle so I will do it even after the 3 months is over. That's all for today.

Intermittent fasting week 3 session 1

I am so happy I completed yet another session. For some reason I am starting to think that having a cup of coffee with my first meal gives me a sense of euphoria. I don't know why yet but I will just take advantage of it. Yes, so fasting has been getting a little easier each time even though the last few hours can really drive you crazy. One thing that I realized is that breaking the fast could easily lead you to overeating if you are not careful. Like for example, I ate my meal at 12:15 and I again noticed that I couldn't feel full so this could actually lead to eating more so it is a good idea to be a little more moderate. Now more on what exactly do I eat during my non fasting days or when I am breaking my fast.

Before fast:

Meal 1: 1 Cup of oatmeal with one scoop of whey protein

Meal 2 : 4 eggs scrambled with 3 tablespoons of salsa and 3 strips of bacon

Meal 3 : 2 slices of salami with 2 pieces of white bread

I eat these 2-3 hours apart from each other. I would usually eat the first two meals then go workout and eat my final meal before the fast begins. I am not worried about eating bacon because I am fasting and on days I am not fasting I don't much eat carbs so the saturated fat doesn't bother me. I only eat high GI carbs before my fast because it is easy for me to take in.

After fast/ non fast days

Meal 1: same as above

Meal 2: same as above

Meal 3: 1 cup of cooked lentils with salsa or BBQ sauce

Meal 4 : same as meal 3 but followed with 0ne scoop of whey protein with water.

Meal 5 : one scoop of weight protein with ice and milk.

As you can see on non fasting days i don't eat much carbs. I also drink a lot of water and green tea during my fast to make sure I am hydrated. I prefer green tea because it keeps me hydrated but also helps me get a good boost of antioxidants. My meal plan for when my non fasting days is a good way for a person to cut fat but you might want to modify it a bit if you don't want to eat bacon of drink that much protein shakes. Lentils are very high in protein and high in fiber as well so it is a great meal for someone who wants to lose weight and get more lean. Well that's all I have for today. Cheers

fasting week 2 session 2

This session I realized that I fell back into the miracle pill mentality. I was eating somewhat bad everyday and I realized that I was expecting too much from my fasting. I wanted to have a cheat meal everyday as a variable but it was a lousy one. I wanted to cut body fat by using this method a lot more then I really cared about the experiment itself. It doesn't matter how lousy my diet is but as long as I am fasting I won't gain weight but I will not lose any either. My weight has been the same for the last two weeks. I am 136.5 pounds and I haven't gone up or gone down.

I am going to change things up and eat healthier when I am not fasting so I will eat more lean meats and greens which I hope will help me cut some fat. The fast itself is becoming a lot more easier. The first few times your constantly going to check the time to see how much time you have left but it will get easier every time you do it. That's all I have do report for today.

intermittent fasting week 2 session 1

This post came out a day later then it should have because I finished my first fast for this week on Tuesday at 9 P.M. Due to a lot of family things I could not update my fast as soon as I wanted. The plans I had originally for this fasting has changed completely. I realized that I can't really plan out when to fast and when not to because there will be times where I will have no choice but to eat. This is why I like the eat stop eat method because it is flexible. For example I planning on fasting from Monday at 6 p.m. until Tuesday 6 p.m. but because my family insisted that I go eat out with them I had to start my fast later. I was still able to get it done so I can fast whenever I find it easy for me. Now for the fast itself not much have changed other then the fact that it is getting easier every time I do it however the last 6 hours is still the hardest. I did my cardio during the fast and found out that my heart rate didn't shoot up as high as it usually would so I'm guessing that the fast has effected me some what. As for my weight I am still 135-136 range. That's all for today.

Cheers.

intermittent fasting week 1 session 2

Today I had to settle for an 18 hour fast (still good but for fat burning purposes not as good as 24 hours). I had to go get glasses and I know for sure that I can't handle a car ride when I haven't eaten anything because I tend to get dizzy. I realized that a fast that last from 6 p.m.-6 p.m. is a lot easier then 9 am-9am so I will try to do them later in the day. According to eat stop eat fasting once a week is good enough but I will try to fast from Friday 6 p.m until Saturday 6 p.m but for some reason Saturday happens to be the day where my family goes out so I will settle for an 18 hour fast if I know something like that will happen. The fast is getting easier but I'm going through a withdrawal from not eating like I normally am so I'm not getting the boost of energy that others claim to have from fasting. It is still early so I will just simply have to keep going. as for my weight I am still 136 pounds and my measurements doesn't seem to have changed much.

Intermittent fasting week 1 session 1

The fasting went incredibly well but it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. The problem wasn't that I was hungry but I was really bored. I spent the whole time thinking about food and how long I had left until the fast was over. It would be so much easier if I was busier. If I had to give a tip that would be it. You should fill your time with as much things to do as possible to keep your mind off the food.

I also recommend that you drink enough water to keep yourself hydrated because I read somewhere that if you fast without drinking water your blood pressure goes up. However when my fast was over I experienced something weird. When I started eating it didn't matter how much food I ate I just couldn't feel full. I was no longer hungry but I could not feel full which was surprising to me but that's not really a good thing because I almost overate thinking that I needed more food.

That's all I really have to say about that session but the things that you normally don't eat suddenly become so much more appealing when your are fasting so try not to overeat when you break your fast. My weight did not change at all during the fast but I don't really care much about my weight as long as i could lose some body fat.

Weight before fast: 136 pounds

After: 136 pounds

Intermittent fasting variables

For this experiment to let me know how legit the fasting is I need to set the variables in such a way where I know that it was the fasting alone that gave me results. Now the thing is I have been working out for the last few months and I will continue to workout to make sure I don't lose any muscle mass during the fast. I know it won't interfere with my experiment because the workout had made no difference to my body fat or weight in the last few months that I have been working out. I just wanted to get that out of the way so people don't start saying that I could of lost weight because of my workout.

Now the major thing that will let me know if the fasting works is my nutrition. I will not follow any nutrition plan. I will eat plenty of starchy carbs and I will have a cheat meal everyday. Thats right I said every day. If I can lost weight with that much junk eating and while consuming a lot of starchy carbs then I know for a fact that my weight loss is due to the fasting.

My workout regimen consists of 6 compound exercises and I will do 2 sets of each to failure twice a week. On Tue, Thu, and Sat, I will be doing a simple 20 minute low intensity jog that will keep my heart rate between 130-170.

To sum things up the major variable that will help me know if fasting works is my horrible nutrition because everyone knows that even if your workout is great, the results won't come if you have a lousy diet. I am excited to see how things turn out.

My fast will start today at 6 p.m. Mountain Time (US & Canada). I chose 6 p.m. today because I like taking Creatine before and after my workout and I feel it is safer to take it with food in my belly. If anyone else is attempting to try this you need to make sure that you are never going a day without eating. You may eat breakfast then fast or dinner then fast but make sure you have a solid meal before you start fasting.

A new way to cut fat.

That's right there is a new way to cut fat where you don't need to plan out your meals and worry about what you have to eat (Not an excuse to binge eat). What is this magical plan? Well its not really plan more like a decision. It's called intermittent fasting. What you do is you fast for 24 hours without any food but you can still drink water and low calorie beverages. Before you pull you roll your eyes and close out of your browser you need to know that this method have been tested and a lot of people have had great results with this method. The particular method that I am about to try is called the "Eat Stop Eat" method by Brad Pilon. If you want to see more details go search up intermittent fasting or go to YouTube and type in eat stop eat to see the benefits of intermittent fasting.

My plan is to fast for 24 hours twice a week from either 6 p.m-6 p.m or from 12 p.m-12 p.m the next day. Keep in mind your never going a day without eating.

The Benefits: Decreased body fat, maintain muscle mass, decrease blood glucose level, Increase growth hormone levels (there is more these are just the ones I want).

I officially did it for one day already and i realized that I am never really as hungry as i think i am. I was use to eating at a certain time in order to gain muscle mass so I started to feel hungry around those times only. I will continue to do this method for a month in order to see how accurate these benefits are and if they aren't then that's one less method to consider.

First post

Hi I'm Danny. I became a blogger for awhile now. On my previous blog I posted 2 experiment where I'll spent a month to test the green tea fat loss myth and water fat loss myth. You can see them at http://teenenlightenment.wordpress.com/ . However When I was browsing the web I stumbled onto this site and for some reason it resonated with me a lot more then word press so I decided to switch to this site instead. From here on out i will try out new 30 day experiments where I will test out certain new habit changes to see if they make my life better. I will also test out products and recommendations that all these so called gurus constantly talk about. I hope in the process I can help others find out what truly works and what doesn't. Enjoy the journey

Cheers