|
Day 1 of a planned 5 day fast
So I ate 'Keto' yesterday and had a large amount of ground beef, cheese and eggs. Then went on a 7 mile run... then got so sick I had to walk back the last 2 miles! Multiple trips to the bathroom. Alka Selzer, the works. This is good news because it limited my appetite for the ‘feast’ planned that night. I was able to not eat even one role (100 calories and 12 carbs each) and only a small bite of the potatoes. I kept the carbs down to around 70 carbs. This morning no weight gain (however, I'm still above my last recorded low weight due to the real 'damage' from the previous weekend).
I have also been thinking about some who have not felt the ‘euphoria’ that many feel during a fast. I have heard this from many who lift weights. I think that weightlifters are used to the massive endorphin rush from a good weight workout. A fasting high pales in comparison. However, for people like me who are used to the sugar high from consuming carbs all day suddenly feel a ‘calmness’ when you get a break from it during a fast. This is very much like a drug addict being free of their drug. The body will burn fat to provide the needed glucose during a fast, but this is smooth and constant. Instead of your mood spiking up and down you stay ‘even’. Intense exercise will cause swings however. But during the long stretches between exercise I find myself in the calmness.
Also, This is the GREATEST video: Fasting vs. Eating Less: What's the Difference? (Science of Fasting) https://bit.ly/2rWYwNO
This guy covers the Dr. Fung material in "The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss" - https://amzn.to/2sAbluO and "The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting" - https://amzn.to/2LV5yci but does it in a fast paced way with a lot of visuals.
The main reason I highly recommend taking 10 minutes of your life to watch it, is that is explains why a low calorie diet with carbs causes problems that fasting doesn't. Rather than a lot of "opinion" it cites actual studies.
Anyway, back on the fast. This time I am going to try to keep the carbs as close to 0 as possible. I find that even if I eat no solid food, keep calories from liquid below 100 calories, if my carbs are still above 20 I will get a 1 pound a day loss rather than 2-3.
I'm starting to get envious of my friends on FS who are apparently wayyy better at fasting than I am! They are killing it! I really need to up my game :) :)
Diet Calendar Entries for 25 June 2018:
|
324 kcal
|
Fat: 20.72g | Prot: 11.23g | Carb: 20.88g.
Breakfast: Starbucks Caffe Misto (Short), Nature's Way MCT Oil, Colcafe Cappuccino Mix French Vanilla Coffee. Dinner: Beef Broth (Home Recipe). more...
|
|
2204 kcal
|
Activities & Exercise:
Walking (exercise) - 3.5/mph - 1 hour, Resting - 15 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
|
|