Fasting is fast becoming the new way to eat, the new buzz diet seen in the media. Advertised as the way to loose weight. Loosing weight is good don’t get me wrong but fasting with the main goal to loose weight is not.

When you read about fasting most of the time they’re talking about intermitted fasting. This is when you fast for majority of the day and have a smaller window that you’re allowed to eat in. The most common ratio is 16 hours fasting and 8 hours eating. You can choose when you want your 8 hour window, depending on your day as long as it’s in 1 continuous block. An example day could be finish dinner at 6pm then eat again at 10am the next day, since you’re asleep for most of the fast it’s not as hard as it sounds. You can intermit fast for long periods at a time weeks, months or years.

The problem with intermitted fasting for weight lost is people do it with the wrong intentions they start eating less food to a point they're starving themselves. The first 2 week period people might have great results, but this can not be maintain and will either lead to gaining more weight or affecting your hormones. It’s not about eating less food for your body type but eating less frequently. The body uses a lot of energy digesting food and if you’re always eating throughout the day your body is continuously using energy digesting food. By eating less frequently allows the body to have more energy for other things like healing and repairing itself, becoming healthier in the long run. Being healthy should be your main, you will find when your body is running the way it is suppose to excess weight will come off.

I’ve been using fasting techniques for the last three years now, prior to that the thought of fasting made me feel weak. I want to gain muscle and my old school thinking was I needed to eat every three hours to keep my protein levels up or I’ll loose muscle mass. Which is completely wrong. I’ve gain muscle, strength and stayed lean, with only eating a couple of meals a day. One of the biggest benefit is I am now free from my food which sounds strange but for anyone that eats six meals a day will understand. My whole day was based around food, if I was going out for the day I would workout how many meals I needed or make sure I go to places I could buy food. I knew when my three hour eating mark was up before checking the time and if I didn’t eat I would get annoyed. Now food is the last thing on my mind, it’s a really good feeling being free. I now have more time for other things.

3 intermitted fasting tips to help you start:

Reduce your sugar intake. I know you hear this everywhere but sugar will make you hungry more often, making it harder than it should be. Once you can comfortably fast for 16 hours sugar wont affect you as much but at the start it makes a big difference.

Coffee. I use Dave Asprey’s biohack of black coffee, butter and brain octane oil blended together for the mornings during the fast. This will help you to fast for longer and promotes ketosis (as long as you have a clean diet)

Play around with the times you fast. Having dinner earlier means you can eat earlier the next day so by creating a perfect balance for your daily routine will make it easier. If 16 hours to too hard to start with work your way up to it. Don't feel like you have to do it in the first week.

Intermitted fasting is really good for anyone who wants to live a healthier life. It will help you on your journey. Intermitted fasting is not a technique for quickly dropping weight.

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