https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Barbieri's_fast
I’m at 22 hours currently. Planned breakfast is 6.5 hours from now.
I’m at 22 hours currently. Planned breakfast is 6.5 hours from now.
That’s probably a great idea.I'm still sticking to my 5, 5, 38 hour routine
That looks delicious. And it's not too dissimilar from the kind of cooking I do - simple ingredients cooked with respect.I dislike broccoli. I recognize it’s possible health benefits, but take no pleasure from eating it.
Until I tried this:
I believe the above qualifies as vegan.
Since you bought it up, I’m quite regular. That’s even while consuming no fiber. Less bulk is all. Who knew?One interesting (or weird) fact; I still had a regular poop this morning, isn’t a meal supposed to go through you in 8 hours?
If you’re carrying any fat, you use that for energy.Half way through my 2nd weekly 48h fast and it’s feeling so normal that I don’t see any reason why I shouldn’t do this for the rest of my life. The absence of inflammation is a bonus but; I can’t figure out why I have so much excess energy with no calories going in. Maybe the whole foods diet that I’m adopting has something to do with it.
One thing I have to work at is not snacking in the 6 hour window that I give myself for eating every day (when I’m not fasting), I’d like to try and have just 2 meals.
That is exactly what the author predicted in the book about fasting. Wish I could find that book. But she says that when you have eaten, your body goes into a satiated mode and works at digestion and storing fat. You feel sluggish - post-prandial torpor.I can’t figure out why I have so much excess energy with no calories going in. Maybe the whole foods diet that I’m adopting has something to do with it.
It took me a second to understand your analogy the instinctual physiology of our ancestors made more sense. It definitely feels naturally better; to the point that I am looking forward to next weeks 48h fast.That is exactly what the author predicted in the book about fasting. Wish I could find that book. But she says that when you have eaten, your body goes into a satiated mode and works at digestion and storing fat. You feel sluggish - post-prandial torpor.
However, after few hours of fasting, your body undergoes a hormonal change into a more active mode - less energy is used for digestion, more is used to release fat stores. The nervous system and muscles also receive more energy. You feel sharper and have more energy. This is adaptive for life in the wild as lived by our ancestors. But in modern life, most of us never experience that mode switch - I think because we culturally avoid 'going hungry' for any extended period, people lose out on that experience.
My analogy is a coal-fired cruiser, say 1914 era. In harbour, all hands are set to work shovelling coal, and when the coalbunkers are full, the black stuff is piled on decks, in passageways, all available areas. The ship is dirty, heavy and sluggish - satiated mode. But later, at sea, the crew are all at action stations, the coal that's in-the-way has now been fed into the ravenous furnaces, the ship is powering through the waves at her best speed, ready for action. That's me on my fast days. Well . . . sort of.
Not far from here, it’s Fat Tuesday, the last day of Mardi Gras.I would think there will still be a lot of British households having pancakes for tea tonight.
Yes, of course, now you mention it Mardi Gras and Shrove Tuesday are the same thing. Doh!Not far from here, it’s Fat Tuesday, the last day of Mardi Gras.