Can fasting really help us lose stubborn fat and assist in us getting focused? Can we have more energy by withholding food for a period of time? How long should we fast for optimum fat loss and an improvement in health? Like most protocols, we need to play around with our fasting as an N=1 experiment. Everyone is different with different biology and medical conditions coming into the fasting routine. Seek guidance from a medical professional or wellness coach who is experienced in this area.
A fast is a period of time without food. We call the first meal of the morning a breakfast because we haven’t been eating while we sleep. It is literally breaking a fast. Some people aren’t hungry in the morning. I’m one of those folks, so I honor my natural hunger signals.
If we extend the fast by having just coffee, tea, or water in the morning, we can have a longer time between meals and a shorter window of eating time. This has been the style of eating for thousand of years, when food was not literally at our fingertips. Some folks didn’t eat for a day or more while they were hunting or gathering. Then they were laser focused for their skills needed to get fuel.
My fat loss clients add a higher amount of healthy dietary fats into their diets such as olive oil, nuts, seeds, and their butters. This increases satiety and they aren’t hungry for a long while, sometimes leading to a natural development of eating in a 6 to 8 hour window of time.
Personally, I eat one meal a day and drink a gallon of water with lemons and electrolytes. I am not hungry most of the time and honor my hunger signals if I am. I lost 50 pounds 6 years ago and now use my natural fasting as a method to keep the extra fat off.
Thanks for reading this. I hope I can help you, dear readers.
Sincerely,
KJ Landis
-Author and Creator of the Superior Self series
-CPT, CFI
-Nutrition Educator
-Visit me at www.superiorselfwithkjlandis.com
A fast is a period of time without food. We call the first meal of the morning a breakfast because we haven’t been eating while we sleep. It is literally breaking a fast. Some people aren’t hungry in the morning. I’m one of those folks, so I honor my natural hunger signals.
If we extend the fast by having just coffee, tea, or water in the morning, we can have a longer time between meals and a shorter window of eating time. This has been the style of eating for thousand of years, when food was not literally at our fingertips. Some folks didn’t eat for a day or more while they were hunting or gathering. Then they were laser focused for their skills needed to get fuel.
My fat loss clients add a higher amount of healthy dietary fats into their diets such as olive oil, nuts, seeds, and their butters. This increases satiety and they aren’t hungry for a long while, sometimes leading to a natural development of eating in a 6 to 8 hour window of time.
Personally, I eat one meal a day and drink a gallon of water with lemons and electrolytes. I am not hungry most of the time and honor my hunger signals if I am. I lost 50 pounds 6 years ago and now use my natural fasting as a method to keep the extra fat off.
Thanks for reading this. I hope I can help you, dear readers.
Sincerely,
KJ Landis
-Author and Creator of the Superior Self series
-CPT, CFI
-Nutrition Educator
-Visit me at www.superiorselfwithkjlandis.com
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