What is fasting, what is intermittent fasting, and why the heck is everybody talking about it? Fasting is refraining from eating. Many people fast from sunset to sunset the next day during religious holidays. Then they break the fast after sunset. Some folks fast for digestive rest or weight loss and eat nothing for days, but they may take water or maple water. Intermittent fasting is a planned fast where one eats during a 6 to 8 hour window, and nothing but water, tea, or coffee in the rest of the day. Some folks intermittent fast by eating nothing for 24 hours once a week. As always, listen to your body, and seek a health practitioner's advice before embarking on any plan of action.
Ok, from my personal experience, I have had natural, spontaneous, intermittent fasting. During my work week, because of my work schedule, I eat my last meal around 10 pm. Then my body is not hungry until 2:30 pm the next day. The time between my meals is about 16 hours. The gap in meals is called intermittent fasting. I eat lots of nutrient dense food when I do eat, and make sure to have loads of extra fat, like butter, tahini, raw nuts, raw cheeses, raw chocolate, etc. The fats satiate me for long periods of time.
This happens often by accident. I never was a breakfast person, even while growing up. Usually I ate a half grapefruit with sugar on top as a kid. This was just to please my mama, who listened to the media when they said that breakfast was the most important meal of the day.
Nowadays, I have a cup of coffee and water, and then do some sort of a work out. Recently, I learned that this is called working out in a fasted state. It is actually good for fat burning and performance because our body isn't focused on digesting the meal while focusing on performance. Instinctively, my body knew what to do before I even had a name for it!
What do you do before your exercise? Do you eat breakfast? Are you hungry in the mornings?
I want to hear from you!
Blessings,
KJ Landis
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Ok, from my personal experience, I have had natural, spontaneous, intermittent fasting. During my work week, because of my work schedule, I eat my last meal around 10 pm. Then my body is not hungry until 2:30 pm the next day. The time between my meals is about 16 hours. The gap in meals is called intermittent fasting. I eat lots of nutrient dense food when I do eat, and make sure to have loads of extra fat, like butter, tahini, raw nuts, raw cheeses, raw chocolate, etc. The fats satiate me for long periods of time.
This happens often by accident. I never was a breakfast person, even while growing up. Usually I ate a half grapefruit with sugar on top as a kid. This was just to please my mama, who listened to the media when they said that breakfast was the most important meal of the day.
Nowadays, I have a cup of coffee and water, and then do some sort of a work out. Recently, I learned that this is called working out in a fasted state. It is actually good for fat burning and performance because our body isn't focused on digesting the meal while focusing on performance. Instinctively, my body knew what to do before I even had a name for it!
What do you do before your exercise? Do you eat breakfast? Are you hungry in the mornings?
I want to hear from you!
Blessings,
KJ Landis
SuperiorSelf channel on YouTube
SuperiorSelf on Twitter
superiorself on Instagram
Superior Self with KJ Landis on Facebook
KJ Landis on LinkedIn
[email protected]
BOOK AVAILABLE NOW!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1452521352/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_UVClub134AYDK
http://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/superior-self-kj-landis/1120403615?ean=9781452521350
http://bookstore.balboapress.com/AdvancedSearch/Default.aspx?SearchTerm=Landis
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