I'm doing my first
Intermittent 24 hour
Fast today. I've fasted before but this one is purposeful as it applies to primal eating. I had a steak last night at seven and my plan is to eat around sevenish tonight. I have a full work day and I plan on doing a high intensity workout just to see how I feel afterwards. My hope is I'll incorporate two 24 hours fasts per week.
There's quite a bit of research on fasting. Here's
an article and
here's another.
Here's the day broken down by how I feel:
10:30 am - feeling hungry but not starving. I feel like I can do this. I'm having a drink of water any time I feel a hunger pang.
2:30 pm - little hungrier. I still feel like I can do this. I am thinking about my meal for after my workout - perhaps a little too much?
3:30 pm - slight headache. Hunger still doable.
5:30 pm - had an orange juice at 4:30. Hungry, hungry hippo. It worked, I'm feeling better. Can work out and eat after.
6:30 - 8:00 pm - workout. I don't notice any differences in energy.
8:00 pm - grocery store to buy dinner. Hamburger which I'll put between wedges of iceburg lettuce and swiss chard.
8:30 pm = i'm quite hungry so eat a handful of grapes on my way home. I eat two burgers and am stuffed full.
10:30 pm - i watch my fav show Glee and have a coconut milk and banana smoothie. Yum.
11:00 pm - finish post and head to bed.
