This is my second day fasting. My last meal yesterday was at about 9 pm. It was a good day today. I managed without much hunger pain or thinking about food. Got home about 5:30 and felt really hungry as this is the time I usually eat dinner.
The fasting cycle that I am used to starts with the last meal as dinner the night before, a full fast day on the next day with breaking the fast at breakfast the following day. However as I am just trying to get back into the routine, I find that the time from 8 pm to the morning is the hardest. But not from a being hungry perspective. It's more a feeling of alertness and restlessness. I can get asleep but wake up easily.
So to make this fast day a little easier , I decided to end it at 9 pm with a stir fry meal. This allowed me to get to sleep easily.
I felt good in the morning and still managed to drop 2.2 lbs compared to the morning before. Every time I start fasting again I find the weight drops quickly the first couple of weeks. I think this is mostly related to water loss rather than fat. My weight was 191.2 lbs.
There is the summary of the second one day fast.
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Monday, December 28, 2015
Fasting Day #1...the beginning
So this is my first day fasting. My last meal was at about 8 pm last night and all that I have had today has been lemon water. Even though I am not working today, I feel great.
My plan is to build the habit of fasting two days a week every week for the purpose of reducing my weight and improving my overall health. I plan to report on this journey on a regular basis as I move through 2016.
Some basic starting stats:
Height: 5' 6"
Weight: 197
BMI:
waist circumference: 40"
Average blood pressure:
My plan is to build the habit of fasting two days a week every week for the purpose of reducing my weight and improving my overall health. I plan to report on this journey on a regular basis as I move through 2016.
Some basic starting stats:
Height: 5' 6"
Weight: 197
BMI:
waist circumference: 40"
Average blood pressure:
My approach to fasting
There are many ways to approach fasting and also on what fasting actually means. In general, fasting is to abstain from something for a period of time. Today it is more commonly practiced as part of religous ritual, while the awareness of the health benefits have become obscured over time. There is much more I can share on the history of fasting and will leave that for future discussion. For now I want to lay out the general approach I will be taking as bart of my revitalized heath journey.
My past experience with fasting has varied from various food abstanance to full out water fasting where only water is taken. I had the most success with water fasting as I find it easiest to manage once past the first 24 hours and also the most physically beneficial. I have undertaken fasts from 1 day to up to 7 days as the longest. The longer fasts are effective but take more toll on the body and require more quiet time to rest the body and mind.
The most liveable approach was to allow for a 24 to 36 hour fast on two separate days in a week. my previous practice was for a weekend day and a wedensday.
The fast would typically start either after dinner of the pre-fast day or after lunch of that day depending on the planned length. The fast was usually broken at the morning meal following the fast day or later in the afternoon if it was a particularly good fasting experience.
I will have much more discussion on fasting in the future, but for now this is the approach I will be taking. I will report on each fast day to provide you with a sense of how it went and what the physical affects were.
My past experience with fasting has varied from various food abstanance to full out water fasting where only water is taken. I had the most success with water fasting as I find it easiest to manage once past the first 24 hours and also the most physically beneficial. I have undertaken fasts from 1 day to up to 7 days as the longest. The longer fasts are effective but take more toll on the body and require more quiet time to rest the body and mind.
The most liveable approach was to allow for a 24 to 36 hour fast on two separate days in a week. my previous practice was for a weekend day and a wedensday.
The fast would typically start either after dinner of the pre-fast day or after lunch of that day depending on the planned length. The fast was usually broken at the morning meal following the fast day or later in the afternoon if it was a particularly good fasting experience.
I will have much more discussion on fasting in the future, but for now this is the approach I will be taking. I will report on each fast day to provide you with a sense of how it went and what the physical affects were.
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Inspiration for a new year...reclaim my health
2015 was a very busy and stressful year for me. To the point that, in my 50th year, I have found myself the heaviest I have ever been at 197 lbs! With new aches and pains emerging and a realization that I have changed from a fit and healthy youth to a middle aged/pre-senior.
Every decade marks a new milestone in my life and each mark has usually resulted in setting and achieving a major goal. My earlier years where marked with more career related goals and less health related goals. Although I have always been health conscious and aware of my personal responsibility to my health and wellness.
Every decade marks a new milestone in my life and each mark has usually resulted in setting and achieving a major goal. My earlier years where marked with more career related goals and less health related goals. Although I have always been health conscious and aware of my personal responsibility to my health and wellness.
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