27 Sep 2023, 19:14
(27 Sep 2023, 13:41 )Like Ra Wrote:(27 Sep 2023, 06:42 )madjack Wrote: I personally fast for 2 days of every weekWOW! 24h a day? 48 hours (2 days in a row)? Any system?
(Separate thread? 😉)
Nothing super special - a variant of 2/5 diet approach
I chose to do the 2 fast days back-2-back, which works out at ~24hrs with no food, then a light & low calorie meal, another ~24hrs with no food, then another light & low calorie meal, then the next 5 days eating normally (i.e. healthily, but not calorie counting).
Once into it I found the routine was actually quite easy. And, before anyone asks - yes, I do get hungry, but work distracts me enough to forget about it most of the time.
The only obvious side-effects I experience are:
- an increased need to urinate on fast days, which I think that was down to drinking on an empty stomach (liquid was processed super quick, with less absorption by solids in my digestive system)
- and feeling cold on fast days (my theory is that digestion of food creates heat, no food = no digestion = no heat = no internal warmth = feeling c- c-c-c-c-cold! 😁 )
I've also cross-checked my running performance against fast days and can find no difference - I'm certainly not slower (even on day 2) and occasionally I'm a little quicker (less weight in my body????)
MJ