Was at a health workshop a couple of weeks ago and this topic came up and I pricked my ears up as I can't do daily fasting.
To be fair I'm doing this for health reasons as I suffer a lot with digestion troubles but if I lose a bit along the way then all is good. I'm still carrying a bit of winter weight.
So basically it works like this . You have two meals a day and the fast starts from the last one through the night to the next meal. It's all about giving your digestion / body a rest .to make it more efficient , maybe give the body more time to repair.
Now if you have a hectic social life you might struggle but we don't.
So what I do is have my last meal before 8pm and then eat again anywhere between 9-11 am. So last night for example I had my meal at 5-30 and I've just had breakfast at 11 am. So that's 17 and ahalfhours. 13-18 is good. You need to try to allow three hours for digestion before bed time.
Where it helps me is it cuts out late night snacking. So itmight help someone else. Once I've had my evening meal I know I'm done till breakfast.
I don't just have two meals I have a light soup lunch around 1 pm . I also eat very healthily. No gluten, dairy that kind of thing.
I have an occasional snack of almonds or walnuts between my 'eating hours' or maybe an apple.
Breakfast is always a protein meal of 2 organic egg omelette fried in coconut oil or if travelling I'll take some hard boiled eggs. Home made soup for lunch, protein veg and a good quality carb like whole grain rice or sweet potato for evening meal.
I've been really poorly. So this is a getting better healthy choice. I've had too much sugar and that causes me huge problems.
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Dowser · 10/05/2016 11:50
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