Not eating for 16, 18, 20 hours, or more hours is healthy for your body and mind. You won’t starve or feel weak if you fast right — instead, you’ll reset your body to become an efficient fat-burning machine requiring fewer calories.
Becoming “fat adapted” is what this is all about, folks. If you’re a food junkie addicted to carbs and sugar, fasting won’t make you feel much more than stressed!
High-carb and sugary foods will only briefly satisfy your hunger and food cravings. Carbs convert to glucose — sugar — which, with the sugars you consume, are rapidly burnt, making you feel the need for more!
And that is what we call “food addiction.”
Let’s consider your “regular and recommended” food intake guidelines and eating times.
I remember it all too well — the “so-called” comfort foods had me hooked for decades.
Here’s the time- and action line:
No 1.
You wake up with your stomach grumbling and your mind begging you to feed it fast.
You quickly oblige by shoveling down a bowl of sweet cereal and a couple of glasses of OJ!
Then you may head out to work and stop on the way to eat something “more substantial” on your way. A cream cheese bagel or a couple of muffins will hit the spot and do the trick!
No 2.
Now you’re at work. After a couple of hours, your tummy and mind again say, mate, I’m hungry — feed me!
Job done, and all feels right again — feeding time is over. Then you head back to work and the rest of your day.
The catch: The afternoon does tend to drag on, especially as you’re starting to fade, with tiredness and brain fog clouding your mind.
You can barely wait to head to your favorite diner and eat a large bowl of pasta, pizza, or a few sandwiches, to fill you up.
Your next thought: Let’s get out of here ASAP and home for dinner. I’m ravished, and I need to eat now.
Side note: When I lived in the US, I always wondered why my friends would have dinner so early — like at 5:30 or 6 pm.
Now I know why — they were starving and dying to eat!
No 3.
Dinner is done — the sofa and TV are calling. Wonderful — and you now think it’s time to relax and enjoy the evening.
But hang on — it’s not long before you’re back in the kitchen pantry collecting a few bags of potato chips or pretzels.
Your mind sends you pleasure signals, and you think:
“Right, now, I’ve got my snacks — I can settle down, relax and enjoy the game or movie.”
After a 6-pack of beers and bags of snacks, off you stumble to bed to repeat the above cycle the next day.
Sound familiar?
That’s precisely what I did up until 2016, which almost had me on my deathbed!
The simple answer to this problem? Transform your metabolism to fat burning and make intermittent fasting the norm!
The good news?
It’s not hard to become a fat burner — it only takes 1 month.
The bad news?
You must have willpower and determination to stick with it for life.
If your willpower sucks, you’re not going to make it. However, willpower is something you can build and train your mind to stay the course.
How to become a fat burner?
Cut out all or most carbs and sugars from your foods and drinks.
You will sometimes feel agitated and annoyed, and your mind will keep playing games telling you to eat your favorite junk food.
That’s where your willpower must say NO!
Stay the course — after 1 month, you’ll be fat adapted. Once you’ve mastered your metabolism and cravings, you can move on to eating less frequently and kill all the bad snacks for good!
How to practice Intermittent Fasting?
When your body burns fat instead of glucose for fuel, you’ll feel little to no hunger or cravings.
That allows you to adopt the 18-hour fasting and 6-hour eating windows.
No 1.
When you wake up, don’t eat. Instead, drink plenty of lemon water and coffee or tea.
Eat your first protein-heavy meal around 1 pm, and relax. Don’t think about food again until nighttime.
No 2.
Around 7 or 8 pm, enjoy your second protein-rich meal of the day and relax again.
Finally, keep your hands out of the cookie jar and pantry, and stay away from the 6-pack of beers.
Drink water, and some wine (as I do), let the night consume you, and go to bed.
Final Thoughts
At first, you may feel you’re starving yourself, and that’s okay. You will not die, I promise.
After that 1 and only month of struggling, you’ll start feeling great, and Intermittent Fasting becomes second nature.
Do you know why?
That’s because your body and mind don’t require you to eat more — and certainly, no junk food — Intermittent Fasting is the Norm!
You will then discover equilibrium, balance, self-awareness, and a healthy relationship with food!
Rob
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