It's a race..
When people ask me about my running habit I tell them that I am running away from “Fat Rob.” If I spend any length of calendar time away from running Fat Rob catches up to me. I’ve believed that for many years now. I have weighed as much as 230 pounds and at 5′ 10″ unless you have a low body fat percentage that is not a pretty picture. (It’s also not a picture I am going to share.)
But the truth is that perhaps I didn’t need to run at all. Maybe all I really needed to do was exercise consistently. My schedule over the past couple months has been very packed. I’ve been working my regular full time job, basically 7 to 330, and then been stage managing part time, 6-10pm weeknights and a 6 hour day on the weekend. This didn’t leave much time for running, so I decided to start doing a power walk at lunch.
This means five days a week I am walking around 2.5 miles. That simple little piece will take about ten pounds off your frame in a year’s time. About a pound a month, which may not sound like a lot, but consistently losing a pound a month adds up.
But what else can one do that impacts weight and a feeling of well being without being too much of a burden or a challenge? I believe I have found the answer. More accurately Deb stumbled upon a video which made a lot of sense and that led to the purchase of a book called “The FastDiet.”
So here’s we get to the meat of it. 29% Fasting = 2 days fasting out of every seven. But it’s not a “complete” fast day. Guys can eat 600 calories and women can eat 500 calories. For me it works best if I just have one meal at night, which is the whole 600 calories. You can drink water, coffee or black tea. Actually I think any drink that is calorie free is fine, but no sugar substitutes. I’m firm that aspartame and all the other “safe” alternates are in fact not safe. (that’s just my slant.)
So the benefits of fasting are that you live longer, your body does more repairs on itself and you are less prone to cancer. You also likely will see your cholesterol levels improve and your blood pressure go down. And a lot more benefits, that I won’t get into here. Oh, wait, weight loss as well. permanent weight loss, as long as you stay on the two day per week fast.
Bottom line there are too many benefits not to do this. I just started a few days ago doing my first fast day and my weight is down three pounds. Yes, some of that may just be the lack of food in my belly, but a percentage of that will stay gone. Case studies on this have shown people losing a significant amount of weight quickly. Some folks are alarmed with their weight loss and cut back the fast day to one in seven. One in seven days is a sort of maintenance intermittent fasting, but it doesn’t carry as many health benefits as the two in seven.
This is nothing new and people have been on this for years, but it is just starting to get publicity. I am planning on tracking my progress here, so stay tuned. If you’ve already started the 2:5 fast, comment and let me know how it’s working for you. If you join me in this, likewise comment and we can support each other through it.
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