Follow up post: I forgot to mention the intermittent fasting part. Which in itself leeds credence to the ease and simplicity of the powerful diet and lifestyle tool.
The intermittent fasting was the easiest actually. No eating anything after 8pm until noon or 1pm. That is 16hrs of fasting which encourages Ketosis and Autophagy which activates the human growth hormone, which in turns starts cleaning, repairing and replacing cells. Plus other gobbldygup that is helpful… Lol.. I researched it.
This stage of the fat burning stage where the body switches to using the fats in our bodies for fuel instead of the glucose/carbs. This means you start loosing your visceral fat and belly fats.
A side note here is in order. Some people build up fats on the outside of muscle others like myself the fat built up behind the muscles in the organs. This visceral fat is harder to get rid of and is worse for you comparatively speaking. This is another reason why some people look thin but have hidden, packed around the organs fat issues. Get checked out, it could help you out.
…. A simple check for yourself here, tighten stomach muscles, can you feel them. Well if there is lots of covering fats, no you won’t.
Fasting routine. (For me)
In the mornings I am allowed what is called bulletproof coffee. This is coffee with cream and coconut oil or MCT a coconut oil. Yuk. Just yuk to me, so I drink herbal tea, one or two cups. No sugar or fats added. If you need a snack, it happens sometimes, reach for a protein which might be a boiled egg or a piece of bacon. (Really you can grab only one? Man you are tough and disciplined I need like two pieces for I am weak. Or it is because it is fricken yummy yummy in my tummy bacon. Don’t judge!)
Another drink I use which can be made hot or cold, is water, lemon and himalayan salt or other safe salts. (Sea salt has plastics in it now) For myself I prefer this hot as if it is hot I need no added sugar. When this is cold I need the sugar to choke it down. Might be different for you.
I may need to go ketovore or carnivore full time for 3+ months to reset my body. There is a correlation between length of illness and pills vs recovery time with keto/ketovore diet and lifestyle.
For example. Day 4 after dinner I had two pieces of gluten free bread, one with vegan marge and other with light jam.
Bam.. sugars whent from 7 ish to 12.5 .. two pieces of bread.
10 rice crackers, numbers from 7 to 10 … Sooo no breads or crackers for me.
This past month a nice side benefit has found me calmer, more centered and sleeping better which is also helping. Zero hunger pains or cravings. No carbs no cravings. I did two different tests on two different days to confirm.
It was weird, the days before hungry 20 minutes after eating. (I was still following regular doctors advice and following the SAD diet)
The first day on this no cravings or hunger and almost all days afterwards. So weird but, I will take it. The doctors say this is because your body is using gluten and cerials which causes insulin to rice and which has led to my insulin resistance.
As a I can beneficial side effect I can feel my core and muscles getting stronger again. Nice side effect after loosing muscle mass due to the diabetes symptoms and effects.
Lots of people go through life with no issues at all others struggle, it is in the dna the genes. Thus not my fault though it is my issues that needs fixing.
Only stress so far is trying to figure out avocados and how and when to make them ripe. Luckily they come in packages of 5. Or I can’t go out with you then, my avocado will be ripe in two days between 1pm to 5pm and wasted by midnight. I kid you not!
So for now I have two meals a day and one snack sometimes but sometimes not as well. I am following the 16/8 formula. 16 hours of fast with an eight hour feeding time.
The next stage would be either 20/4 or time reversal with your feeding time in the morning not the evening. Right now I believe that to be too difficult for me.
The reason you may do this could be to increase the fasting benefits if you reach a plateau and stop loosing weight. Another reason might be that you do heavy weight training in the mornings.
Then there is the one meal a day fast. So one big meal with a 1-2hr feeding window. Gotta say feeding as if I waited 23hrs to eat it would more resemble an animal at the feed trough more than a proper sit down dinner. Just saying and keeping it real here.
Lots of variables, so research for yourself, stand up for yourself with others including family and medical types. They are behind the times in real scientific research which has disproven some of the paid for quackery of the past. Big money, huge money in processed foods and medications. (Which could be cured with diet, proper diet not department of agriculture created food pyramid)
Honestly some doctors may be on the up and up and are not money grabbers but merely behind the times in knowledge or fully brainwashed by the pharmaceutical companies. So be polite but firm while pointing them towards educational sources. Some will think on it and thank you, others well there are always others aren’t there. I will say, “I have done my recent research, and it is safe and approved.”
My next post will be some of the documents and doctors along with health experts to help your knowledge base out while lending credence to my narrative here.
note: Hey. I know the spelling and grammar sucks. Posting this from phone and post stroke small brain injury so, ya you gets what yous gets…..
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