The other day, I got an email from a close friend. He used to be against my fasting when I first started, but now he is more ambivalent about it, and personally supportive of me because it is working. He told me though, that he just could not understand why I had a “need” to […]
Difficult: Sleep
Fasting has been very good for me. It has healed problems for me, sicknesses. It makes me feel good, and I enjoy it. It has also taught me a lot. But fasting is not all pleasure, not all good. I have found that there are some negatives to fasting too. So far I have written […]
Difficult: The Plateau
This week I have been featuring a few articles about why fasting is difficult. So far, I have written the following: Fasting is difficult Difficult: Dealing with People Today will be the final installment in this series of articles. The Frustration In actual dietary terms, the most difficult thing I have experienced in fasting is hitting […]
How about Bariatric Surgery
When I tell people that I am doing a regiment of fasting to improve my health (Intermittent Fasting combined with longer-term fasts), many people are shocked, scared, etc. I have people regularly tell me that I am going to die from fasting and such things. Truth is, people have been fasting for various reasons for […]
What do I consume while fasting?
Recently, a lot of people have been asking me what I consume while fasting. Apparently, there is confusion primarily because I was first doing intermittent fasting where I would eat one meal (sometimes two) per day. Because of this, now when I say I am fasting, most people automatically assume that I continue to eat […]
Shaking Things Up
I told you about a week ago that I was starting a 30 day fast. I have reconsidered that, at least for now. Why? Well, I have found that from time to time, like everybody, I hit weight plateaus. I stop losing weight. I have also found that when that happens if I change up […]