I don't know about you, but I'm tired of going to the gym with no results! I understand the math of it all, more going out than is coming in equals weight loss...however for those of us who aren't good with counting calories and even worse at food restriction I figure there's got to be something out there that I can do. I'm not opposed to doing work, but seriously it has to be realistic. So while I was searching the internet for general workout/health/weight loss information I came across the term intermediate fasting. I started looking into it and after a bit of research decided to give it a little try.
I do realize that there is a book/program out there that gives more details on this, Eat STOP Eat by Brad Pilon, and if you're better than me you should probably get it: however, at this time I'm not really sure I want to invest any money. This might be to my detriment, but I'll give it a try for a few weeks and see where I'm at.
You're welcome to do some research on your own, cuz I don't want to bore you with all that mumbo jumbo and I'M NO EXPERT, but here are 2 websites that you can look at for some additional information on intermediate fasting, plus there's a ton more out there if you look for it.
The reason this appealed to me was while reading some information from Brad Pilon, he said (give or take)
the bottom line is you've got to eat less. He's not going to tell you how much less to eat, cuz most people don't stick with counting anyway; so whatever you're eating now, you've got to eat less. He said that no matter how much time you exercise, if you don't eat less you won't get the results you want and that can be long term. Which is why intermediate fasting can be a long term weight loss tool.
I loved this approach!!! This was so me! I kept thinking that I'm going to the gym more, so given the equation I should be losing. But even more than that I loved his, basic simple EAT LESS statement. I know..."no kidding dummy"...but everyone else tries to have you count calories, grams, cut carbs, blah blah blah. I've got a full time family and a full time job, the last thing I was to do is measure out my food each night. (Plus, I've tried this and it lasted about a week.)
The other interesting thing I found out is that your body's "survival mode" of feeding off its own muscle when starved, doesn't kick in until 72 hours without food. So if you do a dinner to dinner fast, then you're only hitting a 20-24 hr mark. Brad says that the key is eating a regular dinner on your fasting days, not to consume an entire days worth of calories in that one meal...which makes sense.
So this is what I've decided to do...
1- Food: Intermediate Fasting 2 times/week: Tuesday's and Thursday's. Eat dinner, then skip breakfast and lunch the next day, followed by a "regular" dinner meal.
2- Activity: I currently play competitive volleyball 2 times a week and go to the gym in addition 1-2 times a week. So I'm gong to stay with the frequency, but change my workout routines to more circuit training and multi-muscle exercises.
3- Timeline: I'm going to give it a try for 3 weeks. That puts me done on Friday, March 4th.
Here we go!
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