Intermittent Fasting

Three weeks ago I started experimenting with Intermittent Fasting.

Just thought I’d provide a little update.

Overall Im amazed with how well my body has responded to it.  Nutrition is such a difficult area because everybodys bodies responds so differently and what works for one person wont necessarily work for another.

I was in such a habit of eating as soon I get up and every couple hrs between then and when I went to bed, so at first it was tough to go extended periods without food-especially in the morning.  But once I decide to do something, I do it and I’m pretty good at telling my mind to shut up.  I don’t have a problem in the evening, and actually find that I am sleeping better not eating to late at night.

The crazy thing is that after doing it for 3 weeks I can actually feel a difference in how my body processes food.  First off, food tastes Oh so good because I am eating because I want/need to eat not because I “should” be eating.  Secondly, it is like my body is ready for food when I eat and is able to digest it right away.  This ended up being huge the morning of my first competition  when after the weighin I was able to eat a big meal and have it fully digested and be ready to compete and hour later.  And Thirdly my energy levels are up and strength is increasing so it does not seem to have had a negative affect on my performance.

I was 62kg when I started Intermittent Fasting and at the weigh-in on Saturday I was 58.9kgs.  I want to hang out around 59kgs so I can get down to 58kgs for Western Canadians at the end of March, but even after the competitions are over and I no longer need to maintain a weight, I still plan on continuing with Intermitant fasting because of how much better I feel on it. 

Typically people loose weight at the beginning as their bodies become more efficient at processing food and then once the efficiencies are realized the weight begins to stabilize so it will be interesting to see what happens.