Anybody ever experiment on fasting?? Nothing serious like Ramadan is for Muslims, but I've read several theories and ideas on approach to the concept. I used to fast for 24 hours, then do a strength and conditioning session just to push the fatigue, then I'd feast. Why? Because the wolf eats after the hunt which can last for days, not before. The deer eats after the forage, not before. You work and then get paid, you don't get paid then work after. This make sense?
Che Guevara once said the guerrilla fighter learns to both starve and feast. I believe this is a natural diet. I don't believe there is a creature in existence that is supposed to NEVER be hungry, unlike like many North Americans will tell you. Society would have you believe eating whenever you are in the least bit hungry is natural but there is nothing more unnatural to me.
I believe it is important to occasionally task yourself mentally and physically while in a weak state. If you don't how will you be prepared to handle stress under deprivation? It's the same logic as combatants doing conditioning with a gas mask on, so that when they're actually in the ring and out of breath, it won't be anything they haven't seen before.
On a final note, as a man well over 200 pounds I'm very conscientious over how much more food I need to live then everyone who weighs less around me. In a famine the bigger animals die first, the rodents are the ones who survive. We would do well to prepare, while we are in a controlled situation.
Ive heard that feeling hungry is a good thing. That means your body is consuming your fat stores 🙂 As long as you have a balanced diet and are not prone to low blood sugar crashes, feeling hungry is not going to harm you.
My wife is always mad at me. I eat once a day.. usually at supper time. No matter how hard i work or the temps im working in.. I do however drink lots of liquids..
I believe we eat our meals in the wrong order, breakfast should be your largest caloric meal, then a smaller lunch & an even smaller supper. It is good to give your digestive system a rest & to feed your body nutritious whole foods that it needs & recognizes not foods & chemicals.
I used to feel hungry often, sometimes ravenous. About a year and a half ago I started a Paleo diet that cuts out all grains, dried beans, rice etc. I almost never feel hunger any more and when I do it's a passing thing, not the "if I don't eat something NOW I'm going to have a headache" I used to get. I don't do it 100%, I still take a couple of sandwiches to work for lunch but at home, no grains or especially wheat. Plenty of meat, eggs, veggies (no potatoes) and fruit.
Oh and I've also lost 30 lbs. Effortlessly.
I can tell you whatever is best, I am doing it wrong.
Dr. Mercola has some interesting stuff on intermittant fasting here http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2013/01/18/intermittent-fasting-approach.aspx
and I have been interested in his fitness training with intensity intervals ( wondering if the people on the Bodyrock website videos seriously stay that fit looking with those short intense workouts ! )
If your getting hungry all the time, it "may" be a lack of protein. A balanced diet is the best way to go. Fasting puts your body into starvation mode, and you slow down your metabolism.
There are initial studies into fitness training on fasting. Reid Coolsaet, one of our Olympic long distance runners uses fasting to trick the body when training. It is becoming more popular in fitness circles and I use the same techniques also...that being said...though the initial studies lead to some benefit for athletes, there is nothing definitive just anecdotal and any long term benefits to fasting in regular life are questionable.
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