Intermittent fasting (IF) experiment day #2.

Feeling good overall, not as hungry as I would of thought during the evening and morning fasting hours.  I'm sure a person on the standard American diet, with plenty of the typical night-time eating, would find themselves very hungry these first few nights w/o food.   Lucky for me I stopped night-time eating a few months ago so the transition was easy.

I'm going to schedule my meals today to make sure I get enough energy (calories).  I don't think I ate enough volume yesterday and I am definitely not experimenting with IF to lose weight.  Basing most of my diet on big green salads,  grass-fed beef and organic raw eggs.  The eggs are quite important on this plan because they are so easy to consume and have a good amount of healthy fats and protein. 

Diet looks pretty much like this on both days.  The Sat/Sun yoga classes I teach conflict with my 11am break-fast so that is why I started with eggs a little earlier than planned. 

10am 4 raw eggs, green tea
12am  4 raw eggs
2:30pm Big green salad + 6 ounces grass-fed carne asada
430pm 4 strips uncured bacon
6pm Big green salad + 6 ounces grass fed carne asada
6:30pm small handful of raw nuts/seeds with a few raisins and a couple dried apricots.
7pm + 3 glasses raw milk on Day #2.

Yesterday morning , after just 1 16-hour fasting period and a very low sugar intake I went into  a state of  100% ketosis according to the keto-stix.  I drank about 3 glasses of raw milk last night, mostly as a method to get more fat and protein into my body before the 7pm fasting period started.  This morning there was just a little color on the keto-stix which I am sure is from the sugar in the milk.  The one thing I miss the most when following the 50/50 meat-vegetable diet is raw milk!  How crazy is that?   A lifetime of Ben & Jerrys consumption has been replaced by a low-grade milk addiction.

 

Whatever systemic inflammation I had by following  a sugar-based diet my entire life is gone.    You know that burst of energy and lightness you get on the 3rd of 4th day of dieting?  I feel that way pretty much all the time!  Strong, light and energized. :)