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Category Archives: Fasting
What IF?
If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll know that I do Intermittent Fasting (IF) twice a week and have done it for around about the last year. I found great benefits from it, and managed to even fit it in … Continue reading
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Is it all in your head?…
Is it all in your head? : the need to be fuelled up for runs and exercise? The reason I ask is that I did an hour and a half moderate run this morning before work… on an empty stomach. I … Continue reading
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Bad habits and will power: chocolate
In the last few weeks I’ve fallen into a bad habit of having chocolate nearly ever day: mars bars, snickers, Easter Eggs. It tends to be mid to late afternoon when I get chocolate cravings, and think ‘f&ck it! Why … Continue reading
24hr Intermittent Fast Completed
Well, that’s another intermittent fast completed… 24 hours this time… from 2pm Sunday to 2pm Monday. I’m finding it really easy to do and fit in as a way of life for me. I’m mainly sustaining myself on liquid during … Continue reading
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Intermittent Fasting
I’m 17 hrs into my first 18hr fast of the week and I thought I’d share this with you: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20890613 For more information on Fasting – go here. Have you tried intermittent fasting?
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Food never tasted so good
18hr fast: completed (easily) 🙂 Smoked salmon on Philly cheese on a wholewheat cracker (x4). Yummo! For more on Fasting go here, and for What Intermittent Fasting does for me go here.
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Intermittent Fasting: What it does for me
New Year, New You and all that… there’s been a bit of a buzz around Fasting since August 2012 (when the Horizon programme: Eat, Fast and Live Longer was on) and the start of the year, in the media, and people … Continue reading
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Last fast of 2012 commenced…
My last intermittent fast of 2012 has commenced. I just had a tasty Roast Beef dinner. Finishing eating at 3pm Sunday, I’ll not eat for another 18 hours… I’ll have breakfast on Monday morning at around 9am. 🙂 (and plenty … Continue reading
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Exercising whilst fasted
At the end of August 2012 I began experimenting with Intermittent Fasting. Firstly, one day a week, without exercise (for 10 weeks), and now I’ve moved onto 2 days a week with exercise (see more here for the duration of … Continue reading
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Strange effects of Fasting: less hunger
I’ve been fasting now for 16 weeks…and I have to say it has easily become a way of life for me. I’m now actually looking forward to my fasting days! I just feel like it gives my body a rest … Continue reading