Intermittent fasting works. I also believe it is the best way to correctly feed our body, getting rid of traditions, bad habits and other worthless cultural concepts. To me, Intermittent fasting is productivity applied to the mental and physical well being.
On the quality of my old dieting habits
As you probably know, during the last months I have been fasting intermittently. I am living without breakfast since last January. My abs have been goodlooking and I have been feeling great. Now, during the past 2-3 weeks, it happened to me to eat meals (every sort of meal, from raw fruit to pasta, to sweets), every day breaking the daily 16-18h fasting window I used to respect during the past months.
What I found out
even if I was eating whole and unprocessed foods the whole time, moving around and, as doctors say “with an active lifestyle”, I was getting fat again, regaining every single kilogram (you prefer the term pound?) I had previously lost since January 2011.
That is to say, to also confirm what I have always thought to be right, not only it is what we eat that makes the difference between weight loss and gain: it is the time between our meals which makes the whole difference.
This confirms the ideas I have been advocating to since last January: healthy living is not meant to be complicated. Health is simple. At least 18 hours fast between our daily intake of food can completely change our life, enhancing our health and boosting our immunity.
The basic rule is: If it is complicated, it is not healthy. Eating less frees up lots of time in your day you can devote to the pursuit of meaningful activities and goals.
Eating less = more space for what really must exist in your life. Enables you to create space and silence in your life.
It enabled me to write Life, my first free eBook in just 3 days.
What am I doing now, to restablish the situation?
I started respecting strictly my diet plan again. No need to bloat myself with things I don’t need in hours I don’t feel like eating. I feel more concentrated; my energy lasts longer and my resistance is improved, especially when I am moving around town. I can focus way better on study material; I love to feel satiated at night, but I also love to respect my body for what it is: it is just a body. If I am expending time and energy on stuff I don’t need, it just makes me feel bad about what I do to my body and what I do to my mind.
For those of you who are interested in the technical details of my diet, click this way.