Fasting for Health and Fitness

The first week of fasting

chillpete — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:52:09 +0000

The first week of fasting is over, and I feel so much better. I have been fasting from 8:30 every evening until 6:30pm the following day, giving me a fasting time of 22 hours. When I have eaten it has been a good Paleo diet that I have enjoyed.

I am going to stick to the regime for the next week because it is working, and if its not broken don’t try to mend it as they say.

The training is also going well, I am not working as hard as I used to, but I am training and that’s what counts.

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Started Fasting again at last

chillpete — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:47:19 +0000

I have started fasting again after a long break due to illness, now I don’t know if I would have been better off fasting while I was feeling ill and suffering with a mild attack of my MS or eating a reasonable Paleo diet. In the end I decided to eat, but I didn’t manage to keep to the Paleo diet either, when you have depend on other people to prepare your food you cannot expect to have special attention.

Now that I am feeling quite a bit better I can prepare my own food and eat the way that I want to. As for the fasting, I am doing a 24 hour fast with a window for eating that lasts between 6:30 – 8:30 pm each day, when I have completed a week fasting like this I will resume the 36 hour fasts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

I will post later on in the week with details of how things are going.

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The bad month of June

chillpete — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:47:30 +0000

June has been a bad month, a very bad month. The fasting went out of sinc and no training. That’s right, no training in June at all. But now it’s July and I need to get back to working this old body

You may ask why did I have a month off training, and I’ll tell you. If you have read my blog in the past you will know that I have suffered from Multiple Sclerosis for over 28 years and I usually get by quite well, but over the past couple of months I have been under a lot of pressure and stress at work. Stress should be avoided if possible, it is one of the things that can affect people that suffer from MS, it always makes me very tired, I start to lose my concentration, and generally makes me feel like poo.

MS can be a terrible illness for a lot of people. I consider my self very lucky, most of the time I can live a relatively normal life free from most of the symptoms and pain. I have a wife and family that when I am ill look after me and put up with me being more than just a little bit grumpy, the symptoms usual only last 3 or 4 week at a time ( even though when I was first diagnosed with MS I spent 11 month in hospital ) and I have the opportunity to work, socialise, exercise and do the things that normal people do.

When the MS gets a hold of me I have to go into a state of hibernation and all I do is work and sleep, I usually find that by making these changes to my lifestyle I get back to normal within 3-4 weeks.

While I have not been training I have tried to stick to the Paleo Diet where I could, but sometimes when you can’t cater for your self you have to eat what other people prepare for you. I have also not been fasting while I have been under the weather, I don’t know why I didn’t fast, but I just didn’t feel like going without food while I was feeling so I’ll.

Now generally in our house everyone eats a good diet, even though I am the only person that eats Paleo most of the time. This has resulted in me not gaining loads of weight while I’ve not been training, in fact I have only put about 2lb on, so I am happy.

My return to training will be a gradual thing because the last thing that is need is to make myself ill again. I will just be training 2 or 3 times a week to start with and the training will be light and gentle. I will also start my fasting again but only once a week initially then building back up to 3 times a week.

So onward and upwards, back to the training and the rest of my life

I also hope to start posting onto the blog on a regular basis once again, so please keep following my progress and updates.

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My Weekly Weigh In 29/05/2011

chillpete — Sun, 29 May 2011 20:14:23 +0000

Not only is it my weekly weigh in day but it’s time to have a look at the progress made during the month of May. This has been a good month for weight loss, I managed to lose 8.4lb, not as good as last month, but as my weight goes down I cant expect to lose 10-12lb every month so I am more than happy with the results. My training has been difficult during May due to my work load, but I think the worst is over and I can concentrate on my training a little more in June.

So lets get down to the weekly results:

Age – 55
Height – 72 inch / 1.828 m
Weight – 245.2 lb / 111.22 down 3.0lb
Body fat – 28.9 down 0.0%
BMI – 33.5 down 0.1
BMR – 2152 down 6
Muscle mass – 35.3 up 0.1%
Body Water – 52.0% up 0.2%

With another 3.0lb weight loss that gets me just that bit closer to my target weigh of 196lb only another 49.2lb left to go.

I changed my fasting this week, for full details please go to my post from last week. I am not going to change the fasting routine for at least another week to see how the weight loss is going, then I will reassess things.

I have now lost 13.60% of my body weight since I started this blog and 16.08% since the 1st Jan 2011

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New fasting regime

chillpete — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:38:58 +0000

The new fasting regime has started today, instead of fasting all day I now have a small window when I can eat each day, I have set the hours of between 6pm until 9pm as my eating time and I am keeping to this all week rather than having fasting days and eating days. The idea is to keep changing my eating practices so that I don’t get into a routine.

As you would expect, when I do eat I eat a Paleo diet. The first meal on the new regime was Organic Beef Steak and plenty of salad. I enjoy a good salad because I can vary the ingredients quite a bit so that the salad is not just tasty, but has different flavours each time I make one, all you need is a little imagination.

I will keep updating on a regular basis to let you know if the change in routine is affecting me, I am not expecting feeling much difference, but I am just a little worried about the weight loss. In theory fasting this way is just as good as the day on day off method, but time will tell.

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My Weekly Weigh In 22/05/2011

chillpete — Sun, 22 May 2011 14:43:36 +0000

It’s been another good week in the weight loss department with my weight going down another 1.4lb. Once again I fasted 3 times, but next week I am going to change my fasting routine, instead of fasting 3 times a week I will only have a small window to eat every day, so I will fast from 9pm each day until 6pm the next day giving me a 3 hour window when I can eat. This is another way of intermittent fasting that will stop my body getting used to a routine, after a couple of week I will change back to the 3 day fasting routine.

OK, so lets get down to the weight loss this week:

Age – 55
Height – 72 inch / 1.828 m
Weight – 248.2 lb / 112.58 down 1.4lb
Body fat – 28.9 down 0.3%
BMI – 33.6 down 0.2
BMR – 2158 down 9
Muscle mass – 35.2 up 0.0%
Body Water – 52.0% up 0.2%

Another 1.4lb weight loss gets me just that bit closer to my target weigh of 196lb only another 52.2lb left to go.

My crossfit training did not go so well this week, the week started off well with 2 very hard sessions, then due to work commitments I had to miss 2 days training. This may not be such a bad thing because I was very tired and the break from training worked well for me.

I have now lost 12.54% of my body weight since I started this blog and 15.06% since the 1st Jan 2011 when I weighed in at 292.2lb

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A new week of fasting

chillpete — Tue, 17 May 2011 20:14:48 +0000

I am into a new week of fasting, Monday’s fast is over, and the next fast of the week will start this evening at about 9:30 pm. If this week goes as well as last week I will be overjoyed, and I will be that bit closer to my target weight

The training is also going well with 2 good workouts behind me so far and the rest of the workouts already planned for the rest of the week.

So far this year the hay fever has not affected me much, just a little sneezing first thing in the morning, and after I have been up and about for 10 mins it’s all over and done with. My eyes haven’t started itching yet so that’s a blessing, I hate it when I cant wear my contact lenses and have to go back to my glasses

I will post later in the week and let you know how the fasting and hay fever is going. I am hoping that the Paleo Diet and fasting may keep the effects of hay fever at bay a little.

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My Weekly Weigh In 15/05/2011

chillpete — Sun, 15 May 2011 10:32:13 +0000

It’s been a good week for me, I have managed to get below 18 stone for the first time in years. I have also cracked the 250lb barrier.

With three very good fasts behind me this week and another three planed each week I am hoping to have my target weight insight by the middle of summer.

My crossfit training is going as well, I am planning to spend some time at Crossfit Leeds to get some more training and improve my Olympic Lifts. Some times it can be hard to know if you are getting things right when you train by yourself, and a little input from a good coach can be a big help.

OK, so lets get down to the weight loss this week:

Age – 55
Height – 72 inch / 1.828 m
Weight – 249.6 lb / 113.21 down 2.6lb
Body fat – 29.2 down 0.2%
BMI – 33.8 down 0.4
BMR – 2167 down 17
Muscle mass – 35.2 up 0.1%
Body Water – 51.8% up 0.2%

With another 2.6lb weight loss that gets me just that bit closer to my target weigh of 196lb only another 53.6lb left to go.

As I have said, next week I am planning to fast on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and plan to keep this fasting regime for the foreseeable future, then once I have reached my target weight I will have to review my fasting program.

I have now lost 12.05% of my body weight since I started this blog and 14.58% since the 1st Jan 2011

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The fasting is over for the week 14/05/2011

chillpete — Sat, 14 May 2011 17:03:21 +0000

Three fasts this week and a lot of good food on my eating day’s. Monday and Wednesday’s fasting came and went with no problems at all, starting both fasts the evening before at about 9pm and fasting for 36 hours until mid morning. Friday’s fast started on Thursday evening and went through until 4pm today when it ended with a seafood salad and a couple of bananas.

Fasting while at work is cool, no need to pack my lunch or worry about finding Paleo food while I am out and about, and the comments that everyone makes when I tell them that I am on a fast, it’s like I have two heads the way people look at me and then they start making statment’s like, don’t you feel faint or it’s no good for you going without food.

On my eating days I make sure that I prepare food to take with me, usually a salad with chicken, turkey or seafood, red and green peppers to add flavour along with spring onions and a few wallnuts. When I get home I always have a good sized meal with plenty of protein to keep me going for the following days fast.

Tomorrow is once again my weigh day, and I have done very well with the diet this week so I hoping for a good result.

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My Weekly Weigh In 08/05/2011

chillpete — Sun, 08 May 2011 10:02:39 +0000

The results are in for the week and it’s not been a bad week at all.

This week is another 1.4lb reduction in weight, this is a good result taking into account that I have started back to work after the holidays. So lets get down to the results

Age – 55
Height – 72 inch / 1.828 m
Weight – 252.2 lb / 117.57 down 1.4lb
Body fat – 29.4 down 0.3%
BMI – 34.2 down 0.1
BMR – 2184 down 83
Muscle mass – 35.1 up 0.1%
Body Water – 51.6% up 0.1%

That is another 1.4lb closer to my target weigh of 196lb only another 56.2lb left to go.

I managed to fast three times this week and didn’t have any problems at all. Next week I am planning to fast on Monday, Wednesday and Friday again, I enjoy the fasting while I am at work, it gives me one less thing to think about.

I have now lost 11.13% of my body weight since I started this blog and 13.69% since the 1st Jan 2011

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