Intermitten fasting... HOW IT CHANGED MY LIFE!

I know that fasting sounds ridiculous, I thought the exact same thing when I first hear of it. Why would I ever want to starve myself on purpose? That just sounds dumb! Right? Not only did I not believe in fasting, I actually believed in the opposite, that eating a lot of small meals through out the day was way easier on my stomach and better for keeping weight off. Since I suffer from bad stomach issues (thanks to 2 combat tours) and gaining weight is always an issue, I thought it made sense to eat like that. I thought it was the best option so I stuck with it, for 5 years. It worked ok, but it didn't work great. Sure, it was a plus I wasn't puking every morning, but I still had a stomach ache every single day. I put on nearly 25lbs, which is crazy because I was in my early 30s and should've been in the best shape of my life. I wasn't, I was feeling sick to my stomach all the time, it didn't make sense. So when I heard about intermitten fasting and how it could possibly help with my stomache issues AND the weight I put on, I was intrigued to say the least. Honestly I was willing to give anything natural a shot at that point, and just changing my eating habits seemed easy enough to me. So I decided to try it.

INTERMITTEN FASTING is when you go 16 hours without food, then you can eat for a 8 hour window. ie: if your last meal was at 6pm you wouldn't eat until 10am. What that does is gives your body a chance to go into survival mode (12 hours without food) where it actually burns fat from the body, not the sugars and food that you've eaten that day. It will help burn off that extra weight much faster. It also kills off the weak cells in your body and then produces human growth hormone (HGH) to replace the old cells that were killed off, crazy right!?! Oh and HGH helps you heal faster, look younger, and a bunch of other cool stuff!

HOW OFTEN.. I know that was my first question. Thats the best part, do it as often or little as you want! Obviously the more often you do it the faster you loose those extra lbs and the better you feel. And if you want to really burn fat then take a walk or work out in that last 4 hours of the fast when your in that fat burning phaze.

IS IT HARD? It is probably something most people will have to work up to. I have always had a lot of self control and it was a challenge for me, to go against everything I've been told your whole life is a mental challenge for sure. So I started off just by going as long as I could every morning without eating. I wasn't statving myself by any means, but instead of eating a meal at a certain time of day I would ask myself if I was ACTUALLY hungry or if it was just time to eat. Most of the time my body was saying it is time to eat, not that it was actually hungry... BIG DIFFERENCE. So I started listening more and as time went on it got easier and easier to go the 16 hours without food. Now I choose to do it most days because of my stomach issues, but you don't have to its all personal preference. Even 1 day a week helps so do it whenever possible.

WAS IT WORTH IT? Absolutely, I feel amazing! I wish people would believe me when I tell them how FANTASTIC it makes me feel. I would have paid serious money for a pill that would make me feel this exact same way. I personally think it's the secret to feeling younger! With just changing the times when I ate I lost all my extra weight (down to 6% body fat), I have way more energy, I sleep better, my stomach issues are way better, I FEEL BETTER IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY and it was all for free! Can't get any better than that! It has made my life enjoyable again!!

Peace, love and all that hippie shit!!