I started to fast after lunch on Tuesday and didn’t eat again until 8:45 am on Wednesday. This basically amounts to missing one meal, but it felt like a longer fast because in the previous days I had been expending more calories than what I was eating. Missing one meal is pretty easy for me in that I had plenty of energy to go for a bike ride on Tuesday night and to do sprints on Wednesday morning; however my running speed and endurance during my 20-second sprints was down somewhat. I am not tempted by food and my mood stays steady when fasting. I fast to release more growth hormone and for health reasons. Scott Kustes at http://modernforager.com has some excellent fasting information in a multi-post sequence; you can read the first post by clicking here.
On Wednesday morning, I was rushed for time, so I did the 8-sprint workout with hardly any warm-up or cool-down; the whole thing took about 16 minutes. I felt very good afterwards and had plenty of energy (even though I missed my evening meal on Tuesday). I was ready to eat, but think my body is better than it used to be at getting energy from my bodily fat; I think this is because I have reduced my total carb intake to about 100 grams for five days of the week.
Having missed my evening meal on Tuesday, I ate more than I usually do on Wednesday. And since this was one of my carb-load days, my last meal of the day had more carbs than usual. (I do a carb-load meal twice a week, but keep my carbs low the rest of the week as explained in previous posts.) The software that I purchased from FitDay helps me keep track of calories and nutrients; knowing the data has helped me make day-to-day decisions on what to eat and I have lost a few pounds.
| 8-20-08 |
Calories |
Fat(g) |
Total Carbs(g) |
Protein (g) |
| Breakfast |
979 |
79 |
42 |
36 |
| Lunch |
1416 |
113 |
45 |
69 |
| Dinner |
829 |
9 |
128 |
69 |
| TOTAL |
3223 |
200 |
215 |
174 |
Here are some averages from the last 14 days which include data from 2 short fasts and 4 carb-load meals:
|
Daily averages for 14 days |
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|
Calories |
Fat (g) |
Total Carbs (g) |
Carb Dietary Fiber (g) |
Protein |
|
2256 |
135 52% of calories |
127 21% of calories |
28 |
149 27% of calories |
