The Joys of Fasting

jimgoose · 06-03-2019 12:27pm

I had the OW-01 burbling on the drive this morning, warming up, me in full armour skipping around. Woman comes down, "What are you doing? It's Wednesday!" "It's a Day of Fast!" says I. "Not that kind of fast, you fuckin' ape. Now put that thing away and go to work!"

Tabnabs · 06-03-2019 12:30pm

Totally misread that thread tittle...

Hesh's Umpire · 06-03-2019 12:31pm

Not really but I will eat fish for dinner this evening. Don't eat enough fish because it's fecking expensive.

Your Face · 06-03-2019 12:35pm

No I don't fast.
I like to cook and eat.

To me, fasting is a form of self-flagellation.

seamus · 06-03-2019 12:36pm

You'd know by me that I've never fasted a day in my life.

amcalester · 06-03-2019 12:36pm

I fast all the time, but only between meals. And snacks.

06-03-2019 12:52pm

Never really fasted in a planned way but on occasion due to a random coming together of events I might miss Dinner and breakfast and hence go nearly 24 hours without eating.

Can not say I noticed too many negative or positives from this - with the exception that when I go for my morning 10k having not eaten - somewhere around 6-10k I get into this weird kind of Euphoria state that actually feels really good. Any everything I do in the hour after that seems hyper real - be it a shower or eating breakfast or having sex or whatever - the experience just seems so much more than it usually does.

Have meant to read up on this. I know a podcaster I background listen to mentioned exactly the same thing recently. Just can not remember which podcast it was. I have a sneaky feeling it was that Blindboy one. But it was nice to hear it randomly from someone else.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 06-03-2019 12:56pm

I used to do a week of intermittent fasting about once a yr.

Day on, day off.

It's a nice feeling alright, you get a buzz going. The problem is breaking it on the 'eat day'. It's tempting to keep the fast going longer.

King of Kings · 06-03-2019 12:59pm

Hesh's Umpire wrote: »

Not really but I will eat fish for dinner this evening. Don't eat enough fish because it's fecking expensive.

Plenty types are reasonably priced...

Cina · 06-03-2019 12:59pm

I do the 16/8 fasting and it's great. Feel better, more energy, healthy weight. Can't recommend it enough

smurfjed · 06-03-2019 1:00pm

Sure, I follow a 18/6 fasting cycle most days when I'm working, I spend a lot of time in hotels so with free buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as access to food in the business lounge combined with tonnes of available food in my work location, I need to have some food regiment or I shall be the size of a bus.

So lunch is 12 noon, snack on some cheese/nuts or similar before 6pm and that's it. I can't really say that I see too many benefits from it apart from my non-ballooning weight.

all the bais · 06-03-2019 1:05pm

Would do the 16/8, 6 days per week. Find it quite easy and feel I enjoy my meals more.
Dropped over 3 stone in a year. Would recommend

Pherekydes · 06-03-2019 1:05pm

I had a chicken sandwich there at 11. It was the first thing I'd eaten since I had a Bakewell tart and tea at 10 in Costa.

I ate it fairly quickly, but fast, no.

Signore Fancy Pants · 06-03-2019 1:19pm

I fast 3 times a day.

Between breakfast and lunch, lunch and dinner and again between dinner and supper.

And I snack during those fasting windows.

Its great

scdublin · 06-03-2019 1:19pm

The main reason the 16/8 or 5/2 fasts give any result are because you generally end up eating less and are therefore in a calorie deficit. Same results can be achieved by tracking calorie intake, doesn't really matter what time of day you have them. Different strokes for different folks and all that.

sk8erboii · 06-03-2019 1:59pm

I intermittent fast everyday and feel great on a university/work/gym routine

Sh1t works

Effects · 06-03-2019 2:03pm

scdublin wrote: »

The main reason the 16/8 or 5/2 fasts give any result are because you generally end up eating less and are therefore in a calorie deficit. Same results can be achieved by tracking calorie intake, doesn't really matter what time of day you have them. Different strokes for different folks and all that.

It's not just about your calorie intake going by modern studies.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/fasting-benefits#section9

Aongus Von Bismarck · 06-03-2019 2:10pm

I'd wholeheartedly recommend experimenting with a practice known as mindful eating. It's about taking the time to fully experience the act of eating, and can have a radical impact on eating habits, and renew our sense of pleasure, appreciation, and satisfaction with food. It doesn't mean fasting, but it does mean reappraising your overall relationship with food.

Now it's not about taking 5 minutes to eat a raisin, but it is about slowing down and becoming aware of the taste, texture, and sensation of eating. It's about listening to your body and stopping when you are becoming full, considering the provenance of where your food came from, eating food that is wholesome and nutritionally healthy. It's a very simple and emotionally rewarding way to incorporate mindfulness into your day.

Now I've no doubt many people will ignore what I say. There's a culture in Ireland of equating value with quantities of food - there's a reason for all those all-you-eat buffets and carveries serving up vile slop which is laced with salt, fat, and sugar - usually frequented by red-faced buffoon before they go and spend multiples on lager and wine of what they spent on the food. Then complaining they feel fat, bloated, and depressed. Or getting one of those disgusting chicken fillet rolls, and eating it at their desk as they check Instagram on their phone for the 76th time that day.

06-03-2019 2:15pm

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I'd wholeheartedly recommend experimenting with a practice known as mindful eating. It's about taking the time to fully experience the act of eating, and can have a radical impact on eating habits, and renew our sense of pleasure, appreciation, and satisfaction with food. It doesn't mean fasting, but it does mean reappraising your overall relationship with food.

While appreciating the artistry of Phil Collins.

sk8erboii · 06-03-2019 2:25pm

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I'd wholeheartedly recommend experimenting with a practice known as mindful eating. It's about taking the time to fully experience the act of eating, and can have a radical impact on eating habits, and renew our sense of pleasure, appreciation, and satisfaction with food. It doesn't mean fasting, but it does mean reappraising your overall relationship with food.

Now it's not about taking 5 minutes to eat a raisin, but it is about slowing down and becoming aware of the taste, texture, and sensation of eating. It's about listening to your body and stopping when you are becoming full, considering the provenance of where your food came from, eating food that is wholesome and nutritionally healthy. It's a very simple and emotionally rewarding way to incorporate mindfulness into your day.

Now I've no doubt many people will ignore what I say. There's a culture in Ireland of equating value with quantities of food - there's a reason for all those all-you-eat buffets and carveries serving up vile slop which is laced with salt, fat, and sugar - usually frequented by red-faced buffoon before they go and spend multiples on lager and wine of what they spent on the food. Then complaining they feel fat, bloated, and depressed. Or getting one of those disgusting chicken fillet rolls, and eating it at their desk as they check Instagram on their phone for the 76th time that day.

I live in the American Gardens building on West 81st street. My name is Patrick Bateman. I'm 27 years old. I believe in taking care of myself, and a balanced diet and a rigorous exercise routine. In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I'll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now. After I remove the ice pack, I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower, I use a water activated gel cleanser. Then a honey almond body scrub. And on the face, an exfoliating gel scrub. Then apply an herb mint facial mask, which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion. There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me. Only an entity, something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our life styles are probably comparable, I simply am not there.

freshpopcorn · 06-03-2019 2:36pm

Closing this for the moment. due to the opening post.

The Joys of Fasting

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