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Fasting Times Are Not Something To Worry About
Night after night, I sat in my room furiously reading articles about fasting.
I just wasn’t sure if it would work for me. There were so many ways to approach it. And I had many reservations about whether it would work or not. Finally, one night I had enough. A plan was set. The next day I’d fast for 16 hours.
That was over 5 years ago.
I took to fasting like a duck to water.
And here’s how you can do the same.
Give your body a break from food
When I started fasting I was fixated on time.
I literally thought that if I didn’t fast for 16 hours, it would be a wasted day. I’d count in my head how many hours to make sure I was on track. This caused lots of tension.
Turns out I wasn’t the only one that went through those types of worries when starting a fasting protocol.
It’s super common. But if you want to have more success with fasting here’s one way to look at things:
- Know that after 13 hours the body starts to go into a fasted state. While 13–15 hours fasts are not as deep like say a 36 hour one, you’ll still gain results over time. Each time you fast, you give your body ample time to burn some of its fat stores.
Any break in eating is better than nothing.
Most Americans have a 15-hour eating window. When you narrow that eating window down, you give yourself fewer opportunities for extra calories. This of course over time results in reduced weight and body fat. I’ve worked with clients that rarely fast over 15 hours.
They still see amazing results.
It’s beneficial to vary fasting times
Our bodies aren’t designed to have a strict eating pattern.
Before the Age of Agriculture, man ate whenever he could. Our bodies haven’t changed that much since then. When you vary eating times, you’re less dependent on food. Your body learns that it doesn’t need to be constantly fed in order to function properly.
In fact, you may notice sporadic eating enhances your life. Many report fasting:
