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Fast Feast Week 2, Day 2

2012 Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Today is my second and final day of fasting for this week. I haven't weighed myself yet, because as I mentioned yesterday I've been constipated.

I suspect it's because I haven't been drinking my Oolong Tea in a week. After learning that Oolong Tea speeds up your metabolism, I've been weary about drinking it during my fasts in fear of being hungry. But I guess the Oolong was helping me with my bowel movements since it's known for speeding up metabolism and for helping with slimming waistlines.

Unfortunately, for today I didn't bring any Oolong Tea. But instead I'm drinking Green Tea. Hopefully it'll help. There is also another tea by Bigelow called, "I Love Lemon Herb Tea" which contains rose hips, lemongrass, lemon peel, lemon verbena, peppermint leaves, and hibiscus. Luckily, Lemon Verbena has some of the same benefits as Oolong Tea. So, this should help my digestion for today.

It's 11:12am and I have had nothing to eat. So far, all I'm consuming is a Lemon & Green Tea mix I concocted in the breakroom. At around 12pm, I plan to have a bit of my intended breakfast. And when I return from my actual lunch, at around 3pm I plan on having my intended lunch.

Then of course, later on after work I plan to have my half chicken burger for dinner. On a feast day, a whole chicken burger is too much food. But a half chicken burger on a fast day feels like it just isn't enough. It's satisfying indeed, but I'm still hungry.

I kept busy yesterday evening to keep my mind off the hunger. When I began to feel light headed, I decided to lay down. When it came to go to sleep, I had difficulty sleeping. I went to be at about mid-night. At around 3am, I woke up and didn't return to bed until 5am. I woke up at 8:30am groggy. I feel fine now, but it's possible it's the Earl Grey I had all day yesterday that hindered my sleep. Fasting alone, affects my sleep so that didn't help me any.

I'll try to stick with Oolong Tea. But it speeds my metabolism so much that I tend to get hungry quicker during fast days.

First thing I thought of today was, I survived my first day of fasting this week. I can't believe it's already day 2. I can't wait until tomorrow to break my fast.

This same time last week, I suffered the last evening of my fast. I think that was all due to the fact I had cereal in the morning and it didn't stay in my system long enough. I thought carbs stayed in your system forever. hah But I guess for whole grains, not so much.

Yesterday was fairly easy. Mostly a liquid diet. Which keeps me satiated. Today, I assume will be much harder as it usually is.

I haven't quite decided yet if a 2 day a week fast is much more sufficient or easier than a 4 day a month fast. I've got 4 more weeks left of this diet.

Fast Feast Week 2, Day 1

2012 Monday, August 27, 2012

So, I ended up over indulging over the weekend. This is how my week looked:

Monday: 298 (25% of daily cals)

Tuesday: 294 (25% of daily cals)

Wednesday: 1197 (100% of daily cals)

Thursday: 1182 (99% of daily cals)

Friday: 1518 (over 26% of daily cals)

Saturday: 1908 (over 59% of daily cals)

Sunday: 1582 (over 32% of daily cals)

For Monday and Tuesday I had a deficit of 75% of my daily intake. While on Friday, Saturday and Sunday I had an overage of an average of 39%.

You can break it down this way to get a better idea of what's going on:

Monday: -75% -75%

Tuesday: -75% -150%

Wednesday: 0% -150%

Thursday: -1% -151%

Friday: 26% -125%

Saturday: 59% -66%

Sunday: 32% -34%

TOTAL: -34% for the week

So the theory stated in the documentary: "Eat, Fast and Live Longer" was correct. On my feast day, I never compensate for my missing 75% completely. It's always just a little more.

Although I was really looking forward to Feasting on my feast days over the weekend. The meals weren't very satisfying.

On Wednesday, when I broke my fast I had a Protein Style cheeseburger from In-N-Out burger. I was trying to stay within my 1200 cal intake and feel indulged. It didn't work. It wasn't quite as satisfying as having a chicken burger on a thin Orowheat bun. Surprisingly.

On Friday, drinking alcohol was satisfying in a social aspect, but not as far as consuming. On Saturday our meals were so so. Even the pizza from Fresh & Easy was just OK, when I anticipated that it would be more exciting. On Sunday, Dim Sum was delicious, but not the satisfaction I was looking for.

We even got pies from our favorite pie joint in San Mateo, and that was a short-lived excitement. Over indulging, but short-lived.

I'm looking for that long-lasting satisfying meal. I'm finding them after a long morning of fasting and having a delicious meal at the end of the day.

I've also noticed that I've been constipated since Saturday. Sadly, whatever junk we've been eating hasn't been helping my bowel movements.

Well back to my fast today and hopefully I'll be able to cleanse. I've been really looking forward to today. And as far as Day 1. I'm doing fine. It's 12:33pm right now and all I've had for the day is hot tea.

I plan to have a half chicken burger today for dinner. I know I'll be greatly satisfied with that. I'm trying to prolong my hunger until the very last minute. I'll need some energy later when I have to walk for nearly an hour up stairs and across campus.

All I've brought with me is my Kale, Cucumber, Orange Juice and two baby nectarines. One nectarine for now and one for after. I hope! I can never tell how hungry I'll feel later.

I did notice though, that over the weekend I over-indulged because I was being satisfied by the foods I was eating. I'm sure I would have been satisfied with my healthier meals. But I figured, why not enjoy. I didn't enjoy.

Maybe I'll do this week different.

Fast Feast Day 5

2012 Friday, August 24, 2012

Fast Feast Day 4

2012 Thursday, August 23, 2012

Fast Feast Day 3

2012 Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Fast Feast Day 2

2012 Tuesday, August 21, 2012

I ended up waking up this morning at 5:36am. I went to bed around 10:36pm. That's a good 7 hours. I just felt so much energy.

For the first two hours I stayed up drinking more Oolong Tea. Then I got ready for work. I made myself a bowl of cereal. Totaling to 145 cals. When I got to work I started to drink Green Tea. It's 10:22am right now and I'm on my second cup.

Last night before bed, I felt a bit heavy. As in fat. But I knew I wasn't gaining weight because all I had consumed was 300 cals. This morning, I felt lighter. My pants feel looser around the waist. But that could all be because of the Oolong Tea.

The benefits of Oolong Tea are a faster metabolism and a smaller waist size, according to Dr. Oz (Hidden Health Benefits of Tea).

So far so good today. I dont' feel famished, but that nagging urge to eat hasn't gone away. This morning at the break room as I was having my first cup of tea, I said I was hungry. But my stomach didn't agree. I wasn't physically hungry. Psychologically I was hungry because I was sitting in the break room and that's where the food is kept or warmed up to be eaten. And that's all it was. It was just an association to food that got me going.

I realized that throughout the day, I always ask myself, what am I going to eat next.

Years ago, back in 2007 when I was a size 1. I remember starving and being hungry. The guy I was living with at the time had food issues and never allowed me to keep food at the house in fear of him consuming it all. I remember making a meal for the evening and I'd have a small portion to myself and he'd eat the rest of it. Which was at least 3 portions. This always left me without any food to eat. So, I was always hungry. And all I can remember from being hungry, is sadness and helplessness. I never wanted to feel that way again.

Which is why, now, I have this odd problem about being hungry. I tend to get afraid and I get really stressed out. This Diet has really put things in a different perspective for me. Now, when I fast, I know that I'll always have food. It's just that, I choose to fast. Whereas, before I didn't have a choice.

I noticed so far, that today, I can't stop thinking what I'll break my fast with. In reality, I'll probably break my fast with a juice cocktail of Kale, Cucumber and OJ. Then it'll be my normal lunch I usually have. But it's the dinner that'll be a treat.

I haven't kept my mind off of burgers all day. My co-worker ingrained In-N-Out burger in my mind, but that just doesn't appeal to me. Then I thought about a Counter Burger, but it's just a tad too far for me. So, I settled on a halal burger from Tayyibat Meat & Grill in Milpitas. It's really just a Harris Ranch burger, but they make it for you and I'm sure it'll be delish! Mmmm cheese burger!

Fast Feast Day 1

2012 Monday, August 20, 2012

Fast Feast Diet...What Is It?

2012 Monday, August 20, 2012

I heard about the Fast Feast Diet from my dentist. He told me about an episode of BBC Horizon he saw the other night about a man who went on a 3.5 day fast and then ate as he normally would the rest of the week. He went on to say that the man ended up eating more than he normally would the first day he broke his fast, but never compensated for the calories he would have consumed the previous day.

So let's say you normally consume 1800 calories a day. On your fast, you only consume 25% of those calories. Once you break your fast, you eat 110% of those calories, but never 175%.

During his fast, his blood glucose, his blood pressure and GF-1 hormone levels all decreased. The documentary of this diet focuses mainly on the GF-1 hormone. The growth factor hormone (GF-1), is what helps children grow taller and helps body builders build more size.

After puberty, most of us stop growing taller, but the growth factor hormone still remains. So, in light of this, researchers found that the growth factor hormone is still turned on in many adults and we continue to grow. Not taller, but in other directions. I suppose when we consume food, our body thinks we still need to grow and it begins to release the GF-1 hormone. But many of us don't need to continue growing. So how do we turn it off?

Well, the solution seems to be fasting. When you fast, your body goes into starvation mode and begins to use up the fat our body stores as fuel. When your body does this, it stops producing the GF-1 hormone.

Later, the host of the show does more research and finds that instead of a 3.5 fast he can do an alternate day fast which is the Fast then Feast Diet. Eventually, on a 6 week trial he and his doctor agree on a 6 week, 5/2 Diet. Which is basically, Feast for 5 days and Fast for 2.

At the end of his 6 weeks, not only was he able to maintain lower levels of blood glucose (which in the beginning he was border line diabetic), blood pressure (which he was taking medication to control), and GF-1 hormone.

In the documentary, they state that the GF-1 hormone can lead to cancer. For the host, more specifically Prostate Cancer.

To watch the documentary yourself, feel free to follow the link below for the BBC Horizon episode on Eat, Fast and Live Longer.

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