To Fast, or not to Fast.

06/24/2011

Days until Con : 69

It's raining, old men are snoring, and for the most part the dust has settled on my last two weeks of hell at work. From here things should generally be smooth sailing until Con. Sure, there might be some other projects or whatnots that'll cause me stress, but nothing quite like moving an entire corporation to two buildings. It's a lot more work on the IT side of things then you probably know.

I've looked into the pros and cons of fasting, and it's odd how there's a distinction between it and starvation. Starvation, as you may know, is not so hot when you're attempting to lose weight and in short will cause you gain weight easier as your body will hold on to every bit of nutrition you give it. Fasting apparently is healthier, because...it's a different word?

There's actually good reasoning behind it as close as I can tell and a few of the studies I've looked at shows that if controlled in ways as to not send your body in a starvation state can net you some pretty fantastic results. There are a few fasting techniques that have caught my eye, and some that I would be willing to give a try for the next week.

1. Fast for 24 hours every other day. Simply put, you eat very well one day sending all the right signals to your body that food is plentiful, then the next day you eat nothing but drink plenty of water. This only works if your body doesn't feel threatened by starvation, otherwise you'll even yourself up with no real gain other than being stupid hungry.

2. The Warrior Diet. Interesting indeed, and hardcore name (for a hardcore James). At its core you eat a great lunch and then nothing else.

I'm hesitant to try anything like this until I have more information. I've heard nothing but bad things about fasting up until today, when one of the podcasts I listened to mentioned new studies that show it to be an extremely effect weight loss tool. I'm cautious, but willing to try for a week. I'll be doing more research and will put together a fasting plan that suits me and I can realistically follow with low risk.