Hi and welcome. Hunger is today’s topic, and I think it’s one of the most important aspects of fasting. Whether you can get get to grips with hunger is one of the determining factors influencing whether you will stick to an intermittent fasting or fasting routine. I was fortunate to have picked up a copyContinue reading “Using hunger”
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Weight loss challenge, 1 week in
Hello, it’s a week since I started this weight loss challenge, so it’s time for an update. The first thing I want to say is that i’ve a really good week. I haven’t had many over the last year to be honest, so this is exceptional news. I’ve had more drive and energy, and haveContinue reading “Weight loss challenge, 1 week in”
Change is happening
It’s not even a week since I decided to get my life back on track with fasting, and I wanted to note some of the significant mental and physical changes I’ve noticed. I firmly believe that fasting is a powerful and effective tool, and that it can help you no matter what your starting point.Continue reading “Change is happening”
Fasting: why and how
I have to check myself sometimes, I’m only 5 days into this challenge but I feel like I’ve been going a lot longer. In today’s post I wanted to talk about why I’ve come back to fasting snd how to get started. By the way, I’m down to 97.4kg this morning, that’s 2.6kg in 5Continue reading “Fasting: why and how”
Night and day
It’s the weekend. I hope you have something nice lined up. I don’t know what I’m going to do, but for once I actually feel like I have options and I’m….energetic. Normally, weekends are horrible for me and I am just thinking of how I can while them away. Yep, you read that right, IContinue reading “Night and day”
Motivation, that precious resource
It’s day 3 of my weight loss challenge, and the good news is that the scales are moving in the right direction. In fact, I’ve lost 1.4kg already. This might sound like a lot for 3 days, but I would expect to lose somewhere between 2 and 4 kg in the first week. That’s becauseContinue reading “Motivation, that precious resource”
Day 2
It’s day 2 of my latest fasting challenge, and I’m currently approaching the end of an 18 hour fast – woop! It hasn’t been easy, the cravings were strong last night, and it wasn’t just a physical battle. The demons were telling me to quit because I’ll never make it anyway. Well, score one toContinue reading “Day 2”
Day 1
It’s day 1 of my challenge to get to 80kg by Christmas. It’s coming up to 11am, I’ve been up 5 hours (thanks, daughter), but have I eaten…? No, no I have not. That’s a start! Normally I’d have had a couple of coffees, porridge with sugar and the edge pieces of my daughter’s breakfastContinue reading “Day 1”
Day 0
It’s not day 1, that’s tomorrow. I mean, give me a break, I’ve done a lot today. I’ve started this blog, potentially attracting single figure readership 🥳 I’ve DECIDED to get cracking. That’s pretty awesome if I do say so myself. Ive tweeted a bunch of stuff about myself (I can’t remember what the hellContinue reading “Day 0”
Fasting and Fuming 