Focus on Intermittent Fasting & Tips for Success

Focus on Intermittent? Fasting?

Many people are a bit intimidated when they hear the word ?fast?. Often when I bring the intermittent fasting up, people get a dazed look on there face and reply ?like not eat?? After a week of working with someone I hear, ?Wow that?s easier then I thought, and I lost 2-3 lbs a week.?

You may fast without even realizing it. Yes!?!? If you ever stopped eating at around 8:00 pm only to wake have a crazy morning and not eat til 12 for lunch, you have fasted. It?s called the 16:8 fast. There are different types of fasts to tailor your lifestyle. For me I like the 5:2 fast basically I would eat healthy 5 days and 2 days eat 500 calories. Since I worked out on Monday Wednesday Friday, my fast days were Tuesday and Thursday.There are different styles of intermittent fasting that could work into anyone?s lifestyle, you just need to find what works for you?.

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Tips for Fasting

Be Prepared– Shop, chop, bag all veggies, boil eggs, grill chicken, bottles of water have your food choices planned for the day. Remember protein and veggies are 90% of your food choices on fast days and 10% fruit.

Plan Your Day– Either choice a fast day on a day you are going to be super busy or a easy day. Its your call some like to have the day move fast and not think about eating other people would rather be relaxed and not exert as much energy. Its really a personal preference.

Stash a Snack ?Throw an apple in your pocketbook or a baggie of favorite veggies in the car to snack on. Its a lot easier to have restraint while snacking on something.

Think 3 lbs-? All day think remind yourself that if you can stick to your strict fast day rules you will easily lose 2-3lbs a week. I would lose this on average and I see it with the people I work with. Remind yourself that the fast is temporary and the benefit of the fast will be success at the end of the week.

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