intermittent fasting – Page 3 – Fast Days Healing Days

Is Weight Fluctuation Normal?

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Frances asks: “Is it normal to see 3.5lbs weight gain in a 24 hour period?”

It’s typical for a person’s weight to fluctuate by 2-5 pounds each day.
These changes occur because of daily water retention and the weight of
the food in your gut. For most accurate results, weigh yourself in the
morning before eating or drinking anything. As long as you are seeing
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Notes: Yes, we’re big on waking, then potty, then nekkid weighing first thing in the morning. Every day.

Dr. Varady discusses a study (will post that soon), that shows a correlation of greater weight loss/weight maintenance with daily weighing. We find, the lower glycemic we eat on UD (non-fast days), the smaller the weight bounce after an UD. But this diet (intermittent alternate day fasting aka EOD diet), as well as the 5:2 Fast Diet was never meant to include any form of calorie or macronutrient counting or deprivation on alternate, non-fast days.

Fast Days Healing Days is happy to answer generic questions about the EOD diet or alternate day fasting in the comments section of this post. To ask Dr. Varady a question regarding the EOD diet or this post, please visit her Facebook Fan Page and direct your questions to her. Be sure to visit Dr. Varady’s EOD Diet website.

February 17, 2014

Fast Day Turkey Taco Salad

Taco Salad for fewer than 325 calories? Think that’s as preposterous as we do? Join Susie T. of Fast Days Healing Days to uncover how she creates a hearty Fast Day (FD) Turkey Taco Salad that gives satisfaction and flavor in every bite. Enjoy your Fast Days (FDs)!

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February 17, 2014

Fast Day Turkey Taco Meat

Explore the virtuous Fast Day Turkey Taco Meat recipe with Susie T. of Fast Days Healing Days. You’ll swear you’re cheating on your intermittent alternate day (aka EOD diet) or 5:2 fasting diet, but your hips will know you’re not! Fast Day (FD) meals and recipes don’t have to be boring to be effective. Susie will show you why diet success and deprivation are polar opposites.

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February 17, 2014

Getting Past the First Few Days Of Intermittent Fasting

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The Early Days are the Most Difficult

For those of you who are trying out the diet for the first time, please note that the first 10 days (i.e 5 fast days) are somewhat difficult. However, once you’ve passed this initial 10 day “hump” most people find the fast days rather easy to get through.

What was your experience?

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Notes: We definitely agree with Dr. Varady. The first few fasts are the most difficult. We believe that is because of “blood sugar roller coaster rides” as your body adjusts to a more balance blood sugar path–there might be highs and lows. It’s these “low” troughs that cause your body to beat you up, demanding food, “FEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDD MMMMMEEEEEEE, SEYMOUR!!!” But in most cases, this is your body and mind having temper tantrums and if you continue with your plan, they will subside and appear less often, with smaller and smaller ferocity.

Fast Days Healing Days is happy to answer generic questions about the EOD diet or alternate day fasting in the comments section of this post. To ask Dr. Varady a question regarding the EOD diet or this post, please visit her Facebook Fan Page and direct your questions to her. Be sure to visit Dr. Varady’s EOD Diet website.

February 15, 2014

Fast Day Psylli Wraps

Join Susie T. of Fast Days Healing Days as she invites us to get silly with DocP’s Psylli Wraps. Psylli Wraps make a quick and convenient food on the go for great low cal and low carb Fast Day meals in minutes. Great for home, school or office, make a batch in ten minutes or less. Perfect for intermittent fasting and ADF down days!

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February 11, 2014

Weight Loss Stalls and Intermittent Fasting

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Will weight loss during the Every Other Day Diet (EOD) reach a plateau after several months?

Yes, some people have experienced weight loss plateaus after 4-6 months of EOD dieting. This also occurs in people that are in the range of normal weight. If this is happening to you, I would recommend adding another fast day to your week (resulting in 3 fast days in a row), as well as another exercise session (45 min). This has helped most people break through the plateau. Hope this helps!

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Notes: Another point to consider is that weight loss is seldom linear, in a straight line. If you graph weight loss, it will most often look like a jagged, spikey stair step; sometimes down and sometimes up. Don’t be dismayed. When viewed over time, you will see that despite the jagged ups and downs, the over-all trend line is down and decreasing–indicating steady weight loss. Sometimes our bodies need to take time to catch up with the loss. We often perceive being “stalled,” because the empty fat cells with be filled with water (because they like to be full) and our bodies like balance…but after a while, your body will get the message and release the water, causing a “whoosh” or a big loss of 2-4 pounds, seemingly overnight.

It’s also very important to take your measurements, first as a baseline when you begin intermittent fasting, then periodically (weekly or monthly). Often when you see no movement on the scale over a period of time, you will realize you’ve lost many inches. Tape measures and photos are your friend, because scales lie!

We will be writing more about breaking a weight loss stall, soon. Please be sure to check back with us!

How long was your longest stall?

Fast Days Healing Days is happy to answer generic questions about the EOD diet or alternate day fasting in the comments section of this post. To ask Dr. Varady a question regarding the EOD diet or this post, please visit her Facebook Fan Page and direct your questions to her. Be sure to visit Dr. Varady’s EOD Diet website.

February 11, 2014

Tips – Fast Day Exercise Strategies

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Dr. Varady’s Quick Tip:

In a recent study, we found that people could exercise on the fast day, but lost more weight if they exercised in the morning rather than the afternoon.

Why is this? People tend to have a hunger surge about 40 minutes after exercising. Thus, if you exercise in the morning on the fast day, you can eat your lunch shortly after training. In contrast, if you exercise in the afternoon, you’ll be more likely to cheat and grab a snack to sooth the hunger surge.

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Notes: According to Dr. Varady, her research at the University of Illinois at Chicago shows you can turbocharge the EOD Diet with exercise. Be sure to read about it in Chapter 6 of The Every Other Day Diet. Dr. Varady’s research also shows that exercising helps build new healthy lifestyle habits and reshape our interaction with food. According to a Dr. Varady’s latest study, people who exercised were less likely to cheat or overeat on their Fast Days (FDs).

Do you exercise as part of your intermittent fasting diet? If so, what kind of exercise do you do (cardio or weight lifting)? How many hours per week do you exercise?

Fast Days Healing Days is happy to answer generic questions about the EOD diet or alternate day fasting in the comments section of this post. To ask Dr. Varady a question regarding the EOD diet or this post, please visit her Facebook Fan Page and direct your questions to her. Be sure to visit Dr. Varady’s EOD Diet website.

February 10, 2014

Hormesis – Good Stress | Bad Stress

Hormesis forms the foundation of the practice of intermittent fasting (IF) — cyclically restricting and modifying caloric consumption in a repetitive pattern. Join Susie T. Gibbs of Fast Days Healing Days as she looks at what hormesis is and how it could protect our health and extend life.

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February 10, 2014

Fast Day Meal Plans | Fast Day Beef Carpaccio

Yes, Virginia, it IS possible to have a Fast Day (FD) and a celebration, holiday dinner like this delicious FD Valentine’s Day Dinner. Again, deprivation entirely optional. Join Susie T. Gibbs and Brian Hall of Fast Days Healing Days for an amazing and romantic Fast Day (FD) Valentine’s meal.

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February 9, 2014

Fast Day Valentine’s Day Dinner – Beef Carpaccio

How many of you IFer’s and 5:2 folks will have their Fast Day (FD) falling on Valentine’s Day? Don’t fear the Fast Day! Especially now that Brian Hall of Fast Days Healing Days brings you a light, easy—yet sophisticated—Fast Day (FD) Valentine’s Day meal that will leave your special girl or guy, wow’ed and woo’ed. This is dude-food loved as much by dudes as the women who love them.

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February 9, 2014

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