My experience of Intermittent Fasting

I stumbled across the term “Intermittent Fasting” probably a year ago. However, I was not much attracted to it. I was overweight and looking for a change. I was reluctantly doing HITT workout for about thirty to forty minutes every day. It was working pretty well but a hesitation to wake up early and work out was quite too high.

There are different forms of Intermittent Fastings (IFs). The easiest and popular one is 16:8. A day will be divided into two sections where you are allowed to eat and where you aren’t. The eating window is 8 hours and the fasting window is 16 hours. I have been following it for three months. We have heard it since childhood that “Breakfast is the most important mean of a day”. However, I skipped breakfast.

For the first two days, I felt so dizzy and starved a lot. I felt like not more continuing it and switch back to my previous routine. The only thing I loved about it is the eating window. After the fasting ended, I was so happy and ate my lunch as a reward to myself. I, somehow, related to this process to farming in Nepal. Here, the farmers work fingers to the bone for a few months ( 6 to 8 months) and the rest of the year, they enjoy their hard work and be content with the outcomes. Likewise, the fasting period was so tough and boring but it was outclassed by the eating period.

I took my lunch with me to my office and take it at 1:00 pm. I took my dinner before 9:00 pm and the cycle repeated. During fasting, I took coffee without sugar and plenty of water. My eating window was only between 1 to 9 pm. The aftermaths of three months of experiments were astounding. I lost seven kg of weight. Not only an abundance of energy but also an exuberance was preserved inside me. As a result, I always felt motivated in my office and above all, I pushed my limit to endure the pain and ignore all the cravings and desires for food during the fasting time. In the interval of two weeks, I often organized a cheat day for myself and treated me with delicious junk foods. IF never restricts “what to eat” but it focuses on “when to eat”. So, it’s a good experiment even for a foody person.

PS: I haven’t explained the benefits of doing it. One can always google it. :D