Intermitted Fasting Day 15

So, I have disappointingly fallen off of the intermitted fasting challenge. I am not surprised it takes a lot of discipline to fast for a whole day every few days. I think from here on out I will only attempt to fast every 4th day.

I found it emotionally draining to consider fasting so regularly. Though it does not seem that hard it is stressful. And on thing I have learned over the years is that good stress or bad stress is still stress.

I also found myself getting semi depressed. It could have been related to external factors or it could have been related to the fasting I am not sure. I have found in the past during periods of excessive dieting that my emotional level took a plunge. I am not surprised one bit that I started feeling down. Food is a quick way to a man’s heart and depriving him of it can have pretty disastrous results.

One thing I have noticed is that my lifting workout has gotten significantly more difficult from before I started the fast. I would be surprised if I lost significant muscle on my first day or two of fasting but I can’t argue with the numbers. Being able to to significantly less weight on certain exercises is a good indication that you are getting weaker and loosing muscle.

I am having a hard time controlling my diet. Not excessively so but I have gotten out of the diet mindset and it is hard to get back into it. Fasting also seems to lead to some pretty severe cravings for starchy unhealthy food and because of the significant deficit I was creating I was not too worried about any type of starchy carbs.

I guess the only thing to do now is simply jump back in head first and fast for another day. One great thing about intermitted fasting is that it is intermitted and it can be structured however you see fit.