So as I said earlier I would post the stats for my
experiment with intermittent fasting, but I’ve decided after much research to
take it further and make this one of my shorter ones. So what was the purpose
of the past few days then I hear you ask. Well to see what the crack is with
this intermittent fasting, and what happens merely through changing your eating
patterns and moving eating times away from “normal”.
What happened….
When I first started reading about intermittent fasting, I
was a bit sceptical, but once I got past the crap and nonsense that is
currently being plugged by the media and found the juicy information that is
actually backed up by science, my eyes were opened to a whole new way of
thinking.
One of the things I also realised with intermittent fasting
which is important t point out, is back in the days when I was a very lean, and
very busy runner, I exercised the ideas of intermittent fasting without even
realising. Could this have been the secret to my super leanness at the time, and
being able to eat pretty much whatever I wanted???
(the days of being lean)
What is also interesting to point out, is that since
adopting “normal” eating patterns, I have seen my weight steadily creep up over
the past year, and have to a large degree, struggled to keep my weight and body
fat down, despite the high activity levels that come with running marathons and
training for an ultra. Let’s just say my frustrations over the past year have
got the better of me, and for a long time I have wondered why, when some weeks
I may have run over 70 miles, I could still maintain or even put on weight by
having a little bit of bread????
Could it have been that simple, to just change the times and
how I was eating??? Possibly.
A 4 day trial
When I started the experiment I started to achieve amazing
results, which we shall talk about soon. But after hours of pouring over
research, blogs and other people’s experiences with intermittent fasting, my
eyes have been opened to what could happen if I did it properly. Let’s not
dwell on this too much; as my results have been pretty damn good, eating
whatever I wanted just at different times in the day.
So what did I do for 4 days? I didn’t eat breakfast at my
usual 8-9am window, and I didn’t eat little and often. I ate within an eating
window of 8 hours, between 1pm and 9pm, I ate 3 times, and I ate big. That’s all
you really need to know. If I wanted something, I ate it. If I wanted a biscuit,
if I wanted toast…I had it. I just made sure it was incorporated into one of my
3 eating times and part of my larger meal.
So moving on to the juicy bit of the results…
Results
When I first jumped on the scales at the start of the
experiment, yes even I, ultra marathon runner, had that horrendous moment,
where denial came and pummelled me in the face, and the evidence of what I had
managed to do to my body over a mere 6 weeks was there staring me bluntly in
the face…
But not for long!!!
The stats
Starting Statistics – Tuesday 8th January 2013
Weight: 10st 8.6lbs
Body Fat: 28.2%
Hydration: 51.3%
Measurements –
Chest: 36in
Ribs: 33in
Waist: 29.5in
Hips: 39.5in
Left thigh mid hamstring: 21in
Right thigh mid hamstring: 20.5in
Left thigh top: 23.5
Right thigh top: 24
End Stats – Saturday 12th January 2013
At first when I saw the results, I was in shock, in fact I
had to do everything 3 times to make sure I was doing things right….so here we
go!
Weight: 10st 2.6lbs (-5lbs)
Body Fat: 25.8% (-2.6%)
Hydration: 53.9% (+2.6%)
Measurements –
Chest: 35.8in (-0.7in)
Ribs: 32in (-1in)
Waist: 28in (-1.5in)
Hips: 38.5in (-1in)
Left thigh mid hamstring: 21in (same)
Right thigh mid hamstring: 20.14in (+0.9in imbalance
correcting)
Left thigh top: 23.5 (same)
Right thigh top: 23.5 (-0.9in)
Pretty good ey!!!!
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