Getting Into Deep Ketosis with Fasting (The Science)
Your health and your weight are important. Both what you eat AND when you eat play a role in this.
One way to control what you eat is though tracking through the use of things like myfitnesspal .
Controlling when you eat can be done by doing "IF" or intermittent fasting.
What is Intermittent Fasting?
IF is creating a schedule of two things. Fasting and Feeding.
Fasting is when you are consuming little to no calories for a specific amount of time.
•Maybe you will skip a meal like breakfast.
•Maybe you will choose to set up a time schedule. Below are some common schedules.
(16/8) 16 hours fasting/8 hours feeding
(20/4) 20 hours fasting/4 hours feeding
•Maybe you will take a day or two off of eating.
Personally, I do not suggest starting this by just taking the day off from eating. I would suggest starting slow and seeing what works best for you.
Important note: You will want to eat ALL of your macros during your feeding time, which can be tough if you have a small window for feeding. This is NOT starvation. Eat!
But why would you want to do this?!
Small meals all day with snacks do a couple things to our body. It causes us to eat more than we need and not really pay attention to what we are taking in.
Fasting allows for
A conscience control of macro intake
Instead of using fats we eat for energy we use our stored energy (fat) for fuel. \
Awesome stuff fasting does for us:
(If you want the scientific papers click the (*)
On a scientific note (super simple explanation): when you eat, you raise your blood sugar levels which raises insulin levels. Insulin blocks the fat burning abilities of ketosis or even normal metabolism. If that is blocked, you don't use as much of your stored energy as fuel. The higher your insulin, the less fat burning you will do.
Why you shouldn't fast
You are underweight (BMI < 18.5): You need to gain, not lose.
Pregnant: You are growing a baby. A friggen BABY! That baby needs your nutrients.
Under 18: You are growing! Eat your nutrients!
Breastfeeding: Again. you are feeding a baby!
Tips:
•Drink plenty of water.
•Black coffee or tea is fine.
•At first hunger will hit, surf that wave.
•People get weird when you tell them about it.
•Don't binge. Just hit your macros when feeding.
If you decided to fast and hate it, don't do it! Ketosis is already helping you out and will work!
Click the picture below to see how it is working for me!
Have you fasted? Let others know how you feel about it! Comment below!
