Fat Writer Works on Losing Weight
In January, I weighed 266 pounds as a result of post-op recovery and writing two books in 2015. My waist was a svelte 48.5 inches. All I could wear were shorts with a moon-sized waist and sweat pants. So in February, I started walking and stationary biking, doing what I could. By May, I'd dropped 12 pounds, but then put a few back in June.
Then I heard over at Ace of Spades HQ about this thing called intermittent fasting. As they say over at Nerd Fitness:
"Intermittent fasting is not a diet, but rather a dieting pattern. In simpler terms: it's making a conscious decision to skip certain meals. By fasting and then feasting on purpose, intermittent fasting means eating your calories during a specific window of the day, and choosing not to eat food during the rest."
For the past three weeks, I've been eating during a 6 to 8 hour window every day. The other 16 - 18 hours I don't munch so much as a grape. I exercise 4 to 5 times a week, mostly easy running, always undertaken during the fasting period.
I feel a bit peckish in the morning, but getting busy on the day's stories overwrites such thoughts. Far less junk food passes my lips and I've yet to be hit with the starvation mode munchies.
In three weeks, I've lost nine pounds. I'll post again on this at the month mark, August 7.
Read more of this intermittent fasting business here.
Or check out the amusing and informative Hodge Twins as they chat about intermittent fasting in their street-wise, earthy way.
