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Learning To Love Intermittent Fasting
I’ve been slowly dipping my toes into the waters of intermittent fasting over the last couple of months. I will have a good day or two where I’m too busy to remember to eat and suddenly my fasting window is done, and I hunt down some food. Other days, I’m obsessing about food by 9 a.m. and eat something just so that I can focus and get my work done. It’s been hit or miss.
This is coming from someone who has attempted Whole 30 a half dozen times with adherence ranging from 3 hours to 3 days.
Even with my sporadic success with hitting my daily goal, I’ve lost 9 pounds over the last two months of intermittent fasting an average of 15 hours a day.
Since I rarely eat dessert in the evening or breakfast in the morning, it’s no trouble to make it a solid 12 hours every day. But when I start pushing myself towards 16 hours (or longer!), I’ve run into some roadblocks.
Obstacles I’ve Encountered
I’ve realized that there are a couple of reasons that I don’t hit my daily goal on a regular basis:
Failing to plan: When I end up at the office without any food packed for the day and decide that I can make it all the way to the end of the day without eating (which would put my fast at about 20 hours), I make poor decisions and end up at the corner store buying overly…
