During my 2009 Lenten Journey that will end this Easter Sunday, I chose intermittent fasting as one of my Lenten sacrifices. Since February 25th on Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent and also my 31st wedding anniversary, I have been continuously following an intermittent fasting way of eating for 44 consecutive days.Talking with a good friend of mine who practices intermittent fasting had me curious so I started to read about it, including the Warrior Diet and Fast 5, both intermittent fasting ways of eating. The Fast 5 model prescribes that you eat within a 5 hour window in a 24 hour day and fast the other 19 hours.
What I chose to do was practice my own version that I call 2/24 intermittent fasting. My goal was to only eat within a 2 hour window each day from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Because no middle-age man is an island, I didn't start eating at 7:00 p.m. every day. Some days I started eating as early as 5:00 p.m. One day I didn’t start eating until 9:00 p.m. Overall, my average eating window was about 2 hours with the shortest being 1 hour and the longest about 5 hours.
Right now I will end my 2/24 intermittent fasting this Easter Sunday. It has been a positive experience that I'll have more to share about soon. Therefore, I may continue eating this way, most of the time.
Stay tuned for a future series of blogflections where I’ll share my experiences about my intermittent fasting journey.
Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum
2 comments:
Looking forward to it.
The main thing is you learned something. I should leave it at that because anything else I say would somehow reflect what "I" think you should have learned.
freedomfromeating
Couldn't help it.
Tom
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