Wow, it does work.

Before I even read this article, I tested it myself without even knowing I was testing it out.

My wife and I have the personal alarm clock that wakes us up at 5:30 (almost on the spot) every morning. So, we don’t even use a clock for the alarm anymore. Well, with the personal alarm clock and our oldest son, it takes sometime to get everyone up and ready to head out to school/work for the day. Well, for the last week, I didn’t get a chance to cook/eat breakfast. Most usually on those days, I’ll swing by Sonic, McDs or somewhere to eat. (MOST important meal of the day, right?) Well, being on the budget we are on (read that as broke) I haven’t had the chance to stop and get breakfast.

OH NOAS! (Not really.) I’ve started working with Intermittent Fasting (IF). A few days I’d go for 18 hours and a couple I’d go with 24 hours. (Or as close as I could.) I would do an on a day and off a day schedule. Of the days I’d fast, I really (sounds like I’m trying to sell something) felt as though I had more energy, could think better and concentrate, and my mood/attitude/demeanor was “better”. My wife asked me if I was on drugs those days. After work, I’m usually not the happiest fellow to be around. My oldest son usually got the blunt of it when I’d get on to him about stupid stuff. (I apologized several times and make the effort to not do it anymore. (Pick my battles.)) But I felt great on those days. I could almost consider not ever eating if I could feel like that every day.

Did I lose any weight? Naaa, not at all. But what it did do for me was help me make proportions smaller. (That’s good, I could eat a cows whole ass in one sitting. ;P) Plus the mental clarity that I experienced with it.

So, where am I going with this and what about the “wow” article?

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Briefly it describes how breakfast really isn’t the most important meal of the day. Waiting till 11 or 12 (or when you get hungry) to eat. Well, for the last week I’ve done this and I actually went down three pounds. Last Saturday/Sunday I weighed in at 323lbs. Saturday morning I weighed in at 320lbs. I even ate not so good. I did eat less, but I still had a few “bad” carbs and other bad carb desserts. So it was quite shocking that I had lost weight.

So, this week I’m going to do the samething again to see if it actually does work. I was quite surprised at the weight lose and then I stumble upon this article. I’ll weigh myself first thing in the morning and then again Sunday morning to see how it goes.