@ssure it did interest me, because I also read the “Johnson up day down day” book but only after the Horizon programme was screened and before Michael’s book was published so I started on 4:3 (ADF was too involved and inflexible for me from the start)
I must say I was too brain washed by the conventional health recommendations that I did not dare to stray too much (although I have for a long time had a very late fruit only breakfast (16:8 unwittingly?) and simple soup dinner during the week in the office) During the day I never found it difficult to eat well in the office it was the evenings, coming home to a big supper (with carbs) and then craving sugar afterwards. After reducing my carbs this craving in the evening has significantly diminished.
I am always surprised how much eating/fasting is in the head. Some days we find it very easy to fast just in order to find the eating days more difficult – not being able to delay that lovely meal another hour because we are “starving??” Permission to eat seems to make us hungry or resolving to fast seems to shut down our hunger to some extend?
Anyway very brave to start out ADF and self experimenting when medical advise was to the contrary.
By the way my sister-in-law has for many years organised week long controlled group fasts (including ahemm clearing of the inners) and only consuming vegetable broth (as much as required) and drinking herbal tea and water) She also instructs how to ease back into eating etc. I didn’t approve of this in years past but now I have changed my mind. Apparently the group situation helps to support each other and they go for walks, have discussions and enjoy entertaining evenings etc together. It’s a bit like a fasting retreat.
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18 Sep 14