For the last week, I've been doing what's called "intermittent fasting". Intermittent fasting is when you make an effort to go through a substantial part of the day without food. Essentially, you try to spend as little time in an 'eating window' as possible.
Hugh Jackman, as part of his training to 'become' the Wolverine, followed an intermittent fasting program (although he was following a high protein, low fat, low carb approach). He would eat from about 10am until about 6pm, and nothing until 10am the following day. He would also work out fasted (meaning, work out before he had anything to eat).
I have always been a major breakfast person. Let's face it—I loved to eat. But since I've switched my body over to using fat as fuel instead of carbs, I've been quite happy to skip breakfast.
So, here it is. For the last week, or thereabouts, I've been eating either only up until lunch, or until an early dinner time. Then I stop. This means I consume my calories in huge chunks rather than spread out over the day. Oddly enough, I'm essentially never hungry anymore. I'd like to think it's because my body's using the fuel it's carrying around instead of bugging me to put more sugar in the tank (isn't putting sugar in the tank what people used to do to wreck the engine of someone they despised?).
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