Sep 12, 2022
Today we talk about intermittent
fasting, a powerful way to
reduce cravings, control weight and live
youthfully. During my
rehabilitation from sciatica and spinal surgery, I was struggling
to lose the excess fat I had gained from months of
inactivity. Despite a low carbohydrate diet and daily
exercise, my weight was dropping very slowly. I decided
to go fully ketogenic, low
carb and healthy fats, eating what felt right for
me. And an interesting thing
happened.
Suddenly, when I got up in the
morning, had my coffee, water and supplements, I had lots
of energy, my mood was great, and I just wasn’t hungry. I would
have a second cup of coffee around 11 or 12, and when my body told
me it was time to eat, anywhere from 16 to 20 hours after I had
finished dinner the night before, I would have a light lunch.
I didn’t name it as such, at the time, but
inadvertently I was practicing intermittent fasting, sometimes
called time restricted eating. With this combination of
intermittent fasting, ketogenic nutrition, and an exercise program
of dance, walking and resistance training, my body
composition changed dramatically. The excess fat dropped off but I
did not lose muscle mass. Today, I still follow this nutrition and
exercise lifestyle, and feel better than I did when I was ten years
younger. For some people the word fasting conjures up
negative emotions of deprivation. A comment I hear often, is “I
couldn’t possibly fast" but in reality we all fast without
consciously thinking about it for 6 to 8 hours when we
sleep.
My guest today is an intermittent
fasting expert, wellness coach and human movement specialist. Brian
Gryn is host of the Get Lean Eat Clean Podcast and author of The
Simple Intermittent Fasting Journal. He is also the creator of The
Intermittent Fasting Certification Course. With over 15 years of experience in
health and wellness, Brian developed his Fat Burner Blueprint Program.
This program focuses on nutrition, meal timing, stress
management, sleep and micro-workouts. Brian believes that
challenging the body and mind through
brief hormetic stressors like fasting, cold/warm therapy,
resistance training and sprinting will help you get your body back
to what it once was!
We discuss choosing
the best way to start intermittent fasting,
whether to work out in a fasted state state, and tips to
overcome hunger? For someone starting out it is important to
consult your doctor, to have baseline biomarkers
measured and where needed, ongoing monitoring. We also
discussed hormetic stressors, hot/cold exposure, short bursts of
high intensity exercise as boosts to the immune
system
To contact Brian Gryn:
bdgryn@gmail.com
www.briangryn.com and look into Www.21dayfastingchallenge.com
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