This
is a new type of post for me, I've never combined information on ways
of eating with a workout post (you'll see why I combined them in a
bit).
There
are different ways of doing intermittent fasting or as I like to call
it “IF”. The easiest and what most people start with is the 16:8
that means you fast for 16 hours (which includes your sleep time) and
you have an 8 hour eating window. So lets say I start my fast at
9:00pm that means I can't eat again until 1:00pm the next day. During
your IF, you can drink but you should only take in black coffee,
black tea or water. With that being said I can't drink plain water it
gags me, I add a splash of lemon some people will say that breaks
your fast some people say it won't.
Now
if you are doing IF to lose weight you should follow healthy habits
(some people think IF is enough and eat what they want and don't
exercise) depending on how much you weigh and how much you normally
take in, in a day that will work for a while. I like to think though
and suggest that you eat healthy and do portion control during your
eating window. I also suggest getting exercise in if you can, even if
it's just a walk.
It
is VERY IMPORTANT to make sure you are drinking while fasting, it
hydrates you plus tricks your body into thinking your full. If you
are having a hard time with “hunger pains” go out and get some
pink Himalayan salt. Not the grounded up kind but the little “rocks”
that you would put into a grinder. Wal-Mart, Food Lion and Kroger
carries them. Put a couple of them in your mouth, don't chew them
suck on them. It does work!
You
can do this every day or pick certain days a week, the more you do it
the more noticeable changes you will get.
Once
you've done the 16:8 for a while start to challenge yourself, there
are all different types of windows, some of them are:
5:2
= you eat normally (healthy) 5 days of the week and you restrict your
calorie intake to 500-600 calories for 2 days of the week.
Eat
stop Eat: this is a 24 hour fast, you would do this twice per week.
So for example it's Monday you wake up at 9:00am you will not eat
anything until 9:00am on Tuesday.
OMAD:
this is one meal a day, generally dinner
OR
You
can just change your eating window, you could do a 20:4 so you go to
stop eating at 9:00pm you would not break your fast until 5:00pm and
then you would have a 4 hour window to eat.
Now
for the workout.... I have written some of the most traditional ways
of exercising and some not so traditional. This is a fun way to get
an exercise in especially if you don't have time. You are going to
clean and exercise! You are probably laughing or rolling your eyes
but on my cleaning days I don't feel like getting a big exercise in.
So this is based off a 6 room house, 5 minutes per room. It doesn't
matter what room you start with but when you are done with it,
exercise for 5 minutes, burpees, planks, jumping jacks, running up
and down your stairs whatever you want to do!
Move
onto your next room and when you're done do that 5 minutes of
exercise again. Keep doing this until your house is clean, so after
you clean your last room, do your last 5 minutes of exercise!
Now
your house is clean and you got a workout in!
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