INTERMITTENT FASTING

WHAT IS INTERMITTENT FASTING?

Intermittent fasting is not a type of diet, but an eating schedule. Your body is always in one of two states: fed or fasted. In the fed state (anytime your body is digesting food), your body’s insulin levels make burning fat a challenge. However, in the fasted state (8-12 hours after your body finishes digesting), your insulin levels are lower and better able to reach into your fat stores. People rarely go into a fasted state throughout the day. While eating several small meals per day can lead to weight loss (calorie deficits always do), you will likely be losing both muscle and fat. When you lose calorie burning muscle, you lower your metabolic rate and make it harder for your body to burn fat. You also might become frustrated because you never feel toned and fit, even though you are working out and eating clean.

With Intermittent Fasting we are doing a 16 hour fast with an 8 hour eating window.  This window can be whatever your schedule needs it to be; if your time only allows you to have your biggest meal at 10pm then just fast until 2pm the next day. 

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