Final meal of the day yesterday. Part of a ribeye with some mushrooms in butter.

So I wanted to follow through with the suggestion I made about keeping a diary of your journey to better health. So this is day 2960 in my journey of intermittent fasting and keto which is kind of crazy now that I think about it. So for me it becomes just another day but to think back when I used to eat the American standard diet or sad which says it all really, it makes me appreciate how much better I feel on a daily basis.

I ended up fasting a bit longer than I normally do because of a busy workday this Saturday and I didn’t eat until 3 PM. This ended up being about a 19 hour fast for me which is perfectly fine. I didn’t get all lightheaded or Hangry like I used to and I was able to function at a rather high level even though I didn’t get as much sleep as I normally do. The fact that I am fat adapted and don’t depend on carbohydrates to make it through the day makes all the difference in the world. When I first started I looked like Santa Claus and I looked at myself in the mirror one day and said it’s not gonna happen anymore I need to change something drastically. Luckily at the time one of my friends was doing in a minute and fasting and I tried it in the first day it was miraculous. I hadn’t had that much energy in a while and I had trouble getting to sleep. What transpired over the next 90 days was nothing short of miraculous.

For the first couple of weeks I only did intermittent fasting and having done Atkins before and losing about 20 pounds I decided to incorporate keto into it as well which at the time was not known and it really wasn’t as widely popular as it has become now.

I proceeded to lose 36 pounds of fat and had more energy than I’ve had in years. And at the time I was only doing intermittent fasting and keto six days a week and on Sundays I would eat whatever I wanted to. This included a whole chocolate cake with about a half a gallon of vanilla bean ice cream on one occasion. And on another occasion I decided to have three extra large vanilla custard milkshakes. And even while I was doing this I still lost the fat and gained a ton of muscle mass.

My biggest reason at the time was that I wanted to make more money and it actually worked out quite well! Once you clean up your body from excess carbohydrates your mind goes into what I call six gear and there’s a whole lot of physical reasons for this including better hormonal balance better endocrine function and a whole lot of other things that go into it when you’re not depending on carbohydrates for your energy. When you get into ketosis your mitochondria only have to work half as hard for instance to create the energy you need to survive. This allows your body to repair itself from damage and the fact that you’re doing intermittent fasting gives you A chance to heal and repair.

So to break my fast today I had about five eggs and four pieces of sausage for starters and then I proceeded to have a half a pound of ground beef. And then a few hours later I proceeded to have two bites of a brownie and two small pieces of chocolate because I could lol. Then I had about 1/3 of a pound of mozzarella cheese with no RBST in it which is important and about a quarter pound of salami without any added ingredients.

My total carb intake was less than 30 g which will still allow me to stay in ketosis. Now I normally don’t indulge myself but I will upon occasions during the weekend. Which is fine this is a way of life for me not a sentence that allows me not to Eat things that I enjoy. I just don’t eat the whole candy bar or eat the whole baking sheet of brownies. The reason why is the longer you do this the more you realize how much of an impact it has on you until you get to the point where your body is cleaned out and running normally you never realize how much it impacts you such as getting sleepy feeling lethargic getting all puffy and achy.

So in the future I will be posting some of the articles that I’ve written over the past seven or eight years in my journey that I hope will help you.

I look forward to reading your daily journals of your ventures into getting healthy and living a wonderful life.

Enjoying the beautiful view from the back porch tonight! Have a BLISSFUL Saturday evening everyone! ❤️

Enjoying the beautiful view from the back porch tonight! Have a BLISSFUL Saturday evening everyone! ❤️

Enjoying the beautiful view from the back porch tonight! Have a BLISSFUL Saturday evening everyone! ❤️

Enjoying the beautiful view from the back porch tonight! Have a BLISSFUL Saturday evening everyone! ❤️

See the 2 books below. For some reason I can not get the actual Amazon link to work or copy here (maybe my WiFi)

See the 2 books below. For some reason I can not get the actual Amazon link to work or copy here (maybe my WiFi)

See the 2 books below. For some reason I can not get the actual Amazon link to work or copy here (maybe my WiFi)