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Day 5 of my Intermittent Fasting is going well. Not bothered by being hungry and almost enjoying it. I woke up around 10:15AM, had a glass of water and then went shopping at the Prahran Market. Back by 11:30AM and looking to kill some time before kicking off my feasting some porridge.

After looking in the fridge I realised that I didn’t have any rasberries so I made a quick dash to the supermarket (120m away) and picked up some rasberries, blueberries, greek yoghourt, some nuts and I found this stuff called Teff, which is high in magnesium so I put that in my shopping basket as well.

My morning weight was 73.6kg and night time weight was 74.7kg.

Food for the day

Porridge for breakfast around 12:15PM

• 2 scoops of rolled outs
• 1 scoop of chia seeds
• 1 scoop of teff
• some cinnamon
• sprinkle of shredded coconut
• sprinkle of slithered almonds
• sprinkle of roasted hazel nuts
• some blueberries
• some rasberries
• some Bon Soy milk
• 3 scoops of greek yoghourt

Snacks:

• 3 dried figs
• about 10 dried prunes
• 2 x bananas
• handful of nuts
• 1 x weak soy latte
• 2 x cups of tea with Bon Soy milk

Post workout drink:

• 1 x hemp protein shake with 100ml water and 100ml of Bon Soy mik
• few grams of creatine

Dinner:

• about 160g of salmon
• bunch of asparagus
• bunch of broccolini
• a bit of baked pumpkin

Exercise for the day:

• 2 x 20m sprint
• 10 pushups
• 30 second rest
• 2 x 20m sprint
• 10 pushups
• 30 second rest
• 2 x 20m sprint
• 60 second rest
• 2 x 20m sprint
• 10 pushups
• 30 second rest
• 2 x 20m sprint
• 10 pushups
• 30 second rest
• 2 x 20m sprint
• 60 second rest
• 30 second rest
• 2 x 20m sprint
• 10 pushups
• 30 second rest
• 2 x 20m sprint
• 10 pushups
• 30 second rest
• 2 x 20m sprint

Feeling good. Slept in until 10AM for Day 4. Had a green tea and a couple of glasses of water.

Lunch was my favourite breakfast:

• 3 scoops of porrige
• 1 scoop of chia seeds
• some cinnamon
• sprinkle of shredded coconut
• sprinkle of slithered almonds
• sprinkle of roasted hazel nuts
• some Bon Soy soy milk
• 3 spoons of Greek Yoghurt
• 1 x Nespresso coffee with Bon Soy soy milk

Snacks were:

• 1 x weak soy cafe latte
• 2 x smoked chicken drumsticks
• 2 x hemp protein shakes with some BCAAs and creatine

Exercise was:

• 25 burpees
• 15 pullups
• 15 pushups
• 25 buprees
• 2 x 40m run
• 25 burpees
• 15 pullups
• 15 pushups
• 25 buprees
• 2 x 40m run
• 25 burpees
• 15 pullups
• 15 pushups
• 25 buprees
• 2 x 40m run

Then I finished up with 5 muscleups.

Dinner was a lazy mans omelette with:

• 2 x eggs
• handful of spinach
• half a field mushroom
• 2 scoops of cottage cheese
• 1 cup of tea with Bon Soy soy milk

Day 3 started nice and early. Up at 7:10AM as I had an 8AM meeting (why so many early meetings), which I haven’t done for quite a while. Already on Day 3 I am not feeling hungry. Usual few 3 green teas and a few glasses of water to get me through to feasting time.

We had parma Friday’s in the office so  meeting meeting today so my meals were a little out.

Snacks:

• 2 dried figs
• 9 or so dried prunes dried prunes for my boron intake
• A handful of nuts
• 1 x large week soy latte no sugar

Lunch:

• Had a Union Parma, was awesome

Dinner:

• 1 hard boiled egg
• 2 x smoked chicken drumsticks

Today was pretty lame with my eating as I had to go pick up an iMac for a new designer.

No exercise today.

Day 1 of Intermittent Fasting begins!

That’s right. It’s been just over a year since I stopped my 3 months of Intermittent Fasting and went to eating 6 or so meals a day. I would like to say small meals but sometimes I’ve been smashing a bit more than I should.

Back to reality!

This morning I woke up, had a glass of water and jumped on my FitBit scales weighing in at: 74.3kg. The body fat was at 18.1% which is way off as my DEXA scan from 3 weeks before put me at an average of 11.1%, 0.4% from my 11.5% recorded in January the start of this year.

Today I’ve got the following food to consume when the clock strikes 12PM:

• Greek salad with smoked salmon
• 2 boiled eggs
• 1 banana
• A handful of nuts
• 2 dried figs
• About 8 dried prunes for my boron intake

That should keep me going through until 6PM. Then I think tuna and salad for dinner. No exercise tonight as I’ve done 3 days straight already.

Dinner was:

• About a 300g tuna steak
• Greek salad (tomato, capsicum, red onion, feta, olive oil and oregano)
• 2 more dried figs
• Cup of tea with soy milk
• Nespresso coffee wiht soy milk

Feeling ok. Tomorrow will be another day. Looking forward to getting through the first couple weeks while I wait for the real energy boost to start kicking in around week 4.